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Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia 2015 June;150(3):317-20

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language: English

Gluten-free diet as a therapeutic approach in psoriatic patients: if yes, when

D’Erme A. M. ¹, Kovacikova Curkova A. ², Agnoletti A. F. ³, Milanesi N. ⁴, Simonacci F. ⁴, Gola M. ⁴ ✉

¹ Unit of Dermatology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; ² Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia; ³ DISSAL Section of Dermatology San Martino, IRCCS Genoa, Italy; ⁴ Division of Dermatology, Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Since most of the studies are mainly confined to cases reporting coincidence of psoriasis and celiac disease, the authors want to underline the utility of investigating the possible presence of an underlying celiac disease in normal practice for a better approach to the patient. It is necessary to carry out controlled studies on a large number of patients to evaluate the association between these two diseases and the benefits of a gluten-free diet, even when the intestinal symptomatology is not evident.