Case-control study reveals an association with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with psoriasis, highlighting the need for smoking cessation and pulmonology care.
In this large, population-based case-control study, psoriasis was found to be associated with COPD. Dermatologists caring for patients with psoriasis should be aware of this association, consult an internist or pulmonologist, and advise the patients to stop smoking and reduce additional risk factors for COPD.
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