Treatment of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in systemic sclerosis: a systematic review

N Pittman, SM Rawn, M Wang, A Masetto… - …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Almost all patients with SSc have gastrointestinal manifestations. Small intestinal
bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) occurs in 30–60% of patients and leads to malnutrition and …

[PDF][PDF] Monospecific anti-Ro52/TRIM21 antibodies in a tri-nation cohort of 1574 systemic sclerosis subjects: evidence of an association with interstitial lung disease …

…, M Nikpour, S Assassi, MD Mayes, M Wang… - Clin Exp …, 2015 - clinexprheumatol.org
Objective. Autoantibodies directed against Ro52/TRIM21 are common in systemic sclerosis (SSc)
but their clinical significance remains uncertain. The aim of this study was to assess …

Calcinosis is associated with digital ischaemia in systemic sclerosis—a longitudinal study

…, AR Cabral-Castaneda, MJ Fritzler, M Wang… - …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objective. To determine if ischaemia is a causal factor in the development of calcinosis in
SSc. Methods. Patients with SSc were assessed yearly. Physicians reported the presence of …

Development and validation of the Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium Damage Index (SCTC-DI): a novel instrument to quantify organ damage in systemic …

…, M Huq, W Stevens, M Hudson, M Wang… - Annals of the …, 2019 - ard.bmj.com
Objective We sought to develop the first Damage Index (DI) in systemic sclerosis (SSc).
Methods The conceptual definition of ‘damage’ in SSc was determined through consensus by a …

Bicaudal D2 is a novel autoantibody target in systemic sclerosis that shares a key epitope with CENP-A but has a distinct clinical phenotype

MJ Fritzler, M Hudson, MY Choi, M Mahler, M Wang… - Autoimmunity …, 2018 - Elsevier
We studied the clinical correlations and epitopes of autoantibodies directed to a novel
autoantigen, Bicaudal D (BICD2), in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and reviewed its relationship to …

Severe gastrointestinal disease in very early systemic sclerosis is associated with early mortality

N Richard, M Hudson, M Wang, G Gyger… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To examine the incidence, predictors and outcomes associated with severe
gastrointestinal (GI) disease in a large inception SSc cohort. Methods SSc subjects with <2 years …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) across four systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs)

…, E Vinet, PR Fortin, V Bykerk, CA Pineau, M Wang… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Objectives To compare physical and mental health-related quality of life (HRQoL) across four
systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARD). Methods Incident subjects enrolled in …

Clinical correlates of monospecific anti-PM75 and anti-PM100 antibodies in a tri-nation cohort of 1574 systemic sclerosis subjects

…, S Assassi, MD Mayes, S Tatibouet, M Wang… - …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Autoantibodies directed against the two principal antigens of the human exosome
complex, PM75 and PM100, are present in systemic sclerosis (SSc) sera and have been …

Relationship between disease characteristics and oral radiologic findings in systemic sclerosis: results from a Canadian oral health study

…, D Robinson, M Fritzler, M Wang… - Arthritis care & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc; scleroderma) is associated with a wide periodontal ligament
(PDL) and mandibular erosions. We investigated the clinical correlates of SSc with these …

Thinking outside the box—the associations with cutaneous involvement and autoantibody status in systemic sclerosis are not always what we expect

N Srivastava, M Hudson, S Tatibouet, M Wang… - Seminars in arthritis and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To describe the clinical characteristics and survival of anti-topoisomerase antibody
positive (ATA+) limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) and anti-centromere antibody …