Acute anterior uveitis in spondyloarthritis: a monocentric study of 301 patients.

Objectives: To assess the cumulative incidence of uveitis in spondyloarthritis (SpA) and its associated factors and to evaluate the effect of DMARD treatment on uveitis in a real-life setting.

Methods: A cross-sectional monocentric observational study (COSPA) was conducted. Patients with definite SpA underwent a face-to-face interview.

Prevalence and clinical characteristics of psoriasis in spondyloarthritis: a descriptive analysis of 275 patients.

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of psoriasis among a cohort of patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA), to describe the clinical characteristics of psoriasis and associations with other manifestations.

Methods: This is a retrospective single-centre observational study. The patients were diagnosed with definite SpA (expert opinion), either axial or peripheral.

Trabecular bone score in female patients with systemic sclerosis: comparison with rheumatoid arthritis and influence of glucocorticoid exposure.

Objective: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with an increased risk of osteoporosis and fractures. To date, the etiology of bone loss in SSc is unclear. Trabecular bone score (TBS) provides an indirect measurement of bone microarchitecture, independent of areal bone mineral density (aBMD).

Anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in rheumatoid and nonrheumatoid rheumatic disorders: experience with 1162 patients.

Objective: Anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP) are considered specific markers of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and have been included in the revised classification criteria for RA diagnosis. However, these antibodies have also been detected in patients with other types of chronic inflammatory rheumatism. Our objectives were to identify the prevalence of positive anti-CCP patients in non-RA diseases, to determine the diagnostic value of anti-CCP for the diagnosis of RA, to specify the clinical characteristics of non-RA patients positive for anti-CCP, and to determine the discriminatory value of the levels of anti-CCP in patients among the various diseases.

Fatigue in spondyloarthritis: a marker of disease activity. A cross-sectional study of 266 patients.

Objectives: Fatigue is an important aspect of spondyloarthritis (SpA). However the influencing factors of fatigue in SpA are unclear. The objective of this study was to explore if fatigue is related to disease activity or to patient characteristics.

Prevalence and characteristics of hip involvement in spondyloarthritis: a single-centre observational study of 275 patients.

Objectives: Hip involvement is a classic feature of spondyloarthritis (SpA). The aim of the present paper is to study the prevalence, clinical and radiological features of hip involvement, and the association with criteria for severity, in a cohort of patients with SpA in a tertiary care centre.

Design: retrospective single centre observational study in 2010 of patients with definite SpA who underwent direct interview by a physician.

Heel pain in spondyloarthritis: results of a cross-sectional study of 275 patients.

Objectives: Heel pain is a common but poorly studied feature of spondyloarthritis (SpA). The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence and clinical features of heel pain in a cohort of patients with SpA.

Methods: This was a retrolective single centre observational study in 2010.

Type I cryoglobulinemia in multiple myeloma, a rare entity: analysis of clinical and biological characteristics of seven cases and review of the literature.

The type I cryoglobulins (CGs) account for 10-15% of all cryoglobulins and are found in patients with hematological disorders. We here describe the largest series of seven cases of type I cryoglobulinemia associated with multiple myeloma (MM) and provide a detailed review of the literature associated with this disorder, with the aim of improving the future diagnosis and therapeutic management of this rare disease. Six of the cases in our series were men aged 28-69 years, and most of the subject patients had an immunoglobulin G (IgG) monoclonal component and stage I indolent MM that manifested as cryoglobulin-related symptoms.

Prevalence and clinical characteristics of dactylitis in spondylarthritis: a descriptive analysis of 275 patients.

Objectives: Dactylitis is a common but little studied feature of spondylarthritis (SpA). Our objective was to assess the prevalence of dactylitis among a cohort of patients with spondylarthritis in a tertiary care centre and to describe the clinical characteristics of dactylitis.

Methods: This was a prospective single centre observational study carried out in 2010.

Performance of the assessment in Spondyloarthritis International Society classification for axial and peripheral spondyloarthritis in an established clinical cohort: comparison with criteria sets of Amor and the European Spondylarthropathy Study Group.

Objective: To evaluate the performance of the Assessment in Spondyloarthritis International Society (ASAS) criteria (axial or peripheral) against the Amor and European Spondylarthropathy Study Group criteria in established spondyloarthritis (SpA).

Methods: Rheumatologist-diagnosed patients with SpA were retrospectively classified according to the different criteria sets. Clinical characteristics of patients fulfilling all 3 criteria were compared with those who did not, by nonparametric statistics.

Clinical characteristics of anterior chest wall pain in spondyloarthritis: an analysis of 275 patients.

Objectives: Anterior chest wall pain is a common but little studied feature of spondyloarthritis. The objectives of our study were to assess the prevalence of anterior chest wall pain and to describe its clinical characteristics in a cohort of spondyloarthritis patients in a tertiary care center.

Study Design: retrolective single center observational study in 2010 (COSPA).

Assessment of work instability in spondyloarthritis: a cross-sectional study using the ankylosing spondylitis work instability scale.

Objectives: Work status is an important outcome in SpA. The objective was to assess work instability and its determinants in a cohort of patients with SpA, using the AS-work instability scale (AS-WIS).

Methods: We performed a cross-sectional monocentre study.