title: [Psoriatic arthritis : Overview of drug therapy options and administration characteristics].
abstract: Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the musculoskeletal system with association to skin psoriasis and is characterized by variable clinical symptoms with very heterogeneous degrees of disease suffering for patients. Clinical manifestations essentially include alterations to the skin and nails, peripheral arthritis, enthesitis, dactylitis and/or spinal involvement. This variability necessitates an individualized therapy of patients with different therapy targets. Apart from international guidelines no therapy recommendations are available in Germany for treatment of psoriatic arthritis. For this reason this article summarizes the established points, characteristics and aspects to be considered in the therapy of psoriatic arthritis in Germany, taking the various main forms of the disease into consideration.
authors.affiliation: CIRI/Rheumatologie und Fraunhofer IME, Translationale Medizin und Pharmakologie, Universitätsklinikum Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Behrens
authors.affiliation: Exzellenzzentrum Entzündungsmedizin, UKSH - Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Deutschland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thaçi
authors.affiliation: Rheumatologikum Hamburg an der Schön Klinik Hamburg Eilbek, Dehnhaide 120, 22081, Hamburg, Deutschland. wollenhaupt@rheumatologikum.de.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wollenhaupt
authors.affiliation: Internistisch-rheumatologische Praxis, München, Deutschland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krüger
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D003879:Dermatologic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; D003879:Dermatologic Agents
keywords: Dactylitis; Disease activity; Enthesitis; Joints; Musculoskeletal system