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Chen YJ, Wu CY, Shen JL et al. Psoriasis independently associated with hyperleptinemia contributing to metabolic syndrome. Archives of Dermatology 2008;144:1571-1575

Kaye JA, Li L, Jick SS. Incidence of risk factors for myocardial infarction and other vascular diseases in patients with psoriasis. British Journal of Dermatology 2008; 159:895-902

Gisondi P, Del Giglio M, Di Francesco V et al. Weight loss improves the response of obese patients with moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis to low-dose cyclosporine therapy: a randomized, controlled, investigator-blinded clinical trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2008; 88:1242-7.

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Setty A R, Curhan G, Choi H K Smoking and the Risk of Psoriasis in Women Nurses Health Study II: The American Journal of Medicine, Volume 120: 11 (November 2007).

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Weatherhead S, Robson S, Reynolds J Pregnancy Plus: Management of psoriasis in pregnancy BMJ 2007. 334. Pages 1218-1220

Mitchell T, Penzer R Psoriasis at your fingertips A family connection?: 4 – 7 2007 - Class Publishing, London.

Weatherhead S, Robson S, Reynolds J Pregnancy Plus: Management of psoriasis in pregnancy British Medical Journal 2007: 334: 1218-1220

Pattison E, Harrison BJ, Griffiths CE, Silman AJ, Bruce IN. Environmental risk factors for the development of psoriatic arthritis: results from a case-control study. Annals of Rheumatic Disease. 2008 May;67(5):672-6. Epub 2007 Sep 6._

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Estimated proportion of people with severe psoriasis eligible for biological therapy obtained from costing templates and reports for TA103 and TA146. (2006) Available from: www. nice .org.uk/TA103 and www. nice .org.uk/TA146

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Gladman DD, Antoni C, Mease P, Clegg DO, Nash P. Psoriatic arthritis: epidemiology, clinical features, course, and outcome. Annals of Rheumatic Disease. 2005;64(Suppl 11):ii 14- ii17


Gelfand JM, Weinstein R, Porter SB et al Prevalence and Treatment of Psoriasis in the United Kingdom: A Population-Based Study Archives of Dermatology. 2005; 141:1537-1541.

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Herron MD, Hinckley M, Hoffman MS et al. Impact of Obesity and Smoking on Psoriasis Presentation and Management. Archives of Dermatology. 2005;141:1527-1534.

Higa-Sansone G, Szomstein S, Soto F et al. Psoriasis remission after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity. Obesity Surgery 2004; 14:1132-4.

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Fortune, D.G., Richards, H.L., Kirby, B., McElhone, K., Markham, T., Rogers, S., Main, C.J. & Griffiths, C.E.M. (2003). Psychological distress impairs clearance of psoriasis in patients treated with photochemotherapy. Archives of Dermatology, 139, 752-756.

Richards, H.L., Fortune, D.G., Griffiths, C.E.M., Main, C.J. (2001). The contribution of perceptions of stigmatisation to disability in patients with psoriasis. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 50, 11-15.

Fortune, D.G., Richards, H.L., Main, C.J. & Griffiths, C.E.M. (2000). Pathological worrying, illness perceptions and disease severity in patients with psoriasis. British Journal of Health Psychology, 5, 71-82.

Naldi, Peli L, Parazzini F (1999) Association of early stage psoriasis with smoking and male alcohol consumption Archives of Dermatology. 1999:135:1479-1484

Fortune, D.G., Richards, H.L., Main, C.J. & Griffiths, C.E.M. (1998). What patients with psoriasis believe about their condition. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 137, 53-59.

Fortune, D.G., Main, C.J., O'Sullivan, T.M. & Griffiths C.E.M. (1997). Quality of life in patients with psoriasis: the contribution of clinical variables and psoriasis-specific stress. British Journal of Dermatology, 137, 755-760.

Naldi L, Parazzin F, Peli L, Chatenoud L, Cainelli T Dietary factors and the risk of psoriasis British Journal of Dermatology 1996 Jan: 134 (1) 101-6

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