“…In cases in which family history of psoriasis was discussed, 100% (8/8 cases) did not have a family history of psoriasis 9,20–22,32–34,40 . In 18 of 19 cases in which HCV status at the time of psoriasis induction/flare was reported, induction/flare of psoriasis occurred during treatment with IFN as the HCV infection was resolving (indicated by negative serum HCV RNA in 11 cases, 11,12,16,17,19,21,22,27,30,32,36 decreasing serum HCV RNA in 1 case 15 and improving serum aminotransferase levels in 6 cases 14,16,18,20,34,38 ).…”