Abstract:Acute phase reactants (APR) are proteins that had been associated with psoriasis severity. We aimed to evaluate the association between psoriasis disease severity and some inflammatory markers as (CRP, ESR, and fibrinogen) before and after narrow band ultraviolet NB (NB-UVB) therapy. The present study included 38 psoriatic patients and 38 controls of matching age and sex. The 38 included patients were divided according to their pretreatment PASI score into 2 subgroups: moderate 13 (34.2%) and severe 25 (65.8%)… Show more
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