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Noun(1) a chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales; occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominences(2) a chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales(3) occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominences

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(1) she got psoriasis(2) Oral methotrexate tablets are commonly used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and severe psoriasis .(3) Topical corticosteroid creams and ointments are applied to the skin to reduce inflammation in conditions such as eczema and psoriasis .(4) Fungal rashes can sometimes be confused with other skin conditions, such as psoriasis and eczema.(5) You might scratch the skin because it is itchy due to eczema or psoriasis inside the ear.(6) Psoralens sensitise the skin to ultraviolet light and are used in light therapy for vitiligo and psoriasis .(7) he has psoriasis(8) Six were treated for rheumatoid, three for Crohn's disease, one for psoriatic arthritis, one for dermatomyositis and one for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.(9) Compared to unaffected skin, psoriatic plaques have been shown to contain decreased levels of cAMP and increased levels of cGMP, which may contribute to epidermal hyperproliferation.(10) Krueger et al. observed that UV-B treatment produced a consistent and profound depletion of T lymphocytes from psoriatic epidermis.(11) On the contrary, patients with psoriatic skin that has no epidermal layer get a significant amount of DNA photolesions even at suberythemal doses of UV.(12) The rapidity of the response to intravenous n - 3 lipids exceeds by orders of magnitude the hitherto reported kinetics of improvement of psoriatic lesions upon use of oral supplementation.