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    Immunogenicity decay and case incidence six months post Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine in autoimmune rheumatic diseases patients

    The determination of durability and vaccine-associated protection is essential for booster doses strategies, however data on the stability of SARS-CoV-2 immunity are scarce. Here we assess anti-SARS-CoV-2 immu...

    Clovis A. Silva, Ana C. Medeiros-Ribeiro, Leonard V. K. Kupa in Nature Communications (2022)

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    Dry eye in rheumatoid arthritis patients under TNF-inhibitors: conjunctival goblet cell as an early ocular biomarker

    Dry eye disease (DED) is common in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients. The application of conjunctival goblet cell count as a clinical biomarker to diagnose and respond to treatment can take place in rheumatoi...

    Fany Solange Usuba, Ana Cristina de Medeiros-Ribeiro, Priscila Novaes in Scientific Reports (2020)

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    Improvement of conjunctival cytological grade and tear production in Ankylosing Spondylitis patients under TNF inhibitors: a long-term follow-up

    Dry eye disease can compromise the patient’s quality of life. Few studies assessed the ocular surface (OS) in Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) patients. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical and cytological fin...

    Fany Solange Usuba, Carla Gonçalves Schahin Saad, Nadia Emi Aikawa in Scientific Reports (2020)