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Psoriasis

"Psoriasis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A common genetically determined, chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by rounded erythematous, dry, scaling patches. The lesions have a predilection for nails, scalp, genitalia, extensor surfaces, and the lumbosacral region. Accelerated epidermopoiesis is considered to be the fundamental pathologic feature in psoriasis.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Psoriasis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Psoriasis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 224 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 22 publications in 2018
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