TY - JOUR
T1 - PsEma--a hitherto unnamed dermatologic entity with clinical features of both psoriasis and eczema.
AU - Abramovits, William
AU - Cockerell, Clay
AU - Stevenson, Lisa C.
AU - Goldstein, Adrian M.
AU - Ehrig, Torsten
AU - Menter, Alan
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PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - INTRODUCTION: Recent advances in molecular biology have helped establish differences between psoriasis and a group of inflammatory skin disorders commonly referred to as eczema. The authors have observed significant overlap between these two conditions such that a distinction between them may not always be made, even with histologic examination of skin biopsy specimens. OBJECTIVE: To determine how frequently psoriasis patients present features of both psoriasis and eczema. METHODS: The authors conducted a prospective analysis of 100 consecutive psoriasis patients in their clinic. RESULTS: The authors found that 20% could be diagnosed as "intermediate," having lesions with characteristics of both psoriasis and eczema, or a personal history of both. The authors suggest naming this category of inflammatory dermatosis "PsEma"--an overlap condition in which the clinical, histologic, molecular, biologic, and therapeutic responses show characteristics of both psoriasis and eczema.
AB - INTRODUCTION: Recent advances in molecular biology have helped establish differences between psoriasis and a group of inflammatory skin disorders commonly referred to as eczema. The authors have observed significant overlap between these two conditions such that a distinction between them may not always be made, even with histologic examination of skin biopsy specimens. OBJECTIVE: To determine how frequently psoriasis patients present features of both psoriasis and eczema. METHODS: The authors conducted a prospective analysis of 100 consecutive psoriasis patients in their clinic. RESULTS: The authors found that 20% could be diagnosed as "intermediate," having lesions with characteristics of both psoriasis and eczema, or a personal history of both. The authors suggest naming this category of inflammatory dermatosis "PsEma"--an overlap condition in which the clinical, histologic, molecular, biologic, and therapeutic responses show characteristics of both psoriasis and eczema.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-9740.2005.03636.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-9740.2005.03636.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 16282748
AN - SCOPUS:32944462457
SN - 1540-9740
VL - 4
SP - 275
EP - 281
JO - SKINmed
JF - SKINmed
IS - 5
ER -