Psoriatic arthritis. Oxford reference book. Edited: Fitzgerald O.

The publication is a fundamental work that covers almost all aspects of the widespread and so far complex in relation to the treatment of a group of diseases that combine the term “psoriatic disease”. The book sets out the modern concepts of epidemiology of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, characterized the natural course and forecast of psoriasis, the features of manifestations of concomitant diseases in this contingent of patients. Information about clinical manifestations, visualization diagnosis of psoriatic arritic, diagnostic and classification criteria of the disease is given. Actual approaches to the management of patients with psoriatic disease, the principles of using treatment algorithms in clinical practice are described. The prospects of further studies of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are analyzed. The book is intended for rheumatologists, dermatologists, healthcare organizers, and outpatients specialists. The materials presented in it can be used in the educational process, as well as with the aim of improving the protocols of patients with psoriatic arthritis.