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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Timing of onset affects arthritis presentation pattern in antisynthetase syndrome
Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, Volume 36, No. 1, Year 2018
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Objective To evaluate if the timing of appearance with respect to disease onset may influence the arthritis presentation pattern in antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD). Methods The patients were selected from a retrospective large international cohort of ASSD patients regularly followed-up in centres referring to AENEAS collaborative group. Patients were eligible if they had an antisynthetase antibody testing positive in at least two determinations along with arthritis occurring either at ASSD onset (Group 1) or during the course of the disease (Group 2). Results 445 (70%; 334 females, 110 males, 1 transsexual) out of the 636 ASSD we collected had arthritis, in the majority of cases (367, 83%) from disease onset (Group 1). Patients belonging to Group 1 with respect to Group 2 had an arthritis more commonly polyarticular and symmetrical (p=0.015), IgM-Rheumatoid factor positive (p=0.035), erosions at hands and feet plain x-rays (p=0.036) and more commonly satisfying the 1987 revised classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (p=0.004). Features such as Raynaud's phenomenon, mechanic's hands and fever (e.g. accompanying findings) were more frequently reported in Group 2 (p=0.005). Conclusion In ASSD, the timing of appearance with respect to disease onset influences arthritis characteristics. In particular, RA features are more common when arthritis occurs from ASSD onset, suggesting an overlap between RA and ASSD in these patients. When arthritis appears during the follow-up, it is very close to a connective tissue disease-related arthritis. Also, the different prevalence of accompanying features between these two groups is in line with this possibility. © Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology 2018.
Authors & Co-Authors
González-Gay, Miguel Ángel
Spain, Santander
Universidad de Cantabria
Montecucco, Carlomaurizio
Italy, Pavia
Fondazione Irccs Policlinico San Matteo
Selva-O'Callaghan, Albert
Spain, Barcelona
Hospital Universitari Vall D'hebron
Trallero-Araguás, Ernesto
Spain, Barcelona
Hospital Universitari Vall D'hebron
Rojas-Serrano, Jorge
Mexico, Tlalpan
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias
Lorenz, Hanns Martin
Germany, Heidelberg
Universität Heidelberg
Doria, Andrea
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Iannone, Florenzo
Italy, Bari
Università Degli Studi Di Bari Aldo Moro
Giannini, Margherita
Italy, Brescia
Spedali Civili Di Brescia
Franceschini, Franco
Italy, Brescia
Spedali Civili Di Brescia
Benucci, Maurizio
Italy, Florence
Azienda Sanitaria Di Firenze
Sebastiani, Gian Domenico
Italy, Rome
Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini
Emmi, Giacomo
Italy, Florence
Università Degli Studi Di Firenze
Govoni, Marcello
Italy, Ferrara
University of Ferrara
Scirè, Carlo Alberto
Italy, Ferrara
University of Ferrara
Furini, Federica
Italy, Ferrara
University of Ferrara
López-Longo, Francisco Javier
Spain, Madrid
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
Martínez-Barrio, Julia
Spain, Madrid
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
Sebastiani, Marco
Italy, Modena
Università Degli Studi Di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Manfredi, Andreina
Italy, Modena
Università Degli Studi Di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Bachiller-Corral, Javier
Spain, Madrid
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
Sifuentes-Giraldo, Walter Alberto
Spain, Madrid
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
Cimmino, Marco Amedeo
Italy, Genoa
Università Degli Studi Di Genova
Cagnotto, Giovanni
Sweden, Lund
Skånes Universitetssjukhus
Codullo, Veronica
Italy, Pavia
Fondazione Irccs Policlinico San Matteo
Pellerito, Raffaele A.
Italy, Turin
Ospedale Mauriziano Umberto I
Saketkoo, Lesley Ann
United States, New Orleans
Tulane University
Ortego-Centeno, Norberto
Spain, Granada
Hospital Universitario San Cecilio
Quartuccio, Luca
Italy, Udine
Presidio Ospedaliero Universitario Santa Maria Della Misericordia , Udine
Bartoloni, Elena
Italy, Perugia
Università Degli Studi Di Perugia
Gerli, Roberto
Italy, Perugia
Università Degli Studi Di Perugia
Selmi, Carlo Francesco
Italy, Rozzano
Humanitas Research Hospital
Parisi, Simone
Italy, Turin
Azienda Ospedaliera - Universitaria Città Della Salute e Della Scienza Di Torino
Salaffi, Fausto S.
Italy, Ancona
Università Politecnica Delle Marche
Marchioni, Enrico
Italy, Pavia
Irccs Fondazione Mondino
Pesci, Alberto
Italy, Milan
Università Degli Studi Di Milano-bicocca
Confalonieri, Marco
Italy, Trieste
Ospedale Di Cattinara
Tomietto, Paola
Italy, Trieste
Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina
Nuño, Laura
Spain, Madrid
Hospital Universitario la Paz
Pipitone, Nicolò A.M.
Italy, Reggio Emilia
Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria Nuova Di Reggio Emilia
Mera-Varela, Antonio
Spain, Santiago de Compostela
Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago
Pérez-Gómez, Naír
Spain, Santiago de Compostela
Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago
López-Mejías, Raquel
Spain, Santander
Universidad de Cantabria
da Silva, José António Pereira
Portugal, Coimbra
Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
Cifrián Martínez, José Manuel
Spain, Santander
Universidad de Cantabria
Olivieri, Ignazio
Italy, Potenza
Ospedale San Carlo, Potenza
Rodríguez-Cambrón, Ana Belén
Spain, Leganes
Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa
Castañeda, Santos
Spain, Madrid
Hospital Universitario de la Princesa
Cavagna, L.
Italy, Pavia
Fondazione Irccs Policlinico San Matteo
Statistics
Citations: 41
Authors: 49
Affiliations: 47
Identifiers
ISSN:
0392856X
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Participants Gender
Female