Autoimmune Diseases
From the Journals
Socioeconomic status affects scleroderma severity in African Americans
African American scleroderma patients have more severe disease, compared with other races, but not when controlling for socioeconomic status.
From the Journals
Resistant hypertension hits SLE patients hard
Higher risk for resistant hypertension goes hand in hand with higher mortality.
Conference Coverage
BTK inhibitor calms pemphigus vulgaris with low-dose steroids
WASHINGTON – PRN1008 blocks BTK receptors on B cells, thus forestalling the B-cell mediated inflammatory cascade.
Case Letter
Concurrent Keratoacanthomas and Nonsarcoidal Granulomatous Reactions in New and Preexisting Tattoos
Keratoacanthomas (KAs) are common keratinizing, squamous cell lesions of follicular origin distinguished by their eruptive onset, rapid growth,...
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List of medications linked to drug-induced lupus expands
A new data-mining study adds 42 new drugs.
Conference Coverage
New findings raise questions about the role of ANAs in SLE
Studies suggest that 20%-30% of SLE patients are ANA negative at testing and that there is a great deal of variability across tests, which could...
Conference Coverage
Novel SSc classification scheme aims to improve risk stratification
CHICAGO – The scheme combines autoantibody specificity and extent of skin involvement.
From the Journals
Increased cancer risk in dermatomyositis has temporal limits
Conference Coverage
Combination immunotherapy ups survival in ILD patients with anti-MDA5–positive dermatomyositis
But cytomegalovirus reactivation and other opportunistic infections must be monitored.
Conference Coverage
RELIEF: In Behçet’s, apremilast improves oral ulcers for up to 28 weeks
Apremilast was safe and effective for treating oral ulcers in patients with Behçet’s disease in a phase 3 study
Conference Coverage
Three drugs disappoint in SSc trials, but show some promise
CHICAGO – Recent randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trials of tocilizumab, abatacept, and riociguat for the...