Long-term follow-up of 344 Shanghai psoriatics
Liu, C.H.; Yu, X.F.; Ma, Y.S.; Shu, Q.F.; Wang, H.Y.; Lin, S.Z.
Chinese Medical Journal 102(2): 120-123
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0366-6999 PMID: 2505977 Document Number: 329989
344 patients with psoriasis vulgaris treated in Huashan Hospital, Shanghai were followed up for 7-30 years. 13% of them developed arthralgia and 2% had joint deformities. One patient developed erythroderma due to dexamethasone medication. Internal malignancy occurred in 2 patients (0.58%). The severity of the course of the disease was neither influenced by family history nor alcoholism, but was markedly influenced by the duration of illness and administration of anti-neoplastic drugs.