Antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD) is a rare clinical condition that is characterized by the
occurrence of a classic clinical triad, encompassing myositis, arthritis, and interstitial lung …

Objective. The aim of this study was to develop and validate an algorithm to assist the attribution
of neuropsychiatric (NP) events to underlying disease in SLE patients. Methods. Phase …

Objective. To analyse risk factors and comorbidities potentially associated with CNS involvement
in a large cohort of Italian patients affected by SLE. Methods. A number of generic (not …

Background: Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-related interstitial lung disease (ILD) is
challenging, and many conventional and biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (…

To evaluate if the timing of appearance with respect to disease onset may influence the arthritis
presentation pattern in antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD). METHODS: The patients were …

Objective Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with concomitant hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection represents
a therapeutic challenge due to the risk of HBV reactivation under immunosuppressive …

Objectives To systematically review the evidence for a synergistic effect of combining
rehabilitation with biological anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy in patients with ankylosing …

Objective The polymorphism 158V/F of Fc fragment of IgG (FCGR) type 3A may influence
the response to rituximab (RTX) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We investigated the FCG3A …

Objective. To describe nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) features of patients with antisynthetase
syndrome (AS) and to investigate possible correlations with clinical and serological …

The SARS-COV-2-19-associated respiratory involvement is caused by the massive release
of inflammatory cytokines ultimately leading to interstitial pneumonia and acute respiratory …