Hospital San Juan Bautista, Catamarca, Argentina.
Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2011 Aug;13(4):360-8. doi: 10.1007/s11926-011-0185-7.
Psoriasis and its related manifestations, including psoriatic arthritis, are prevalent disorders in the Western world, particularly among Caucasians. The study of these disorders in Latin America lags way behind the study of other more common rheumatic disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. From the scarce evidence available, however, it appears that the prevalence and incidence of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are lower than in other parts of the Western world and almost negligible among natives from the Andean region, although confirmatory epidemiologic studies are lacking.
银屑病及其相关表现，包括银屑病关节炎，是西方世界（尤其是白种人）普遍存在的疾病。与其他更为常见的风湿性疾病（如类风湿关节炎和系统性红斑狼疮）相比，拉丁美洲对这些疾病的研究滞后很多。然而，根据有限的证据，银屑病和银屑病关节炎的患病率和发病率似乎低于西方世界的其他地区，而且在安第斯地区的本地人中几乎可以忽略不计，尽管缺乏确认性的流行病学研究。
