PSORIASIS NEWS

AbstractApart from cancer chronic (auto)immune‐mediated diseases are a major thread for patients and a challenge for physicians. These conditions include classic autoimmune diseases like systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, dermatomyositis but also immune‐mediated inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.Traditional thera […]

To the Editor: Severe psoriasis may show remarkable resistance even to the most advanced therapeutic modalities creating a challenge to both the patient and the doctor. One of our patients with severe psoriasis had an attack of chickenpox infection; surprisingly the psoriatic lesions improved dramatically with complete clearance of 50% of lesions within 3 we […]

On Thursday, UCB announced its intention to submit regulatory applications for Cimzia® (certolizumab pegol) by the end of this year. The drug is designed to treat psoriatic arthritis, an inflammation of the joints, or arthritis, which typically occurs in combination with psoriasis, a skin disorder. People with PsA generally suffer from stiff, painful joints, […]

Conclusion  Our case series demonstrated the efficacy and safety of etanercept for the management of moderate‐to‐severe psoriasis in Taiwan. (Source: International Journal of Dermatology) […]

Conclusions  NB‐UVB starting dose determination based on colorimetric L* value was comparable with conventional MED based regimen in efficacy and safety for skin phototype III–V patients. Since it provides much convenience and ease for both patients and physicians, colorimetric L* value could partly substitute the MED checking methods in NB‐UVB phototherapy. […]

Conclusions.  The hair shafts of patients with scalp psoriasis exhibited the same macropits seen in their nails. Both lesional and nonlesional hairs had similar changes in morphological structure compared with controls. This supports the generalized nature of psoriasis, with changes in hair structure being analogous to the changes seen in skin and nails. (So […]

Conclusions  Increasing number of psoriasis‐affected body sites may be a severity indicator in psoriasis and is associated with an increased cardiovascular risk. Due to low number of patients exposed to systemic therapy, this study had limited power to examine the effect of treatment on cardiovascular risk. Strong associations with phototherapy and systemic […]