Generalized pustular psoriasis
Description
impetigo herpetiformis: An impetigo that is characterized as a form of severe pustular psoriasis occurring in pregnancy.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | L12_PSORI_PUSTGEN |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: L401, ICD-9: 6961B, ICD-8: 69610 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: L401, ICD-9: 6961B, ICD-8: 69610 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 42 | 23 | 19 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 51.62 | 51.56 | 51.69 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 30.95 | 39.13 | 21.05 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 2.38 | 4.35 | 0.0 |