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B Cells Key in Takayasu Arteritis
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major Finding: Increasing numbers of plasmablasts, alongside a generally atypical B-cell subset profile, correlate with higher disease activity in...
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Long-Term Risk of GI Cancers Not Elevated in Celiac Patients
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major Finding: Overall, celiac disease patients do not have a significantly elevated risk of gastrointestinal cancers, nor do patients with celiac...
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Half of Patients Relapsed After Infliximab Cessation
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major Finding: Nearly half of patients in remission from Crohn’s disease while being treated with infliximab relapse after discontinuing...
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Use of Anesthesiologist for Screening Colonoscopy Raises Cost 20%
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major Finding: Anesthesiologist involvement in screening colonoscopy increases the cost to Medicare by about 20%, from $575.20 to $678.20 per...
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Novel Hep C Treatment Excludes Peginterferon Alfa
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major Finding: A novel regimen that did not include peginterferon alfa resulted in a 100% virologic response rate in patients with hepatitis C...
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Combined Imaging Modalities May Enable 'Optic Biopsy' in Stomach
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major Finding: Compared with conventional white-light imaging alone, narrow-band imaging in addition to white-light imaging was significantly...
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Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis With IBD Yields Worse Outcomes
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major Finding: Overall, 76% of PSC cases occurred in the setting of comorbid IBD, and these patients were significantly more likely to develop...
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Water Colonoscopy Delivers Lower Completion Rate
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major Finding: During colonoscope insertion using water infusion vs. air insufflation, significantly fewer patients requested sedation (8.6% vs....
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One in Six Newly Diagnosed Pediatric SLE Patients Have Low BMD
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major Finding: At the time of SLE diagnosis, 15% of pediatric patients were found to have low BMD.Data Source: An 80-patient, single-center,...
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Good News in RA: Disability Declining
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major Finding: Since 1992, disability in rheumatoid arthritis has declined an average of 1.7% per year since the advent of DMARDS, especially...
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New Psoriatic Arthritis Guidelines Highlight Paucity of Data
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major Finding: New recommendations on the treatment of PsA emphasize early use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, as well as anti–tumor...
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Treat-to-Target Early for Real-World Remission
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major Finding: Overall, 47% of patients with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis were in remission by 1 year when following a strict treat-to-...
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Depressed Mood, RA Disease Activity Linked
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
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Surgery, Islet Transplant Ease Chronic Pancreatitis
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major Finding: In children who underwent total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplant, health-related quality of life scores normalized, and...
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Depressed Mood, RA Disease Activity Linked
- Author:
- Denise Napoli
Major Finding: Higher Thompson joint scores were associated with higher levels of depressed mood (P = .03) and anxiety (P = .02) at assessments...