title: Palmoplantar psoriasis- ahead in the race-a prospective study from a tertiary health care centre in South India.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Psoriasis is a common and chronic T cell mediated skin disorder with varied clinico-morphological types. Most of the published studies have reported chronic plaque type psoriasis to be the commonest type.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To find the incidence of palmoplantar psoriasis in a tertiary health care centre in South India.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective study done over a period of six months recruiting the patients attending the Dermatology out-patient department in a tertiary health care centre.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Incidence of palmoplantar psoriasis was found to be highest among all morphological forms of psoriasis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Incidence of palmoplantar psoriasis is under-expressed. It is actually ahead in the race.
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head of Department, Department of Dermatology, Government Stanley Medical College & Hospital , Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Anandan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venkatesan
authors.affiliation: Additional Professor, Department of Dermatology, Government Stanley Medical College & Hospital , Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aravamudhan
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Government Stanley Medical College & Hospital , Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Saradha Kandasamy
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Perumal
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Government Stanley Medical College & Hospital , Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Rajkumar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kannan
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Government Stanley Medical College & Hospital , Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Vanathi
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Thirunavukkarasu
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate, Department of Dermatology, Government Stanley Medical College & Hospital , Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Shubhra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shukla
keywords: Demarcated plaques; Dermatology; Inflammatory; Scaly patches