The 2019 American College of Rheumatology/European league against rheumatism classification criteria for IgG4‐related disease

…, T Akamizu, M Akiyama, L Barra… - Arthritis & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective IgG4‐related disease (IgG4‐ RD ) can cause fibroinflammatory lesions in nearly
any organ. Correlation among clinical, serologic, radiologic, and pathologic data is required …

2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis

…, A Kronbichler, D Blockmans, L Barra… - Arthritis & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To develop and validate revised classification criteria for granulomatosis with
polyangiitis (GPA). Methods Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were recruited into …

Anti–citrullinated protein antibodies in unaffected first‐degree relatives of rheumatoid arthritis patients

L Barra, M Scinocca, S Saunders… - Arthritis & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective First‐degree relatives (FDRs) of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients sharing genetic
and environmental risk factors for RA may represent a pre‐RA state. Since anti–cyclic …

2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis

…, A Kronbichler, D Blockmans, L Barra… - Arthritis & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To develop and validate revised classification criteria for eosinophilic granulomatosis
with polyangiitis (EGPA). Methods Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were …

2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for microscopic polyangiitis

…, A Kronbichler, D Blockmans, L Barra… - Arthritis & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To develop and validate classification criteria for microscopic polyangiitis (MPA).
Methods Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were recruited into an international …

Antihomocitrullinated fibrinogen antibodies are specific to rheumatoid arthritis and frequently bind citrullinated proteins/peptides

…, JK McCormick, DD Gladman, J Pope, L Barra… - The Journal of …, 2014 - jrheum.org
Objective. Anticitrullinated protein/peptide antibodies (ACPA) are implicated in rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) pathogenesis and linked to the shared epitope (SE). Citrulline modification is …

2022 American College of Rheumatology/EULAR classification criteria for Takayasu arteritis

…, A Kronbichler, D Blockmans, L Barra… - Arthritis & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To develop and validate new classification criteria for Takayasu arteritis (TAK).
Methods Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were recruited into an international …

Immunization with Porphyromonas gingivalis enolase induces autoimmunity to mammalian α‐enolase and arthritis in DR4‐IE–transgenic mice

…, S Alzabin, W Brintnell, E Wilson, L Barra… - Arthritis & …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To examine the hypothesis that the subset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) characterized
by antibodies to citrullinated α‐enolase is mediated by Porphyromonas gingivalis enolase …

Imaging modalities for the diagnosis and disease activity assessment of Takayasu's arteritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

L Barra, T Kanji, J Malette, C Pagnoux - Autoimmunity reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Early diagnosis of Takayasu's Arteritis (TAK) and detection of disease activity
may reduce the risk of vascular complications. The objective of this study was to determine the …

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

A Sy, N Khalidi, N Dehghan, L Barra, S Carette… - Seminars in arthritis and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Published small case series suggest that inflammatory bowel disease [IBD;
Crohn’s disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC)] and vasculitis co-occur more frequently than …