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Do the nail charges seen in psoriatic arthritis occur with the start of symptoms or before/after?

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Dr. Irving Harper answered

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95% after: . Most psoriatic nail disease occurs in patients with clinically evident psoriasis; it only occurs in less than 5% of patients with no other cutaneous findings of psoriasis.

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Answered 3/22/2014

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