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Feasibility and Construct Validation of the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) in Systemic Vasculitis.

Authors:
Gunnar Tomasson John T Farrar David Cuthbertson Carol A McAlear Susan Ashdown Peter F Cronholm Jill Dawson Don Gebhart Georgia Lanier Raashid A Luqmani Nataliya Milman Jacqueline Peck Joanna C Robson Judy A Shea Simon Carette Nader Khalidi Curry L Koening Carol A Langford Paul A Monach Larry Moreland Christian Pagnoux Ulrich Specks Antoine G Sreih Steven R Ytterberg Peter A Merkel

J Rheumatol 2019 Mar 1. Epub 2019 Mar 1.

From the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik; Department of Rheumatology and Centre for Rheumatology Research, University Hospital, Iceland; Division of Rheumatology, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health & Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Nuffield Department of Population Health (HSRU), University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford; Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Rheumatology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Healthcare, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON,;Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol and School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON; Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Department of Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Section of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA. This work was supported by The Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC) (U54 AR057319 and R01 AR 064153) which is part of the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN), an initiative of the Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR), National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS). The VCRC is funded through collaboration between NCATS, and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, and has received funding from the National Center for Research Resources (U54 RR019497). Additional support for this work was provided by a contract from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (IP2PI000603 ). Address correspondence to Gunnar Tomasson, Assistant professor of epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland. Sturlugata 8, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland. E-mail:

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March 2019

Effect of Treatment on Imaging, Clinical, and Serologic Assessments of Disease Activity in Large-Vessel Vasculitis.

Authors:
Shubhasree Banerjee Kaitlin A Quinn K Bates Gribbons Joel S Rosenblum Ali Cahid Civelek Elaine Novakovich Peter A Merkel Mark A Ahlman Peter C Grayson

J Rheumatol 2019 Mar 15. Epub 2019 Mar 15.

Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, USA; Division of Rheumatology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA; National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA; Division of Rheumatology and Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Address correspondence to Peter C. Grayson, MD, MSc, National Institutes of Health / NIAMS, 10 Center Drive, Building 10, 10N Rm 311D, Bethesda, MD 20892 Email:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.181222DOI Listing
March 2019

Update on Outcome Measure Development in Large-Vessel Vasculitis: Report from OMERACT 2018.

Authors:
Sibel Z Aydin Joanna C Robson Antoine G Sreih Catherine Hill Fatma Alibaz-Oner Sarah Mackie Susan Beard Gülen Hatemi Tanaz A Kermani Alfred Mahr Alexa Meara Nataliya Milman Beverley Shea Gunnar Tómasson Peter Tugwell Haner Direskeneli Peter A Merkel

J Rheumatol 2019 Mar 15. Epub 2019 Mar 15.

From the Division of Rheumatology and Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Division of Rheumatology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, School of Medicine, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul; Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Marmara, Turkey; Department of Internal Medicine, University Paris Diderot, Paris, France; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, UK; Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds; University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Clinical Epidemiology Program and the Division of Rheumatology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. This work was funded in part by the Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC). The VCRC is part of the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN), an initiative of the Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR), National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS). The VCRC is funded through collaboration between NCATS, and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), U54 AR057319), and has received funding from the National Center for Research Resources (U54 RR019497). Address correspondence to Peter A. Merkel, MD, MPH Chief, Division of Rheumatology Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104. E-mail:

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March 2019

Arterial lesions in giant cell arteritis: A longitudinal study.

Authors:
Tanaz A Kermani Sehriban Diab Antoine G Sreih David Cuthbertson Renée Borchin Simon Carette Lindsy Forbess Curry L Koening Carol A McAlear Paul A Monach Larry Moreland Christian Pagnoux Philip Seo Robert F Spiera Kenneth J Warrington Steven R Ytterberg Carol A Langford Peter A Merkel Nader A Khalidi

Semin Arthritis Rheum 2019 02 9;48(4):707-713. Epub 2018 May 9.

Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Healthcare, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6226363PMC
February 2019

Updating OMERACT Core Set of Domains for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: Patient Perspective Using the International Classification of Function, Disability and Health.

Authors:
Nataliya Milman Eilish McConville Joanna C Robson Annelies Boonen Peter Tugwell George A Wells Dipayan Chaudhuri Jill Dawson Gunnar Tomasson Susan Ashdown Don Gebhart Georgia Lanier Jacqueline Peck Carol A McAlear Katherine S Kellom Peter F Cronholm Peter A Merkel

J Rheumatol 2019 Feb 1. Epub 2019 Feb 1.

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa / the Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Faculty of Health and Applied Science, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; School of Clinical Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Caphri Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands; School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Nuffield Department of Population Health (HSRU), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland; Centre for Rheumatology Research, University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland; Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, PolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2716 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA; Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. The Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC) Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Vasculitis Working Group was supported by the Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium, which received support from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (grants U54-AR-057319 and U01-AR-51874 04), the National Center for Research Resources (grant U54-RR-019497), the National Center for Advancing Translational Science, the Office of Rare Diseases Research, each part of the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH). The VCRC is a member of the NIH Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network. The VCRC also received a Pilot award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Dr. Milman's work was supported by a postgraduate Rheumatology Fellowship award given jointly by UCB Pharma, the Canadian Rheumatology Association, and The Arthritis Society, and a Fellowship from the Ottawa Hospital Department of Medicine. This work was further supported by a Vasculitis Foundation Research Grant. Address correspondence to Nataliya Milman, The Ottawa Hospital, Riverside Campus, 1967 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, ON K1H7W9, Canada. Email:

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February 2019

Genetic Variants in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis: A Bayesian Approach and Systematic Review.

Authors:
Kwang Seob Lee Andreas Kronbichler Daniel Fernando Pereira Vasconcelos Felipe Rodolfo Pereira da Silva Younhee Ko Yeon Su Oh Michael Eisenhut Peter A Merkel David Jayne Christopher I Amos Katherine A Siminovitch Chinar Rahmattulla Keum Hwa Lee Jae Il Shin

J Clin Med 2019 Feb 21;8(2). Epub 2019 Feb 21.

Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea.

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http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/8/2/266
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm8020266DOI Listing
February 2019

Systemic vasculitis and patient-reported outcomes: how the assessment of patient preferences and perspectives could improve outcomes.

Authors:
Joanna C Robson David Jayne Peter A Merkel Jill Dawson

Patient Relat Outcome Meas 2019 8;10:37-42. Epub 2019 Feb 8.

Nuffield Department of Population Health (HSRU), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PROM.S163601DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6372855PMC
February 2019

Serum cytokine and chemokine levels in patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, hypereosinophilic syndrome, or eosinophilic asthma.

Authors:
Christian Pagnoux Parameswaran Nair Yao Xi Nader A Khalidi Simon Carette David Cuthbertson Peter C Grayson Curry L Koening Carol A Langford Carol A McAlear Larry W Moreland Paul A Monach Phil Seo Ulrich Specks Antoine G Sreih Steve R Ytterberg Pascal N Tyrrell Peter A Merkel

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2019 Jan 14. Epub 2019 Jan 14.

Division of Rheumatology and Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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January 2019

Efficacy and Safety of Belimumab and Azathioprine for Maintenance of Remission in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Authors:
David Jayne Daniel Blockmans Raashid Luqmani Sergey Moiseev Beulah Ji Yulia Green Leanne Hall David Roth Robert B Henderson Peter A Merkel Jose Alfaro Lozano Heidemarie Becker Armando Calvo Quiroz Simon Carette Sandra Carrillo-Vazquez María C Cid David D'Cruz Atul Deodhar Oliver Flossman Giacomo Garibotto Loreto Gesualdo Stephen Hall Thomas Hauser Bernhard Hellmich Dana Kidder Martin Kimmel Mark Little Maria Majdan Kathleen Maksimowicz-McKinnon Galina Marder Galina Matsievskaia Ariel Salinas Meneses Eamonn Molloy Ruediger Mueller Clark Neuwelt Jorge Ravelo Hernandez Ulrich Specks Vladimir Tesar Michael Walsh

Arthritis Rheumatol 2019 Jan 22. Epub 2019 Jan 22.

Division of Rheumatology, and the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/art.40802
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January 2019

Patient involvement in medical research: what patients and physicians learn from each other.

Authors:
Kalen Young Dana Kaminstein Ana Olivos Cristina Burroughs Celeste Castillo-Lee Joyce Kullman Carol McAlear Dianne G Shaw Antoine Sreih George Casey Peter A Merkel

Orphanet J Rare Dis 2019 01 24;14(1):21. Epub 2019 Jan 24.

Division of Rheumatology and Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, White Building, 5th Floor 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13023-018-0969-1DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6346573PMC
January 2019

Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis.

Authors:
Antoine G Sreih Rana Ezzedine Lin Leng Juan Fan Jie Yao Duncan Reid Marta Piecychna Simon Carette David Cuthbertson Paul Dellaripa Gary S Hoffman Nader A Khalidi Curry L Koening Carol A Langford Alfred Mahr Carol A McAlear Kathleen Maksimowicz-Mckinnon Paul A Monach Philip Seo Ulrich Specks E William St Clair John H Stone Steven R Ytterberg Jeffrey Edberg Peter A Merkel Richard Bucala

Arthritis Rheumatol 2018 Dec 22;70(12):2077-2086. Epub 2018 Oct 22.

Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.40655DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6261690PMC
December 2018

Serum biomarkers of glucocorticoid response and safety in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis and juvenile dermatomyositis.

Authors:
Laurie S Conklin Peter A Merkel Lauren M Pachman Hemang Parikh Shefa Tawalbeh Jesse M Damsker David D Cuthbertson Gabrielle A Morgan Paul A Monach Yetrib Hathout Kanneboyina Nagaraju John van den Anker Carol A McAlear Eric P Hoffman

Steroids 2018 12 21;140:159-166. Epub 2018 Oct 21.

ReveraGen BioPharma, 155 Gibbs St., Suite 433, Rockville, MD 20850, USA; School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Binghamton University - SUNY, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.steroids.2018.10.008DOI Listing
December 2018

Evaluation of clinical benefit from treatment with mepolizumab for patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

Authors:
Jonathan Steinfeld Eric S Bradford Judith Brown Stephen Mallett Steven W Yancey Praveen Akuthota Maria C Cid Gerald J Gleich David Jayne Paneez Khoury Carol A Langford Peter A Merkel Frank Moosig Ulrich Specks Peter F Weller Michael E Wechsler

J Allergy Clin Immunol 2018 Dec 19. Epub 2018 Dec 19.

Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colo. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2018.11.041DOI Listing
December 2018

Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Secondary to Isolated Noninfectious Ascending Aortitis.

Authors:
Luc Cozijnsen Evert-Jan Ter Borg Richard L Braam Cees A Seldenrijk Robin H Heijmen Berto J Bouma Peter A Merkel

J Clin Rheumatol 2018 Dec 5. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Division of Rheumatology and Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/RHU.0000000000000948DOI Listing
December 2018

Serum S100 Proteins as a Marker of Disease Activity in Large Vessel Vasculitis.

Authors:
Jason Michael Springer Paul Monach David Cuthbertson Simon Carette Nader A Khalidi Carol A McAlear Christian Pagnoux Philip Seo Kenneth J Warrington Steven R Ytterberg Gary Hoffman Carol Langford Thomas Hamilton Dirk Foell Thomas Vogl Dirk Holzinger Peter A Merkel Johannes Roth Rula A Hajj-Ali

J Clin Rheumatol 2018 Oct;24(7):393-395

From the Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/RHU.0000000000000729DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6105726PMC
October 2018

Characterisation of the nasal microbiota in granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

Authors:
Rennie L Rhee Antoine G Sreih Catherine E Najem Peter C Grayson Chunyu Zhao Kyle Bittinger Ronald G Collman Peter A Merkel

Ann Rheum Dis 2018 Oct 11;77(10):1448-1453. Epub 2018 Jul 11.

Division of Rheumatology and the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213645DOI Listing
October 2018

Serum periostin as a biomarker in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

Authors:
Rennie L Rhee Cecile T J Holweg Kit Wong David Cuthbertson Simon Carette Nader A Khalidi Curry L Koening Carol A Langford Carol A McAlear Paul A Monach Larry W Moreland Christian Pagnoux Philip Seo Ulrich Specks Antoine G Sreih Steven R Ytterberg Peter A Merkel

PLoS One 2018 11;13(10):e0205768. Epub 2018 Oct 11.

Division of Rheumatology and the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0205768PLOS
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6181402PMC
October 2018

Urinary soluble CD163 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in the identification of subtle renal flare in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.

Authors:
Sarah M Moran Paul A Monach Lina Zgaga David Cuthbertson Simon Carette Nader A Khalidi Curry L Koening Carol A Langford Carol A McAlear Larry Moreland Christian Pagnoux Philip Seo Ulrich Specks Antoine Sreih Jason Wyse Steven R Ytterberg Peter A Merkel Mark A Little

Nephrol Dial Transplant 2018 Oct 31. Epub 2018 Oct 31.

Trinity Health Kidney Centre, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

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https://academic.oup.com/ndt/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ndt
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October 2018

Comparison of magnetic resonance angiography and F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in large-vessel vasculitis.

Authors:
Kaitlin A Quinn Mark A Ahlman Ashkan A Malayeri Jamie Marko Ali Cahid Civelek Joel S Rosenblum Armin A Bagheri Peter A Merkel Elaine Novakovich Peter C Grayson

Ann Rheum Dis 2018 Aug 17;77(8):1165-1171. Epub 2018 Apr 17.

Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213102DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6045453PMC
August 2018

Validation of the ANCA-associated vasculitis patient-reported outcomes (AAV-PRO) questionnaire.

Authors:
Joanna C Robson Jill Dawson Helen Doll Peter F Cronholm Nataliya Milman Katherine Kellom Susan Ashdown Ebony Easley Don Gebhart Georgia Lanier John Mills Jacqueline Peck Raashid Ahmed Luqmani Judy Shea Gunnar Tomasson Peter A Merkel

Ann Rheum Dis 2018 Aug 25;77(8):1157-1164. Epub 2018 Apr 25.

Department of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Massachusetts, USA.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212713DOI Listing
August 2018

Metabolic pathways and immunometabolism in rare kidney diseases.

Authors:
Peter C Grayson Sean Eddy Jaclyn N Taroni Yaíma L Lightfoot Laura Mariani Hemang Parikh Maja T Lindenmeyer Wenjun Ju Casey S Greene Brad Godfrey Clemens D Cohen Jeffrey Krischer Matthias Kretzler Peter A Merkel

Ann Rheum Dis 2018 Aug 3;77(8):1226-1233. Epub 2018 May 3.

Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212935DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6045442PMC
August 2018

Health-related outcomes of importance to patients with Takayasu's arteritis.

Authors:
Antoine G Sreih Fatma Alibaz-Oner Ebony Easley Trocon Davis Gonca Mumcu Nataliya Milman Joanna Robson Haner Direskeneli Peter A Merkel Peter Cronholm

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2018 Mar-Apr;36 Suppl 111(2):51-57. Epub 2017 Sep 18.

The University of Pennsylvania, Division of Family Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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July 2018

Impact of vasculitis on employment and income.

Authors:
Lillian Barra Renée L Borchin Cristina Burroughs George C Casey Carol A McAlear Antoine G Sreih Kalen Young Peter A Merkel Christian Pagnoux

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2018 Mar-Apr;36 Suppl 111(2):58-64. Epub 2018 Jan 10.

Vasculitis clinic, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003628PMC
July 2018

Brief Report: Circulating Cytokine Profiles and Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Specificity in Patients With Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis.

Authors:
Alvise Berti Roscoe Warner Kent Johnson Divi Cornec Darrell Schroeder Brian Kabat Carol A Langford Gary S Hoffman Fernanado C Fervenza Cees G M Kallenberg Philip Seo Robert Spiera E William St Clair Paul Brunetta John H Stone Peter A Merkel Ulrich Specks Paul A Monach

Arthritis Rheumatol 2018 Jul 7;70(7):1114-1121. Epub 2018 May 7.

Boston University and VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.

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http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/art.40471
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6093207PMC
July 2018

Interstitial Immunostaining and Renal Outcomes in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Glomerulonephritis.

Authors:
Duvuru Geetha Sanjeev Sethi An S De Vriese Ulrich Specks Cees G M Kallenberg Noha Lim Robert Spiera E William St Clair Peter A Merkel Philip Seo Paul A Monach Nicola Lepori Barri J Fessler Carol A Langford Gary S Hoffman Rishi Sharma John H Stone Fernando C Fervenza

Am J Nephrol 2017 8;46(3):231-238. Epub 2017 Sep 8.

Division of Nephrology and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000480443DOI Listing
May 2018

Patient perceptions of glucocorticoids in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.

Authors:
Joanna C Robson Jill Dawson Peter F Cronholm Susan Ashdown Ebony Easley Katherine S Kellom Don Gebhart Georgia Lanier Nataliya Milman Jacqueline Peck Raashid A Luqmani Judy A Shea Gunnar Tomasson Peter A Merkel

Rheumatol Int 2018 Apr 9;38(4):675-682. Epub 2017 Nov 9.

Division of Rheumatology, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00296-017-3855-6DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5854718PMC
April 2018

Pharmacokinetics of rituximab and clinical outcomes in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody associated vasculitis.

Authors:
Divi Cornec Brian F Kabat John R Mills Melissa Cheu Amber M Hummel Darrell R Schroeder Matthew D Cascino Paul Brunetta David L Murray Melissa R Snyder Fernando Fervenza Gary S Hoffman Cees G M Kallenberg Carol A Langford Peter A Merkel Paul A Monach Philip Seo Robert F Spiera E William St Clair John H Stone David R Barnidge Ulrich Specks

Rheumatology (Oxford) 2018 04;57(4):639-650

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kex484DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5888934PMC
April 2018

F-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography As an Imaging Biomarker in a Prospective, Longitudinal Cohort of Patients With Large Vessel Vasculitis.

Authors:
Peter C Grayson Sara Alehashemi Armin A Bagheri Ali Cahid Civelek Thomas R Cupps Mariana J Kaplan Ashkan A Malayeri Peter A Merkel Elaine Novakovich David A Bluemke Mark A Ahlman

Arthritis Rheumatol 2018 03 6;70(3):439-449. Epub 2018 Feb 6.

Radiology and Imaging Sciences, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.40379DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5882488PMC
March 2018

Evaluation of damage in giant cell arteritis.

Authors:
Tanaz A Kermani Antoine G Sreih David Cuthbertson Simon Carette Gary S Hoffman Nader A Khalidi Curry L Koening Carol A Langford Carol A McAlear Paul A Monach Larry Moreland Christian Pagnoux Philip Seo Kenneth J Warrington Steven R Ytterberg Peter A Merkel

Rheumatology (Oxford) 2018 02;57(2):322-328

Division of Rheumatology and Department of Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kex397DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5850105PMC
February 2018

Nomenclature of Cutaneous Vasculitis: Dermatologic Addendum to the 2012 Revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature of Vasculitides.

Authors:
Cord H Sunderkötter Bernhard Zelger Ko-Ron Chen Luis Requena Warren Piette J Andrew Carlson Jan Dutz Peter Lamprecht Alfred Mahr Elisabeth Aberer Victoria P Werth David A Wetter Seiji Kawana Raashid Luqmani Camille Frances Joseph Jorizzo J Richard Watts Dieter Metze Marzia Caproni Erkan Alpsoy Jeffrey P Callen David Fiorentino Peter A Merkel Ronald J Falk J Charles Jennette

Arthritis Rheumatol 2018 02;70(2):171-184

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.40375DOI Listing
February 2018

The Utility of Urinalysis in Determining the Risk of Renal Relapse in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis.

Authors:
Rennie L Rhee John C Davis Linna Ding Fernando C Fervenza Gary S Hoffman Cees G M Kallenberg Carol A Langford W Joseph McCune Paul A Monach Philip Seo Robert Spiera E William St Clair Ulrich Specks John H Stone Peter A Merkel

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2018 Feb 25;13(2):251-257. Epub 2018 Jan 25.

Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2215/CJN.04160417DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5967421PMC
February 2018

Health-related quality of life in ANCA-associated vasculitis and item generation for a disease-specific patient-reported outcome measure.

Authors:
Joanna C Robson Jill Dawson Peter F Cronholm Nataliya Milman Katherine S Kellom Susan Ashdown Ebony Easley John T Farrar Don Gebhart Georgia Lanier Carol A McAlear Jacqueline Peck Raashid A Luqmani Judy A Shea Gunnar Tomasson Peter A Merkel

Patient Relat Outcome Meas 2018 4;9:17-34. Epub 2018 Jan 4.

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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January 2018

Development of a Core Set of Outcome Measures for Large-vessel Vasculitis: Report from OMERACT 2016.

Authors:
Antoine G Sreih Fatma Alibaz-Oner Tanaz A Kermani Sibel Z Aydin Peter F Cronholm Trocon Davis Ebony Easley Ahmet Gul Alfred Mahr Carol A McAlear Nataliya Milman Joanna C Robson Gunnar Tomasson Haner Direskeneli Peter A Merkel

J Rheumatol 2017 Dec 1;44(12):1933-1937. Epub 2017 Sep 1.

From the Division of Rheumatology, and Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, and Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Division of Rheumatology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA; Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine; Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey; Division of Rheumatology, University of Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology, The Ottawa Hospital; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Department of Internal Medicine, University Paris Diderot, Paris, France; University of the West of England; University of Bristol; University Hospitals Bristol National Health Service (NHS) Trust, Bristol, UK; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.

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December 2017

Assessment of Disease Activity in Large-vessel Vasculitis: Results of an International Delphi Exercise.

Authors:
Sibel Z Aydin Haner Direskeneli Peter A Merkel

J Rheumatol 2017 Dec 1;44(12):1928-1932. Epub 2017 Sep 1.

From the Division of Rheumatology, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey; Division of Rheumatology, and Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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December 2017

Developing a Core Set of Outcome Measures for Behçet Disease: Report from OMERACT 2016.

Authors:
Gulen Hatemi Alexa Meara Yesim Ozguler Haner Direskeneli Alfred Mahr Ebony Easley Mert Gurcan Trocon Davis Ahmet Gul Yusuf Yazici Katelyn Zottenberg Sinem Nihal Esatoglu Burak Erer Sevil Kamali Hasan Yazici Peter F Cronholm Peter A Merkel

J Rheumatol 2017 Nov 1;44(11):1750-1753. Epub 2017 Apr 1.

From the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine; Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine; Academic Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio; Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York University School of Medicine, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, University Paris Diderot, Paris, France.

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November 2017

Global ethnic and geographic differences in the clinical presentations of anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody-associated vasculitis.

Authors:
Fiona A Pearce Anthea Craven Peter A Merkel Raashid A Luqmani Richard A Watts

Rheumatology (Oxford) 2017 11;56(11):1962-1969

Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich.

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November 2017

The OMERACT Core Domain Set for Outcome Measures for Clinical Trials in Polymyalgia Rheumatica.

Authors:
Sarah L Mackie Helen Twohig Lorna M Neill Eileen Harrison Beverley Shea Rachel J Black Tanaz A Kermani Peter A Merkel Christian D Mallen Frank Buttgereit Chetan Mukhtyar Lee S Simon Catherine L Hill

J Rheumatol 2017 Oct 1;44(10):1515-1521. Epub 2017 Aug 1.

From the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine (LIRMM), University of Leeds, and UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Leeds; Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care, University of Sheffield, Sheffield; PMR-GCA Scotland, Dundee; PMR-GCA North East, Gateshead; Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele; Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Discipline of Medicine, The University of Adelaide; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Rheumatology, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California; Division of Rheumatology and Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; SDG LLC, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charite University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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October 2017

Severe Infection in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-associated Vasculitis.

Authors:
Aladdin J Mohammad Mårten Segelmark Rona Smith Martin Englund Jan-Åke Nilsson Kerstin Westman Peter A Merkel David R W Jayne

J Rheumatol 2017 Oct 1;44(10):1468-1475. Epub 2017 Aug 1.

From Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Section of Rheumatology, and Orthopedics, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, and Section of Nephrology, Lund; Department of Medicine and Nephrology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK; Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology and Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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October 2017

OMERACT Endorsement of Patient-reported Outcome Instruments in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-associated Vasculitis.

Authors:
Joanna C Robson Gunnar Tomasson Nataliya Milman Sue Ashdown Annelies Boonen George C Casey Peter F Cronholm David Cuthbertson Jill Dawson Haner Direskeneli Ebony Easley Tanaz A Kermani John T Farrar Don Gebhart Georgia Lanier Raashid A Luqmani Alfred Mahr Carol A McAlear Jacqueline Peck Beverley Shea Judy A Shea Antoine G Sreih Peter S Tugwell Peter A Merkel

J Rheumatol 2017 Oct 1;44(10):1529-1535. Epub 2017 Sep 1.

From the University of the West of England; University of Bristol; University Hospitals Bristol UK National Health Service (NHS) Trust, Bristol; Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford; Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology, The Ottawa Hospital; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Centre; Caphri Graduate School, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Vasculitis Foundation, Denver, Colorado; Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania; Epidemiology, Neurology, and Anesthesiology, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania; Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania; Medicine and Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Division of Biostatistics and Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Marmara, Turkey; Medicine, Hopital Saint Louis, Paris, France.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5951181PMC
October 2017

Variation in the Treatment of Children Hospitalized With Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis in the US.

Authors:
Karen E James Rui Xiao Peter A Merkel Pamela F Weiss

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2017 09 13;69(9):1377-1383. Epub 2017 Aug 13.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

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September 2017

Response to eLetter: 'Infections in giant cell arteritis and therapeutic implications' by Moiseev .

Authors:
Rennie L Rhee Peter C Grayson Peter A Merkel Gunnar Tomasson

Ann Rheum Dis 2017 Sep 17;76(9):e30. Epub 2017 Jan 17.

University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.

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September 2017

Patient-reported outcomes in Takayasu's arteritis.

Authors:
Fatma Alibaz-Oner Antoine G Sreih Peter A Merkel Haner Direskeneli

Presse Med 2017 Jul - Aug;46(7-8 Pt 2):e225-e227. Epub 2017 Jul 26.

Marmara university, school of medicine, division of rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey.

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September 2017

Effect of Disease Activity, Glucocorticoid Exposure, and Rituximab on Body Composition During Induction Treatment of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis.

Authors:
Zachary S Wallace Eli M Miloslavsky Matthew Cascino Sebastian H Unizony Na Lu Gary S Hoffman Cees G M Kallenberg Carol A Langford Peter A Merkel Paul A Monach Philip Seo Robert Spiera E William St Clair Ulrich Specks Paul Brunetta Hyon K Choi John H Stone

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2017 07;69(7):1004-1010

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5611860PMC
July 2017

Clinical course and outcomes of childhood-onset granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

Authors:
Karen E James Rui Xiao Peter A Merkel Pamela F Weiss

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2017 Mar-Apr;35 Suppl 103(1):202-208. Epub 2016 Oct 6.

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; and Department of Paediatrics, Center for Paediatric Clinical Effectiveness, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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July 2017

IgA antibodies to myeloperoxidase in patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss).

Authors:
Esha Oommen Amber Hummel Lisa Allmannsberger David Cuthbertson Simon Carette Christian Pagnoux Gary S Hoffman Dieter E Jenne Nader A Khalidi Curry L Koening Carol A Langford Carol A McAlear Larry Moreland Philip Seo Antoine Sreih Steven R Ytterberg Peter A Merkel Ulrich Specks Paul A Monach

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2017 Mar-Apr;35 Suppl 103(1):98-101. Epub 2017 Mar 1.

Section of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine; and Rheumatology Section, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA.

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July 2017

Reply.

Authors:
Carol A Langford Jeffrey P Krischer Peter A Merkel

Arthritis Rheumatol 2017 Jul 10;69(7):1505-1506. Epub 2017 May 10.

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

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July 2017

Are the 1990 American College of Rheumatology vasculitis classification criteria still valid?

Authors:
Benjamin Seeliger Jan Sznajd Joanna C Robson Andrew Judge Anthea Craven Peter C Grayson Ravi S Suppiah Richard A Watts Peter A Merkel Raashid A Luqmani

Rheumatology (Oxford) 2017 07;56(7):1154-1161

Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6251621PMC
July 2017

Infections and the risk of incident giant cell arteritis: a population-based, case-control study.

Authors:
Rennie L Rhee Peter C Grayson Peter A Merkel Gunnar Tomasson

Ann Rheum Dis 2017 Jun 28;76(6):1031-1035. Epub 2016 Nov 28.

Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.

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June 2017

Identification of Functional and Expression Polymorphisms Associated With Risk for Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody-Associated Vasculitis.

Authors:
Peter A Merkel Gang Xie Paul A Monach Xuemei Ji Dominic J Ciavatta Jinyoung Byun Benjamin D Pinder Ai Zhao Jinyi Zhang Yohannes Tadesse David Qian Matthew Weirauch Rajan Nair Alex Tsoi Christian Pagnoux Simon Carette Sharon Chung David Cuthbertson John C Davis Paul F Dellaripa Lindsy Forbess Ora Gewurz-Singer Gary S Hoffman Nader Khalidi Curry Koening Carol A Langford Alfred D Mahr Carol McAlear Larry Moreland E Philip Seo Ulrich Specks Robert F Spiera Antoine Sreih E William St Clair John H Stone Steven R Ytterberg James T Elder Jia Qu Toshiki Ochi Naoto Hirano Jeffrey C Edberg Ronald J Falk Christopher I Amos Katherine A Siminovitch

Arthritis Rheumatol 2017 05 6;69(5):1054-1066. Epub 2017 Apr 6.

Mount Sinai Hospital, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto General Research Institute and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5434905PMC
May 2017

New-onset hepatitis C virus-associated glomerulonephritis following sustained virologic response with direct-acting antiviral therapy
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Authors:
Muriel Ghosn Matthew B Palmer Catherine E Najem Danny Haddad Peter A Merkel Jonathan J Hogan

Clin Nephrol 2017 May;87 (2017)(5):261-266

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May 2017

Mepolizumab or Placebo for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis.

Authors:
Michael E Wechsler Praveen Akuthota David Jayne Paneez Khoury Amy Klion Carol A Langford Peter A Merkel Frank Moosig Ulrich Specks Maria C Cid Raashid Luqmani Judith Brown Stephen Mallett Richard Philipson Steve W Yancey Jonathan Steinfeld Peter F Weller Gerald J Gleich

N Engl J Med 2017 05;376(20):1921-1932

From the Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver (M.E.W.); the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla (P.A.); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston (P.A., P.F.W.); the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge (D.J.), the Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford (R.L.), Research and Development, Immuno-Inflammation Therapy Area Unit (J.B.), and Research and Development, Statistics, Programming, and Data Standards (S.M.), GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, and Trizell, Oxford (R.P.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Human Eosinophil Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (P.K., A.K.); the Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland (C.A.L.); the Division of Rheumatology and the Department of Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania (P.A.M.), and the Respiratory Therapy Area Unit and Flexible Discovery Unit, GlaxoSmithKline (J.S.), Philadelphia; Rheumazentrum, Schleswig-Holstein Mitte, Neumünster, Germany (F.M.); the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (U.S.); the Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clinic University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona (M.C.C.); the Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC (S.W.Y.); and the Departments of Dermatology and Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City (G.J.G.).

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May 2017

Standardization of the modified Rodnan skin score for use in clinical trials of systemic sclerosis.

Authors:
Dinesh Khanna Daniel E Furst Philip J Clements Yannick Allanore Murray Baron Lazlo Czirjak Oliver Distler Ivan Foeldvari Masataka Kuwana Marco Matucci-Cerinic Maureen Mayes Thomas Medsger Peter A Merkel Janet E Pope James R Seibold Virginia Steen Wendy Stevens Christopher P Denton

J Scleroderma Relat Disord 2017 Jan-Apr;2(1):11-18

Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, London, UK.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5431585PMC
May 2017

The association of vascular risk factors with visual loss in giant cell arteritis.

Authors:
Max Yates Alex J MacGregor Joanna Robson Anthea Craven Peter A Merkel Raashid A Luqmani Richard A Watts

Rheumatology (Oxford) 2017 04;56(4):524-528

Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew397DOI Listing
April 2017

A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial of Abatacept (CTLA-4Ig) for the Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis.

Authors:
Carol A Langford David Cuthbertson Steven R Ytterberg Nader Khalidi Paul A Monach Simon Carette Philip Seo Larry W Moreland Michael Weisman Curry L Koening Antoine G Sreih Robert Spiera Carol A McAlear Kenneth J Warrington Christian Pagnoux Kathleen McKinnon Lindsy J Forbess Gary S Hoffman Renée Borchin Jeffrey P Krischer Peter A Merkel

Arthritis Rheumatol 2017 04 3;69(4):837-845. Epub 2017 Mar 3.

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.40044DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5378642PMC
April 2017

A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial of Abatacept (CTLA-4Ig) for the Treatment of Takayasu Arteritis.

Authors:
Carol A Langford David Cuthbertson Steven R Ytterberg Nader Khalidi Paul A Monach Simon Carette Philip Seo Larry W Moreland Michael Weisman Curry L Koening Antoine G Sreih Robert Spiera Carol A McAlear Kenneth J Warrington Christian Pagnoux Kathleen McKinnon Lindsy J Forbess Gary S Hoffman Renée Borchin Jeffrey P Krischer Peter A Merkel

Arthritis Rheumatol 2017 04 8;69(4):846-853. Epub 2017 Mar 8.

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5378643PMC
April 2017

Corrigendum: Analysis of the common genetic component of large-vessel vasculitides through a meta-Immunochip strategy.

Authors:
F David Carmona Patrick Coit Güher Saruhan-Direskeneli José Hernández-Rodríguez María C Cid Roser Solans Santos Castañeda Augusto Vaglio Haner Direskeneli Peter A Merkel Luigi Boiardi Carlo Salvarani Miguel A González-Gay Javier Martín Amr H Sawalha

Sci Rep 2017 04 5;7:46012. Epub 2017 Apr 5.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5380934PMC
April 2017

Rituximab versus azathioprine as therapy for maintenance of remission for anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody-associated vasculitis (RITAZAREM): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Authors:
Seerapani Gopaluni Rona M Smith Michelle Lewin Carol A McAlear Kim Mynard Rachel B Jones Ulrich Specks Peter A Merkel David R W Jayne

Trials 2017 03 7;18(1):112. Epub 2017 Mar 7.

University of Cambridge Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5341185PMC
March 2017

Analysis of the common genetic component of large-vessel vasculitides through a meta-Immunochip strategy.

Authors:
F David Carmona Patrick Coit Güher Saruhan-Direskeneli José Hernández-Rodríguez María C Cid Roser Solans Santos Castañeda Augusto Vaglio Haner Direskeneli Peter A Merkel Luigi Boiardi Carlo Salvarani Miguel A González-Gay Javier Martín Amr H Sawalha

Sci Rep 2017 03 9;7:43953. Epub 2017 Mar 9.

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5344032PMC
March 2017

Experience With Direct-to-Patient Recruitment for Enrollment Into a Clinical Trial in a Rare Disease: A Web-Based Study.

Authors:
Jeffrey Krischer Peter F Cronholm Cristina Burroughs Carol A McAlear Renee Borchin Ebony Easley Trocon Davis Joyce Kullman Simon Carette Nader Khalidi Curry Koening Carol A Langford Paul Monach Larry Moreland Christian Pagnoux Ulrich Specks Antoine G Sreih Steven Ytterberg Peter A Merkel

J Med Internet Res 2017 02 28;19(2):e50. Epub 2017 Feb 28.

Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5350442PMC
February 2017

Patient-Reported Outcomes in Glomerular Disease.

Authors:
David T Selewski Aliza Thompson Sarrit Kovacs Elektra J Papadopoulos Noelle E Carlozzi Howard Trachtman Jonathan P Troost Peter A Merkel Debbie S Gipson

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2017 01 3;12(1):140-148. Epub 2016 Jun 3.

Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5220669PMC
January 2017

Association of Serum Calprotectin (S100A8/A9) Level With Disease Relapse in Proteinase 3-Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis.

Authors:
Ruth J Pepper Juliana B Draibe Ben Caplin Fernando C Fervenza Gary S Hoffman Cees G M Kallenberg Carol A Langford Paul A Monach Philip Seo Robert Spiera E William St Clair Nadia K Tchao John H Stone Ulrich Specks Peter A Merkel Alan D Salama

Arthritis Rheumatol 2017 01;69(1):185-193

University College London Centre for Nephrology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5839649PMC
January 2017

The Pharmacogenomic Association of Fcγ Receptors and Cytochrome P450 Enzymes With Response to Rituximab or Cyclophosphamide Treatment in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis.

Authors:
Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba Divya Indrakanti Ulrich Specks John H Stone Gary S Hoffman Cees G M Kallenberg Carol A Langford Peter A Merkel Robert F Spiera Paul A Monach E William St Clair Philip Seo Nadia K Tchao Steven R Ytterberg Paul G Brunetta Huijuan Song Dan Birmingham Brad H Rovin

Arthritis Rheumatol 2017 01;69(1):169-175

Ohio State University, Columbus.

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January 2017

Rate of Comorbidities in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Population-based Study.

Authors:
Aladdin J Mohammad Martin Englund Carl Turesson Gunnar Tomasson Peter A Merkel

J Rheumatol 2017 01 1;44(1):84-90. Epub 2016 Nov 1.

From the Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Rheumatology, Lund University; Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK; Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.

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January 2017

Temporal Trends of Venous Thromboembolism Risk Before and After Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis.

Authors:
Sebastian Unizony Na Lu Gunnar Tomasson Yuqing Zhang Peter A Merkel John H Stone J Antonio Aviña-Zubieta Hyon K Choi

Arthritis Rheumatol 2017 01;69(1):176-184

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston.

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January 2017

A Genome-wide Association Study Identifies Risk Alleles in Plasminogen and P4HA2 Associated with Giant Cell Arteritis.

Authors:
F David Carmona Augusto Vaglio Sarah L Mackie José Hernández-Rodríguez Paul A Monach Santos Castañeda Roser Solans Inmaculada C Morado Javier Narváez Marc Ramentol-Sintas Colin T Pease Bhaskar Dasgupta Richard Watts Nader Khalidi Carol A Langford Steven Ytterberg Luigi Boiardi Lorenzo Beretta Marcello Govoni Giacomo Emmi Francesco Bonatti Marco A Cimmino Torsten Witte Thomas Neumann Julia Holle Verena Schönau Laurent Sailler Thomas Papo Julien Haroche Alfred Mahr Luc Mouthon Øyvind Molberg Andreas P Diamantopoulos Alexandre Voskuyl Elisabeth Brouwer Thomas Daikeler Christoph T Berger Eamonn S Molloy Lorraine O'Neill Daniel Blockmans Benedicte A Lie Paul Mclaren Timothy J Vyse Cisca Wijmenga Yannick Allanore Bobby P C Koeleman Jennifer H Barrett María C Cid Carlo Salvarani Peter A Merkel Ann W Morgan Miguel A González-Gay Javier Martín

Am J Hum Genet 2017 Jan 29;100(1):64-74. Epub 2016 Dec 29.

Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina "López-Neyra," CSIC, PTS Granada, Granada 18016, Spain.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5223025PMC
January 2017

Myeloperoxidase-Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA)-Positive and ANCA-Negative Patients With Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis (Wegener's): Distinct Patient Subsets.

Authors:
Eli M Miloslavsky Na Lu Sebastian Unizony Hyon K Choi Peter A Merkel Philip Seo Robert Spiera Carol A Langford Gary S Hoffman Cees G M Kallenberg E William St Clair Nadia K Tchao Fernando Fervenza Paul A Monach Ulrich Specks John H Stone

Arthritis Rheumatol 2016 12;68(12):2945-2952

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5541999PMC
December 2016

Diffuse atrophic papules and plaques, intermittent abdominal pain, paresthesias, and cardiac abnormalities in a 55-year-old woman.

Authors:
Brittany Oliver Manfred Boehm Douglas R Rosing Lee S Shapiro Daniel T Dempsey Peter A Merkel Chyi-Chia Richard Lee Edward W Cowen

J Am Acad Dermatol 2016 Dec 4;75(6):1274-1277. Epub 2016 Oct 4.

Dermatology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Electronic address:

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5112129PMC
December 2016

Development and validation of case-finding algorithms for the identification of patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis in large healthcare administrative databases.

Authors:
Antoine G Sreih Narender Annapureddy Jason Springer George Casey Kevin Byram Andy Cruz Maya Estephan Vince Frangiosa Michael D George Mei Liu Adam Parker Sapna Sangani Rebecca Sharim Peter A Merkel

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2016 12 1;25(12):1368-1374. Epub 2016 Nov 1.

Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.4116DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5135635PMC
December 2016

Using patient-reported outcomes and PROMIS in research and clinical applications: experiences from the PCORI pilot projects.

Authors:
Clifton O Bingham Susan J Bartlett Peter A Merkel Thelma J Mielenz Paul A Pilkonis Lauren Edmundson Emily Moore Rajeev K Sabharwal

Qual Life Res 2016 08 25;25(8):2109-16. Epub 2016 Feb 25.

AcademyHealth, 1150 17th Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC, 20036, USA.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4946989PMC
August 2016

Visual Complications in Patients with Biopsy-proven Giant Cell Arteritis: A Population-based Study.

Authors:
Muna Saleh Carl Turesson Martin Englund Peter A Merkel Aladdin J Mohammad

J Rheumatol 2016 08 1;43(8):1559-65. Epub 2016 Jun 1.

From the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg; Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Rheumatology, Malmö; Department of Clinical Sciences, Orthopaedics and Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology, Lund, Sweden; Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.M. Saleh, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Helsingborg Hospital; C. Turesson, MD, PhD, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Rheumatology, Malmö; M. Englund, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical Sciences, Orthopaedics, Lund University, and the Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine; P.A. Merkel, MD, MPH, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania; A.J. Mohammad, MD, PhD, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology, Lund, and the Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Addenbrooke's Hospital.

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August 2016

Comorbidities in Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-associated Vasculitis versus the General Population.

Authors:
Martin Englund Peter A Merkel Gunnar Tomasson Mårten Segelmark Aladdin J Mohammad

J Rheumatol 2016 08 1;43(8):1553-8. Epub 2016 Jun 1.

From the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Orthopaedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, and Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund; Department of Nephrology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; the Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.M. Englund, MD, PhD, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Orthopaedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, and Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine; P.A. Merkel, MD, MPH, Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania; G. Tomasson, MD, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland; M. Segelmark, MD, PhD, Department of Nephrology, Linköping University; A.J. Mohammad, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund, and the Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

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August 2016

Trends in Long-Term Outcomes Among Patients With Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis With Renal Disease.

Authors:
Rennie L Rhee Susan L Hogan Caroline J Poulton Julie Anne G McGregor J Richard Landis Ronald J Falk Peter A Merkel

Arthritis Rheumatol 2016 07;68(7):1711-20

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.39614DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4920688PMC
July 2016

Factors Determining the Clinical Utility of Serial Measurements of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies Targeting Proteinase 3.

Authors:
Lynn A Fussner Amber M Hummel Darrell R Schroeder Francisco Silva Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba Melissa R Snyder Gary S Hoffman Cees G M Kallenberg Carol A Langford Peter A Merkel Paul A Monach Philip Seo Robert F Spiera E William St Clair Nadia K Tchao John H Stone Ulrich Specks

Arthritis Rheumatol 2016 07;68(7):1700-10

Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, Minnesota.

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July 2016

Clinical outcomes of treatment of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis based on ANCA type.

Authors:
Sebastian Unizony Miguel Villarreal Eli M Miloslavsky Na Lu Peter A Merkel Robert Spiera Philip Seo Carol A Langford Gary S Hoffman Cg M Kallenberg E William St Clair David Ikle Nadia K Tchao Linna Ding Paul Brunetta Hyon K Choi Paul A Monach Fernando Fervenza John H Stone Ulrich Specks

Ann Rheum Dis 2016 Jun 30;75(6):1166-9. Epub 2015 Nov 30.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208073DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4908815PMC
June 2016

The Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score as a Measure of Disease Activity in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis.

Authors:
Tanaz A Kermani David Cuthbertson Simon Carette Gary S Hoffman Nader A Khalidi Curry L Koening Carol A Langford Kathleen McKinnon-Maksimowicz Carol A McAlear Paul A Monach Philip Seo Kenneth J Warrington Steven R Ytterberg Peter A Merkel Eric L Matteson

J Rheumatol 2016 06 1;43(6):1078-84. Epub 2016 Apr 1.

From the Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Department of Biostatistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA; Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Healthcare, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Division of Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The Vasculitis Center, Section of Rheumatology, and the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.T.A. Kermani, MD, MS, Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles; D. Cuthbertson, MS, Department of Biostatistics, University of South Florida; S. Carette, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital; G.S. Hoffman, MD, MS, Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic; N.A. Khalidi, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Healthcare, McMaster University; C.L. Koening, MD, MS, Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah; C.A. Langford, MD, MHS, Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic; K. McKinnon-Maksimowicz, DO, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh; C.A. McAlear, MA, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pennsylvania; P.A. Monach, MD, PhD, The Vasculitis Center, Section of Rheumatology, and the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Boston University School of Medicine; P. Seo, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University; K.J. Warrington, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4891218PMC
June 2016

Using Mass Spectrometry to Quantify Rituximab and Perform Individualized Immunoglobulin Phenotyping in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis.

Authors:
John R Mills Divi Cornec Surendra Dasari Paula M Ladwig Amber M Hummel Melissa Cheu David L Murray Maria A Willrich Melissa R Snyder Gary S Hoffman Cees G M Kallenberg Carol A Langford Peter A Merkel Paul A Monach Philip Seo Robert F Spiera E William St Clair John H Stone Ulrich Specks David R Barnidge

Anal Chem 2016 06 3;88(12):6317-25. Epub 2016 Jun 3.

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic , Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States.

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June 2016

Reenergizing Research While Improving Patient Care.

Authors:
W Benjamin Nowell Peter A Merkel Laura E Schanberg Jeffrey R Curtis

Provider 2016 Jun;42(6):37-8, 41, 43 passim

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June 2016

Effect of Macitentan on the Development of New Ischemic Digital Ulcers in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis: DUAL-1 and DUAL-2 Randomized Clinical Trials.

Authors:
Dinesh Khanna Christopher P Denton Peter A Merkel Thomas Krieg Franck-Olivier Le Brun Angelina Marr Kelly Papadakis Janet Pope Marco Matucci-Cerinic Daniel E Furst

JAMA 2016 May;315(18):1975-88

Division of Rheumatology, UCLA, Los Angeles.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2016.5258DOI Listing
May 2016

The partnership of patient advocacy groups and clinical investigators in the rare diseases clinical research network.

Authors:
Peter A Merkel Michele Manion Rashmi Gopal-Srivastava Stephen Groft H A Jinnah David Robertson Jeffrey P Krischer

Orphanet J Rare Dis 2016 05 18;11(1):66. Epub 2016 May 18.

Health Informatics Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, 3650 Spectrum Boulevard, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13023-016-0445-8DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4870759PMC
May 2016

Serum biomarkers in patients with relapsing eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss).

Authors:
Christian Dejaco Bastian Oppl Paul Monach David Cuthbertson Simon Carette Gary Hoffman Nader Khalidi Curry Koening Carol Langford Kathleen McKinnon-Maksimowicz Philip Seo Ulrich Specks Steven Ytterberg Peter A Merkel Jochen Zwerina

PLoS One 2015 26;10(3):e0121737. Epub 2015 Mar 26.

1st Medical Department and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria; Department of Internal Medicine 3, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4374913PMC
March 2016

Body composition, lung function, and prevalent and progressive bone deficits among adults with cystic fibrosis.

Authors:
Joshua F Baker Melissa S Putman Karen Herlyn Angela Pizzo Tillotson Joel S Finkelstein Peter A Merkel

Joint Bone Spine 2016 Mar 8;83(2):207-11. Epub 2015 Dec 8.

Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, 3600 Spruce Street, Philadelphia PA 19104, United States; Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, United States.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbspin.2015.04.021DOI Listing
March 2016

Severe Small-Vessel Vasculitis Temporally Associated With Administration of Ustekinumab.

Authors:
Kelly M MacArthur Peter A Merkel Abby S Van Voorhees Jennifer Nguyen Misha Rosenbach

J Drugs Dermatol 2016 Mar;15(3):359-62

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March 2016

Vasculitis in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases: A study of 32 patients and systematic review of the literature.

Authors:
Alice Sy Nader Khalidi Natasha Dehghan Lillian Barra Simon Carette David Cuthbertson Gary S Hoffman Curry L Koening Carol A Langford Carol McAlear Larry Moreland Paul A Monach Philip Seo Ulrich Specks Antoine Sreih Steven R Ytterberg Gert Van Assche Peter A Merkel Christian Pagnoux

Semin Arthritis Rheum 2016 Feb 26;45(4):475-82. Epub 2015 Jul 26.

Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, The Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Building, 60 Murray St, Ste 2-220, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 3L9. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2015.07.006DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4982464PMC
February 2016

The American College of Rheumatology Provisional Composite Response Index for Clinical Trials in Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis.

Authors:
Dinesh Khanna Veronica J Berrocal Edward H Giannini James R Seibold Peter A Merkel Maureen D Mayes Murray Baron Philip J Clements Virginia Steen Shervin Assassi Elena Schiopu Kristine Phillips Robert W Simms Yannick Allanore Christopher P Denton Oliver Distler Sindhu R Johnson Marco Matucci-Cerinic Janet E Pope Susanna M Proudman Jeffrey Siegel Weng Kee Wong Athol U Wells Daniel E Furst

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2016 Feb;68(2):167-78

University of California, Los Angeles.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acr.22804DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4818571PMC
February 2016

The American College of Rheumatology Provisional Composite Response Index for Clinical Trials in Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis.

Authors:
Dinesh Khanna Veronica J Berrocal Edward H Giannini James R Seibold Peter A Merkel Maureen D Mayes Murray Baron Philip J Clements Virginia Steen Shervin Assassi Elena Schiopu Kristine Phillips Robert W Simms Yannick Allanore Christopher P Denton Oliver Distler Sindhu R Johnson Marco Matucci-Cerinic Janet E Pope Susanna M Proudman Jeffrey Siegel Weng Kee Wong Athol U Wells Daniel E Furst

Arthritis Rheumatol 2016 Feb;68(2):299-311

University of California, Los Angeles.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.39501DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4826472PMC
February 2016

A small n sequential multiple assignment randomized trial design for use in rare disease research.

Authors:
Roy N Tamura Jeffrey P Krischer Christian Pagnoux Robert Micheletti Peter C Grayson Yeh-Fong Chen Peter A Merkel

Contemp Clin Trials 2016 Jan 14;46:48-51. Epub 2015 Nov 14.

Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2015.11.010DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4695231PMC
January 2016

Update on Outcome Measure Development for Large Vessel Vasculitis: Report from OMERACT 12.

Authors:
Sibel Zehra Aydin Haner Direskeneli Antoine Sreih Fatma Alibaz-Oner Ahmet Gul Sevil Kamali Gulen Hatemi Tanaz Kermani Sarah L Mackie Alfred Mahr Alexa Meara Nataliya Milman Heidi Nugent Joanna Robson Gunnar Tomasson Peter A Merkel

J Rheumatol 2015 Dec 15;42(12):2465-9. Epub 2015 Jun 15.

From the Division of Rheumatology, Koc University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul; Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey; Division of Rheumatology, and Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine; Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey; Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Department of Internal Medicine, University Paris Diderot, Paris, France; Division of Rheumatology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Division of Rheumatology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.S.Z. Aydin, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Koc University Faculty of Medicine; H. Direskeneli, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine; A. Sreih, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania; F. Alibaz-Oner, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine; A. Gul, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine; S. Kamali, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine; G. Hatemi, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine; T. Kermani, MD, MS, Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of California at Los Angeles; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds; A. Mahr, MD, PhD, Professo

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.141144DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4668221PMC
December 2015

Current Status, Goals, and Research Agenda for Outcome Measures Development in Behçet Syndrome: Report from OMERACT 2014.

Authors:
Gulen Hatemi Yesim Ozguler Haner Direskeneli Alfred Mahr Ahmet Gul Virna Levi Sibel Z Aydin Gonca Mumcu Ozlem Sertel-Berk Randall M Stevens Hasan Yazici Peter A Merkel

J Rheumatol 2015 Dec 15;42(12):2436-41. Epub 2015 Sep 15.

From the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul; Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Internal Medicine, University Paris Diderot, Paris, France; Division of Rheumatology, Koc University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul; Faculty of Health Sciences, Marmara University; Department of Psychology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey; Celgene Corporation, Warren, New Jersey; Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Rheumatology, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Division of Rheumatology and Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.G. Hatemi, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine; Y. Ozguler, MD, Fellow in Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine; H. Direskeneli, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine; A. Mahr, MD, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Paris Diderot; A. Gul, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University; V. Levi, BA, Patient Research Partner, Istanbul; S.Z. Aydin, MD, Associate Professor of Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, Koc University Faculty of Medicine; G. Mumcu, DDS, PhD, Professor in Health Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, Marmara University; O. Sertel-Berk, MA, Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Istanbul University; R.M. Stevens, MD, Celgene Corporation, and Clinical Professor of Medicine, Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Rheumatology; H. Yazici, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Universit

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.141147DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4940045PMC
December 2015

Comparison of Treatment Response in Idiopathic and Connective Tissue Disease-associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

Authors:
Rennie L Rhee Nicole B Gabler Sapna Sangani Amy Praestgaard Peter A Merkel Steven M Kawut

Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2015 Nov;192(9):1111-7

2 Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201507-1456OCDOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4642205PMC
November 2015

Exploration, Development, and Validation of Patient-reported Outcomes in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-associated Vasculitis Using the OMERACT Process.

Authors:
Joanna C Robson Nataliya Milman Gunnar Tomasson Jill Dawson Peter F Cronholm Katherine Kellom Judy Shea Susan Ashdown Maarten Boers Annelies Boonen George C Casey John T Farrar Don Gebhart Jeffrey Krischer Georgia Lanier Carol A McAlear Jacqueline Peck Antoine G Sreih Peter S Tugwell Raashid A Luqmani Peter A Merkel

J Rheumatol 2015 Nov 1;42(11):2204-9. Epub 2015 Sep 1.

From the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Division of Rheumatology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; Nuffield Department of Population Health (HSRU), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, and Division of Rheumatology and Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, and Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; and Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center and Caphri Research Institute, University Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Vasculitis Foundation, Denver, Colorado, USA; Division of Biostatistics and Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA; Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.J.C. Robson, MBBS, PhD, Clinical Lecturer in Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Science, University of Oxford; N. Milman, MD, FRCPC, Clinical Lecturer in Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, University of Ottawa; G. Tomasson, MD, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland; J. Dawson, MA, MSc, DPhil, University Research Lecturer and Senior Research Scientist, Nuffield Department of Population Health (HSRU), University of Oxford; P.F. Cronholm, MD, MSCE, FAAFP, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania; K. Kellom, BA, Senior Research Coordinator, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania; J. Shea, PhD, Professor of Medici

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.141143DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4940036PMC
November 2015

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss) (EGPA) Consensus Task Force recommendations for evaluation and management.

Authors:
Matthieu Groh Christian Pagnoux Chiara Baldini Elisabeth Bel Paolo Bottero Vincent Cottin Klaus Dalhoff Bertrand Dunogué Wolfgang Gross Julia Holle Marc Humbert David Jayne J Charles Jennette Romain Lazor Alfred Mahr Peter A Merkel Luc Mouthon Renato Alberto Sinico Ulrich Specks Augusto Vaglio Michael E Wechsler Jean-François Cordier Loïc Guillevin

Eur J Intern Med 2015 Sep 9;26(7):545-53. Epub 2015 May 9.

Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases (Vasculitis, Scleroderma), INSERM U1016, Hôpital Cochin, APHP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2015.04.022DOI Listing
September 2015

Adverse Events in Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

Authors:
Rennie L Rhee Nicole B Gabler Amy Praestgaard Peter A Merkel Steven M Kawut

Arthritis Rheumatol 2015 Sep;67(9):2457-65

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4949955PMC
September 2015

Trends in bone mineral density in young adults with cystic fibrosis over a 15 year period.

Authors:
Melissa S Putman Joshua F Baker Ahmet Uluer Karen Herlyn Allen Lapey Leonard Sicilian Angela Pizzo Tillotson Catherine M Gordon Peter A Merkel Joel S Finkelstein

J Cyst Fibros 2015 Jul 16;14(4):526-32. Epub 2015 Feb 16.

Endocrine Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2015.01.011DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4485936PMC
July 2015

Disease Relapses among Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis: A Prospective, Longitudinal Cohort Study.

Authors:
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J Rheumatol 2015 Jul 15;42(7):1213-7. Epub 2015 Apr 15.

From the Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Biostatistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA; Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Healthcare, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; The Vasculitis Center, Section of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA.T.A. Kermani, MD, MS, UCLA; K.J. Warrington, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; D. Cuthbertson, MS, Department of Biostatistics, University of South Florida; S. Carette, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital; G.S. Hoffman, MD, MS, Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic; N.A. Khalidi, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Healthcare, McMaster University; C.L. Koening, MD, MS, Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah; C.A. Langford, MD, MHS, Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic; K. Maksimowicz-McKinnon, DO, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh; C.A. McAlear, MA, The Vasculitis Center, Section of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; P.A. Monach, MD, PhD, The Vasculitis Center, Section of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine; P. Seo, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University

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Cardiac Involvement in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis.

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