A5075493706- Vasculitis and related conditions
- Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
- Urticaria and Related Conditions
- Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema
- Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research
- Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
- Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments
- Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
- Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome
- Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis
- Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
- Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
- Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
- Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases
- Connective tissue disorders research
- Retinal and Optic Conditions
- Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
University of Lisbon
2022-2024
Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte
2019-2024
Hospital de Santa Maria
2019-2023
Key message� The combination therapy of dupilumab and mepolizumab is safe effective for treating EGPA.
Abstract Objective To assess the diagnostic value for GCA in adding axillary arteries (AX) to temporal artery (TA) ultrasound, particularly patients with a cranial phenotype of disease; and investigate utility facial (FA), occipital (OC), subclavian (SC) common carotid (CC) ultrasound suspected GCA. Methods Patients new-onset positive TA, AX, FA, OC, SC or CC, followed at rheumatology departments two academic centres, were retrospectively included. Results Two hundred thirty assessed. TA...
<h3>Background:</h3> Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory disorder primarily affecting mucocutaneous tissues. Central nervous system (CNS) involvement, Neuro-BD (NBD), potentially severe manifestation of BD with variable prevalence (1- 59%) depending on the diagnostic criteria and ethnicity patients. NBD classified according to type involvement into parenchymal (brainstem, hemisphere spinal cord) non-parenchymal (meningitis, intracranial hypertension cerebral vascular...
We aimed to identify clinical and serological predictors of myositis in mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD).
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common primary systemic vasculitis in elderly. Although diagnosis of GCA has improved, monitoring its disease activity remains challenging due to lack validated tools and biomarkers. The current reliance on assessing symptoms, physical signs, inflammatory markers during follow-up presents limitations, notably nonspecific nature GCA-related symptoms suppressive impact IL-6 inhibitors markers. Therefore, recent attention shifted toward acknowledging...
A 60-year-old woman, with a background of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 infection suppressed on anti-retroviral treatment, presented to the rheumatology clinic localized left temporal headache spanning six months.She denied visual anomalies, jaw claudication, weight loss, symptoms polymyalgia rheumatica or suggestive infection.On physical examination, she had swelling in artery region (Figure 1A), which was tender touch.Temporal pulses were present and symmetrical.The inflammatory...
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) frequently complicates mixed connective tissue (MCTD) and contributes to increased mortality. We aimed identify predictors of ILD in MCTD patients. This is a nationwide, multicentre, retrospective study including patients with an adult-onset clinical diagnosis who met Sharp's, Kasukawa, Alarcón-Segovia, or Kahn's diagnostic criteria had available chest high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) data. Univariate multivariate analyses were conducted. included 57...
Abstract Objectives To compare the prevalence of anxiety and depression in patients with GCA that general population, using Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS), to identify independent predictors these psychiatric manifestations GCA. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study including all diagnosed followed during 1 year vasculitis outpatient clinic. The HADS 36-item Short Form (SF-36) questionnaires were prospectively collected. Patients’ results compared an age- gender-matched...