Joint position statement from the National Psoriasis Foundation Medical Board and the International Psoriasis Council on routine testing for latent tuberculosis infection prior to and during treatment of psoriasis patients with interleukin 17 or inte
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Authors
- Siew Eng Choon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7796-5746)
- Kevin L. Winthrop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3892-6947)
- Joel M. Gelfand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3480-2661)
- Ravi Ramessur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4599-9455)
- L. Puig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-0952)
- Mark Lebwohl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4705-5303)
- Leah Howard
- Joseph Frank Merola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6514-4353)
- Clare Langan
- Tiago Torres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8443-6201)
- Guy S. Eakin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2387-0693)
- Ricardo Romiti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0165-3831)
- Bruce E Strober (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8394-2057)
- April W. Armstrong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6892-6286)
- P.C.M. van de Kerkhof (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0084-3131)
- Andrew Blauvelt
Institutions
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Sultanah Aminah Hospital (MY)
- Hospital de Sant Pau (ES)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
- Yale University (US)
- National Psoriasis Foundation (US)
- Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (MY)
- International Council of Ophthalmology (US)
- ASIS Foundation (US)
- Hospital de Santo António (PT)
- Psoriasis Association (GB)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- Dominican College of Blauvelt (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2025.11.033
- Primary Topic
- Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00