Psoriatic Arthritis and Psoriasis Pathology and Clinical Aspects

This useful book addresses the advances in the development of new approaches to assess and treat psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. The authors’ commitment in advancing knowledge in the fields of these diseases has been greatly helped by organisations suc

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Psoriatic Arthritis and Psoriasis Pathology and Clinical Aspects

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Psoriatic Arthritis and Psoriasis

Adewale Adebajo Wolf-Henning Boehncke Dafna D. Gladman • Philip J. Mease Editors

Psoriatic Arthritis and Psoriasis Pathology and Clinical Aspects

Editors Adewale Adebajo Faculty of Medicine University of Sheffield Sheffield UK Wolf-Henning Boehncke Faculty of Medicine University of Geneva Geneva Switzerland

Dafna D. Gladman Toronto Western Hospital Toronto, ON Canada Philip J. Mease Seattle Rheumatology Associates Seattle, WA USA

ISBN 978-3-319-19529-2 ISBN 978-3-319-19530-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-19530-8

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Preface

The last decade has seen a significant increase in our understanding of the burden of disease as well as the pathogenesis of both psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. This has been paralleled by the development of new approached to the assessment of, and novel therapies for these diseases. Organizations such as the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) have been at the forefront of education and research into these conditions, alongside other interested international and national organizations. This new textbook addresses these advances and provides a state-of-theart resource for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Generalists and specialists, researchers and clinicians, together with other health care professionals who look after patients with these conditions will benefit from this textbook. This comprehensive and authoritative textbook, written by experts in the field and supported by GRAPPA, is consequently an important resource in the assessment and management of psoriasi