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QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube test can be used for screening latent tuberculosis before biological treatment in a Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-vaccinated country: the HUR-BIO single-center real-life results
(Clinical Rheumatology, 2020-10-15)
Objectives The Turkish population is vaccinated with Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), and the BCG vaccination decreases the specificity of the tuberculin skin test (TST). The purpose of this study was to investigate the ...
Anti-interleukin-6 (tocilizumab) therapy in Takayasu’s arteritis: a real life experience
(TÜBİTAK, 2020-02-13)
Background/aim: Tumour necrosis factor inhibitors and anti-interleukin-6 (anti-IL-6) therapies are increasingly being used in Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) patients who are unresponsive to corticosteroids ± conventional ...
Pregnancy outcomes in partners of male ankylosing spondylitis patients treated with anti-tumour necrosis factor-α biologics: real-life results from a single-centre cross-sectional study
(Springer, 2020-01-28)
Abstract
Most patients with inflammatory arthritis are at their reproductive ages. Use of anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNF-α) agents, one of the important treatment options for inflammatory arthritis, can ...
Imaging Modalities Used in Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Patients with Takayasu’s Arteritis
(Turk J Med SciTÜBİTAK, 2021-02-26)
Background/aim: Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a rare, large-vessel vasculitis of unknown etiology, affecting aortic arch, and its main branches. Noninvasive imaging methods are frequently used in diagnosis and follow-up in ...
Geoepidemiology and clinical characteristics of neonatal lupus erythematosus: a systematic literature review of individual patients’ data
(TÜBİTAK, 2020-01-09)
Background/aim: Neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) is an autoimmune syndrome caused by transplacental transmission of maternal autoantibodies, often with devastating consequences. The objective of this systematic literature ...
Proposal for a simple algorithm to differentiate adult-onset Still's disease with other fever of unknown origin causes: a longitudinal prospective study
(Springer, 2019-02-01)
Objective: To identify several clinical and/or laboratory parameters which can differentiate adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) from other causes of fever of unknown origin (FUO) and create a clinician-friendly algorithm ...
Change in PsAID-12 scores in patients continuing or discontinuing anti-TNF treatments in psoriatic arthritis: results from the HUR-BIO biologic registry
(Springer, 2019-01-21)
Objective
Psoriatic Arthritis Impact of Disease 12-item questionnaire (PsAID-12) has been developed to be used in psoriatic arthritis in daily practice. The aim of the present study was to assess the change values of ...
Do ANCA-associated vasculitides and IgG4-related disease really overlap or not?
(Wiley, 2019-09-30)
Background: Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) and immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) have some common features. The co-occurrence/concurrence of AAV and IgG4-RD was recently ...
Increased incidence of spondyloarthropathies in patients with Takayasu arteritis: a systematic clinical survey
(Elsevier, 2019-02-06)
Abstract
Objectives: Takayasu arteritis and Spondyloarthritis are two distinct inflammatory diseases that affect the same age periods. Increasing number of reports on co-incident Takayasu arteritis-spondyloarthritis ...
Two cases of glutaric aciduria type II: how to differentiate from inflammatory myopathies?
(Taylor and Francis, 2018-11-19)
Muscle weakness is a nonspecific finding of myopathy of any etiology that include iatrogenic, toxic, endocrinological, infectious, immunologic, and metabolic disorders. Among the metabolic myopathies glutaric aciduria type ...