Medicine

Increased prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis

Dorothy Sommer, S. Jenisch, M. Suchan, E. Christophers, M. Weichenthal

2006.9.22ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGICAL RESEARCH

DOI: 10.1007/s00403-006-0703-z

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Psoriasis patients appear to be at higher risk for diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease, which could likely be due to the effects of chronic inflammatory changes, in particular the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines.

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SOMMER, Dorothy, et al. Increased prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis. ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 2006, 298: 321–328.