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Prevalence of psoriatic arthritis among patients with plaque psoriasis: a Brazi...
Gamonal,Shirley Braga Lima; Gamonal,Aloisio Carlos Couri; Brandão,Marcos Antônio Fernandes; Junqueira,Laura Andrade; Assis,Pollyana Mendonça deABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Psoriatic arthritis is the most frequent and impactful comorbidity among psoriatic patients and appears in most cases after skin disease. Dermatologists play a key role in its early diagnosis and treatment. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of psoriatic arthritis and associated variables among patients with plaque psoriasis seen at a reference center for treating psoriasis. DESIGN AND ...
Successful therapeutic approach in a patient with elephantiasic pretibial myxed...
Ferreira,Marina; Zacaron,Luciana Helena; Valle,Annair Freitas do; Gamonal,Aloisio Carlos CouriAbstract Localized pretibial myxedema is a dermopathy whose treatment is a challenge in dermatology, occurring in 0.5-4% of patients with Graves’ disease. This autoimmune thyroid condition stimulates the production of hyaluronic acid and glycosaminoglycans that are deposited particularly in the pretibial region. Clinically, it presents as a localized, circumscribed, and non-depressible infiltrate in plaques. Se...