SKIN COPPER LEVELS IN PSORIASIS

[摘要] Tissue copper levels were determined in normal skin from 19 cadavers, in uninvolved skin from 19 psoriatics and in involved skin from 30 psoria-tics. No significant differences were found. The range of tissue copper levels was found to be quite wide in both normal and psoriatic skin. The elevated serum copper levels found in psoriasis appear to be unaccompanied by quantitative tissue copper alterations.