Browsing by Subject "Greek Rheumatology Society and Professional Association of Rheumatologists"
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ACTH vs betamethasone for the treatment of acute gout in hospitalized patients: A randomized, open label, comparative study
(2018)Background: Hospitalized patients usually have significant comorbidities and receive multiple medications which leads to a high frequency of contraindications to standard treatment options for acute gout (NSAIDs, colchicine, ... -
Arthritis and Myositis in a Patient Treated with Programmed Cell Death-1 (PD-1) Inhibitor Pembrolizumab for Lung Cancer
(2020)Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are a new class of drug that have demonstrated efficacy across many cancer types. Because of their nature and mode of action, ICIs unleash immune activation raising concerns as to whether ... -
Bilateral Pleural Effusion in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Think Beyond the Obvious
(2022)An 86-year-old woman, non-smoker, with a medical history of rheumatoid arthritis for 20 years (stable at 5mg of prednisolone) was referred from a peripheral hospital to the Department of Respiratory Medicine of our tertiary ... -
A bioinformatics analysis reveals novel pathogens as molecular mimicry triggers of systemic sclerosis
(2020)A recent bioinformatic analysis revealing dominant B cell epitopes of systemic sclerosis-specific autoantibodies, including anti-centromere B, anti-topoisomerase I and anti-fibrillarin, has demonstrated the existence of ... -
Disease Activity, Functional Ability and Nutritional Status in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Observational Study in Greece
(2020)Aim: The aim of the present pilot study was to assess differences in the nutritional status, Mediterranean diet (MD) adherence, and functional ability among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to disease ... -
The effect of Apremilast on signal transduction and IL-10 production in CD39high regulatory B cells in patients with psoriatic arthritis
(2018)Background. IL-10-producing regulatory B cells (Bregs) are of great importance in autoimmunity, as they inhibit proinflammatory T cells. We have shown that IL-10-producing Bregs in psoriatic arthritis(PsA) were decreased ... -
Enterococcus gallinarum as a component of the Autoinfectome: The gut-liverautoimmune rheumatic disease axis is alive and kicking
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Giant Hip Synovial Cyst Causing Deep Vein Thrombosis and Femoral Head Osteonecrosis in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient
(2022)Hip synovial cysts are rare. However, in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) they present in higher frequency than in general population. Herein, we present an unusual case of a 67-year-old man with RA that presented ... -
Implementation of physical activity into routine clinical practice in rheumatic musculoskeletal disease: The IMPACT-RMD study protocol and rationale
(2019)Physical activity is an important intervention for improving disease-related symptoms and systemic manifestations in rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease (RMDs). However, studies suggest that RMD patients report that the ... -
Interstitial lung disease in anti-synthetase syndrome
(2019)Anti-synthetase syndrome is an autoimmune disorder characterized by the presence of autoantibodies against aminoacyl transfer RNA (tRNA) synthetases, and myositis, interstitial lung disease (ILD), arthritis, fever and ... -
Kawasaki Disease and COVID-19
(2020)The recent passing away of Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki, who first described what is now known as Kawasaki Disease (KD), and recent reports of a multisystem inflammatory disease in children associated a review on KD and MIS-C ... -
Mediterranean Journal of Rheumatology June 2017 Highlights
(2017)This issue of the Journal contains papers of great interest for the Reader. These highlights attempt to provide an overview of the papers and to quickly introduce them to our audience. The Reader will go through papers ... -
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Mediterranean Journal of Rheumatology September 2017 Highlights
(2017)In this issue of MJR, readers will find educational sources to help them in their clinical practice. In an editorial,1 A. Sandoo reviewed data on endothelial dysfunction in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA has a similar ... -
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Mediterranean Journal of Rheumatology September 2019 issue highlights
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Multicenter cross-sectional study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Greece: Results from a cohort of 2.491 patients
(2018)Aim of the study: To evaluate the current disease characteristics, treatment and comorbidities of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Greece. Methods: Multicenter, cross-sectional study with a 9-month recruitment period between ... -
Multiparametric autoantibody profiling of patients with systemic sclerosis in Greece
(2018)Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune rheumatic disease characterized by a wide range of disease-specific and disease-related autoantibodies (autoAbs). Profile assays have been developed and are currently ... -
A new player in psoriatic arthritis: a JAK inhibitor
(2017)Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthritis in patients with psoriasis (Pso). Pso affects 2-4% of the general population while PsA affects 65% of Pso patients if one uses even regional imaging modalities.1,2 PsA ...