Psoriasis : causes, diagnosis and treatment / Julian A. Carrasco, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carrasco, Julian A.

Series:

Dermatology--laboratory and clinical research series.

Dermatology--laboratory and clinical research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psoriasis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Topics discussed include furocoumarins used in radiation therapy to treat psoriasis; comorbidities of psoriasis and the risk factors for cardiovascular disease; pharmacological management of psoriasis; nitric oxide syntases and its physiological functions in healthy skin and the vegetarian diet in relation to psoriasis.

Contents:

Molecular basis of the phototherapy of furocoumarins : a theoretical study / L. Serrano-Andres, J.J. Serrano-Perez, Universitat de Valencia, Instituto de Ciencia Molecular, Valencia, Spain

Psoriasis : Causes, Treatments and Pathological Models / Jessica Jean, Martha Estrella Garcia-Perez, Simon Guerard, Roxane Pouliot, Centre LOEX de l'Universite Laval, Genie Tissulaire et Regeneration, LOEX-Centre de Recherche FRSQ du Centre Hospitalier Affilie Universitaire de Quebec, Quebec, Canada, and others

Psoriasis : clinical features, diagnosis and treatment srategies / Gottfried Wozel, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Proteinase regulators of plasmacytoid dendritic cell trafficking and function in psoriasis / Joanna Cichy, Brian A. Zabel, Dept. of Immunology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, and others

Psoriasis comorbidities and the incidence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease events in psoriasis / S. Coimbra, H. Oliveira, F. Reis, L. Belo, A. Figueiredo, F. Teixeira, E. Castro, P. Rocha-Pereira, A. Santos-Silva, Faculdade de Farmacia, Servico de Bioquimica, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, and others

Pharmacological management of psoriasis / Poobalan Naidoo, Virendra Rambiritch, Department of Paediatrics, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Role of nitric oxide synthesis in psoriasis / Oriana Simonetti, Guendalina Lucarini, Gaia Goteri, Annamaria Offidani, Department of Dermatology, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, and others

Pathogenesis of psoriasis : an update / K.H. Basavaraj, Department of Dermatology, JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore, India

Psoriasis and vegetarian diets : a role for cortisol and potassium? / Reza Rastmanesh, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Dept. of Human Nutrition, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, National Nutrition and Food Sciences Technology Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

Comorbidities in psoriasis / Husein Husein-El Ahmed, San Cecilio University Hospital, Granada, Spain

Novel platform therapies for topical application in effective management of psoriasis / Vaibhav Dubey, Reddya Laboratories Ltd., IPDO-Innovation Plaza, Bachupally, Qutubullapur, Hyderabad, India

Psoriasis and cardiovascular disease / Hana Hoyt, Igor Mamkin, Sorin J. Brener, New York Methodist Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College

Lymphocyte migration into skin / Hekla Sigmundsdottir

TNF blockers in the treatment of psoriasis / Alberto Conde Taboada, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain

Psoriasis : molecular etiology and genetic linkage / Anthony Karpouzis, Stavroula Veletza, Dept. of Dermatology, Division of Medicine, Democritos University of Thrace, Greece, and others.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-62081-072-7