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CASPAR criteria in early psoriatic arthritis

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The performance of the CASPAR criteria, which are known to have high specificity and sensitivity in classifying patients with long-standing psoriatic arthritis, has now been evaluated in early disease. Whereas the findings are likely to boost clinical research, implications for daily practice—and diagnosis—are less certain.

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  1. Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, 1E 416, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, M5T 2S8, ON, Canada

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Chandran, V. CASPAR criteria in early psoriatic arthritis. Nat Rev Rheumatol 8, 503–504 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2012.121

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