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Armen Yuri Gasparyan Dr M Nazibur Rahman, MD (Rheumatology) Pankti Mehta Alina DIMA George Bertsias George Fragoulis Andżelika Siwiec-Koźlik good overview of therapies for SLE




Hot off the Press: 1st Key Update on Myositis of the new year! Anti-Interferon (type 1) was safe and efficacious in Dermatomyositis ! Congratulations Pfizer and Dr. Fiorentino! For Lancet article. Efficacy n safety of dazukibart, an IFNβ specific antibody. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Olena Zimba Thank you for your support and friendship over the years; your help and knowledge are greatly appreciated by Croatian rheumatologists!






What can impact fertility for women with rheumatic conditions? Dr. John Cush 💥chronic inflammation can impact HPA axis 💥medications (CYC, NSAIDs, steroids) 💥increased prolactin during disease flare 💥autoantibodies


How can we distinguish an SLE flare from preeclampsia (which can also occur simultaneously) Dr. John Cush SLE flare more likely to: 🤰occur < 20 weeks 🩸urinary sediment with casts/hematuria ⬇️low C3/C4 ⬆️increased dsDNA 🩻other lupus activity present


In addition to checking anti-Ro/neonatal SLE, what are other causes of neonatal heart block? Dr. John Cush 🫀genetic cardiac disease 🫀anatomic heart malformation 🦠viruses (parvo, lyme, coxsackie) 💊medications 🤰hypothyroidism, low vitamin D, iodine deficiency



Rx of cutaneous lupus If desperate off label Topical JAKi #Rituximab MMF better than MTX lenalidomide > thalidomide - less neurotoxicity #LUPUS Dr. John Cush


