Publications by authors named "Rula Daood"
Background: Parvovirus B19 infection has been associated with various clinical entities including musculoskeletal manifestations and the development of different autoimmune diseases. The aim of our study is to examine the musculoskeletal manifestations associated with acute parvovirus B19 infection and the possible development of chronic autoimmune rheumatic diseases.
Patients And Methods: Retrospective cohort study that included adult hospitalized patients diagnosed with an acute parvovirus B19 infection between 1 January 2021 and 1 February 2024.
Article Synopsis
- Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are classified into late-onset (≥60 years) and early-onset (<60 years), but current treatment guidelines lack specific recommendations for late-onset patients regarding initial biologic therapy.
- A study analyzed medical records from 2000 to 2017, including 3814 RA patients, to compare first biologic treatment survival times between late and early-onset groups.
- Results showed that early-onset patients used biologics more frequently (16.9%) compared to late-onset patients (7.8%), but overall drug survival times for the first biologic treatment were similar across both groups, with only abatacept and golimumab showing longer survival times in early-onset patients
Objectives: We aimed to assess the efficacy and patient satisfaction of subcutaneous tocilizumab (SC TCZ) in patients previously treated with intravenous tocilizumab (IV TCZ) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: We conducted a single-centre retrospective study at the Rheumatology Day Care at the Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus, Israel. Clinical and laboratory data of IV TCZ treated patients who switched to SC TCZ were retracted and analysed.
Objective: Fibrosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Levels of lysyl oxidase (LOX), an extracellular enzyme that stabilizes collagen fibrils, have been found to be elevated in the skin of SSc patients, but have not been evaluated in the serum or correlated with the clinical parameters. We undertook this study to evaluate serum LOX levels in SSc patients and to correlate these levels with clinical parameters of SSc.
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