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Mariangela Atteno
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Is the involvement of the distal interphalangeal joint in psoriatic patients related to nail psoriasis?
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between onychopathy and distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint involvement in psoriatic patients. Twenty-five consecutive unselected, unrelated patients wi...
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The effectiveness of a traditional therapeutical approach in early psoriatic arthritis: results of a pilot randomised 6-month trial with methotrexate
Thirty-five patients with Early Psoriatic Arthritis (EPA) (17 female and 18 male; mean age 25.6 years) entered this randomised 6-month study. At the enrolment, all patients were on non-steroidal anti-inflammat...
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Comparison of effectiveness and safety of infliximab, etanercept, and adalimumab in psoriatic arthritis patients who experienced an inadequate response to previous disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs
The aim of this study is to compare effectiveness and safety of Infliximab (INF), Etanercept (ETN), and Adalimumab (ADA) in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) with inadequate response to a previous diseas...
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Open AccessThe effectiveness and safety of TNF-alpha blockers in the treatment of early psoriatic arthritis: an Italian multicentre longitudinal observational pilot study
The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness and safety of TNF-α blockers in a group of early psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients with an unsatisfactory response to previous conventional treatment...
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Psoriatic arthritis is associated with increased arterial stiffness in the absence of known cardiovascular risk factors: a case control study
The objective of the study was the evaluation of arterial stiffness, a cardiovascular risk factor, in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Twenty PsA patients classified on the basis of the CASPAR criteria...
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JAK/STAT/PKCδ molecular pathways in synovial fluid T lymphocytes reflect the in vivo T helper-17 expansion in psoriatic arthritis
Looking to the sustained psoriatic arthritis (PsA) joint as a model of local human inflammation, this study was designed to assess the T lymphocyte signal transduction pathways potentially involved in this chr...
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Long-term safety of anti-TNF-α in PsA patients with concomitant HCV infection: a retrospective observational multicenter study on 15 patients
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthropathy associated with skin and/or nail psoriasis. TNF-α, in addition to its pro-inflammatory role, is an essential cytokine for the host's defense, and its de...
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Open AccessThe use of TNF-α blockers in psoriatic arthritis patients with latent tuberculosis infection
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthropathy associated with skin and/or nail psoriasis. TNF-α is an essential cytokine for the host defense, and its depletion by treatment may facilitate the risk ...
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The enthesopathy of celiac patients: effects of gluten-free diet
Celiac disease (CD) is a gluten-sensitive enthesopathy occurring in genetically predisposed individuals that is caused by a permanent intolerance to gluten. The major environmental factor associated with the r...
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Impact of 24-month treatment with etanercept, adalimumab, or methotrexate on metabolic syndrome components in a cohort of 210 psoriatic arthritis patients
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory condition, characterized by an excess of metabolic disorders. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of classic cardiovascular risk factors, due to an imbala...
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Efficacy of tocilizumab in a patient with refractory psoriatic arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthropathy, associated with skin and/or nail psoriasis and other possible systemic features. In the last years, PsA therapy has been revolutionized by the increasi...
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Open AccessSimple clinical indicators for early psoriatic arthritis detection
Diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis (PsA), in a period of 12 months from the onset of the first articular episode, permits of identifying the early form defined as “early PsA”. The recognition of the disease in t...
