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Psoriatic arthritis (or Arthropathic psoriasis) is a type of inflammatory arthritis that affects around 20% of people suffering from the chronic skin condition Psoriasis. It occurs more commonly in patients with tissue type HLA-B27. Treatment of psoriatic arthritis is similar to that of Rheumatoid arthritis. More than 80% of patients with psoriatic arthritis will have psoriatic nail lesions characterised by pitting of the nails, or more extremely, loss of the nail itself (onycholysis). Psor ...
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Arthritis Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Food and Drug Administration
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases http://www.niams.nih.gov/
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://www.aaos.org/
- American College of Rheumatology http://www.rheumatology.org
- American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
- American Physical Therapy Association http://www.apta.org/
- American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society http://www.aofas.org/
- National Institute on Aging http://www.nia.nih.gov/
- Arthritis Foundation http://www.arthritis.org/
- Arthroscopy Association of North America
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand http://www.hand-surg.org/
- National Psoriasis Foundation http://www.psoriasis.org
- American Osteopathic Association http://www.am-osteo-assn.org/
- American Podiatric Medical Association http://www.apma.org/
- National Fibromyalgia Partnership, Inc. http://www.fmpartnership.org
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,
- Job Accommodation Network http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/
- National Library of Medicine, NIH, HHS http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
- Food and Drug Administration, HHS http://www.fda.gov/
- National Institute on Aging Information Center, NIA, NIH, HHS http://www.nia.nih.gov
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Information Clearinghouse, NIAMS, NIH, HHS http://www.niams.nih.gov/
- Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center, NIAMS, NIH, HHS http://www.osteo.org/
- Lab Tests Online http://www.labtestsonline.org/
- Holistic Online http://holistic-online.com/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- HealthWorld http://www.healthy.net/
- Google Health https://www.google.com/health
Resources
- (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
- 2004 Drug Guide (Arthritis Foundation)
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