In the last decades, autoimmune diseases have experienced a dramatic increase in Western
countries. The involvement of environmental factors is strongly suspected to explain this rise …

The worldwide incidence and prevalence of psoriasis is poorly understood. To better
understand this, we performed a systematic review of published population-based studies …

Background Available psoriasis surveys offer valuable information about psoriasis and
psoriatic arthritis (PsA), but are limited by methodology or enrollment requirements …

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory multi organ disease with well characterized pathology
occurring in the skin and often the joints. Although the disease has many characteristic and …

Objective To determine the incidence of depression, anxiety, and suicidality in patients with
psoriasis compared with the general population. Design A population-based cohort study …

Over recent years, significant progress has been made in characterisation of the underlying
pathogenic mechanisms in psoriasis, a common cutaneous disease that is associated with …

Background The burden of psoriasis across many world regions is high and there is a
recognized need to better understand the epidemiology of this common skin disorder …

Psoriasis is a common, chronic, inflammatory, multisystem disease with predominantly skin
and joint manifestations affecting approximately 2% of the population. In this first of 5 …

ContextPsoriasis is the most common T-helper cell type 1 (TH1) immunological disease.
Evidence has linked TH1 diseases to myocardial infarction (MI). Psoriasis has been …

Aims Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory T-helper cell-1/17 mediated skin disease.
Recent studies suggest that psoriasis, particularly if severe, may be an independent risk …