title: Summary of minutes of the GRAPPA meeting adjacent to the American Academy of Dermatology 67th Annual Meeting.
abstract: At a half-day meeting adjacent to the 67th annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) in San Francisco, USA, in 2009, dermatology members of the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) met to discuss recognition of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in the dermatology clinic; multidisciplinary management of psoriasis patients; examples of physician tiering; comparative treatments for psoriasis and PsA; and biomarkers as predictors of response to treatment. Key results and minutes of the San Francisco meeting were presented at the 2009 GRAPPA annual meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, and are summarized here.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
authors.forename: Wolf-Henning
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Boehncke
authors.forename: Alice B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Gottlieb
authors.forename: Gerald G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Krueger
authors.forename: Abrar A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garg
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D015415:Biomarkers; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003880:Dermatology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D019007:P-Selectin / Q000378:metabolism; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D013548:Sweden; D000078329:Workforce
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D019007:P-Selectin