Publications by authors named "O Molberg"

Objectives: The 2022 European Society of Cardiology and European Respiratory Society (ESC/ERS) Guidelines for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) recommend risk stratification to optimize management. However, the performance of generic PAH risk stratification tools in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc)-associated PAH remains unclear. Our objective was to identify the most accurate approach for risk stratification at SSc-PAH diagnosis.

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Objective: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (myositis, IIMs) are rare, systemic autoimmune disorders that lead to muscle inflammation, weakness, and extra-muscular manifestations, with a strong genetic component influencing disease development and progression. Previous genome-wide association studies identified loci associated with IIMs. In this study, we imputed data from two prior genome-wide myositis studies and analyzed the largest myositis dataset to date to identify novel risk loci and susceptibility genes associated with IIMs and its clinical subtypes.

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Article Synopsis
  • This study investigates the genetics behind systemic inflammatory autoimmune diseases (SIADs), like systemic lupus erythematosus, primary Sjögren's disease, and myositis, which share similar autoantibodies and symptoms.
  • Researchers sequenced DNA from immune-related genes in over 2,200 Scandinavian patients and 1,200 controls to identify genetic variants connected to these diseases.
  • Findings revealed both known and new genetic loci associated with SIADs and highlighted that different patient subgroups have distinct genetic traits, influencing their clinical features and possibly leading to anti-inflammatory effects related to skin manifestations.
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Objectives: To compare the sensitivity of 2019 European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology/American College of Rheumatology (EULAR/ACR) classification criteria against 1997 ACR criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), for incident SLE cases in the presumably complete population-based Nor-SLE cohort from Southeast Norway (2.9 million inhabitants).

Methods: All cases International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) coded as SLE during 2000-2017 were individually reviewed.

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