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SUBMITTER: Lee TH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7357083 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Tsung-Hsien TH Wu Cheng-Hsuan CH Chen Ming-Li ML Yip Hei-Tung HT Lee Chun-I CI Lee Maw-Sheng MS Wei James Cheng-Chung JC
Journal of clinical medicine 20200622 6
Both polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and psoriasis are associated with insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. Nonetheless, the incidence of psoriasis in patients with PCOS is unclear. We used the Longitudinal Health Insurance Research Database (LHID) in Taiwan from 2000 to 2012 to perform a retrospective population-based cohort study to elucidate the occurrence of psoriasis in PCOS patients. Patients with PCOS without psoriasis in the index year (the year of PCOS diagnosis) were recruited a ...[more]