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Dermatologist Certificate VIP Certification Exam
Dermatologist Certificate — This practice exam mirrors the American Board of Dermatology (ABD) Written (Qualifying) Examination, a multiple-choice board certification exam administered by the ABD covering clinical dermatology, dermatopathology, surgical dermatology, and basic sciences; the ABD uses scaled scoring and the exam spans multiple sessions with approximately 300 questions total.
29
Questions
90m
Time Limit
70.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 29👑 VIP
A 52-year-old man presents with a 3-year history of well-demarcated, erythematous plaques with thick silvery scale on his elbows, knees, and scalp. He also reports morning stiffness in his distal interphalangeal joints and nail pitting. A punch biopsy shows regular epidermal hyperplasia, parakeratosis, suprapapillary plate thinning, and dilated tortuous capillaries in dermal papillae. Which of the following cytokines plays the most central role in the immunopathogenesis of this patient's condition?
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