Uveitis and Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis or Psoriasis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe the phenotype of the uveitis that accompanies juvenile psoriatic arthritis or psoriasis.

Design

Observational case series.

Methods

Setting: Two university-based referral clinics: 1 in England, 1 in the United States.

Study population

Five children with uveitis and psoriatic arthritis and 1 with uveitis and psoriasis Observational Procedure: Retrospective chart review.

Main outcome measures

Demographics of subjects such as age and sex; description of ocular and joint disease; surgical and other complications; medical treatment.

Results

Five of the 6 children in this series had the onset of disease at or before age 6 (P = .0008 compared to expected age of onset for psoriatic arthritis in childhood). All children in this series ha

SUBMITTER: Salek SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5819354 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature