Evaluation of performance of the Still Activity Score for assessment of Adult-onset Still's Disease: Comparative study with Systemic Feature Score and Modified Pouchot-Activity Score.

Backgrounds: Adult-onset Still's Disease (AOSD) is a systemic inflammatory disorder. There is no definitive AOSD activity indicator. Two of the currently used disease activity scores are the Modified Pouchot Activity Score (mPoS), and Systemic Feature Score (SFS).

Causes of severe infections in patients with systemic sclerosis and associated factors.

Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic systemic disease characterized by vascular damage, autoimmunity, and fibrosis in the skin and internal organs. In this study, we tried to determine the causes of severe infection in patients with SSc and to reveal the factors associated with severe infection.

Methods: We retrospectively examined 214 SSc patients between January 2010 and August 2020.

Rituximab experience from a single centre for patients with rheumatoid arthritis-related interstitial lung disease.

Objective: To demonstrate the effects of rituximab (RTX) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-related interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD).

Methods: A total of 165 patients who used RTX for the management of rheumatoid arthritis were retrospectively scrutinised. Among these, 26 patients diagnosed with RA-ILD were analysed (61.

Indications and risk factors for hospitalization in patients with primary Sjögren syndrome: experience from a tertiary center in Turkey.

Objective: In this study, it was aimed to reveal the hospitalization reasons for patients diagnosed with primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS) and potentially associated factors in a tertiary health center.

Method: One hundred and sixty-three pSS patients who regularly attended their follow-ups between January 2010 and May 2021 were included in the study. These patients' reasons for hospitalization, duration of hospitalization, and numbers of presenting to the hospital were recorded.

Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis: A Single-center Retrospective Analysis.

Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by microangiopathy, inflammation, fibrosis. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is common among SSc patients.

Objective: This study aims to define the clinical, laboratory, and serologic characteristics of SSc patients with ILD and to present the frequency of chest computed tomography features.

Prognostic factors for relapse and poor outcome in neuro-Behçet's syndrome: results from a clinical long-term follow-up of a single centre.

Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics of neuro-Behçet's syndrome (NBS) and to define the factors associated with relapses and poor outcome.

Methods: Among 2118 patients with Behçet's syndrome who fulfilled the international study group criteria, 208 (9.8%) patients had NBS.

Serum Calprotectin is Indicating Clinical and Ultrasonographic Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis, even with Normal C-Reactive Protein Levels.

Objective: Calprotectin is an inflammatory biomarker which assesses disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objective of this study was to test whether serum calprotectin is associated with clinical and ultrasonographic disease activity in patients with RA, and to analyse its predicting value for disease activity evaluation despite normal C-Reactive protein (CRP) levels.

Methods: We included 80 patients with RA and 30 healthy subjects.

High mobility group box-1 levels may be associated with disease activity of Behcet's disease.

Background: High mobility group box- 1 (HMGB- 1) is a nuclear protein acting as a proinflammatory molecule. The serum HMGB- 1 levels were found elevated in chronic inflammatory diseases. In this cross-sectional study, serum HMGB- 1 levels in Behcet's disease (BD) patients and healthy controls (HC) were studied.

Prospective Follow-up of Panel Reactive Antibodies From Diagnosis Until Completion of Therapy Including Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Among Patients With Acute Leukemia.

Objectives: Existence of panel reactive antibodies is the limiting step in both solid-organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. There are hypotheses related to panel reactive antibody formation, but there is no knowledge about its formation in acute leukemia at diagnosis and during the chemotherapy period, in which there is a strong myelosuppression and immunosuppression. We aimed to determine the panel reactive antibodies positivity in acute leukemia patients at diagnosis and during the entire therapy period, including stem cell transplantation.

Clinical characteristics of pulmonary artery involvement in patients with Behçet's syndrome: single-centre experience of 61 patients.

Objective: To report the clinical characteristics of pulmonary artery involvement (PAI) in patients with Behçet's syndrome (BS) and to define the predictors of relapses.

Methods: We performed retrospective analysis of BS patients with PAI who fulfilled international study group criteria. Among 460 patients with vascular Behçet's syndrome (VBS), 66 were diagnosed with PAI.

Early onset primary Sjögren syndrome, clinical and laboratory characteristics.

Introduction/objectives: Primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS) is usually encountered between the fourth and sixth decades. It is known that the age of onset in autoimmune diseases may affect the clinical features. In this study, we aimed to investigate the clinical and laboratory characteristics of early onset pSS patients.