title: Psoriatic arthritis of the hands in seven adults.
abstract: Psoriatic arthritis is defined as an association of psoriasis with an arthropathy characterized mainly by osteolytic changes in the X-ray. To assess its frequency among Japanese psoriatic patients and to characterize their signs and symptoms, we examined 51 patients (37 males, 14 females) for arthropathy of the fingers. Seven patients (5 males, 2 females) had abnormal X-ray findings of the hands. They were compared with psoriatic patients without arthritis epidemiologically, clinically, and hematologically. Metacarpal indices were also measured and compared with the results from rheumatic arthritis patients and controls.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tsukinaga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohkawara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors