Amit Akirov, MD

In a prospective cross-sectional study, researchers investigated an involvement of the visual pathway in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.

Researchers evaluated the management of herpes zoster in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis receiving tofacitinib treatment.

Researchers studied the inhibition of progression of structural joint damage in patients with moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis who were receiving upadacitinib.

Researchers studied the risk factors for progression of carotid intima media thickness and plaque in women with and without systemic lupus erythematosus.

Authors of a viewpoint discuss the lack of efficacy of anti-IL-23 therapy for axial spondyloarthritis, but the benefits of these medications in improving back pain symptoms induced by axial inflammation in psoriatic arthritis.

Researchers examine whether or not repeated serum urate testing produces a more accurate prediction of gout development.

Researchers studied the association between genetic predisposition and diet on risk for incident gout among women.

The objective of the study was to determine the frequency of osteoporosis and identify factors associated with a lower bone mineral density in patients with psoriatic arthritis.

Researchers compared the clinical manifestation of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus with the anti-gAChR antibody.

Researchers assessed the prevalence of SLE among patients with vs without myasthenia gravis (MG), and studied the demographics of patients with MG who developed SLE after their MG diagnosis.