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The Respiratory Burst and Psoriasis

1988

Psoriasis is a disease affecting about 1–2% of the population worldwide, similar to diabetes mellitus.1 It occurs somewhat more frequently in the white population than among Asians and Eskimos.1 The disease has two peaks of onset, an early one occurring around the age of 20 and a later one around 60.2 In early-onset psoriasis, 85% of patients exhibit the HLA Cw6 antigen; in the late-onset group, no such pattern of inheritance can be found.2