Open AccessMetabolic syndrome and female gender, but not methotrexate, are the important associations of significant liver fibrosis in patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis as detected by transient elastography
Author(s) -
Rahul Mahajan,
Sunil Dogra,
Sanjeev Handa,
T Muhammed Razmi,
Tarun Narang,
Sahaj Rathi,
Radha K. Dhiman,
Biman Saikia,
Adil Karim
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology, venereology, and leprology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.514
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 0973-3922
pISSN - 0378-6323
DOI - 10.4103/ijdvl.ijdvl_152_19
Subject(s) - transient elastography , medicine , nonalcoholic fatty liver disease , odds ratio , gastroenterology , confidence interval , fibrosis , liver biopsy , psoriasis , metabolic syndrome , liver fibrosis , biopsy , fatty liver , disease , immunology , obesity
Many international guidelines on psoriasis management have emphasized upon the need to identify risk factors for liver fibrosis and that the risk may be increased after a certain total cumulative dose of methotrexate.