Psoriasis in Children and Adolescents: Epidemiological Study of 280 Patients from Mexico
| Autor: | Andrea Tovar-Garza, Elizabeth Guevara-Gutiérrez, Alberto Tlacuilo-Parra, Juan Gabriel Barrientos-García, Mayela Meza-Resendiz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Adolescent Topical treatment Administration Cutaneous Tertiary care Nail Diseases 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Psoriasis Epidemiology Prevalence medicine Humans Family history Child Mexico Retrospective Studies business.industry Infant Mean age Retrospective cohort study General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Nail disease Child Preschool 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female Dermatologic Agents business |
| Zdroj: | Revista de investigaci�n Cl�nica. 69 |
| ISSN: | 0034-8376 |
| DOI: | 10.24875/ric.17002117 |
| Popis: | Background: Psoriasis in children and adolescents has not been well studied in Mexico. Objective: To study the epidemiological characteristics of psoriasis in this age group. Methods: This is a retrospective study in an academic, tertiary care dermatology center from January 1999 to December 2014. We included patients ≤ 18 years of age, with clinical and histopathological diagnosis of psoriasis. We recorded the following information: gender, age, disease duration, clinical variant, nail involvement, treatment, and family history. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for analysis. Results: Of 2,491 patients with psoriasis, 280 were ≤ 18 years of age, resulting in a prevalence of 11%. There was female predominance and the mean age was 11.5 years. Disease duration was 18 ± 34 months. Plaque psoriasis was the most common form, comprising 191 cases (68%). Nail involvement occurred in only 15 patients (5%). Topical treatment was given to 177 patients (63%). Only 14 cases (5%) had a family history of psoriasis. These variables did not differ when children were compared with adolescents, except in those with a shorter disease duration (13 ± 19 vs. 24 ± 29 months; p = 0.0004). Conclusions: We found a higher prevalence of psoriasis than previously published studies in this age group and a lower frequency of nail involvement and family history of psoriasis. (Rev Inves ClIn. 2017;69:47-50) |
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