Psoriasis
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Puffy fingers improves predictiveness of very early systemic sclerosis diagnosis
Major finding: Puffy fingers were identified in more Raynaud's phenomenon patients who were antinuclear antibody positive (38.5%) than ANA...
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Venous eczema and lipodermatosclerosis common in venous insufficiency
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The chicken or the egg: Obesity or psoriasis?
Major finding: Among 29 children, 93% met criteria for excess adiposity prior to developing psoriasis, and 78% of these were obese before their...
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Methotrexate assay useful in severe pediatric dermatitis, psoriasis
Major finding: Late responders had the highest methotrexate levels (41.9 nmol/L vs.
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Expert panel sets broad SpA treat-to-target goals
Clinical Topics & News
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip Associated With Adalimumab Therapy for Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Case Report and Review of TNF-α Inhibitors and Cutaneous Carcinoma Risk
Adalimumab is an anti–tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) agent approved for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS); psoriatic arthritis; and...
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Scleroderma patients suffer from small bowel bacterial overgrowth
Major finding: SIBO affected 14 (38%) of 37 scleroderma patients with gastrointestinal symptoms.Data source: Observational study of 120 adults...
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Apremilast effects sustained at 1 year in psoriatic arthritis
Major finding: ACR 20 response at 1 year was 57%-63% for patients given apremilast.Data source: PALACE 1, a 504-patient, phase III, multicenter,...
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Annual pulmonary hypertension screening recommended for systemic sclerosis
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Algorithm helps to DETECT pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis
Major finding: Only 4% of cases were missed using the two-step algorithm, compared with 29% for guideline-recommended detection.Data source:...