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Laura Hummers

Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Verified email at jhmi.edu
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International consensus criteria for the diagnosis of Raynaud's phenomenon

…, S Guiducci, R Hesselstrand, LK Hummers… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Vasoconstriction accompanied by changes in skin color is a normal physiologic response to
cold. The distinction between this normal physiology and Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) has …

Race and association with disease manifestations and mortality in scleroderma: a 20-year experience at the Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center and review of the …

…, AA Shah, A Woods, EN Le, F Boin, LK Hummers… - Medicine, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Experience suggests that African Americans may express autoimmune disease differently
than other racial groups. In the context of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma), we sought to …

Scleroderma-like fibrosing disorders

F Boin, LK Hummers - Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America, 2008 - Elsevier
Many conditions presenting with clinical hard skin and tissue fibrosis can be confused with
systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). These disorders have very diverse etiologies and often an …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of novel genetic markers associated with clinical phenotypes of systemic sclerosis through a genome-wide association strategy

…, CI Amos, FM Wigley, LK Hummers, J Hummers… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The aim of this study was to determine, through a genome-wide association study (GWAS),
the genetic components contributing to different clinical sub-phenotypes of systemic sclerosis …

Survival in pulmonary hypertension associated with the scleroderma spectrum of diseases: impact of interstitial lung disease

SC Mathai, LK Hummers, HC Champion… - … : Official Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an important cause of mortality in systemic sclerosis
(SSc), where it can be isolated (pulmonary arterial hypertension [PAH]) or associated with …

[PDF][PDF] Immunochip analysis identifies multiple susceptibility loci for systemic sclerosis

…, C Denton, FM Wigley, LK Hummers… - The American Journal of …, 2014 - cell.com
In this study, 1,833 systemic sclerosis (SSc) cases and 3,466 controls were genotyped with
the Immunochip array. Classical alleles, amino acid residues, and SNPs across the human …

Right ventricular dysfunction in systemic sclerosis–associated pulmonary arterial hypertension

…, AC Bacher, AA Shah, LK Hummers… - Circulation: Heart …, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Systemic sclerosis–associated pulmonary artery hypertension (SScPAH) has
a worse prognosis compared with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH), with a …

Hemodynamic predictors of survival in scleroderma-related pulmonary arterial hypertension

…, J Le Pavec, AL Zaiman, LK Hummers… - American journal of …, 2010 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) related to systemic sclerosis (SSc) has a
poorer prognosis compared with other forms of PAH for reasons that remain unexplained. …

Survival and predictors of mortality in systemic sclerosis‐associated pulmonary arterial hypertension: outcomes from the pulmonary hypertension assessment and …

…, M Hinchcliff, V Hsu, LK Hummers… - 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess cumulative survival rates and identify independent predictors of
mortality in patients with incident systemic sclerosis (SSc)–associated pulmonary arterial …

Right ventricular functional reserve in pulmonary arterial hypertension

…, SC Mathai, RL Damico, TM Kolb, LK Hummers… - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Right ventricular (RV) functional reserve affects functional capacity and
prognosis in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). PAH associated with systemic …