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Sex and body mass index impact on digit circumference for Leeds Dactylitis Inde...
Silvério-António, M; Rodrigues, AM; Teixeira, F; Tavares-Costa, J; Bernardo, A; Pimenta, S; Lagoas Gomes, J; Aguiar, R; Videira, T; Pinto, P; Santos, HObjectives: To estimate digit circumference and the impact of sex and body mass index (BMI) for the calculation of the Leeds Dactylitis Index (LDI) in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients with bilateral dactylitis. Methods: Digit circumference of the hands and the foot were measured with a dactylometer and were studied according to sex and BMI (divided in 4 weight categories) in healthy Portuguese subjects, using...
The GO-DACT Protocol: a Multicentre, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group S...
Vieira-Sousa, E; Canhão, H; Alves, P; Rodrigues, AM; Teixeira, F; Tavares-Costa, J; Bernardo, A; Pimenta, S; Pimentel-Santos, F; Gomes, JL; Aguiar, RThe GO-DACT is an investigator-initiated, national, multicentric randomized placebo-controlled double-blinded trial, that assesses dactylitis as primary endpoint. Psoriatic arthritis patients naïve to methotrexate and biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, with at least one active dactylitis, were assigned to golimumab in combination with methotrexate or placebo in combination with methotrexate, for 2...