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ReviewAmerican journal of clinical dermatology2022

The Prevalence and Disease Characteristics of Generalized Pustular Psoriasis.

Min Zheng, Denis Jullien, Kilian Eyerich

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Review in American journal of clinical dermatology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Endoderm differentiates into a transient epidermis in the mouse perineum.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2026
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  9. The Role of Selected Proteins in the Pathogenesis of Psoriasis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  11. Epidemiology of generalized pustular psoriasis in Germany: Analyzing factors influencing prevalence estimates health insurance data.Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG · 2025
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  17. Targeted review ofSkin health and disease · 2024
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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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Min ZhengDermatology Department, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. minz@zju.edu.cn.
Denis JullienDepartment of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine Lyon-Est, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, University of Lyon, Lyon, France.
Kilian EyerichDepartment of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Hôpital Edouard Herriot · FRSecond Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CNTechnical University of Munich · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) is a rare disease that has only recently benefited from a consistent definition and clinical coding standard. A lack of disease awareness combined with clinical similarities to other types of psoriasis have historically complicated the diagnosis of GPP. It is now clear that GPP requires a differential diagnosis from psoriasis vulgaris (plaque psoriasis), and better understanding of the genetic characteristics underlying GPP may improve the accuracy of diagnoses in the future. GPP can present at any age but is most common in the fifth decade of life. There appears to be a female preponderance in GPP, although there is notable variability in prevalence by geographical region and between ethnicities. GPP is potentially life-threatening, associated with several serious complications, and may require emergency treatment, particularly for complications arising from systemic inflammation. As with many rare diseases, there are inherent challenges to understanding the epidemiology of GPP. In addition to small patient numbers, estimating the prevalence of rare diseases is further complicated by studies that use non-standardized methodologies and that are conducted in different populations. These complications in data gathering have led to marked variability in GPP case estimates by geographical region and between ethnicities. There is ongoing research into disease characteristics, and insights into regional measures of prevalence are essential to increasing our understanding of GPP.

Indexed as

Diagnosis, DifferentialHumansPrevalencePsoriasisSex FactorsSkin Diseases, Vesiculobullous

Identifiers

PMID35061224
PMCPMC8801400
OpenAlexW4206830496

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