Parenchymal lung disease in adult onset Still's disease: an emergent marker of disease severity-characterisation and predictive factors from Gruppo Italiano di Ricerca in Reumatologia Clinica e Sperimentale (GIRRCS) cohort of patients.
Roberto CaporaliOnorina BerardicurtiDaniela IaconoIlenia PantanoVasiliki LiakouliFrancesco CasoGiacomo EmmiRosa Daniela GrembialeFrancesco Paolo CantatoreFabiola AtzeniFederico PerosaRaffaele ScarpaGiuliana GugginoFrancesco CicciaAntonio BarilePaola CiprianiRoberto GiacomelliPublished in: Arthritis research & therapy (2020)
The presence of LD could suggest an emergent cause of mortality in AOSD, as observed in juvenile counterpart recognising a further marker of severity and poor prognosis to be careful evaluated. Patients with LD were also characterised by some clinical features, higher values of systemic score and ferritin than the others, identifying a subset of patients mostly burdened by systemic signs and symptoms. Although specific designed future studies are needed to fully elucidate the significance of LD in AOSD, a more accurate evaluation and management of this feature could improve the long-term outcomes of these patients.
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