Direct comparison of treatment responses, remission rates, and drug adherence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with adalimumab, etanercept, or infliximab …

ML Hetland, IJ Christensen, U Tarp… - … : Official Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To compare tumor necrosis factor α inhibitors directly regarding the rates of
treatment response, remission, and the drug survival rate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis …

Three days of high-dose glucocorticoid treatment attenuates large-vessel 18F-FDG uptake in large-vessel giant cell arteritis but with a limited impact on diagnostic …

BD Nielsen, LC Gormsen, IT Hansen, KK Keller… - European journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the in-treatment diagnostic accuracy of FDG PET/CT in large-vessel
giant cell arteritis (LV-GCA) by serial scans before and after a short course of high-dose …

Simple dichotomous assessment of cranial artery inflammation by conventional 18F-FDG PET/CT shows high accuracy for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis: a case …

BD Nielsen, IT Hansen, S Kramer, A Haraldsen… - European journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose To estimate the diagnostic accuracy of conventional 18F-FDG PET/CT of cranial
arteries in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Methods The study was a retrospective …

The provisional OMERACT ultrasonography score for giant cell arteritis

C Dejaco, C Ponte, S Monti, D Rozza… - Annals of the …, 2023 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To develop an Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT)
ultrasonography score for monitoring disease activity in giant cell arteritis (GCA) and …

Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound for detecting large-vessel giant cell arteritis using FDG PET/CT as the reference

BD Nielsen, IT Hansen, KK Keller, P Therkildsen… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objectives The diagnostic accuracy of axillary artery US in the diagnosis of large-vessel (LV)-
GCA using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT as reference standard was prospectively …

OMERACT definition and reliability assessment of chronic ultrasound lesions of the axillary artery in giant cell arteritis

VS Schäfer, S Chrysidis, WA Schmidt, C Duftner… - Seminars in arthritis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To define chronic ultrasound lesions of the axillary artery (AA) in long-standing
giant cell arteritis (GCA) and to evaluate the reliability of the new ultrasound definition in a …

Giant cell arteritis: a nationwide, population-based cohort study on incidence, diagnostic imaging, and glucocorticoid treatment

P Therkildsen, A de Thurah, IT Hansen… - Seminars in Arthritis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aim The study investigated the development over time of the incidence, diagnostic imaging,
and treatment of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Method This nationwide, population-based cohort …

An international survey of current management practices for polymyalgia rheumatica by general practitioners and rheumatologists

AO Donskov, SL Mackie, EM Hauge… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To explore current management practices for PMR by general practitioners (GPs)
and rheumatologists including implications for clinical trial recruitment. Methods An English …

All-cause and cause-specific mortality in patients with giant cell arteritis: a nationwide, population-based cohort study

P Therkildsen, BD Nielsen, A de Thurah… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To investigate whether GCA is associated with increased all-cause and cause-
specific mortality. Methods A nationwide, population-based cohort study in Denmark using …

Increased risk of thoracic aortic complications among patients with giant cell arteritis: a nationwide, population-based cohort study

P Therkildsen, A de Thurah, BD Nielsen… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objective To assess the risk of aortic aneurysms (AA), aortic dissections (AD) and peripheral
arterial disease (PAD) among patients with GCA. Methods In this nationwide, population …