Rheumatologist specialising in #lupus & #vasculitis @ King’s College Hospital 🏥 @VersusArthritis Research Fellow @UCL 🧪 OMERACT & EULAR SLE Working Group 🧬
Jul 28, 2023 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
Really pleased to share our recent publication in @RheumJnl
When I first saw our findings I was totally shocked by the higher than anticipated prevalence of neurological and mental health symptoms reported by patients with rheumatological diagnoses
https://t.co/P94izSm0Rtacademic.oup.com/rheumatology/a…
We asked patients with rheumatic diseases to report on a wide array of symptoms (n=1853). We also compared with healthy controls (n=463)
Strikingly we found very high rates of cognitive dysfunction (70%) & disorientation (37%)
More than half reported very low mood and anxiety
Dec 3, 2022 • 16 tweets • 14 min read
🧵 Short summary thread on our recent publication looking at the impact of Anti-Rituximab Antibodies in #SLE with our recent manuscript published in @RheumJnl
This has been a story that we have been looking at for a few years now
💻 Link - academic.oup.com/rheumatology/a…
In spite of failing to meet primary endpoints in the LUNAR and EXPLORER trials, a number of Open Label studies have shown benefit of B cell depletion with Rituximab in #lupus
In England, we have access to the drug for severe and refractory cases 💊 💉