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ReviewDermatologic therapy2020

COVID-19 and psoriasis: Should we fear for patients treated with biologics?

Paolo Amerio, Francesca Prignano, Federica Giuliani, Giulio Gualdi

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Review in Dermatologic therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Exploration of shared gene signatures and molecular mechanisms between psoriasis and COVID-19: evidence from transcriptome data.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2026
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  8. Mental Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Long-Term Exposure in Italian Dermatologists.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  11. Biologics for Psoriasis during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021
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  17. Management of biological therapies for chronic plaque psoriasis during COVID-19 emergency in Italy.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Paolo AmerioClinic of Dermatology, Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1589-9672
Francesca PrignanoSection of Dermatology, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5997-2045
Federica GiulianiClinic of Dermatology, Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy.
Giulio GualdiClinic of Dermatology, Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The new coronavirus pandemic poses question and challenges for dermatologists. One of question is if psoriasis patients treated with immunomodulating and immunosuppressive drugs have to discontinue their treatment in the midst of fears for the infection and its consequences. One of the challenges is how can we support our patients in this critical time. Previous coronaviruses outbreaks reports, current published evidences on pathogenesis and on clinical reports of COVID infection in immunosuppressed patients are used to make a scientifically based decision.

Indexed as

Coronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19HumansImmunologic FactorsImmunosuppressive AgentsPandemicsPneumonia, ViralPsoriasisImmunologic FactorsImmunosuppressive AgentsbiologicsCOVID-19psoriasisSARStherapy

Identifiers

PMID32314483
PMCPMC7235531

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