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Clinical Rheumatology

Issue 9/2019

Content (42 Articles)

IgA Vasculitis Review Article

The current role of capillaroscopy in vasculitides

Chiara Bertolazzi, Selma Gallegos-Nava, Ana Victoria Villarreal-Treviño, Alfonso Alfaro-Rodriguez, Denise Clavijo-Cornejo, Marwin Gutierrez

Dermatomyositis Original Article

Nailfold capillary changes in adult new-onset dermatomyositis: a prospective cross-sectional study

Renata Miossi, Fernando Henrique Carlos de Souza, Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo

Original Article

Pan-American League of Associations for Rheumatology (PANLAR) capillaroscopy study group consensus for the format and content of the report in capillaroscopy in rheumatology

Chiara Bertolazzi, Angélica Vargas Guerrero, Tatiana Sofía Rodríguez-Reyna, Hugo Sandoval, Everardo Álvarez-Hernández, Marcelo José Audisio, Eduardo Cabello, Paola Coral-Alvarado, Ericka Díaz, Virginia Duringan, Karinna Espejo, Selma Gallegos, Gabriela Hernández-Molina, Blanca Herrera, Cristiane Kayser, María Eugenia Lara, Genessis Maldonado, Marta N. Mamani, Alejandro Nitsche, Carlos Ríos-Acosta, Félix Enrique-Romanini, María Sormani de Fonseca, Verónica Silva Vilela, Miguel Angel Villarreal-Alarcón, Marwin Gutiérrez

Systemic Sclerosis Review Article

Practical issues in assessing nailfold capillaroscopic images: a summary

Abdolamir Karbalaie, Zahra Emrani, Alimohammad Fatemi, Mahnaz Etehadtavakol, Björn-Erik Erlandsson

Obesity Review Article

Psoriatic arthritis and obesity: the role of anti-IL-12/IL-23 treatment

Luisa Costa, Roberta Ramonda, Augusta Ortolan, Marta Favero, Rosario Foti, Elisa Visalli, Marco Rossato, Fabio Cacciapaglia, Giovanni Lapadula, Raffaele Scarpa

Streptococci Case Based Review

Acute onset of psoriatic spondyloarthritis as a new manifestation of post-streptococcal reactive arthritis: a case series

Amir Dagan, Shani Dahan, Asaf Shemer, Pnina Langevitz, Tamer Hellou, Tima Davidson, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Ora Shovman

Gout Original Article

Neck circumference is associated with hyperuricemia: a cross-sectional study

Xiuhua Shen, Shouling Wu, Renying Xu, Yuntao Wu, Junjuan Li, Liufu Cui, Rong Shu, Xiang Gao

Cross-cultural adaptation of the connective tissue disease screening questionnaire and development of a Chinese version in a multi-ethnic Asian population

Ling Xiang, Edmund Pek Siang Teo, Andrea Hsiu Ling Low, Ying Ying Leung, Warren Fong, Xiaohui Xin, Mihir Gandhi, Yu Heng Kwan, Elenore J. B. Uy, Jeffrey Andrew Sparks, Elizabeth W. Karlson, Julian Thumboo

Efficacy of rituximab in resistant palindromic rheumatism: first report in literature

Padmaja Raghavan, Sreelakshmi Sreenath, Somy Cherian, Padmanabha D. Shenoy

Differing X-ray patterns in seronegative and seropositive rheumatoid arthritis

Ottar Gadeholt, Katharina Hausotter, Hannes Eberle, Thorsten Klink, Alexander Pfeil

Open Access Tocilizumab Original Article

Long-term safety and effectiveness of tocilizumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and inadequate responses to csDMARDs and/or TNF inhibitors: an open-label study close to clinical practice

Vivian P. Bykerk, Andrew J. K. Östör, José Alvaro-Gracia, Karel Pavelka, José Andrés Román Ivorra, Michael T. Nurmohamed, Yves Luder, Paris N. M. Sidiropoulos, Jenny Devenport, Jean Sibilia

Rheumatoid Arthritis Original Article

Oral health–related quality of life among individuals with rheumatoid arthritis

Luciana Gravito de Azevedo Branco, Sicília Rezende Oliveira, Jôice Dias Corrêa, Débora Cerqueira Calderaro, Santuza Maria Souza Mendonça, Fernando de Queiroz Cunha, Gilda Aparecida Ferreira, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira, Lucas Guimarães Abreu, Tarcília Aparecida Silva

Rheumatoid Arthritis Original Article

Influence of different supplementation on platelet aggregation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Marijana Tomic-Smiljanic, Dragan Vasiljevic, Aleksandra Lucic-Tomic, Nebojsa Andjelkovic, Vladimir Jakovljevic, Sergey Bolovich, Mirjana Veselinovic

Concomitant methotrexate has little effect on clinical outcomes of abatacept in rheumatoid arthritis: a propensity score matching analysis

Nobunori Takahashi, Toshihisa Kojima, Daihei Kida, Atsushi Kaneko, Yuji Hirano, Takayoshi Fujibayashi, Yuichiro Yabe, Hideki Takagi, Takeshi Oguchi, Masahiro Hanabayashi, Takefumi Kato, Koji Funahashi, Masatoshi Hayashi, Seiji Tsuboi, Yasuhide Kanayama, Yasumori Sobue, Nobuyuki Asai, Takuya Matsumoto, Tatsuo Watanabe, Shuji Asai, Naoki Ishiguro

Methotrexate Original Article

Diacerein for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in patients with inadequate response to methotrexate: a pilot randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled add-on trial

Worawit Louthrenoo, Surasak Nilganuwong, Ratanavadee Nanagara, Boonjing Siripaitoon, Sabine Collaud Basset

Rheumatoid Arthritis Original Article

Comorbidity burden and clinical characteristics of patients with difficult-to-control rheumatoid arthritis

Bogdan Batko, Karol Urbański, Jerzy Świerkot, Piotr Wiland, Filip Raciborski, Mariusz Jędrzejewski, Mateusz Koziej, Marta Cześnikiewicz-Guzik, Tomasz J. Guzik, Marcin Stajszczyk

Shingles Original Article

Humoral immunity to varicella zoster virus is altered in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Marco Krasselt, Christoph Baerwald, Uwe G. Liebert, Olga Seifert

Infliximab Original Article

Outcomes of infliximab dose escalation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Stanley B. Cohen, Joel M. Kremer, Kimberly J. Dandreo, George W. Reed, Robert Magner, Ying Shan, Shelly Kafka, Raphael J. DeHoratius, Lorie Ellis, Dennis Parenti

Lupus Nephritis Original Article

Corticosteroids combined with doublet or single-agent immunosuppressive therapy for active proliferative lupus nephritis

Bo Liu, Qiyun Ou, Ying Tang, Sha Fu, Peifen Liang, Yunfang Yu, Zhenjian Xu, Yongjian Chen, Anping Xu

Autoantibodies, elevated cytokines, and neurocognitive abnormalities in offspring of women with systemic lupus erythematosus: comparison with healthy controls

Maria Gariup, Sara Lera-Miguel, Ferrán Torres, Eva Varela, Carles Serra-Pagès, Azucena González-Navarro, Gerard Espinosa, Luisa Lázaro, Ricard Cervera, Astrid Morer

Malar rash is a predictor of subclinical airway inflammation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a pilot study

Giovanni Damiani, Paolo Daniele Maria Pigatto, Angelo Valerio Marzano, Maurizio Rizzi, Pierachille Santus, Dejan Radovanovic, Ulvi Loite, Lucio Torelli, Stephen Petrou, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Fabiola Atzeni, Mohammad Adawi, Charlie Bridgewood, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Abdulla Watad, Mario Malerba

Vulgar Psoriasis Original Article

Pro-inflammatory adipokine profile in psoriatic arthritis: results from a cross-sectional study comparing PsA subset with evident cutaneous involvement and subset “sine psoriasis”

Francesco Caso, Loredana Postiglione, Bianca Covelli, Margherita Ricciardone, Gaetano Di Spigna, Pietro Formisano, Vittoria D’Esposito, Nicolò Girolimetto, Marco Tasso, Rosario Peluso, Luca Navarini, Massimo Ciccozzi, Domenico Paolo Emanuele Margiotta, Francesca Oliviero, Antonella Afeltra, Leonardo Punzi, Antonio Del Puente, Raffaele Scarpa, Luisa Costa

Open Access Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Original Article

Clinical characteristics of Polish patients with ANCA-associated vasculitides—retrospective analysis of POLVAS registry

K. Wójcik, K. Wawrzycka-Adamczyk, A. Włudarczyk, J. Sznajd, Z. Zdrojewski, A. Masiak, Z. Czuszyńska, M. Majdan, R. Jeleniewicz, M. Klinger, K. Jakuszko, O. Rowaiye, M. Brzosko, M. Milchert, A. Dębska-Ślizień, H. Storoniak, W. Tłustochowicz, J. Kur-Zalewska, M. Wisłowska, M. Madej, A. Hawrot-Kawecka, P. Głuszko, E. Kucharz, Jacek Musiał

Original Article

Behçet’s disease in Egypt: a multicenter nationwide study on 1526 adult patients and review of the literature

Tamer A. Gheita, Eiman Abd El-Latif, Iman I. El-Gazzar, Nermeen Samy, Nevin Hammam, Rasha A. Abdel Noor, Emad El-Shebeiny, Amany R. El-Najjar, Nahla N. Eesa, Mohamed N. Salem, Soha E. Ibrahim, Dina F. El-Essawi, Ahmed M. Elsaman, Hanan M. Fathi, Rehab A. Sallam, Rawhya R. El-Shereef, Mervat I. Abd-Elazeem, Emtethal A. Said, Noha M. Khalil, Dina Shahin, Hanan M. El-Saadany, Marwa S. ElKhalifa, Samah I. Nasef, Ahmed M. Abdalla, Nermeen Noshy, Rasha M. Fawzy, Ehab Saad, Abdel-Hafeez Moshrif, Amira T. El-Shanawany, Yousra H. Abdel-Fattah, Hossam M. Khalil

Care Original Article

Prevalence of chondrocalcinosis in a Mexican tertiary care institution of musculoskeletal disorders

Paloma De la Garza-Montaño, Carlos Pineda, Carlos Alberto Lozada-Pérez, Katia Camargo-Ibarias, María Fernanda González-Hernández, Alberto Avila-Luna, Gerardo A. Ruiz-De la Garza, Chiara Bertolazzi, Denise Clavijo-Cornejo, Marwin Gutierrez

Knee Osteoarthritis Original Article

Evaluation of vastus lateralis architecture and strength of knee extensors in middle-aged and older individuals with knee osteoarthritis

Jéssica Bianca Aily, Marcos de Noronha, Aline Castilho de Almeida, Maria Gabriela Pedroso, Jamilly Gomes Maciel, Ana Cláudia Mattiello-Sverzut, Stela Marcia Mattiello

Rheumatoid Arthritis Original Article

CD147 participates in the activation function of circulating angiogenic T cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Peng Zhao, Jinlin Miao, Kui Zhang, Zheng Yu, Minghua Lv, Yingming Xu, Xianghui Fu, Qing Han, Ping Zhu

Correction to: Differing X-ray patterns in seronegative and seropositive rheumatoid arthritis

Ottar Gadeholt, Katharina Hausotter, Hannes Eberle, Thorsten Klink, Alexander Pfeil

Correction

Correction to: Behçet’s disease in Egypt: a multicenter nationwide study on 1526 adult patients and review of the literature

Tamer A. Gheita, Eiman Abd El-Latif, Iman I. El-Gazzar, Nermeen Samy, Nevin Hammam, Rasha A. Abdel Noor, Emad El-Shebeiny, Amany R. El-Najjar, Nahla N. Eesa, Mohamed N. Salem, Soha E. Ibrahim, Dina F. El-Essawi, Ahmed M. Elsaman, Hanan M. Fathi, Rehab A. Sallam, Rawhya R. El-Shereef, Mervat I. Abd-Elazeem, Emtethal A. Said, Noha M. Khalil, Dina Shahin, Hanan M. El-Saadany, Marwa S. ElKhalifa, Samah I. Nasef, Ahmed M. Abdalla, Nermeen Noshy, Rasha M. Fawzy, Ehab Saad, Abdel-Hafeez Moshrif, Amira T. El-Shanawany, Yousra H. Abdel-Fattah, Hossam M. Khalil

Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

Developed by: Springer Medicine

Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discuss last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.