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Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic inflammatory seronegative spondyloarthropathy associated with psoriasis.
It is usually develops after an average of 10 years of cutaneous manifestations.
It is a progressive disease with asymmetric joint distribution pattern and rheumatoid factor is negative.
The course of psoriatic arthritis varies ranging from mild and non-destructive to a severe, debilitating, erosive arthropathy.
Treatment is guided at the beginning through disease severity assessment which includes degree of disease activity, damage, and impact on the patient, followed by initial attention to the most severely affected region such as peripheral or axial arthritis.
For further information regarding the management of Psoriatic Arthritis, please refer to Disease Algorithm for the Treatment Guideline.
It is usually develops after an average of 10 years of cutaneous manifestations.
It is a progressive disease with asymmetric joint distribution pattern and rheumatoid factor is negative.
The course of psoriatic arthritis varies ranging from mild and non-destructive to a severe, debilitating, erosive arthropathy.
Treatment is guided at the beginning through disease severity assessment which includes degree of disease activity, damage, and impact on the patient, followed by initial attention to the most severely affected region such as peripheral or axial arthritis.
For further information regarding the management of Psoriatic Arthritis, please refer to Disease Algorithm for the Treatment Guideline.
