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Clinical Rheumatology

Issue 9/2020

Content (44 Articles)

Vasculitis Review Article

Cancer risks along the disease trajectory in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody associated vasculitis

Zaw Thet, Alfred K. Lam, Dwarakanathan Ranganathan, Soe Yu Aung, Tien K. Khoo

TNF-Inhibitors Original Article

Real-world evaluation of effectiveness, persistence, and usage patterns of tofacitinib in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in Australia

Paul Bird, Geoffrey Littlejohn, Belinda Butcher, Tegan Smith, Candida da Fonseca Pereira, David Witcombe, Hedley Griffiths

TNF-Inhibitors Original Article

Fetuin-A and thyroxin binding globulin predict rituximab response in rheumatoid arthritis patients with insufficient response to anti-TNFα

Minh Vu Chuong Nguyen, Anaïs Courtier, Annie Adrait, Federica Defendi, Yohann Couté, Athan Baillet, Lisa Guigue, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg, Chantal Dumestre-Pérard, Virginie Brun, Philippe Gaudin

Etanercept Original Article

Drug retention of secondary biologics or JAK inhibitors after tocilizumab or abatacept failure as first biologics in patients with rheumatoid arthritis -the ANSWER cohort study-

Kosuke Ebina, Toru Hirano, Yuichi Maeda, Wataru Yamamoto, Motomu Hashimoto, Koichi Murata, Tohru Takeuchi, Koji Nagai, Yonsu Son, Hideki Amuro, Akira Onishi, Sadao Jinno, Ryota Hara, Masaki Katayama, Keiichi Yamamoto, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Makoto Hirao

Open Access Adalimumab Original Article

Sustained improvement in work outcomes in employed patients with rheumatoid arthritis during 2 years of adalimumab therapy: an observational cohort study

Frank Behrens, Hans-Peter Tony, Michaela Koehm, Eva C. Schwaneck, Holger Gnann, Gerd Greger, Harald Burkhardt, Marc Schmalzing

Leflunomide Original Article

Effectiveness of maintenance therapy with methotrexate compared with leflunomide for patients with RA having achieved disease control with both these drugs: results of a predefined sub-analysis of CareRA, a pragmatic RCT

Veerle Stouten, Stijn Michiels, René Westhovens, Diederik De Cock, Amy Belba, Sofia Pazmino, Kristien Van der Elst, Johan Joly, Patrick Verschueren

Serum 14-3-3η protein is associated with clinical and serologic features of Sjögren’s syndrome in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a cross-sectional analysis

Nevin Hammam, Nada M. Gamal, Mona H. Elzohri, Amira M Elsonbaty, Ahmed M. Rashed, Zeiad H. Eldaly, Dalia Tarik, Tamer A. Gheita

Open Access Vasculitis Original Article

The decreased expression of IKBKE in systemic lupus erythematosus

Tingting Zhu, Jiaqi Hong, Zongwen Shuai, Shengqian Xu, Danfeng Qian, Xiaojie Hong, Yaoguang Liu, Min Chen, Ziyuan Meng, Lijun Zheng, Danlin Zheng, Xuejun Zhang, Lu Liu

Assessment of a high-avidity IgG ANAs for the diagnosis and activity prediction of systemic lupus erythematosus

Yanli Zeng, Yiqiang Lin, Xuelian Wang, Yan Zhang, Feng Peng, JiaJia Wang, Longcan Jiang, Shiqiong Liang, Yun Xiao

Opioids Original Article

The changing profile of ankylosing spondylitis in the biologic era

John D. Reveille, MinJae Lee, Lianne S. Gensler, Michael M. Ward, Mark C. Hwang, Thomas J. Learch, Amirali Tahanan, Laura Diekman, Mohammad H. Rahbar, Mariko L. Ishimori, Michael H. Weisman

Etanercept Original Article

Retention rates and identification of factors associated with anti-TNFα, anti-IL17, and anti-IL12/23R agents discontinuation in psoriatic arthritis patients: results from a real-world clinical setting

Luca Navarini, Luisa Costa, Marco Tasso, Maria Sole Chimenti, Damiano Currado, Giulia Lavinia Fonti, Massimo Ciccozzi, Domenico Paolo Emanuele Margiotta, Carolina Benigno, Erica De Martino, Roberto Perricone, Antonella Afeltra, Raffaele Scarpa, Francesco Caso

Ultrasound Original Article

Microangiopathy and forearm arterial blood flow in systemic sclerosis: a controlled study

Amir Bieber, Katya Dolnikov, Victoria Chizik, Irina Novofastovsky, Abdallah Fawaz, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman, Reuven Mader

Original Article

Association between comorbidities and extraglandular manifestations in primary Sjögren’s syndrome: a multicenter cross-sectional study

Yuying Zhang, Mengtao Li, Liyun Zhang, Qin Li, Pinting Yang, Xiaodan Kong, Xinwang Duan, Miaojia Zhang, Xiaomei Li, Yongfu Wang, Jian Xu, Yanhong Wang, Evelyn Hsieh, Jiuliang Zhao, Dong Xu, Yan Zhao, Xiaofeng Zeng

Original Article

Early onset primary Sjögren syndrome, clinical and laboratory characteristics

Müçteba Enes Yayla, Zehra Karaman, Murat Torgutalp, Ayşe Bahar Keleşoğlu Dinçer, Emine Gözde Aydemir Gülöksüz, Serdar Sezer, Didem Şahin Eroğlu, Mehmet Levent Yüksel, Tahsin Murat Turgay, Gülay Kınıklı, Aşkın Ateş

Aphthous Ulcer Original Article

Clinical features of Behcet’s disease in Mongolia: a multicenter study

Javzandulam Balt, Baasankhuu Jamyanjav, Sarantuya Jav, Zulgerel Dandii, Chimedlkhamsuren Ganbold, Yukihiro Horie, Anton Lennikov, Osamu Uehara, Shigeaki Ohno, Nobuyoshi Kitaichi

Analysis of risk factors for complications and adverse obstetrical outcomes in women with Takayasu arteritis: a French retrospective study and literature review

Noémie Abisror, Arsene Mekinian, Eric Hachulla, Marc Lambert, Nathalie Morel, Catherine Chapelon, Nihal Martis, Jean Gabriel Fuzibet, Pauline Belenotti, Laure Swiader, Robin Dhote, Luc Mouthon, Françoise Sarrot-Reynault, Marc Andre, Smail Amar, Jean Baptiste Gauthier, Pascal Cathebras, Antoine Neel, Frederic Vandergheynst, Murielle Rondeau, Alain Fur, Fréderic Renou, Bertrand Godeau, Bruno Devaux, Catherine Veyssier-Belot, Patrice Cacoub, Olivier Pourrat, Julien Haroche, François Maurier, Constance Lahuna, Olivier Fain, Loic Guillevin, Veronique Le Guern, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau

Back Pain Original Article

Syndemic and syndemogenesis of low back pain in Latin-American population: a network and cluster analysis

Alfonso Gastelum Strozzi, Ingris Peláez-Ballestas, Ysabel Granados, Rubén Burgos-Vargas, Rosana Quintana, John Londoño, Sergio Guevara, Oscar Vega-Hinojosa, José Alvarez-Nemegyei, Vicente Juarez, César Pacheco-Tena, Ligia Cedeño, Mario Garza-Elizondo, Ana María Santos, María Victoria Goycochea-Robles, Astrid Feicán, Hazel García, Flor Julian-Santiago, María Elena Crespo, Jacqueline Rodriguez-Amado, Juan Camilo Rueda, Adriana Silvestre, Jorge Esquivel-Valerio, Celenia Rosillo, Susana Gonzalez-Chavez, Everardo Alvarez-Hernández, Adalberto Loyola-Sanchez, Eduardo Navarro-Zarza, Marco Maradiaga, Julio Casasola-Vargas, Natalia Sanatana, Imelda Garcia-Olivera, Mario Goñi, Luz Helena Sanin, Rocío Gamboa, Mario Humberto Cardiel, Bernardo A. Pons-Estel

Sarcoidosis Original Article

18F-FDG PET/CT in bone sarcoidosis: an observational study

Lucie Demaria, Raphael Borie, Khadija Benali, Eve Piekarski, Julia Goossens, Elisabeth Palazzo, Marine Forien, Philippe Dieudé, Bruno Crestani, Sébastien Ottaviani

Brief Report

Founder effects of the homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (HGD) gene in a gypsy population and mutation spectrum in the gene among alkaptonuria patients from India

Sumita Danda, Sony Mohan, Prabavathi Devaraj, Atanu K. Dutta, Sheela Nampoothiri, Dhanya Yesodharan, Shubha R. Phadke, Anil B. Jalan, K. Thangaraj, Ishwar Chandra Verma, Debashish Danda, Isaac Jebaraj

Etanercept Brief Report

Evaluation of the immune response to hepatitis B vaccine in patients on biological therapy: results of the RIER cohort study

Patricia Richi, Oriol Alonso, María Dolores Martín, Laura González-Hombrado, Teresa Navío, Marina Salido, Jesús Llorente, Cristina Andreu-Vázquez, Cristina García-Fernández, Ana Jiménez-Diaz, Leticia Lojo, Laura Cebrián, Israel Thuissard-Vasallo, María José Martínez de Aramayona, Tatiana Cobo, Marta García-Castro, Patricia Castro, Mónica Fernández-Castro, Óscar Illera, Martina Steiner, Santiago Muñoz-Fernández

COVID-19 Brief Report

Switching to teleconsultation for rheumatology in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: feasibility and patient response in India

Padmanabha Shenoy, Sakir Ahmed, Aby Paul, Teny Grace Skaria, Joel Joby, Bazil Alias

Polymyositis Original Article

A prospective cross-sectional study of serum IL-17A in antisynthetase syndrome

Gustavo Luiz Behrens Pinto, Renata Casseb de Souza Carboni, Fernando Henrique Carlos de Souza, Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo

Arthritis Original Article

Persistent chikungunya arthritis in Roraima, Brazil

Ramão Luciano Nogueira Hayd, Maony Rodrigues Moreno, Felipe Naveca, Richard Amdur, Karol Suchowiecki, Hugh Watson, Gary S. Firestein, Gary Simon, Aileen Y. Chang

Polymyalgia Arteritica Original Article

Determinants of COVID-19 disease severity in patients with underlying rheumatic disease

C. Sieiro Santos, C. Moriano Morales, E. Díez Álvarez, C. Álvarez Castro, A. López Robles, T. Perez Sandoval

Successful recovery of recurrence of positive SARS-CoV-2 RNA in COVID-19 patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report and review

Feng He, Qingqing Luo, Ming Lei, Lixin Fan, Xinning Shao, Kaiyuan Hu, Shuguang Qin, Na Yu, Jie Cao, Liuping Yang

Coronavirus Perspectives in Rheumatology

Challenges in delivering rheumatology care during COVID-19 pandemic

A. Nune, K. Iyengar, A. Ahmed, H. Sapkota

Sympathectomy Clinical Image

Large vessel disease as a potentially treatable cause of devastating critical digital ischaemia in systemic sclerosis

Ashraful Haque, Trevor Cleveland, Lewis Powell, Sarah Stephenson, Michael Hughes, Rachael Kilding

Colchicine Clinical Image

Sclerochoroidal calcifications associated with early-onset calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease

Jacopo Ciaffi, Elena Borlandelli, Luana Mancarella, Veronica Brusi, Riccardo Meliconi, Francesco Ursini

Methotrexate Clinical Image

Full histological and clinical regression of morphea with tofacitinib

Morton Scheinberg, Cid Sabbagh, Sineida Ferreira, Nilceo Michalany

Myelodysplastic Syndrome Letters of Biomedical and Clinical Research

Rheumatoid arthritis and myelodysplastic syndrome: a fortuitous association?

Zakaria El Ouali, Kawtar Nassar, Saadia Janani