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Rheumatology Vol. 43 No. 6 © British Society for Rheumatology 2004; all rights reserved

EDITORIAL

Skin and bones—mind the gap

L. Robertson and D. de Berker1

Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW and 1 Bristol Dermatology Centre, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK

Correspondence to: D. de Berker. E-mail: david.deberker@ubht.swest.nhs.uk

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How often do you scratch your head and think—I wonder what this rash really is? Is it a bit of eczema, sun damage or the early stages of a connective tissue disease? How many forms of cutaneous photosensitivity do you know? Taken from another angle, the jobbing dermatologist will often ask themselves when does a sore joint stand alone and when does it fit in with a global diagnosis? What is the current best bet for non-steroidal analgesia? Is rest or exercise a good thing in psoriatic arthritis? In this issue there is a paper by Lyn Williamson describing psoriatic nail disease. An area of overlap, or is it a gap, between rheumatology and dermatology.

The disciplines of rheumatology and dermatology share considerable common ground. Yet one person's bread and butter is another person's terra infirma. Think of our shared diseases—the seronegative arthropathies (psoriatic arthritis, Reiter's disease), connective tissue diseases . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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