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

• Principais autores: Leelavathy Budamakuntla (Autor), Eswari Loganathan (Autor), Heera Ramesh (Autor), Priyanka Karagaiah (Autor), Sachin Somashekhar (Autor), Shankar Kumar Venkatarayaraju (Autor)
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• Publicado em: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...