title: GRAPPA Fellows Symposium adjacent to the European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology meeting, Verona, 2012: a meeting report.
abstract: The Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) organized a Fellows Symposium adjacent to the European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology (EADV) spring meeting in Verona, Italy, in 2012. Wolf-Henning Boehncke from Geneva and Brian Kirby from Dublin formed the faculty. Five papers were presented, followed by extended discussions among participants and faculty. Two contributions were on comorbidities of psoriasis patients and 2 on treatment of non-plaque-type psoriasis; the fifth presentation was a discussion of possible modes of action of vitamin D derivatives in the treatment of psoriasis. Summaries of all 5 papers are included here.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland. wolf-henning.boehncke@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Wolf-Henning
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Boehncke
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kirby
mesh_terms: D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015897:Comorbidity; D000068800:Etanercept; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007558:Italy; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000069549:Ustekinumab; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D014807:Vitamin D; D000069549:Ustekinumab; D000068800:Etanercept
keywords: COMORBIDITIES; ERYTHRODERMA; METABOLIC SYNDROME; PALMOPLANTAR PSORIASIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS