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Matthias Augustin

Matthias Augustin

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30021
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National Ranking
790

Overview

Matthias Augustin is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany. Their research portfolio primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a total of 837 publications. Within this broad field, their work is concentrated in several subfields including Dermatology, Immunology, Immunology and Allergy, General Health Professions, and Physiology.

The main thematic focus of their research includes Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis, Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases, and Urticaria and Related Conditions.

Augustin has contributed to several recent papers such as:

  • National, regional, and worldwide epidemiology of psoriasis: systematic analysis and modelling study, 2020, BMJ
  • Comparison of Biologics and Oral Treatments for Plaque Psoriasis, 2020, JAMA Dermatology
  • IFSI-guideline on chronic prurigo including prurigo nodularis, 2020, Itch
  • Guideline on allergen immunotherapy in IgE-mediated allergic diseases, 2022, Allergologie select
  • Stigma in visible skin diseases - a literature review and development of a conceptual model, 2021, Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Augustin include Ralph von Kiedrowski, Ulrich Mrowietz, Rachel Sommer, Christine Blome, and Natalia Kirsten.

Their work appears regularly in several publication venues, most notably:

  • Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
  • JDDG Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft
  • Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
  • Dermatology and Therapy
  • British Journal of Dermatology

In addition to journal articles, Augustin has authored books published by well-known academic publishers. These include Grundlagen und Praxis der Wohnmedizin (2021) with Springer Nature and Liebe - beglückend und bedroht (2022) with Peter Lang.

Best Publications

  • National, regional, and worldwide epidemiology of psoriasis: systematic analysis and modelling study

    Rosa Parisi;Ireny Y K Iskandar;Evangelos Kontopantelis;Matthias Augustin

  • Efficacy and safety of risankizumab in moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis (UltIMMa-1 and UltIMMa-2): results from two double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled and ustekinumab-controlled phase 3 trials

    Kenneth B Gordon;Bruce Strober;Mark Lebwohl;Matthias Augustin

  • Epidemiology and comorbidity of psoriasis in children

    M. Augustin;G. Glaeske;M.A. Radtke;E. Christophers

  • Visual analogue scale: evaluation of the instrument for the assessment of pruritus.

    Adam Reich;Monika Heisig;Ngoc Quan Phan;Kenichi Taneda

  • Epidemiology and clinical pattern of psoriatic arthritis in Germany: a prospective interdisciplinary epidemiological study of 1511 patients with plaque-type psoriasis

    K. Reich;K. Krüger;R. Mössner;M. Augustin

  • Assessment of pruritus intensity: prospective study on validity and reliability of the visual analogue scale, numerical rating scale and verbal rating scale in 471 patients with chronic pruritus.

    Ngoc Quan Phan;Christine Blome;Fleur Fritz;Joachim Gerss

  • S3 – Guidelines on the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris (English version). Update

    Alexander Nast;Wolf-Henning Boehncke;Ulrich Mrowietz;Hans-Michael Ockenfels

  • Co-morbidity and age-related prevalence of psoriasis: Analysis of health insurance data in Germany.

    Matthias Augustin;Kristian Reich;Gerd Glaeske;Ines Schaefer

  • Disease severity, quality of life and health care in plaque-type psoriasis: a multicenter cross-sectional study in Germany.

    M Augustin;K Krüger;M A Radtke;I Schwippl

  • Psoriasis: is the impairment to a patient's life cumulative?

    AB Kimball;U Gieler;D Linder;F Sampogna

  • Drug survival of biologic therapy in a large, disease-based registry of patients with psoriasis: results from the Psoriasis Longitudinal Assessment and Registry (PSOLAR).

    A. Menter;K.A. Papp;M. Gooderham;D.M. Pariser

  • Nail psoriasis in Germany: epidemiology and burden of disease.

    M. Augustin;K. Reich;C. Blome;I. Schäfer

  • Comparison of Biologics and Oral Treatments for Plaque Psoriasis: A Meta-analysis.

    April W. Armstrong;Luis Puig;Avani Joshi;Martha Skup

  • Prevalence of skin lesions and need for treatment in a cohort of 90 880 workers

    M. Augustin;K. Herberger;S. Hintzen;H. Heigel

  • Willingness-to-pay and quality of life in patients with vitiligo.

    M.A. Radtke;I. Schäfer;A. Gajur;A. Langenbruch

  • Adherence in the treatment of psoriasis: a systematic review.

    M Augustin;B Holland;D Dartsch;A Langenbruch

  • Prevalence of skin diseases in a cohort of 48,665 employees in Germany.

    I. Schaefer;S.J. Rustenbach;L. Zimmer;M. Augustin

  • European academy of dermatology and venereology European prurigo project : Expert consensus on the definition, classification and terminology of chronic prurigo

    M. P. Pereira;S Steinke;C Zeidler;C. Forner

  • The effect of adalimumab on reducing depression symptoms in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis: A randomized clinical trial

    Alan Menter;Matthias Augustin;James Signorovitch;Andrew P. Yu

  • Eczema herpeticatum recidivans

    Andreas Wollenberg;Maria Grichtmeier;Margitta Worm;Thomas Werfel

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Mrowietz
Ulrich Mrowietz Kiel University
Kristian Reich
Kristian Reich University of Göttingen
Diamant Thaçi
Diamant Thaçi University of Lübeck
Jochen Schmitt
Jochen Schmitt TU Dresden
Jacek C. Szepietowski
Jacek C. Szepietowski Wrocław Medical University
Thomas Werfel
Thomas Werfel Hannover Medical School
Wolf-Henning Boehncke
Wolf-Henning Boehncke University of Geneva
Lars E. French
Lars E. French Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Tilo Biedermann
Tilo Biedermann Technical University of Munich
Thomas L. Diepgen
Thomas L. Diepgen Heidelberg University

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