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Classification Criteria for Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis

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Classification criteria are primarily for assembling meaningfully homogenous groups of patients for the purpose of clinical research. They are not for diagnosis in clinical interactions between physicians and patients. The classification criteria most commonly used for psoriatic arthritis currently are the CASPAR criteria, which demonstrate high levels of accuracy in a variety of contexts. Classification criteria do not resolve challenges to disease concept but simply reflect current understanding and may evolve with greater knowledge of the pathophysiological basis of psoriatic arthritis. Recent classification criteria for spondyloarthritis, among which psoriatic arthritis is included, has identified additional challenges for disease concept.

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, 7343, 6242, New Zealand

    William J. Taylor MBChB, PhD, FAFRM, FRACP

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Adewale Adebajo

  2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva 14, Switzerland

    Wolf-Henning Boehncke

  3. Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Dafna D. Gladman

  4. Seattle Rheumatology Associates, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Philip J. Mease

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Taylor, W.J. (2016). Classification Criteria for Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. In: Adebajo, A., Boehncke, WH., Gladman, D., Mease, P. (eds) Psoriatic Arthritis and Psoriasis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19530-8_3

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