Psoriasis: a study of osteoarticular involvement in 104 patients

One hundred and four patients with psoriasis, from the metropolitan area of Great Rio, were studied seeking for osteoarticular changes. Data of frequency, age, sex, race, most involved joint, duration of the disease, temporal relation between cutaneous and articular involvement, family history, radiographic and laboratory finding, relationship between stress and onset of the disease, as well as, different rheumatologic types and associated diseases were correlated