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ERN ReCONNET points to consider for treating patients living with autoimmune rh...
Talarico, Rosaria; Ramirez, Giuseppe Alvise; Barreira, Sofia; Cardamone, Chiara; Triggianese, Paola; Aguilera, Silvia; Andersen, Jeanette; Avcin, TadejRecent studies have shown that people who are immunocompromised may inadvertently play a role in spurring the mutations of the virus that create new variants. This is because some immunocompromised individuals remain at risk of getting COVID-19 despite vaccination, experience more severe disease, are susceptible to being chronically infected and remain contagious for longer if they become infected and consideri...
Clinical spectrum time course in non-Asian patients positive for anti-MDA5 anti...
Cavagna, Lorenzo; Meloni, Federica; Meyer, Alain; Sambataro, Gianluca; Belliato, Mirko; De Langhe, Ellen; Cavazzana, Ilaria; Pipitone, NicolòObjectives: To define the clinical spectrum time-course and prognosis of non-Asian patients positive for anti-MDA5 antibodies. Methods: We conducted a multicentre, international, retrospective cohort study. Results: 149 anti-MDA5 positive patients (median onset age 53 years, median disease duration 18 months), mainly females (100, 67%), were included. Dermatomyositis (64, 43%) and amyopathic dermatomyositis (47...
Treatment of relapsing polychondritis: a systematic review
Petitdemange, Arthur; Sztejkowski, Cédric; Damian, Laura; Martin, Thierry; Mouthon, Luc; Amoura, Zahir; Cutolo, Maurizio; Burmester, Gerd R.Objectives: Due to the rarity of relapsing polychondritis (RP), no randomised clinical trial has been conducted to date and treatment remains empirical. We performed a systematic literature review to assess the efficacy of the main conventional immunosuppressants and biotherapies used in RP. Methods: We searched MEDLINE for original articles without language restriction. Abstracts from American College of Rheum...
Rare within rare. Necrotising scleritis and peripheral ulcerative keratitis: ey...
Damian, Laura; Pamfil, Cristina; Bucșa, Camelia; Nicula, Cristina; Mouthon, Luc; Amoura, Zahir; Cutolo, Maurizio; Burmester, Gerd R.Objectives: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) evolves with variable and intermittent involvement of cartilage and proteoglycan-rich structures. Ocular manifestations are present in up to two-thirds of RP patients. Necrotising scleritis (NS) and peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) may be inaugural and may lead to eye perforation and vision loss. We aimed to review NS and PUK in RP, in order to characterise them, t...
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies : state of the art on clinical practice guid...
Meyer, Alain; Scirè, Carlo Alberto; Talarico, Rosaria; Alexander, Tobias; Amoura, Zahir; Avcin, Tadej; Barsotti, Simone; Beretta, LorenzoIdiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) encompass a heterogeneous group of rare autoimmune diseases characterised by muscle weakness and inflammation, but in antisynthetase syndrome arthritis and interstitial lung disease are more frequent and often inaugurate the disease. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have been proposed for IIMs, but they are sparse and heterogeneous. This work aimed at identifying: i)...