Onychomycosis in Psoriatic Patients with Nail Disorders: Aetiological Agents and Immunosuppressive Therapy

• Main Authors: Núbia Carvalho Pena de Oliveira Praeiro Alves (Author), Tomaz de Aquino Moreira (Author), Lucivânia Duarte Silva Malvino (Author), José Joaquim Rodrigues (Author), Roberto Ranza (Author), Lúcio Borges de Araújo (Author), Reginaldo dos Santos Pedroso (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are chronic, relapsing, immune-based diseases. Psoriatic patients may have nail involvement in 50 to 80% of cases, and this may reach 85% in patients with joint disease, in spite of the fact that the relationship between psoriasis and onychomycosis is not well estab...