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KMID : 1149120180150010010
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Journal of the Korean Society for Psoriasis
2018 Volume.15 No. 1 p.10 ~ p.14
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Clinical Study on Psoriasis Patients for Past 5 Years (2012-2017) in Pusan National University Hospital Psoriasis Clinic
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Shin Ki-Hyuk
Lee Hyun-Joo
Kim Gun-Wook
Kim Hoon-Soo
Ko Hyun-Chang
Kim Moon-Bum
Kim Byung-Soo
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Abstract
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Background: The clinical and epidemiologic features of psoriasis vary by race and geographic location. Objective: To investigate the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of psoriasis patients from the Psoriasis Clinic of Pusan National University Hospital.
Methods: Clinical data were collected and analyzed from the medical records of 541 psoriasis patients, who were newly diagnosed as psoriasis at the Psoriasis Clinic of Pusan National University Hospital between 2012 and 2017.
Results: The sex ratio was 1.5:1 (male 60.6%, female 39.4%). The peak age of onset was 20s. The most frequently occurring morphological type was small plaque (63.6%), followed by large plaque (27.2%) and guttate (6.8%). Compare to female patients, male patients showed higher extent of involvement and psoriasis area severity index. Nail involvement and psoriatic arthritis accompanied in 20.3% and 9.6% of patients, respectively. Hypertension (14.2%), diabetes mellitus (7.2%), dyslipidemia (5.2%) were the top three comorbidities in patients with psoriasis.
Conclusion: We highlighted the characteristics of psoriasis patients in Korean.
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KEYWORD
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Clinical , Epidemiologic features , Psoriasis
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