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01-08-2017 | Short Communication
Psoriasis in children with type 1 diabetes: A new comorbidity to be considered?
Authors:
Luisa Di Costanzo, Valentina Fattorusso, Enza Mozzillo, Angela Patrì, Roberta Di Caprio, Elena De Nitto, Nicola Balato, Adriana Franzese
Published in:
Acta Diabetologica
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Issue 8/2017
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Excerpt
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is the most common endocrine disease of childhood, due to an immune-mediated destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic β-cells. Comorbidities are frequent in T1DM and can severely affect clinical management [
1]. To date, vitiligo and alopecia areata are the only described cutaneous comorbidities associated with T1DM, while psoriasis is usually associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus [
2]. Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease affecting up to 2% of children in Europe and, in particular, 2.1% in Italy [
3,
4]. To date, psoriasis prevalence in T1DM is not well known. …
