Objective: To evaluate the two generations of anti-cyclic citrullinated protein (CCP)
antibodies as a diagnostic marker of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and as a predictor of future …

Objective. SSc is known as the most severe connective tissue disorder, and to be associated
with a high mortality risk. Some improvements in therapy for SSc have been achieved in …

… Lisa Christiansen and Paul Avouac helped improve most of the graphics. I thank Chris
Rollins and Jocelyn Rice for their help in clarifying and editing the text and Doug Beckner for …

The aim was to update the 2009 European League against Rheumatism (EULAR)
recommendations for the treatment of systemic sclerosis (SSc), with attention to new therapeutic …

Purpose: The optimal treatment of systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a challenge because the
pathogenesis of SSc is unclear and it is an uncommon and clinically heterogeneous disease …

… Avouac, JP, Application des m6thodes de morphologie quantitative •t la n6otectonique,
ModUle cin6matique des d6formations actives en Asie Centrale, doctorat, Univ. Paris VII, 156 pp.…

We analyze geomorphic evidence of recent crustal deformation in the sub‐Himalaya of central
Nepal, south of the Kathmandu Basin. The Main Frontal Thrust fault (MFT), which marks …

… To assess quantitatively the state of degradation of the riser between TO and T1, we
used a Gaussian model of scarp degradation [Avouac, 1991], which is adapted for scarps in …

… In the Siwaliks we did not see any thick gravel [Lavd and Avouac, 2000], and reincision of
this material is rapid. In that case, the long-term incision rate is roughly equal to mean …

We describe a procedure to accurately measure ground deformations from optical satellite
images. Precise orthorectification is obtained owing to an optimized model of the imaging …