Background Although psoriasis is universal in its occurrence worldwide, its prevalence varies by geographic location and race. A few hospital-based surveys have reported on the demographic characteristics in Korean patients with psoriasis. However, a nation-wide study on the prevalence of psoriasis in Korea remains uncompleted. Objective The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalen...

BACKGROUND Estimates of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) prevalence among psoriasis patients vary widely (5-40%). The time to development of PsA in patients with plaque psoriasis also remains unclear. OBJECTIVES To examine whether length of time since diagnosis of psoriasis affects risk of developing PsA, and to assess differences in quality of life (QoL), work-related issues, comorbidities and heal...

OBJECTIVE To measure the prevalence and treatment of psoriasis in the United Kingdom. DESIGN Cross-sectional study to determine prevalence and cohort study to determine treatment patterns. SETTING Outpatient practices of general practitioners. PATIENTS We included in the analysis all patients who were registered with a general practitioner in the General Practice Research Database from 19...

Many studies have suggested that cardiovascular risk factors seem to be more common in patients with psoriasis than in the general population. In this study we aimed to determine the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in patients with chronic plaque psoriasis depending on the severity of disease. We conducted a prospective study in Braşov County (Romania) including 142 patients with chro...

Investigation of Candida yeast prevalence in patients with psoriasis has been performed with the aim of determining their possible role as a trigger factor in the pathogenic process of this disease. The purpose of our study was to investigate the prevalence of Candida species on the skin of intertriginous areas and psoriasis lesions as well as the prevalence of Candida species in the stool of p...

ackground: Psoriasis is a chronic hyperproliferative disease of the skin, scalp, nails, and joints that affects 2% of the general population. One of the extracutaneous manifestations of psoriasis is psoriatic arthritis which occurs in 25–34% of the psoriasis cases. This type of inflammatory arthritis is characterized by pain, swelling, and tenderness around the joints, and may adversely a...

BACKGROUND A number of studies have suggested an increased frequency of cardiovascular (CV) diseases in patients with psoriasis. OBJECTIVE In this study, we assessed the awareness among psoriasis patients and dermatologists in private primary clinics about the increased CV risk linked to psoriasis, and examined the screening behaviors of dermatologists for CV risk factors in psoriasis patient...

BACKGROUND Epidemiologic studies have provided new insights into the association between psoriasis and cardiovascular diseases. Previous population studies have examined hypertension frequency in psoriasis patients. However, the relationship between severity of hypertension and psoriasis has not been characterized. OBJECTIVE We sought to investigate whether patients with psoriasis have more d...

Background and aim: Psoriasis is one of the most common inflammatory skin disorders with a genetic background. Several treatment modalities have been used, including systemic and bath PUVA. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of systemic and bath PUVA in the treatment of psoriasis in Razi Hospital.Materials and methods: This retrospective database study was done in Razi Hospital ...