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What Is Your Diagnosis? Onychomadesis Following Hand-foot-and-mouth Disease
A 7-year-old girl presented with new-onset loss of all 10 fingernails and pruritic erythematous papules on the bilateral flanks of 3 weeks’...
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Fragile Drug Development Process
We are currently in the midst of a new wave of drug developments and approvals for psoriasis; however, we recently have been reminded of the...
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Corrona Begins
Over the last 15 years the treatment of psoriasis has been transformed with the advent of biologic agents. Now we have a whole new generation of...
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Novel Psoriasis Therapies and Patient Outcomes, Part 2: Biologic Treatments
Biologic treatments have revolutionized the management of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Anti–tumor necrosis factor (TNF) α monoclonal...
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Impact of Diet and Obesity on Psoriasis Severity
There is a higher prevalence of obesity in patients with psoriasis. Studies have shown that psoriasis patients may gain weight after the onset of...
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To Stop or Not to Stop
With the advent of biologic therapies, there has been debate about the necessity to stop these therapies prior to elective surgery. The concern...
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Novel Psoriasis Therapies and Patient Outcomes, Part 1: Topical Medications
In recent years, advances in our understanding of inflammatory mediators and the underlying pathogenesis of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis have...
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First Refusal
Treatment success in psoriasis, as in any dermatologic condition, is dependent on many factors. The willingness of patients to follow our...
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Counting Costs
We are all aware of the rising costs of medical care, especially for complex diseases such as psoriasis. The total cost of psoriasis in the United...
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Tonsillectomy and Psoriasis
We are all aware that infections, particularly streptococcal infection, can be associated with psoriasis, especially the guttate variety. A...
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MACE Update
Over the last several years, we have come to understand that patients with inflammatory diseases may be at higher risk for major adverse...
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The Top 100
In the October 2014 issue of the Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology (2014;7:10-19), Wu et al published the top 100 most-cited...
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Reducing Risks
Psoriasis is associated with multiple comorbidities, including cardiovascular diseases. With the advent of anti-inflammatory therapy, there has...
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Psoriasis for Seniors
We are always conscious of the use of systemic medications in older patients, as they may have the potential for more toxicity. For dermatologists...
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Reviewing the Medication List With Psoriasis Patients
Dr. Weinberg emphasizes the importance of taking the medication history when evaluating psoriasis patients.