Fourteen patients with severe, refractory, long-standing psoriasis were treated with haemodiafiItration (HDF) and direct haemoperfusion (DH).
Five patients had complete remissions, although two of them had relapses after discontinuation of HDF and DH.
Five patients had moderate improvement. Four patients had no objective improvement Heparin and Placebo effects of HDF were evaluated, too, Psoriasis is not improved by heparin and sham dialysis.
It is apparent that HDF and DH are effective to psoriasis..
Tetradecanoic acid octadecyl ester (M. W480), hexadecanoic acid octadecyl ester (M. W508), octadecanoic acid octadecyl ester (M. W536) were detected in the nails of psoriasis patients by GC-MS.
These substances were not detected in the nails of psoriasis patients who had complete remissions and controls
