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Abbreviations
ADM, adalimumab; AS, ankylosing spondylitis; BSA, body surface area; CD20i, CD20
inhibitor; cDMARDs, conventional disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs; CS,
corticosteroids; CyA, cyclosporine; CZP, certolizumab; DIP, distal interphalangeal joint;
DMARDs, disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs; ETN, etanercept; GOL, golimumab;
IA, intra articular; IL6i, interleukin 6 inhibitor; IL17i, interleukin 17 inhibitor;
IL12/23i, interleukin 12/23 inhibitor; INF, infliximab; LEF, leflunomide; MTX,
methotrexate; NSAIDs, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; PDE4i, phosphodiesterase
4 inhibitor [apremilast]; PIP, proximal interphalangeal joint; SEC, secukinumab; SIJ,
sacroiliac injections; SJ, swollen joint; SSZ, sulfasalazine; TNFi, tumor necrosis factor
inhibitor; TJ, tender joint
Source
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and Psoriatic Arthritis: Treatment Recommendations for Psoriatic Arthritis 2015.
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