Using data from the French National TMA registry, study authors evaluated the demographic and clinical characteristics of thrombotic microangiopathy in autoimmune diseases, and assessed therapeutic approaches.
Authors report on the case of a patient who was diagnosed with eosinophilic fasciitis that was successfully treated with baricitinib.
When systemic signs are not evident, ophthalmologists play a major role in diagnosis.
The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and risk factors of new-onset glucose metabolism impairment in patients with normal fasting glycemia on long-term glucocorticoid treatment to determine which patients should undergo an oral glucose tolerance test.
Between one-fifth and one-third of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue disease, and vasculitis have ocular complications.
Researchers described the clinical characteristics and outcomes of systemic sclerosis (SSc)-mixed connective tissue disease and SSc-overlap.
Systemic anticoagulation was found to improve quality-adjusted life years among patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension but not among those with connective tissue disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Researchers of the study reviewed a multidisciplinary approach to connective tissue disease-related pleural effusions at a tertiary center in London.
Researchers studied the overlap between ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis and connective tissue diseases.
Patients with juvenile mixed connective tissue disease had impaired left and right ventricular function compared with matched controls after a median of 15 years disease duration.
