To evaluate colonic mucosa of patients with both active psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) without bowel symptoms. Fifteen persons (9 men,6 women) who had both active psoriasis and PsA without bowel symptoms underwent colonoscopy with multiple biopsies of bowel mucosa. Ten nonhospitalized healthy subjects in followup colonoscopy after resection of benign polyps (8 men,2 women) took part as a control group.
Microscopic inflammatory changes in colon of patients with both active psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis without bowel symptoms / Scarpa, R; Manguso, F; D'Arienzo, Agesilao; D'Armiento, FRANCESCO PAOLO; Astarita, C; Mazzacca, G; Ayala, F.. - In: THE JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY. - ISSN 0315-162X. - ELETTRONICO. - 27:5(2000), pp. 1241-1246.
Microscopic inflammatory changes in colon of patients with both active psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis without bowel symptoms.
D'ARIENZO, AGESILAO;D'ARMIENTO, FRANCESCO PAOLO;
2000
Abstract
To evaluate colonic mucosa of patients with both active psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) without bowel symptoms. Fifteen persons (9 men,6 women) who had both active psoriasis and PsA without bowel symptoms underwent colonoscopy with multiple biopsies of bowel mucosa. Ten nonhospitalized healthy subjects in followup colonoscopy after resection of benign polyps (8 men,2 women) took part as a control group.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
