Haptoglobin is an independent marker for disease severity and risk for metabolic complications in hidradenitis suppurativa: a prospective study.
Nessr Abu RachedT GambichlerL OckerM SkryganC SeifertC H ScheelE StockflethF G BecharaPublished in: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV (2023)
In this prospective study, we discovered that the serum levels of the acute phase protein haptoglobin levels serve as an independent marker of disease severity in HS. While this presents the first study in the context of HS. Thus, the present data not only yield a highly promising serum marker to be further validated.