Diagnosis of subclinical psoriatic arthritis in patients with psoriasis using CASPAR criteria: a sonographic study

Psoriatic arthritis criteria evaluation: CASPAR and Modified CASPAR.

Sirs, Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has been evaluated as a separate disease since 1964 by the American College of RheumatologyACR (1). The first and the simpliest Moll & Wright criteria (2) were followed by a number of classification criteria, but none of them survived enough to be widely used. CASPAR criteria (CIASsification criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis), are derived from a large internationa...

Clinical application of the CASPAR criteria for psoriatic arthritis compared to other existing criteria.

OBJECTIVES Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has been defined as a systemic, chronic, inflammatory arthritis, usually seronegative for rheumatoid factor (RF), associated with cutaneous psoriasis. The exact prevalence of PsA is unknown and its estimation has been difficult, partly due to the lack of a widely accepted classification criteria. Agreed and validated criteria will facilitate comparison betwe...

Family Medicine Clinic Setting Sensitivity and Specificity of the CASPAR Criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis in a

Managing Patients with Psoriatic Disease: The Diagnosis and Pharmacologic Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis in Patients with Psoriasis

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disease. Up to 40 % of patients with psoriasis will go on to develop PsA, usually within 5-10 years of cutaneous disease onset. Both conditions share common pathogenic mechanisms involving genetic and environmental factors. Because psoriasis is typically present for years before PsA-related joint symptoms emerge, dermatologists are i...

Depression and quality of life in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis patients

ackground: Psoriasis is a chronic hyperproliferative disease of the skin, scalp, nails, and joints that affects 2% of the general population. One of the extracutaneous manifestations of psoriasis is psoriatic arthritis which occurs in 25–34% of the psoriasis cases. This type of inflammatory arthritis is characterized by pain, swelling, and tenderness around the joints, and may adversely a...