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Looking to Psoriatic Arthritis History to Disrupt Current Thinking

Rebecca H. Haberman, MD, & Jose U. Scher, MD  |  

Disclosures

Jose U. Scher, MD, received consulting fees from: Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi, UCB, Amgen and AbbVie; research funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Psoriasis Foundation, Beatrice Snyder Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Janssen and Pfizer.

Rebecca H. Haberman, MD, received consulting fees from Janssen; research funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Psoriasis Foundation, the Rheumatology Research Foundation, Beatrice Snyder Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Janssen and Pfizer.

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