Clinical Characteristics of Patients With Psoriatic Spondylitis Versus Those With Ankylosing Spondylitis: Features at Baseline Before Biologic Therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical characteristics and manifestations of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have been extensively studied in western countries, yet data of Korean patients with PsA are very limited. We aimed to investigate the clinical traits of patients with PsA and dissect the characteristics of those with axial involvement.

Methods

In this observational study, we analyzed clinical data of 109 patients with PsA who were enrolled in the Korean College of Rheumatology Biologics and Targeted Therapy registry between December 2012 and March 2022 at the time point of initiating or switching to a biologic agent. Data from 2,221 patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) registered during the same period were also analyzed. We divided patients with PsA into patients with or without axial

SUBMITTER: Kim HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9424747 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature