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Review
. 2019 Apr;80(4):1073-1113.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2018.11.058. Epub 2019 Feb 13.

Joint AAD-NPF guidelines of care for the management and treatment of psoriasis with awareness and attention to comorbidities

Craig A Elmets  1 , Craig L Leonardi  2 , Dawn M R Davis  3 , Joel M Gelfand  4 , Jason Lichten  5 , Nehal N Mehta  6 , April W Armstrong  7 , Cody Connor  1 , Kelly M Cordoro  8 , Boni E Elewski  1 , Kenneth B Gordon  9 , Alice B Gottlieb  10 , Daniel H Kaplan  11 , Arthur Kavanaugh  12 , Dario Kivelevitch  13 , Matthew Kiselica  5 , Neil J Korman  14 , Daniela Kroshinsky  15 , Mark Lebwohl  10 , Henry W Lim  16 , Amy S Paller  17 , Sylvia L Parra  18 , Arun L Pathy  19 , Elizabeth Farley Prater  20 , Reena Rupani  21 , Michael Siegel  5 , Benjamin Stoff  22 , Bruce E Strober  23 , Emily B Wong  24 , Jashin J Wu  25 , Vidhya Hariharan  26 , Alan Menter  13
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Joint AAD-NPF guidelines of care for the management and treatment of psoriasis with awareness and attention to comorbidities

Craig A Elmets et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 Apr.

Abstract

Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem disease that affects up to 3.2% of the US population. This guideline addresses important clinical questions that arise in psoriasis management and care, providing recommendations on the basis of available evidence.

Keywords: alcohol; anxiety; cancer; cardiovascular disease; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; clinical guidelines for psoriasis; comorbidities; congestive heart failure; depression; dermatology; diabetes; erectile dysfunction; guidelines; hyperlipidemia; hypertension; inflammatory bowel disease; malignancy; metabolic syndrome; obesity; obstructive sleep apnea; psoriasis; psoriatic arthritis; relationships; renal disease; sexual health; skin disease; smoking; uveitis; work productivity.

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