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Article: In psoriasis, joint pain may not mean psoriatic arthritis.(Rheumatology)
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- Internal Medicine News
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- October 1, 2006
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STOCKHOLM -- It may be wrong to assume that patients with psoriasis and joint pain have psoriatic arthritis, according to data presented at an international conference on psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis by Dr. Elinor Mody.
"Joint pain in patients with psoriasis does not necessarily equal psoriatic arthritis," said Dr. Mody, a rheumatologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
She and her colleagues assessed 71 consecutive patients with psoriasis and musculoskeletal pain who presented to a combined dermatology/rheumatology clinic. The average age of the patients was 53 years, and 52% of the studied patients were women. All were evaluated by both ...