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Table 1.

Recommendations according to patient characteristics and psoriasis type

Special conditions	Strong recommendation in favour (Will likely be beneficial)	Weak recommendation in favour (Might be beneficial)	No recommendation (Insufficient evidence)	Weak recommendation against (Will likely not help but cause no harm)	Strong recommendation against (Likely to cause harm)
Children	MTX, acitretin	Cyclosporin	-	Fumarates	-
Adolescents	MTX, acitretin (male), fumarates	Cyclosporin	-	Acitretin (female)	-
Elderly	MTX, acitretin, cyclosporin, fumarates	-	-	-	-
Pregnancy	-	Cyclosporin preferred conventional	-	-	Acitretin (3 years before), MTX (6 months before), fumaretes (6 months before)
Breastfeeding	-	-	-	-	MTX, acitretin, cyclosporin, fumarates
Males wishing to conceive	Acitretin, cyclosporin	Fumarates	-	-	MTX (3 months before)
Nail psoriasis	MTX, acitretin, cyclosporin, fumarates	-	-	-	-
Generalized pustular psoriasis	MTX, acitretin	Cyclosporin	-	-	Fumarates
Erythrodermic psoriasis	MTX, acitretin, cyclosporin	-	-	-	Fumarates
Intermittent treatment	MTX, acitretin, cyclosporin	-	-	Fumarates	-

-: no available agent

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