Psoriasis is a common inflammatory condition involving the skin, scalp, nails and joints. It significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular events and death in those affected, above Framingham Risk Score (FRS) prediction alone 1 . There is a dose-response element; those with the most severe psoriasis (assessed by the psoriasis area severity index (PASI) score) are at the greatest risk. A UK...

This paper proposes a rotational invariant texture feature based on the roughness property of the image for psoriasis image analysis. In this work, we have applied this feature for image classification and segmentation. The fuzzy concept is employed to overcome the imprecision of roughness. Since the psoriasis lesion is modeled by a rough surface, the feature is extended for calculating the Pso...

Patients' knowledge about psoriasis and its treatment has been randomly studied previously. The aim of the study is to investigate patients' knowledge about psoriasis in relation to undergoing patient education in the context of climate therapy (CT). The psoriasis knowledge questionnaire (PKQ) was used in a follow-up pre-post study design of Norwegian patients with psoriasis at the age of 20 ye...

Using a strictly defined grading system to eliminate subjective assessment of mucosal architecture, the jejunal mucosa from cases of extensive psoriasis has been shown to be significantly different from that of normal controls obtained both in life and at postmortem examination. The same changes, however, are shown to occur in patients who are ill and losing weight for reasons other than psoria...

BACKGROUND There are no systemic therapies approved in the United States to treat pediatric psoriasis. OBJECTIVE We sought to evaluate long-term safety and efficacy of etanercept in children and adolescents with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. METHODS This 5-year, open-label extension study enrolled patients aged 4 to 17 years who had participated in a 48-week parent study. End points ...

BACKGROUND: Psoriasis may signifi cantly impair sexual function. Depression and organic factors appear to play a key role in this relation. However, beyond genital psoriasis, the importance of the disease’s distribution patterns has not been considered. OBJECTIVES: To research sexual function in psoriasis patients and investigate the roles of anxiety, depression and psoriasis’ distribution patt...

Objective Compared with healthy people, overweight and obesity are more commonly found among those suffering from skin conditions such as psoriasis. The present study was an attempt to survey the relationship between obesity and intensity of psoriasis. Patients and methods A total of 42 patients with psoriasis who were referred to Farshchian Hospital, Hamadan, participated in this cross-secti...

BACKGROUND The prevalence and clinical characteristics of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in patients with psoriasis are not well described in Asian populations, including Koreans. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of PsA by using the classification of psoriatic arthritis (CASPAR) criteria on the basis of physical examination only, as well as its correlation with...

BACKGROUND Psoriasis is an inflammatory disease that not only affects the skin but can also have systemic implications such as obesity and nutritional deficiencies. Carotenoids are vitamin A provitamins with anti-oxidant properties that are present in human tissues including skin. OBJECTIVES To determine whether psoriasis is associated with lower levels of skin carotenoid levels. METHODS In...