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Assessment of interleukin -17 and vitamin D serum levels in psoriatic patients /

Heba Amr Mohamed Kamal Elkhashab

Assessment of interleukin -17 and vitamin D serum levels in psoriatic patients / تقدير مستوى الانترلوكين 17 وفيتامين د فى مصل مرضى الصدفية Heba Amr Mohamed Kamal Elkhashab ; Supervised Hesham Abdelmoaty Zaher , Mohamed Medhat Elkomy , Hanaa Hamdy Ahmed - Cairo : Heba Amr Mohamed Kamal Elkhashab , 2013 - 95P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Dermatology and Venerology

Background :Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that is now considered a prototypic Th17 - mediated disease . The possible role played by vitamin D deficiency in its pathogenesis has been previously highlighted . A number of reports have verified the existence of an interplay betwee them however whether such a relation exists between both culprits in the context of psoriasis has not been verified yet



Interleukin -17 Psoriatis Vitamin D