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Incidence of tuberculosis infection in spondyloarthritis patients treated with biological and conventional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in an endemic area

Clin. biomed. res; 40 (1), 2020
Introduction: Registries of spondyloarthritis (SpA) patients’ follow-up provided evidence that tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) increase the incidence of active tuberculosis infection (TB). However, most of these registries are from low burden TB areas. Few studies evaluated the safety of biolog...

Presentación inusual de psoriasis ostrácea y artritis psoriásica: resultados después de 10 años de manejo con infliximab

Rev. colomb. reumatol; 26 (3), 2019
Resumen La psoriasis es una enfermedad cutánea común, con prevalencia mundial entre el 0,9-8,5%. Es una condición inflamatoria crónica, inmunológicamente mediada, que lleva a hiperplasia epidérmica con gran variedad de formas clínicas. La psoriasis ostrácea es una variante hiperqueratósica infre...

Análise clínica e econômica de “mundo real” da substituição do medicamento Remicade® (infliximabe referência) por Remsima™ (infliximabe biossimilar) em pacientes com artrite reumatoide, espondilite anquilosante e artrite psoriática

Objetivo: O Planserv oferece cobertura à terapia biológica para as patologias de artrite reumatoide (AR), espondilite anquilosante (EA) e artrite psoriática (AP). Em agosto de 2016, 78 pacientes estavam em uso do medicamento Remicade® (infliximabe). Nessa data, o valor do Remicade® foi reduzido para...

Efficacy and safety of biosimilar infliximab CT-P13 in the treatment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: 1-year follow-up

An. bras. dermatol; 94 (4), 2019

Diseases, conditions, and drugs associated with cicatricial ectropion

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT Cicatricial ectropion may be a consequence of certain systemic diseases as well as the result of drug use. Our goal here was to research the different causes of this condition as reported in the literature, including more recently suspected etiologies. A detailed PubMed literature search indicat...

Colombian Association of Rheumatology. Consensus on recommendations to decrease and discontinue biological therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and psoriatic arthritis

Rev. colomb. reumatol; 26 (1), 2019
A B S T R A C T Objective: The objective of this study was to establish recommendations for the reduction and discontinuation of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, with the aim of becoming a guide document for health professionals involved in the management of patients with rheumatoid ar...

Access to high-cost medications for psoriatic arthritis in the National Health System in Brazil: the long path up to dispensation

Adv Rheumatol; 59 (), 2019
Abstract Background: Pharmaceutical Assistance (PA) is a dynamic and multidisciplinary process that aims to supply health systems, programs or services with quality medicines, enabling access and health care, in an efficient and timely manner. The objective of the study was to evaluate the profile of ad...

Usefullnes of atherogenic indices and Ca-LDL level to predict subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with psoriatic arthritis?

Adv Rheumatol; 59 (), 2019
Abstract Background: To investigate the link between carbamylated low-density lipoprotein (ca-LDL), atherogenic index of plasma (AIP), atherogenic coefficient (AC), Castelli's risk indices I and II (CRI I and II) and subclinic atherosclerosis in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Methods: Thirty-ninepatients a...

The use of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of nail disease among patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: a systematic review

Adv Rheumatol; 59 (), 2019
Abstract Background: Nail involvement has been described as a key clinical feature for both psoriasis (PsO) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and is an important risk factor in PsA. Thus, early diagnosis of nail involvement may be essential for better management of PsO and PsA. Ultrasonography is considered...