Open AccessDermal vasculature in psoriasis and psoriasiform dermatitis: A morphometric study
Author(s) -
Shilpa Gupta,
Mandeep Kaur,
Ruchika Gupta,
Sompal Singh,
Leela Pant,
Prameet Singh
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.91820
Subject(s) - medicine , psoriasis , dermatology
Vascular proliferation in the papillary dermis is considered to be an important and probably an early feature of psoriasis. Few morphometric studies have attempted to analyze the vascular changes. However, no study was found in the available literature comparing vascular changes between psoriasis and psoriasiform dermatitis.