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Risk factors for infection, predictors of severe disease, and antibody response...
Machado, Ana Rita; Barreira, Sofia; Bandeira, Matilde; Veldhoen, Marc; Gomes, Andreia; Serrano, Marta; Duarte, Catarina; Rato, MariaObjective: To identify risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection and for severe/critical COVID-19, and to assess the humoral response after COVID-19 in these patients. Methods: Nationwide study of adult patients with inflammatory RMDs prospectively followed in the Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register-Reuma.pt-during the first 6 months of the pandemic. We compared patients with COVID-19 with those who did not deve...
Gender differences in clinical features and outcomes of a Portuguese systemic s...
Freitas, Raquel; Martins, Patrícia; Dourado, Eduardo; Santiago, Tânia; Guimarães, Francisca; Fernandes, Bruno Miguel; Garcia, Salomé; Samões, BeatrizEvidence for the role of sex in the clinical manifestations of systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients is emerging. Some multicenter cohorts have shown that male SSc patients have more severe disease and worse survival. To assess the differences in clinical manifestations and survival in Portuguese SSc patients according to gender. Data from male and female adult SSc patients included in the Rheumatic Diseases Portug...