Psoriasis is a major chronic inflammatory skin disease, affecting about 3% of the population in Italy, whose management require experienced specialists in order to guarantee high-quality standards of care. The pandemic coronavirus (2019-nCoV; COVID-19) has changed the approach to all patients requiring close contact during a visit, including dermatologic consultations. In Italy, true outbreak begun in Lombardy, by February 21, 2020 with exponential contagion, surpassing China in the number of deaths.

Psoriasis health care in the time of the coronavirus pandemic: insights from dedicated centers in sardinia (Italy) / Atzori, L; Mugheddu, C; Addis, G; Sanna, S; Satta, R; Ferreli, C; Atzori, M G; Montesu, M A; Rongioletti, F. - In: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY. - ISSN 0926-9959. - 34:6(2020), pp. 247-248. [10.1111/jdv.16473]

Psoriasis health care in the time of the coronavirus pandemic: insights from dedicated centers in sardinia (Italy)

Rongioletti, F
2020-01-01

Abstract

Psoriasis is a major chronic inflammatory skin disease, affecting about 3% of the population in Italy, whose management require experienced specialists in order to guarantee high-quality standards of care. The pandemic coronavirus (2019-nCoV; COVID-19) has changed the approach to all patients requiring close contact during a visit, including dermatologic consultations. In Italy, true outbreak begun in Lombardy, by February 21, 2020 with exponential contagion, surpassing China in the number of deaths.
2020
COVID-19
Coronavirus pandemic
dermatology
psoriasis
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