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Clinical Evaluation

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Although psoriatic arthritis (PsA) was initially thought to be a variant of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the pioneering work of Wright and Baker identified the distinctive features of the arthritis occurring in association with psoriasis [1]. Wright described the frequent involvement of distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints with erosion and absorption of the terminal phalanges and frequent reduction of bone stock in the other digits leading to a mutilating form of arthritis. Wright also described sacroiliitis and spondylitis occurring alone and in association with peripheral arthritis. The original five clinical subgroups described by Moll and Wright are still in use today, although the validity of this classification has been challenged [2].

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    P. S. Helliwell DM, PhD, FRCP

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Helliwell, P. (2008). Clinical Evaluation. In: Mease, P.J., Helliwell, P.S. (eds) Atlas of Psoriatic Arthritis. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-897-5_3

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