Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a chronic, genetic, noncontagious skin disorder that appears in many different forms and can affect any part of the body, including the nails and scalp.

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Reviewed May 2008

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Title:   Psoriatic arthritis
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic (long lasting) autoimmune disease that affects the joints in association with skin or nail changes as seen in psoriasis.
Date:   Feb 2008

Title:   Psoriasis
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of psoriasis by professional health specialists.
Date:   Feb 2008

Title:   Psoriasis explained
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Psoriasis is a non-contagious skin condition. It causes red, scaly patches to develop on the skin. Skin affected by psoriasis grows much quicker than normal skin. There is no cure for psorasis, but it can be controlled with treatment.
Date:   Jun 2007

Title:   Monoclonal antibody therapy for non-malignant disease
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Advances in technology have enabled monoclonal antibodies to be produced which bind to specific antigens associated with disease processes. By targeting these antigens the antibodies can destroy or alter the function of cells which express the target.
Date:   Oct 2006

Title:   Psoriasis
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Psoriasis is a condition that causes thickened red areas on the skin.
Date:   May 2006

Title:   Psoriasis: what you need to know
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out more about psoriasis - a common chronic skin condition, characterised by red, scaly, thickened patches.
Date:   Dec 2005

Title:   Vulval disease in childhood
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Prepubertal girls with vulvovaginitis usually have a dermatological problem. Most vulval disease in children can be diagnosed on history and examination alone and no investigation, except for a bacterial swab, is required.
Date:   Aug 2005

Title:   Psoriasis.
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Psoriasis is a skin condition. Silvery, scaly patches develop and show on areas of the skin such as elbows, knees and scalp.
Date:   Aug 2003

Title:   Interventions for treating psoriatic arthritis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The objective was to assess the benefits of the treatment [sulfasalazine, auranofin, etretinate, fumaric acid, IMI gold, azathioprine, methotrexate] for psoriatic arthritis and to assess the side effects. Parenteral methotrexate and sulfasalazine result...
Date:   May 2000

Title:   Antistreptococcal interventions for guttate and chronic plaque psoriasis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Psoriasis, a disease which produces scaly pink patches on the skin, often gets worse after a bacterial throat infection or tonsillitis. When someone with psoriasis has a throat infection, antibiotics are sometimes used in an attempt to prevent this fro...
Date:   Jan 2000

Title:   Interventions for guttate psoriasis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   No evidence from trials about the effects of treatments for guttate psoriasis.Psoriasis is a skin disease that causes scaly pink patches. Guttate psoriasis is a particular form of the disease that usually affects children and young adults. It can happ...
Date:   Jan 2000
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