Publications by authors named "Carlos Geraldo Moura"
Methotrexate still works: comment on the articles by Rohr et al and Hirata et al.
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)
July 2018
Presently, bariatric surgery is considered the most effective treatment for reducing excess body weight and maintaining weight loss in severely obese. On the other hand, several early and late complications have been described after this procedure. This article reports two patients who developed a spondyloarthritis-like syndrome after bariatric surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Anti-C1q antibodies have been described in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as well as in other connective tissue diseases. They have been considered as a marker for disease activity and presence of nephritis.
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of anti-C1q antibodies in Brazilian lupus patients as well as analyze their association with different clinical and serologic parameters.