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J. D. AUSUM, M.D.; R. E. WILHELM, M.D.

Arch Dermatol. 1962;85(5):614-616.

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Immunologic mechanisms in psoriasis have been postulated previously,¹ but convincing experimental evidence for such mechanisms has not been shown. Aswaq, Farber, Moreci, and Raffel² demonstrated delayed type skin reactions, using a modified passive cutaneous anaphylaxis technique⁵ with psoriatic plaque homogenate as antigen and human psoriatic serum as antibody.

Our present study was designed to explore such possible antigen-antibody mechanisms and, if successful, to expand such studies to other skin disorders thought to be subject to autoimmune mechanisms.

Materials and Methods

Albino male guinea pigs, weighing 250-750 gm., were used. The abdomen or back of each guinea pig was shaved 12-24 hr. prior to the intradermal injection of psoriatic and/or normal human control serum. The patients were divided into 2 groups. Ten patients with psoriasis were in the study group. They had no neoplastic, infectious, or metabolic disease (except for one patient with gout). The control patients were . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
DETROIT

From the Department of Dermatology, Wayne State University College of Medicine, Detroit, and Allergy Service, Research Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Dearborn, Mich.

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