… Singhealth-Duke-National University of Singapore joint partnership), and the National Medical
Research Council Transition Award: part funding of research time for Dr Andrea HL Low. …

Objectives Poor symptom appraisal (detection, interpretation and response to symptoms)
plays a major role in prolonged prediagnosis interval in various health conditions. Theories …

Background Studies of flares of autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIIRD) after
COVID-19 mRNA vaccination are limited by small sample size, short follow up or at risk of …

… Group 1 had lower median TJC/SJC than Group 2, with similar frequency of finger flexion
contractures. RF and anti-CCP were present in 40% (4/10) and 11% (1/9) of patients in Group …

Objective. To investigate ethnic influence on disease manifestations and autoantibody profile
in patients of Chinese descent with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods. In a retrospective …

Introduction The aim of this study is to compare the clinical features, mortality and causes of
death of systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients in four large multicentre registries. Methods …

Aim The modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS) is a validated outcome measure for skin
thickness in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Training has been shown to reduce variability in the …

… Andrea HL Low … Andrea HL Low … We found that the patients in our study with joint
involvement had a lower odds ratio (OR: 0.08, P = 0.002; data not shown) of pulmonary arterial …

Objectives. To compare the SSc-line immunoassay (LIA) with conventional techniques of
antibody detection, to evaluate its diagnostic utility and to describe clinical associations of …

Aim We aimed to characterize work disability in patients with newly diagnosed rheumatic
diseases and compare work characteristics between patients with rheumatic diseases and …