Estimation of hair cortisol levels as a biomarker of chronic stress in psoriasis: A pilot study

• Main Authors: Leelavathy Budamakuntla (Author), Eswari Loganathan (Author), Heera Ramesh (Author), Priyanka Karagaiah (Author), Sachin Somashekhar (Author), Shankar Kumar Venkatarayaraju (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Psychological stress can exacerbate many inflammatory diseases like psoriasis by dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. One method of establishing this correlation is by measuring cortisol levels. Deposition of cortisol in the hair during its growth allows for re...