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SUBMITTER: Jeon C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5647990 | biostudies-other | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Jeon Caleb C Sekhon Sahil S Yan Di D Afifi Ladan L Nakamura Mio M Bhutani Tina T
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 20171001 10
Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory, immune-mediated skin condition that affects 3 to 4% of the adult US population, characterized by well-demarcated, erythematous plaques with silver scale. Psoriasis is associated with many comorbidities including cardiometabolic disease and can have a negative impact on quality of life. The current armamentarium of psoriasis treatment includes topical therapies, phototherapy, oral immunosuppressive therapies, and biologic agents. Over the past 2 decades, ther ...[more]