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Penn Researchers Find Psoriasis Patients At Increased Risk For Heart Attack

Psoriasis is an independent risk factor for myocardial infarction, and this risk is greatest in young patients with severe psoriasis, according to Joel M. Gelfand, M.D., M.S.C.E., assistant professor of dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and lead author of the study that appears in the Oct. 11 issue of JAMA.

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