Interleukin-18 is a cytokine with a possible role in the pathogenesis of psoriasis. We examined subpopulations of peripheral blood lymphocytes and their expression of activation markers and correlated this with plasma levels of IL-18 and clinical disease severity in patients with psoriasis. We included 12 patients with psoriasis who had a PASI score from 15 to 48 and compared them to controls. ...

Background & Objective:  Psoriasis is a chronic and relapsing disease with a prevalence of 2%. Since it is a chronic and non-fatal skin disease, its impact on quality of life in patients is underestimated compared to other diseases. This study points out to the importance of the quality of life in these patients and their correlation with disease severity. Materials & Methods:  Quality of life...

background: psoriasis is a disease which may have a direct impact on the psychological and social aspects of the patient, particularly due to its visibility. to date, we are unaware of any study showing a relationship between psoriasis and psychological parameters such as psychological vulnerability and coping strategies . objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of psoriasi...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether ultraviolet B phototherapy at home is equally safe and equally effective as ultraviolet B phototherapy in an outpatient setting for patients with psoriasis. DESIGN Pragmatic multicentre single blind randomised clinical trial (PLUTO study). SETTING Dermatology departments of 14 hospitals in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS 196 patients with psoriasis who were cl...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana prestasi atlet lompat jauh PASI Kota Palembang. Palembang sendiri memiliki tujuan sebagai pusat pembinaan, pengembangan minat, bakat dan budaya dalam melahirkan yang berkualitas. Metode digunakan penelitian yaitu deskriptif kualitatif dengan objek ataupun informan peneliti sekretaris umum Palembang, Pelatih juga Atlet. Teknik pengumpulan data ...

background: psoriasis is a chronic and inflammatory dermatologic disease. inflammatory biomarkers such as c-reactive protein (crp) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (esr) are known as immediate and delayed inflammatory biomarkers, respectively. due to the fact that anti-inflammatory drugs such as infliximab are widely used in psoriasis treatment, the aim of this study was to evaluate esr, crp ...

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Background: Psoriasis is a chronic disease that may affect patients’ quality of life. We investigated the quality of life (QoL) and its related factors in psoriasis patients. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 123 patients with psoriasis vulgaris were enrolled, who were at the age of 18-55 years. The QoL was assessed by the psoriasis disability index (PDI...