PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - DEL PUENTE, ANTONIO AU - ESPOSITO, ANTONELLA AU - PARISI, ANNA AU - ATTENO, MARIANGELA AU - MONTALBANO, SIMONA AU - VITIELLO, MARIA AU - ESPOSITO, CARMELA AU - BERTOLINI, NICOLETTA AU - FOGLIA, FRANCESCA AU - COSTA, LUISA AU - SCARPA, RAFFAELE TI - Osteoporosis and Psoriatic Arthritis AID - 10.3899/jrheum.120240 DP - 2012 Jul 01 TA - The Journal of Rheumatology PG - 36--38 VI - 89 4099 - http://www.jrheum.org/content/89/36.short 4100 - http://www.jrheum.org/content/89/36.full SO - J Rheumatol2012 Jul 01; 89 AB - Osteoporosis (OP) is a skeletal disorder characterized by compromised bone strength that predisposes to an increased risk of fracture. The prevalence of OP in the general population is very high as established in several studies, and OP represents one of the possible aspects of bone involvement in arthritis. In psoriatic arthritis this involvement is particularly complex because it affects not only mechanisms of bone loss but also of bone formation. We will discuss these aspects and the available epidemiological data.