Combination of cataract surgery with intravitreal injection of dexamethasone intravitreal implant (Ozurdex) for uveitis-induced cataract by Jin Deng, Wen-Tao Sun, Hua Ai, Li-Ping Wang

“…Etiologically, rheumatic arthritis occurred in 6 patients (18.75%), ankylosing spondylitis in 4 (12.50%), HLA-B27 associated uveitis in 3 (9.38%), Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada-associated uveitis in 4 (12.50%) , Behcet's disease in 2 (6.25%), and 7 (21.88%) suffered from unknown diseases. …”
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Spine and sacroiliac joints on magnetic resonance imaging in patients with early axial spondyloarthritis: prevalence of lesions and association with clinical and disease activity i... by M. Lorenzin, A. Ortolan, P. Frallonardo, S. Vio, C. Lacognata, F. Oliviero, L. Punzi, R. Ramonda

“…Positive spine and SIJ MRI and X-rays images were scored independently by 2 readers using the SPARCC method, modified Stoke ankylosing spondylitis spine score and New York criteria. The axial pain and localization of MRI-lesions were referred to 4 sites: cervical/thoracic/lumbar spine and SIJ. …”
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Incidence of rheumatic diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea by Soo Min Ahn, Seongho Eun, Sunghwan Ji, Seokchan Hong, Chang-Keun Lee, Bin Yoo, Ji Seon Oh, Yong-Gil Kim

“…We compared the incidence of nine rheumatic diseases (seropositive rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE], idiopathic inflammatory myositis [IIM], ankylosing spondylitis [AS], systemic sclerosis, Sjögren’s syndrome, Behçet’s disease [BD], polymyalgia rheumatica, and gout) and hypertensive diseases to control for changes in healthcare utilisation before and after the COVID-19 outbreak. …”
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Performance of LTBI Screening in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Using Two Different Interferon-Gamma Releasing Assays by Le Zhang, Jiawei Zhang, Shaoying Yang, Ping Ye, Sheng Chen, Jia Li, Liangjing Lu

“…Results: A total of 108 patients with RDs were enrolled, including 64 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and 44 with inflammatory arthritis (26 with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 18 with ankylosing spondylitis (AS)). Poor concordance was confirmed between QFT-GIT and T-SPOT results in patients with SLE (K = 0.175, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] [–0.06, 0.40], p < 0.001), whereas concordance was moderate in patients with inflammatory arthritis (K = 0.539, 95% CI [0.11, 0.88], p < 0.001). …”
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Comparing absorbed doses and radiation risk of the α-emitting bone-seekers [223Ra]RaCl2 and [224Ra]RaCl2 by Michael Lassmann, Uta Eberlein

“…Another patient group of ankylosing spondylitis patients was treated with 10 repeated intravenous injections of [224Ra]RaCl2, 1 MBq each, 1 week apart. …”
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Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Detects Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy in Symptomatic Patients with Inflammatory Joint Diseases and a Normal Routine Workup by George Markousis-Mavrogenis, Maria Bonou, Vasiliki Vartela, Genovefa Kolovou, Aliki Venetsanopoulou, Theodora Markatseli, Anastasia Skalkou, Zoi Tziortzioti, Paraskevi Voulgari, Sophie I. Mavrogeni

“…A total of 51 consecutive patients with IJD (32 with rheumatoid arthritis, 10 with ankylosing spondylitis, and 9 with psoriatic arthritis) and normal clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic workups, were referred for CMR evaluation due to atypical chest pain, shortness of breath, and/or palpitations. …”
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Aortic regurgitation: epidemiologic, etiologic, and pathophysiologic characteristics by G. A. Ignatenko, N. T. Vatutin, G. G. Taradin, A. N. Shevelok, I. V. Rakitskaya

“…In particular, there are some aortic diseases, resulting in acute aortic regurgitation, including acute aortic dissection and paravalvular regurgitation in incompetence of the prosthetic aortic valve; in chronic one – idiopathic dilation of the aortic root, inherited connective tissue dysplasias (Ehlers–Danlos, Marfan, and Loeys–Dietz syndromes), bicuspid aortic valve, aortitis of various origin, seronegative arthropathies (reactive, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis) etc. Infective endocarditis and traumatic exposure are commonly responsible for development of acute regurgitation due to aortic cusps abnormalities. …”
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Evaluation of causal associations between interleukin-18 levels and immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: a Mendelian randomization study by Jialing Wu, Xi Zhang, Dongze Wu, Ou Jin, Jieruo Gu

“…We then used these variants as instrumental variables to estimate the causal effects of IL-18 levels on the risk of developing five common IMIDs: rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and psoriasis. We used the inverse variance-weighted (IVW) method as the primary analysis, with sensitivity analyses performed to avoid potential bias. …”
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Estimation of the sensitivity and specificity of ASAS criteria for peripheral spondyloarthritis in patients with early psoriatic arthritis by E. Yu. Loginova, T. V. Korotaeva, N. V. Klimova, A. G. Bochkova

“…The investigators estimated 78/76 tender/swollen joints and enthuses using MASES (Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score) and assessed the presence of inflammatory spinal pain according to the ASAS criteria, psoriasis, uveitis, inflammatory bowel diseases, genitourinary and/or enteric infections, and a family history of SpA. …”
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A Comparison of EQ-5D-3L, EQ-5D-5L, and SF-6D Utilities of Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders of Different Severity: A Health-Related Quality of Life Approach by Nikolaos Kontodimopoulos, Eleni Stamatopoulou, Sousana Gazi, Dimitra Moschou, Michail Krikelis, Michael A. Talias

“…Utilities were measured from a cross-sectional sample of rheumatoid arthritis (N = 114), psoriatic arthritis (N = 57), ankylosing spondylitis (N = 49), and osteopenia/osteoporosis (N = 95) patients. …”
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Effect of COVID-19 on Severity of Signs and Symptoms of Autoimmune Diseases by Ramand Mohammed Haji, Nabaz Ali Ahmed, Shakhawan Azad Ahmed

“…Rheumatoid arthritis was a major type 16 (48.5%) of the autoimmune disease compared to other types, Ankylosing Spondylitis 8(24.2%) cases, and Ulcerative Colitis 6(18.2%) cases respectively while Crohn's disease was the minimum 3(9.1%) cases and before the got COVID-19 most of the cases 25(75.8%) had moderate intensity signs and symptoms of their autoimmune diseases and 8(24.2%) cases had severe signs and symptoms but after they recovered from the COVID-19 disease the rate of their signs and symptoms changed to mild 19(57.6%) and moderate 14(42.4%) intensity while severe intensity signs and symptoms were zero with highly significant differences (P-value 0.0001). …”
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The oral microbiome of patients with axial spondyloarthritis compared to healthy individuals by Jordan E. Bisanz, Praema Suppiah, W. Murray Thomson, Trudy Milne, Nigel Yeoh, Anita Nolan, Grace Ettinger, Gregor Reid, Gregory B. Gloor, Jeremy P. Burton, Mary P. Cullinan, Simon M. Stebbings

“…For patients with AxSpA, disease activity was assessed using the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI). All participants underwent a detailed dental examination to assess oral health, including the presence of periodontal disease assessed using probing pocket depth (PPD). …”
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Predicting Loss of Efficacy after Non-Medical Switching: Correlation between Circulating TNF-α Levels and SB4 in Etanercept to SB4 Switchers and Naïve Patients with Rheumatic Disea... by Maurizio Benucci, Arianna Damiani, Francesca Bandinelli, Edda Russo, Francesca Li Gobbi, Valentina Grossi, Amedeo Amedei, Maria Infantino, Mariangela Manfredi

“…Methods: We enrolled 124 patients with RD (rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis): 79 switchers from ETN/originator to SB4 and 45 naïve patients receiving SB4 (first biological treatment). …”
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QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Test in the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Arthritis Patients Treated with Tumor Necrosis Factor Antagonists by Denis Baričević, Sanja Popović Grle, Jadranka Morović Vergles, Silvija Čuković Čavka, Marko Jakopović, Gzim Redžepi, Zagorka Boras, Marinka Baričević, Miroslav Samaržija

“…The study group comprised of 150 QuantiFERON (QFT) positive subjects with rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis, while control group comprised of 150 QFT negative respondents with the same diseases. …”
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Dicing the Disease with Dicer: The Implications of Dicer Ribonuclease in Human Pathologies by Eleni I. Theotoki, Vasiliki I. Pantazopoulou, Stella Georgiou, Panos Kakoulidis, Vicky Filippa, Dimitrios J. Stravopodis, Ema Anastasiadou

“…Both loss and upregulation of Dicer protein expression is implicated in severe autoimmune disorders, including psoriasis, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and autoimmune thyroid diseases. …”
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Identification of circular RNAs hsa_circ_0140271 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells as a novel diagnostic biomarker for female rheumatoid arthritis by Yufeng Chen, Xianghe Xu, Xuegang Li, Junlong Zhong, Biao Wu, Jie Shang, Ning Jiang, Bin Wang, Shuping Zhong, Huading Lu

“…Furthermore, the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve indicated that hsa_circ_0140271 could distinguish female RA from female HC and female patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) or osteoarthritis (OA). Besides, the combined diagnosis anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (Anti-CCP) + hsa_circ_0140271 could improve diagnostic accuracy with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.818 to compared with Anti-CCP. …”
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The Profile of COVID-19 in Patients with Autoimmune Disease: A Case Series by Zubairi Djoerban, Muhammad Alkaff, Dimas Priantono, Dyah Agustina Waluyo, Jessica Marsigit, Chairina Azyka Noor, Oemar Ichsan, Kevin Yonathan, Matdoan Rifkiah Aisyah, Andy William, Uva Rahmah, Wahyu Permatasari

“…Three of them had systemic lupus erythematous (SLE), one of them had rheumatoid arthritis, and one of them had ankylosing spondylitis. Three of them had high BSR Risk Stratification. …”
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Circular RNAs hsa_circ_0000479 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells as novel biomarkers for systemic lupus erythematosus by Qing Luo, Lu Zhang, Le Fang, Biqi Fu, Yang Guo, Zikun Huang, Junming Li

“…In this study, 11 circRNAs (hsa_circ_0000479, hsa_circ_0002316, hsa_circ_0000317, hsa_circ_0082688, hsa_circ_0082689, hsa_circ_0087798, hsa_circ_0008529, hsa_circ_0000787, hsa_circ_0021727, hsa_circ_0000175, and hsa_circ_0003694) which were found to be significantly up-regulated in both peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from SLE patients in our previous study, and T cells from SLE patients in previous literature, were chosen for validation by quantitative reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction in PBMCs from 50 new-onset SLE patients, 24 new-onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, 24 new-onset ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients, and 45 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HC). …”
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Epidemiology, management and the associated burden of mental health illness, atopic and autoimmune conditions, and common infections in alopecia areata: protocol for an observation... by Harries, M, Macbeth, AE, Holmes, S, Thompson, AR, Chiu, WS, Gallardo, WR, Messenger, AG, Tziotzios, C, de Lusignan, S

“…Within the autoimmune/atopic associations theme, we will examine the prevalence of atopic (atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, asthma) and autoimmune conditions (Crohn&rsquo;s disease, ulcerative colitis, coeliac disease, type 1 diabetes, Hashimoto&rsquo;s thyroiditis, Graves&rsquo; disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), polymyalgia rheumatica, Sj&ouml;gren&rsquo;s syndrome, psoriasis, vitiligo, multiple sclerosis, pernicious anaemia) in people with AA compared with matched controls. …”

Occupational lifting is associated with hip osteoarthritis: a Japanese case-control study. by Yoshimura, N, Sasaki, S, Iwasaki, K, Danjoh, S, Kinoshita, H, Yasuda, T, Tamaki, T, Hashimoto, T, Kellingray, S, Croft, P, Coggon, D, Cooper, C

“…Cases were men and women aged &gt; or = 45 years listed for total hip arthroplasty due to OA over one year, and who did not have an established cause of secondary OA (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis). For each case, a control was selected randomly from the general population and was individually matched to the case for age, sex, and district of residence. …”