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Psoriasis and stress *
Author(s) -
SEVILLE R.H.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1977.tb15186.x
Subject(s) - psoriasis , medicine , clearance , dithranol , dermatology , urology
SUMMARY 132 psoriasis patients who had been completely cleared with dithranol were assessed and then followed up over a 3‐year period. The incubation time from specific incidents of stress to the development of psoriasis was between 2 days and 1 month. Specific stress within a month before the first attack was recalled by 51 patients (39%); chance association was excluded by studying a control group where there was significantly less specific stress. The prognosis for the psoriasis patients who recollected specific stress a month prior to the onset was significantly better than for the rest of the patients where none had been recalled.