The relationship between neuropathic pain and lower urinary tract symptom scores in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of neuropathic pain on lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) scores in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS).

Methods: Seventy-two patients diagnosed with pSS were included in the study. The patients with pSS were divided into two groups according to the presence/absence of neuropathic pain.

Assessment of pulmonary arterial stiffness in patients with systemic sclerosis without overt pulmonary hypertension.

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a pathophysiological disorder that may involve multiple clinical conditions and complicate most systemic diseases. Systemic sclerosis (SSc), represents the leading cause of connective tissue disease (CTD) associated with PAH. Although SSc is a rare disease, it is associated with higher morbidity and early mortality than other rheumatological diseases due to developing SSc-associated interstitial pulmonary disease (ILD) and/or pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).