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Apremilast Proves Effective for PsA with Skin Involvement

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP  |  February 24, 2016

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  1. National Psoriasis Foundation. About psoriasis: New oral treatments.
  2. Edwards CJ, Blanco FJ, Crowley J, et al. Apremilast, an oral phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor, in patients with psoriatic arthritis and current skin involvement: A phase III, randomised, controlled trial (PALACE 3). Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Jan 20. pii: annrheumdis-2015-207963. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207963. [Epub ahead of print]

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