Evaluation of a Case Series of Patients With Generalized Pustular Psoriasis in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) is a chronic, orphan disease with limited epidemiological data.

Objective

To describe the clinical characteristics, treatments, longitudinal disease course, and disease-specific health care utilization among patients with GPP across the United States.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective longitudinal case series involving 95 adults who met the European Rare and Severe Psoriasis Expert Network consensus definition for GPP and were treated at 20 US academic dermatology practices between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2018.

Main outcomes and measures

The primary outcome is to describe the patient characteristics, associated medical comorbidities, treatment patterns complications, and GPP-specific heal

SUBMITTER: Noe MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8655659 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature