J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 Nov 5. pii: S0190-9622(19)32996-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2019.10.072. [Epub ahead of print]

Risk of acute infections in patients with psoriasis: A nationwide population-based cohort study.

Kim BR¹, Kang D², Kang M³, Shim S³, Kang CK⁴, Kim DW⁵, Guallar E⁶, Cho J⁷, Youn SW⁸.

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1

Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea.

2

Department of Clinical Research Design and Evaluation, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea; Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.

3

Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.

4

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

5

Department of Policy Research Affairs, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital.

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Department of Clinical Research Design and Evaluation, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea; Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Epidemiology, and Welch Center for Epidemiology, Prevention, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA.

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Department of Clinical Research Design and Evaluation, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea; Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Epidemiology, and Welch Center for Epidemiology, Prevention, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA. Electronic address: juheecho@jhu.edu.

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Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea. Electronic address: swyoun@snu.ac.kr.