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© 1989 British Society for Rheumatology

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THE EFFECT OF PREGNANCY ON THE ONSET OF PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS

N. J. McHUGH and M. R. LAURENT

Wellington Regional Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Hutt Hospital Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Correspondence to: Address for correspondence: Dr. N. J. McHugh, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Upper Borough Walls, Bath BA1 1RL, UK

Pregnancy may be a risk factor for the development of arthritis. The effect of pregnancy and other hormone-associated events on the expression of psoriasis and arthritis was investigated retrospectively in 33 female patients with psoriatic arthritis. Eighteen per cent of patients or 30% of mothers had onset of arthritis within 3 months postpartum. Another 5 patients (15%) had penmenopausal onset of arthritis. No such temporal association was seen with the onset of skin psonasis. Hormone-associated events appear to be as important modifiers of the arthritis associated with psoriasis as they are for other forms of joint disease.

KEY WORDS: Skin, Joint disease, Hormones, Menopause


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