1. Rola hormonów płciowych w patogenezie łuszczycy.
- Author
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Baran, Anna, Flisiak, Iwona, Myśliwiec, Hanna, Baran, Marcin, and Chodynicka, Bożena
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PSORIASIS , *SKIN diseases , *EPIDERMAL diseases , *SEX hormones , *MENSTRUATION , *ENDOCRINE diseases - Abstract
Psoriasis is one of the most common skin disease, affecting 1.5-3% population, with chronic course and complex clinical picture. It is characterized by abnormal epidermis proliferation, immunological disturbances with predominance of Th1 response activity and complex pathogenesis. Among many factors inducing the disease development hormonal disorders are mentioned. Half of all patients with psoriasis are females diagnosed mostly within childbearing period of their life. It is stated that pregnancy, puerperium, menstruation and menopause modulate a natural course of psoriasis. Based on current literature search, we evaluated in this paper the role of sex hormones in pathogenesis of this dermatosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010