Different classification criteria for Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) were proposed by different groups
of experts before the 1990s. In the 1990s, a European group of investigators carried out a …

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare disabling autoimmune disease with a similar mortality to
many cancers. Two randomized controlled trials of autologous hematopoietic stem cell …

… A total of 156 patients were randomly assigned to receive HSCT (n = 79) or cyclophosphamide
(n = 77). During a median follow-up of 5.8 years, 53 events occurred: 22 in the HSCT …

Objective To investigate the in vitro ability of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) to bind
human trophoblast cells and to affect gonadotropin secretion and invasiveness. Methods …

… N Del Papa17, … N Host22, … We conducted similar analyses for LVEF <45% (n = 36)
which confirmed the results shown in table 3 (see file 1 in online supplement). …

… With regard to DLCO, in a retrospective case-control study Del Papa et al. reported that
the … Similarly, Del Papa et al. observed a significant reduced disease-related mortality in …

Objective. To investigate the ability of human anti‐β 2 ‐glycoprotein I (anti‐β 2 GPI) antibodies
to recognize the cofactor adherent on endothelial cells (EC) and to modulate endothelial …

It is still uncertain which, if any, immunologic parameters may help diagnose a renal flare of
lupus nephritis. Anti-C1q antibody (Ab) titers have been elevated in patients with lupus with …

… Patients who were judged to have some degree of disease activity at study enrollment (n =
121) underwent a second clinical evaluation carried out by the same investigator ∼3 months …

… in systemic sclerosis - Del Papa - 2004 - Arthritis &amp; Rheumatism - Wiley Online Library
… cells/ml, respectively; P < 0.05) (Del Papa N: unpublished observations). This finding strongly …