D Linder, G Altomare, S Amato, P Amerio, N Balato, A Campanati, A Conti, P Gisondi, F Prignano, R Saraceno, S Piaserico
BACKGROUND: There is increasing awareness of the clinical relevance of psoriasis comorbidities and of the importance of timely and effective screening for such comorbidities in the management of psoriatic patients. Previous works have focused on assessing evidence for prevalence of comorbidities and on the best available evidence for sensitivity in diagnosing suspected comorbidities. No algorithms are available, which have been tested on large numbers of physicians concerning the acceptance of such algorithms both by practicing clinical dermatologists and by their consulting specialists from other fields...
July 2015: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology: JEADV