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Abstract Number: 2485 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Red Cell Distribution Width Positively Correlates with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Score in Psoriatic Arthritis and Decreases with BDMARD Therapy
Angela Gupta¹, Sofi Damjanovska ², David Zidar ³, Donald Anthony ⁴ and Maya Mattar ³, ¹Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, ²Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Heights, OH, ³Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a parameter that measures variation in red blood cell size and volume. It is elevated when there…
Abstract Number: 2486 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Clinical and Functional Parameters by Joint Involvement and Remission in Psoriatic Arthritis
Halise Hande Gezer¹, Mehmet Tuncay Duruoz ², Kemal Nas ³, Erkan Kilic ⁴, Betul Sargin ⁵, Sevtap Acer Kasman ², Hakan Alkan ⁶, Nilay Sahin ⁷, Gizem Cengiz ⁸, Nihan Cuzdan ⁹, Ilknur Albayrak Gezer ¹⁰, Dilek Keskin ¹¹, Cevriye Mulkoglu ¹², Hatice Resorlu ¹³, Ismihan Sunar ¹⁴, Ajda Bal ¹⁵, Okan Kucukakkas ¹⁶, Ozan Volkan Yurdakul ¹⁶, Meltem Alkan Melikoglu ¹⁷, Yildiray Aydin ³, Fikriye Figen Ayhan ¹⁸, Hatice Bodur ¹⁹, Mustafa Calis ⁸, Erhan Capkin ²⁰, Gul Devrimsel ²¹, Kevser Gök ²², Sami Hizmetli ²³, Ayhan Kamanli ³, Yasar Keskin ¹⁶, Hilal Kocabas ²⁴, Oznur Kutluk ²⁵, Nesrin Sen ²⁶, Omer Faruk Sendur ²⁷, Ibrahim Tekeoglu ³, Sena Tolu ²⁸, Murat Toprak ²⁹ and Tiraje Tuncer ²⁵, ¹Marmara University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, İstanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Marmara University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, İstanbul, Turkey, ³Sakarya University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology and Immunology Division, Sakarya, Turkey, ⁴Afyonkarahisar State Hospital, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, ⁵Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, Aydın, Turkey, ⁶Pamukkale University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, Denizli, Turkey, ⁷Balıkesir University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Balıkesir, Turkey, ⁸Erciyes University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, Kayseri, Turkey, ⁹Şanlıurfa Training and Research Hospital, Rheumatology Clinic, Şanlıurfa, Turkey, ¹⁰Selçuk University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Konya, Turkey, ¹¹Kırıkkale University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Kırıkkale, Turkey, ¹²Ankara Training and Research Hospital, PMR Clinic, Ankara, Turkey, ¹³Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Çanakkale, Turkey, ¹⁴Ankara Unversity School of Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rheumatology Department, Ankara, Turkey, ¹⁵Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, PMR Clinic, Ankara, Turkey, ¹⁶Bezmialem Vakıf University School of Medicine, PMR Department, İstanbul, Turkey, ¹⁷Atatürk University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, Erzurum, Turkey, ¹⁸Uşak University School of Health Sciences, PMR Department, Uşak, Turkey, ¹⁹Yıldırım Beyazıt University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Ankara, Turkey, ²⁰Karadeniz Teknik University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Trabzon, Turkey, ²¹Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Riza, Turkey, ²²Numune Training and Research Hospital, Rheumatology Clinic, Ankara, Turkey, ²³Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, Sivas, Turkey, ²⁴Necmettin Erbakan University Meram School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, Konya, Turkey, ²⁵Akdeniz University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, Antalya, Turkey, ²⁶Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital, Rheumatology Clinic, İstanbul, Turkey, ²⁷Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Aydın, Turkey, ²⁸Medipol University School of Medicine, PMR Department, İstanbul, Turkey, ²⁹Yüzüncü Yıl University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Van, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Disease activity of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is affected by many parameters including joint, spinal and skin involvement, enthesitis, dactylitis and pain. According to disease…
Abstract Number: 2487 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Identification of Circulating MicroRNA Signatures in Patients with Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis to Develop Novel Strategies for Early Diagnosis of a Bone and Joint Involvement
Judith Haschka¹, David Simon ², Sara Bayat ³, Arnd Kleyer ³, Eleni Kampylafka ³, Axel Hueber ⁴, Christian Muschitz ⁵, Susanna Skalicky ⁶, Matthias Hackl ⁶, Heinrich Resch ¹, Georg Schett ⁷, Roland Kocijan ⁸ and Jürgen Rech ⁹, ¹Karl Landsteiner Institute for Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, St. Vincent Hospital Vienna, II Medical Department, Vienna, Austria, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Klinikum Bamberg, Section Rheumatology, Bamberg, Germany, Bamberg, Germany, ⁵St. Vincent Hospital Vienna, II Medical Department, VINFORCE Study Group, Vienna, Austria, ⁶TAmiRNA GmbH, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁸Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Vienna, Austria, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs which are regulating physiologic and pathological processes. In numerous diseases specific miRNA signatures have been identified and can…
Abstract Number: 2488 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
MDA Versus DAPSA: Applicability in a Real World
rafaela Gonçalves¹, Lays Martins ², henrique mariz ¹, marina brito ³, georgia pereira ³, andrea dantas ³ and Angela Duarte ², ¹clinical hospital of federal university of pernambuco, recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, ²Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, ³clinical hospital of federal university of pernambuco, recife, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a progressive, chronic, and potentially irreversible inflammatory disorder. Systematic clinical follow-up of PsA patients is necessary to maintain and…
Abstract Number: 2489 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Differences in Clinical Characteristics, Quality of Life, Disability, and Work Productivity in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients by Gender: Findings from a Cross-sectional Survey in the US and Europe
Laure Gossec¹, Jessica Walsh ², Kaleb Michaud ³, Steve Peterson ⁴, Elizabeth Holdsworth ⁵, Chetan Karyekar ⁴, Nicola Booth ⁶, Jessalyn Kemp ⁷, Soumya Chakravarty ⁸, Shelly Kafka ⁹ and Alexis Ogdie ¹⁰, ¹Sorbonne Université and Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Janssen Global Services, LLC, Horsham, PA, ⁵Adelphi Real World, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, ⁶Adelphi Real World, Bollington, United Kingdom, ⁷Adelphi Real World, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁸Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC; Drexel University College of Medicine, Horsham; Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, ¹⁰Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) prevalence is equal in men and women, though gender may play a role in driving mechanisms of PsA leading to differences…
Abstract Number: 2490 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Cutaneous Microbiome of Psoriatic Disease Is Influenced by Disease Susceptibility HLA Alleles but Not Clinical Phenotype
Meital Yerushalmi¹, Osvaldo Espin-Garcia ², Justine (Yang) Ye ³, Remy Pollock ⁴, Sara Rahmati ³, Lihi Eder ⁵, Mark Silverberg ⁶ and Vinod Chandran ⁷, ¹University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ⁵Women’s College Hospital and the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ⁶Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease. Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthritis that affects 30% of psoriasis patients. The heterogeneity of psoriatic disease…
Abstract Number: 2491 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Predictors of DAPSA28 Remission at 6 Months in Bio-Naive Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Starting a TNF Inhibitor in Clinical Practice– Results from the EuroSpA Collaboration
Lykke Midtbøll Ørnbjerg¹, Stylianos Georgiadis ², Lennart Jacobsson ³, Anne Gitte Loft ⁴, Florenzo Iannone ⁵, Burkhard Moeller ⁶, Joe Sexton ⁷, Herman Mann ⁸, Maria José Santos ⁹, Manuel Pombo-Suarez ¹⁰, Kari K. Eklund ¹¹, Matija Tomsic ¹², Bjorn Gudbjornsson ¹³, Şükran Erten ¹⁴, Catalin Codreanu ¹⁵, Irene van der Horst-Bruinsma ¹⁶, Johan Wallman ¹⁷, Marco Sebastiani ¹⁸, Michael J. Nissen ¹⁹, Eirik Kristianslund ²⁰, Karel Pavelka ⁸, Elsa Vieira-Sousa ²¹, Carlos Sánchez-Piedra ²², Nina Trokovic ²³, Ziga Rotar ²⁴, Thorvardur J Love ²⁵, servet Yolbas ²⁶, Ruxandra IONESCU ²⁷, Marleen van de Sande ¹⁶, Gareth Jones ²⁸, Brigitte Michelsen ²⁹, Mikkel Østergaard ³⁰ and Merete Lund Hetland ¹, ¹DANBIO and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre of Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²DANBIO registry and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Centre for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Dept of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden,, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital., Aarhus, Denmark, ⁵Department of Emergency and Transplantation , Rheumatology Unit, University Hospital of Bari, Bari, Italy., Bari, Italy, ⁶University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁷Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Dept. of Rheumatology, Oslo, Norway, ⁸Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague 2, Czech Republic, ⁹Rheumatology department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal, ¹⁰Unit Research, Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹ROB-FIN registry, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University and University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre, Ljubjana, Slovenia, ¹³Centre for Rheumatology Research, Landspitali and Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ¹⁴Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey, ¹⁵Center of Rheumatic Diseases, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania., Bucharest, Romania, ¹⁶Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁷Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ¹⁸Rheumatology Unit, Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences with Transplant Surgery, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine Relevance, Azienda Policlinico di Modena, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, ¹⁹University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway., Oslo, Norway, ²¹Rheumatology and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Hospital de Santa Maria - Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, EPE | Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular - Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon Academic Medical Centre, Lisbon, Portugal,, Lisbon, Portugal, ²²Research Unit, Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ²³Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ²⁴UMC LJUBLJANA, DPT. OF RHEUMATOLOGY, LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, ²⁵Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ²⁶TURKBIO registry and Celal Bayar University School of Medicin, Division of Rheumatology, Malatya, Turkey, ²⁷SPITALUL CLINIC SFANTA MARIA, Bucharest, ²⁸University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ²⁹EuroSpA Coordinating Center, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark, ³⁰Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) have contributed to improved prognosis in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). However, many patients treated with TNFi fail to…
Abstract Number: 2492 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Disease-Modifying Drugs in Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA): A Systematic Literature Review
Andreas Kerschbaumer¹, Josef Smolen ¹, Maxime Dougados ², Maarten de Wit ³, Jette Primdahl ⁴, Iain McInnes ⁵, Désirée van der Heijde ⁶, Louise Falzon ⁷, Xenofon Baraliakos ⁸ and Laure Gossec ⁹, ¹Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ³Department of Medical Humanities, Amsterdam Public Health (APH), Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Dansk Gigthospital, Sønderborg, Denmark, ⁵Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁶Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Northwell Health, New York, ⁸Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet-Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, Herne, Germany, ⁹Sorbonne Université and Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: There is now an increasing range of drug options in PsA. To inform the update of the EULAR PsA management recommendations (Ref 1), we…
Abstract Number: 2493 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
IL-6 and TNF-α Influence on Clinical Manifestations, Activity and Comorbidity in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
Maria Elisa Acosta¹, Luis Gomez-Lechon ¹, Guadalupe Manzano Canabal ¹, Olga Compan ², Cristina Hidalgo ³, Olga Martinez ¹, Ana Turrión ¹, Javier del Pino ¹ and Carlos Montilla ¹, ¹Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ²Hospital Clinico Universitario de Salamanca, SALAMANCA, Spain, ³Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain
Background/Purpose: The activation of the Th-1 and Th-17 lymphocytes response seems to be one of the causes associated with PsA onset. During this process cytokines…
Abstract Number: 2494 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Comorbidity in Spondyloarthritis: Influence on Inflammatory Activity in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Luis Gomez-Lechon¹, Maria Elisa Acosta ¹, Guadalupe Manzano Canabal ¹, Olga Compan ¹, Cristina Hidalgo ², Olga Martinez ¹, Ana Turrión ¹, Javier del Pino ¹ and Carlos Montilla ¹, ¹Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ²Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a heterogeneous disease that is included in the group of spondyloarthritis. Although PsA has its own clinical characteristics, it has…
Abstract Number: 2495 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Oligoarticular Psoriatic Arthritis
Dafna Gladman¹, Justine (Yang) Ye ², Vinod Chandran ³, Ker-Ai Lee ⁴ and Richard Cook ⁵, ¹Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ⁴University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ⁵University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Background/Purpose: Oligoarthritis, defined as ≤4 affected joints, was recognized as a pattern of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) by Moll and Wright. In some jurisdictions, patients with…
Abstract Number: 2496 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Serum Metabolomic Analysis of Psoriatic Arthritis Using Solid Phase Microextraction – Liquid Chromatography – High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Identifies Putative Disease Activity Markers
Vinod Chandran¹, Nikita Looby ², Nathaly Reyes-Garces ², Rohan Machhar ³, Miao Yu ², Anna Roszkowska ², Janusz Pawliszyn ² and Vathany Kulasingam ⁴, ¹University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ²University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, ³Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Disease activity in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is often difficult to assess but drives treatment decisions, joint damage and long-term outcomes. We aimed to identify…
Abstract Number: 2497 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Description and Prevalence of Spondyloarthritis in Unselected Patients with Psoriasis, Acute Anterior Uveitis, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Presenting with Undiagnosed Back Pain
Walter P. Maksymowych¹, Raj Carmona ², Jonathan Chan ³, James Yeung ⁴, Sibel Zehra Aydin ⁵, Liam Martin ⁶, Ariel Masetto ⁷, Dianne Mosher ⁸, Olga Ziouzina ⁶, Stephanie Keeling ⁹, Sherry Rohekar ¹⁰, Rana Dadashova ¹¹, Joel Paschke ¹¹, Amanda Carapellucci ¹¹ and Robert Lambert ¹², ¹University of Alberta/CARE ARTHRITIS, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, ³Artus Health Clinic, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Yeung Rheumatology, Vancouver, Canada, ⁵University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Rheumatology,Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 1967 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1H 7W9, CANADA, Ottawa, Canada, ⁶University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, ⁷Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁸University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁰Western University, London, ON, Canada, ¹¹CARE Arthritis, Edmonton, Canada, ¹²University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Background/Purpose: There is limited prospective data as to the frequency of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) in unselected patients referred to rheumatologists with undiagnosed back pain who…
Abstract Number: 2498 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Incidence and Predictors of Heart Failure in Patients with Psoriatic Disease – a Cohort Study
Sahil Koppikar¹, Keith Colaco ², Paula Harvey ³, Vinod Chandran ⁴, Dafna Gladman ⁵, Richard Cook ⁶ and Lihi Eder ⁷, ¹University of Toronto, Markham, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ⁵Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, ⁷Women’s College Hospital and the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Background/Purpose: Data about heart failure (HF) in patients with psoriatic disease (PsD) are sparse. The aims of the study were to: 1) determine the incidence…
Abstract Number: 2499 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Predicting Risk of Developing Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) in Siblings of Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Winifred Badaiki¹, Quan Li ², Tanya Burry ¹, Fiona Landells ¹, Rachel Gehue ¹, Cindy Penney ³, DIanne Codner ¹, Amanda Dohey ¹, Kerri Smith ¹, Fatima Abji ⁴, Dafna Gladman ⁵, Darren O'Rielly ¹, Vinod Chandran ⁶ and Proton Rahman ⁷, ¹Memorial University, St. Johns, Canada, ²Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada, ³Memorial University, St Johns, Canada, ⁴Memorial University, Toronto, Canada, ⁵Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ⁷Memorial University, St. Johns, NL, Canada
Background/Purpose: Delay in diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has been shown to contribute to poor radiographic and functional outcome and less successful response to treatment…

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