Assessment of adiposity in psoriatic patients by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry compared to conventional methods

• Main Authors: Michelle dos Santos Diniz (Author), Nádia Couto Bavoso (Author), Adriana Maria Kakehasi (Author), Márcio Weissheimer Lauria (Author), Maria Marta Sarquis Soares (Author), Jackson Machado-Pinto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract BACKGROUND: Obesity is considered a chronic low-grade inflammatory disease that shares mediators of inflammation with psoriasis, such as TNF-α and IL-6. The relationship between these two conditions involves factors such as predisposition and response to therapy, in addition to an associati...