New medication, surgery may offer relief for patients with psoriatic arthritis
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 13:31
in Health & Medicine
Medications or biologic agents that target T-cells, white blood cells involved in the body's immune system, appear to offer significant benefit to patients suffering from psoriatic arthritis (PsA), a type of arthritis that affects up to 48 percent of patients with the skin disease psoriasis, according to a new review article in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS). About 7.5 million Americans roughly 2.2 percent of the population have psoriasis, an autoimmune disease that causes red, flaky skin.