Lupus & Connective Tissue Diseases
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Consider Intraocular Infliximab in Behçet's Disease Uveitis
Major Finding: A single intravitreal injection of 1 mg of infliximab resulted in significant reductions in ocular inflammation as well as improved...
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Myeloma Drug Tamed Refractory Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Major Finding: All 13 patients with refractory SLE who were treated with two to four cycles of the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib responded with...
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Behçet's Disease Presentation Varies by Gender
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Most Cancers Not Elevated in Vasculitis
Major Finding: Patients with circulating antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis had a 2.78-fold greater incidence of...
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Stem Cell Transplant Boosts Survival in Scleroderma
Major Finding: Death or persistent major organ failure during an average 7 years of follow-up occurred in 19 patients with poor-prognosis diffuse...
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Rosuvastatin Lessened Endothelial Dysfunction in SSc
Major finding: Rosuvastatin increased low-mediated dilatation in systemic sclerosis from 2.3% to 5.7%.Data source: The data come from a case-...
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Myopathy Presenting at Initiation of Statins May Have Another Cause
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Ustekinumab Beats Placebo for Psoriatic Arthritis
Major Finding: Ustekinumab promoted an ACR 20 response in approximately half of psoriatic arthritis patients in the 45-mg (42%) and 90-mg (50%)...