Echinococcosis: A possible etiology in psoriatic disease
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Tarih
2006
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Karger
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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
We aimed to investigate seroprevalence of Echinococcus granulosus in patients with psoriasis to determine a possible etiologic role, since both echinococcosis and psoriasis are defined as T cell-mediated diseases. Forty psoriatic patients and 50 age- and sex-matched control subjects were included in the study. IgG-specific ELISA was used to determine seropositivity. E. granulosus-specific IgG antibodies were found to be positive in 17/40 (42.5%) of the patients with psoriasis and in 11/50 (22%) of the control subjects (p = 0.008). Our results suggest that echinococcosis might be one of the causative pathogens in the etiopathogenesis of psoriasis in highly endemic regions. Copyright (c) 2006 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
echinococcosis, Echinococcus granulosus, serology, psoriasis
Kaynak
Dermatology
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Q2
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Q1
Cilt
213
Sayı
4
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closedAccess
