Sentences with phrase «characterized by psoriasis»

Approximately 8.5 % of psoriasis patients have psoriatic arthritis, which is characterized by psoriasis plus inflammation of and around the joints.

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The majority of people diagnosed with the condition have plaque psoriasis, characterized by red, raised patches of skin covered with silvery - white scales.
Psoriasis is a long - lasting autoimmune disease that is characterized by patches of abnormal and inflamed skin.
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized in most patients by red, raised patches of skin, or plaques, covered with silvery - white scales.
Psoriasis is a long - lasting inflammatory skin disease characterized by red, itchy, and scaly patches of skin.
Psoriasis is an autoimmune skin disease characterized by well - demarcated areas of red, raised and scaly skin next to areas of normal - appearing skin.
These syndromes include conditions in which autoimmunity is clearly implicated as causal, in light of identification of autoantibodies to relevant autoantigens; diseases suspected to be autoimmune because of the presence of autoantibodies, although the autoreactive response has not been proven to be pathogenic and could be a consequence or marker of tissue damage; and other diseases often considered to be «autoimmune,» such as psoriasis or inflammatory bowel disease, characterized by organ - targeted inflammation but without evidence of a stimulating autoantigen.
Severe psoriasis is characterized by more than 20 % body coverage or psoriasis that develops in certain critical areas, such as the face.
Psoriatic arthritis is an inflammatory type of arthritis associated with psoriasis (a skin condition characterized by red, patchy, raised or scaly areas).
Chronic inflammatory disorders such as eczema, acne and psoriasis are characterized by a hyper - responsive immune system.
Psoriasis is an auto - immune disorder characterized by increased inflammatory attack against the skin cells.
Psoriasis is classified as an auto - immune illness and is characterized by inflammation affecting the skin, it includes redness, pain, sometimes localized heat, as well as dry and cracked patches of skin.
... Traditionally, broadband UVB phototherapy has been used to treat psoriasis, which is an inflammatory skin disease, characterized by keratinocyte hyperproliferation with 1 - 2 percent prevalence in the general population.
Psoriasis - Pathophysiology, Conventional, and Alternative Approaches to Treatment Alternative Medicine Review 2007 (Dec); 12 (4): 319 — 330 ~ FULL TEXT Psoriasis is a common T - cell - mediated immune disorder characterized by circumscribed, red, thickened plaques with an overlying silver - white scale.
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