209 Yet, disease staging is not without its disadvantages. Certain diseases cannot be staged.210 No actual statistical measures of resource consumption are utilized in categorizing patients.21 ' Disease staging also ignores concurrent conditions and patient-related variables which affect resource consumption.21 2 Disease staging may prove very useful in the refinement needed within the diagnost...

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INTRODUCTION: Psoriasis is a debilitating, chronic inflammatory systemic disease affecting around 2% of the South American population. Biological therapies offer the possibility of long-term therapy with improved safety and efficacy. METHODS: We conducted a multicentre, open-label, single-arm, Phase IIIb/IV study of adult patients (18-75 years) with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis who were ...