title: Psoriatic arthritis-associated polyneuropathy: a report of three cases.
abstract: Psoriatic arthritis (PA) occurs in about 30% of patients with psoriasis. Although polyneuropathy is described in association with many connective tissue diseases, it is rarely reported in the autoimmune dermatoses. We describe 3 patients with polyneuropathy associated with PA. The clinical and electrophysiologic features are consistent with a chronic distal symmetric sensorimotor axonal process. PA-associated neuropathy should be considered in the differential diagnosis of chronic length-dependent axonal polyneuropathies.
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Neurology, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Pushpa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Narayanaswami
authors.forename: Kristine M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: Michele L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Seward B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Rutkove
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000150:complications*; D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies