Ann Dermatol.  2018 Feb;30(1):112-114. 10.5021/ad.2018.30.1.112.

Accuracy and Reliability of Subjective Answer about Age of Onset in Psoriasis

• Jeon JW
• Kwon HH
• Jo SJ
• Ahn JY
• Park MY
• Youn JI

• KMID: 2399772
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5021/ad.2018.30.1.112

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Age of Onset*
Psoriasis*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 (A) All patients completed identical questionnaires about their age of onset. (B) Pie graph showing that 71% of patients knew the accurate age of onset, whereas 29% of the responses were different compared to the previous survey responses. Additionally, 5% of patients had a diagnosis changed from early-onset to late-onset psoriasis or from late-onset to early-onset psoriasis.

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