Psoriasis and beta-blockade
Steinkraus, V.; Mensing, H.
Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift für Dermatologie Venerologie und verwandte Gebiete 43(4): 179-183
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-8470 PMID: 1350775 Document Number: 402421
Psoriasiform skin eruptions during treatment with beta-adrenergic blocking drugs have recently attracted increasing attention and led the Bundesgesundheitsamt [German Office of Public Health] to publish general information on this issue. Today's knowledge on the clinical picture, pharmacology, and the pathogenesis is discussed, with reference to the latest experimental data. The blockade of keratinocyte beta-adrenergic receptors may play a key role in the aetiopathology of this unwanted side-effect.