Selected article for: "absence presence and case history"

Author: Rasmy, Hanaa; Mikhael, Nancy; Ismail, Somaia
Title: Interleukin-18 expression and the response to treatment in patients with psoriasis
  • Document date: 2011_9_2
  • ID: jppdl104_9
    Snippet: Presence or absence of any coexisting noncutaneous conditions was established. Three patients were hypertensive, 3 had psoriatic arthropathy, 1 had hepatitis C virus (HCV) with anaemia of chronic disorder type and 1 had diabetes mellitus with hypertension. A positive family history was encountered only in one case. Two patients had upper respiratory tract infections; cold exposure worsened 5 patients' clinical presentation; sweating aggravated 1 .....
    Document: Presence or absence of any coexisting noncutaneous conditions was established. Three patients were hypertensive, 3 had psoriatic arthropathy, 1 had hepatitis C virus (HCV) with anaemia of chronic disorder type and 1 had diabetes mellitus with hypertension. A positive family history was encountered only in one case. Two patients had upper respiratory tract infections; cold exposure worsened 5 patients' clinical presentation; sweating aggravated 1 patient's condition; 3 patients had psychogenic factors precipitating their cases. Only 5 of the studied patients were not affected by predisposing factors (31.3%).

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