Metabolic Syndrome and Female Gender, but Not Methotrexate, Are the Important Associations of Significant Liver Fibrosis in Patients With Moderate-To-Severe Psoriasis as Detected by Transient Elastography.

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Metabolic Syndrome and Female Gender, but Not Methotrexate, Are the Important Associations of Significant Liver Fibrosis in Patients With Moderate-To-Severe Psoriasis as Detected by Transient Elastography.

 

Metabolic syndrome and female sex are associated with the development of significant liver fibrosis in patients with psoriasis. PubMed, Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol, 07/08/2020. (Also see Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis)

 

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