The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between insulin resistance (IR)
and sub-clinical atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Carotid artery …

The objective of this work is to investigate the occurrence of atherosclerosis and metabolic
syndrome (MetS) in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients (pts). Twenty-four consecutive AS pts …

Objective. To determine the sensitivity of the CASPAR criteria in patients with early psoriatic
arthritis (PsA). Methods. Consecutive patients with a clinical diagnosis of PsA and a disease …

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a heterogeneous disease involving the musculoskeletal structures,
the skin and nails. 1 2 Traditional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and tumour …

Objective The University of California Los Angeles Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium
Gastrointestinal Tract 2.0 (GIT 2.0) instrument is a self-report tool measuring gastrointestinal (…

Dear Sir, We read with great interest the article recently published by Giuggioli et al.[1]
investigating the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in an Italian systemic sclerosis (SSc) …

Background The University of California Los Angeles Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium
gastrointestinal tract 2.0 (UCLA SCTC_GIT 2.0) questionnaire is a self-reported tool …

… Ignazio Olivieri, MD Maria Stefania Cutro, MD Salvatore D’Angelo, MD Pietro Leccese,
MD Gianna Angela Mennillo, MD Enrico Scarano, MD Rosaria Abate, MD Carlo Palazzi …

ii78 POSTERS Page 1 Conclusion: Virtual biopsy by OCT recognises clinically unaffected
skin of SSc patients from the HC skin. This is consistent with gene array data showing that …

(c) 2018, American College of Rheumatology. This is the peer reviewed version of the following
article:'Abignano, G, Mennillo, GA, Lettieri, G et al (2019). Arthritis mutilans in systemic …