Increased Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis

K. Raychaudhuri, Smriti; K. Raychaudhuri, Smriti; Chatterjee, Sidhartha; T. Nguyen, Caroline; Kaur, Manpreet; Jialal, Ishwarlal; P. Raychaudhuri, S.; P. Raychaudhuri, S.

doi:10.1089/met.2009.0124

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Increased Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis

Published in Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders • Apr 1, 2010

Authors:

Smriti K. Raychaudhuri

Sidhartha Chatterjee

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Psoriasis (PsO) is a common chronic T cell-mediated inflammatory disorder traditionally thought to manifest in the skin and joints (psoriatic arthritis, PsA). Recently, it has been shown that these patients have an increased risk for myocardial infarction and this was greater with increa...

Subject

Medicine

Metabolic syndrome

Psoriatic arthritis

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