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The Goeckerman Regimen for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Psoriasis
Published on: July 11, 2013
Leprosy and psoriasis co-existence
1Department of Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India. rajat13@gmail.com
Abstract:
Psoriasis and leprosy are almost mutually exclusive, with the prevalence of psoriasis in leprosy patients being as low as 0.014%. We present a case of a patient of psoriasis who was treated and developed Leprosy. We also did a review on the hypothesis which states that psoriasis protects from clinical progression of leprosy, and that leprosy was contained because of increase in prevalence of psoriasis. This inverse phenomenon is supported from our review but needs genetic and paleoepidemiological confirmation.
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