title: GRAPPA Fellows Symposium Adjacent to the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress, Istanbul, 2013: a meeting report.
abstract: The Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) organized its second Fellows Symposium adjacent to the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) congress in Istanbul in October 2013. Wolf-Henning Boehncke from Geneva, Brian Kirby from Dublin, and Diamant Thaci from Lübeck formed the faculty. The 9 best-ranked abstracts submitted to this symposium were presented and discussed in detail. Five abstracts focused on comorbidities in patients with psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis; summaries of all abstracts are included herein.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Dermatology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Dermatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; and Comprehensive Center for Inflammation Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.W-H. Boehncke, MD, Department of Dermatology, Geneva University Hospital; B. Kirby, MD, Department of Dermatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital; D. Thaci, MD, Comprehensive Center for Inflammation Medicine, University of Lübeck. wolf-henning.boehncke@hcuge.ch.
authors.forename: Wolf-Henning
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Boehncke
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Dermatology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Dermatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; and Comprehensive Center for Inflammation Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.W-H. Boehncke, MD, Department of Dermatology, Geneva University Hospital; B. Kirby, MD, Department of Dermatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital; D. Thaci, MD, Comprehensive Center for Inflammation Medicine, University of Lübeck.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Dermatology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Dermatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; and Comprehensive Center for Inflammation Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.W-H. Boehncke, MD, Department of Dermatology, Geneva University Hospital; B. Kirby, MD, Department of Dermatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital; D. Thaci, MD, Comprehensive Center for Inflammation Medicine, University of Lübeck.
authors.forename: Diamant
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thaci
mesh_terms: D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003880:Dermatology; D006801:Humans; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014686:Venereology
keywords: DEPRESSION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FATIGUE; GENETICS; PSORIASIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS