Comprehensive treatment of psoriatic arthritis: managing comorbidities and extraarticular manifestations

Alexis Ogdie1, Sergio Schwartzman1, Lihi Eder1

  • 1From the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA; Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa, and Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Carmel Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel; Rheumatology, VA Sacramento Medical Center; Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, School of Medicine, UC Davis, Davis, California; Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York; and the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.A. Ogdie, MD, MSCE, University of Pennsylvania; S. Schwartzman, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery; L. Eder, MD, PhD, Toronto Western Hospital; A.B. Maharaj, MB, BS, HDipIntMed(SA), FCP(SA), Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal and Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam; D. Zisman, MD, Carmel Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion; S.P. Raychaudhuri, MD, Rheumatology, VA Sacramento Medical Center; Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, School of Medicine, UC Davis; S.M. Reddy, MD, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine; E. Husni, MD, MPH, Cleveland Clinic.

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