Abstract
Background: For sufficient treatment of patients with chronic inflammatory skin diseases, new concepts need to be established and biomarkers must be identified. Objective: Presentation of new markers, their quality and implications for the clinical daily routine. Material and methods: This article presents a discussion of basic research and a review of current achievements of personalized medicine in the area of chronic inflammatory skin diseases. Results: Promising biomarker for the various entities of chronic inflammatory skin diseases have been proposed; however, they need to be prospectively validated and translated into affordable and feasible tests. Conclusion: There is still a long way to go to establish personalized medicine in the field of chronic inflammatory skin diseases and its success is dependent on multicenter collaboration to validate and implement novel biomarkers.
| Translated title of the contribution | Personalized medicine in the field of inflammatory skin diseases |
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| Original language | German |
| Pages (from-to) | 15-20 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Hautarzt |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - 1 Jan 2019 |