Assessment of the magnitude and associated factor of psoriasis at Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College among patients attending Dermatology clinic, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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<h4>Background: </h4> Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory skin disorder resulting from a genetic predisposition combined with environmental triggers characterized by sharply demarcated erythematosus whitish scaly plaques. May be associated with psoriatic arthritis, metabolic syndrome, and other diseases. The prevalence is about 2% of the world’s population. Two peaks in the age of onset have been reported: Early-...

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• China
• Comorbidity
• Population Surveillance
• Psoriasis
• Recurrence
• Risk Factors
• Severity of Illness Index
• Symptom Assessment

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Literature Corpus work

0916a563-3e65-54fa-905c-1c9e6bd498c7

DOI

10.21203/rs.3.rs-3645031/v1