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Forty patients hospitalised for treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) were followed for a mean of 8.0 years. At the end of this time none had died and only 8% were in functional class IV. 90% received second-line therapy. There was a high incidence of skin rashes on gold but hydroxychloroquine was well tolerated. Patients with psoriatic arthritis had a better outcome than patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with the same regime.
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Coulton, B.L., Thomson, K., Symmons, D.P.M. et al. Outcome in patients hospitalised for psoriatic arthritis. Clin Rheumatol 8, 261–265 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02030083
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