Epidemiology of primary Sjogren's syndrome in north-west Greece, 1982-2003 (2006)
Alamanos, Y., Tsifetaki, N., Voulgari, P. V., Venetsanopoulou, A. I., Siozos, C., Drosos, A. A.
Objectives. To investigate the incidence and prevalence, as well as the mortality and survival rates, of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) in a defined area of north-west Greece with a population of...
Epidemiology of primary Sjogren's syndrome in north-west Greece, 1982-2003 (2005)
Alamanos, Y., Tsifetaki, N., Voulgari, P. V., Venetsanopoulou, A. I., Siozos, C., Drosos, A. A.
Objectives. To investigate the incidence and prevalence, as well as the mortality and survival rates, of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) in a defined area of north-west Greece with a population of...
Epidemiology of ankylosing spondylitis in Northwest Greece, 1983-2002 (2004)
Alamanos, Y., Papadopoulos, N. G., Voulgari, P. V., Karakatsanis, A., Siozos, C., Drosos, A. A.
Objective. To investigate the incidence and the prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in a defined area of northwest Greece with a total population of about 500 000 inhabitants. Methods. AS cases...
Epidemiology of ankylosing spondylitis in Northwest Greece, 1983-2002 (2004)
Alamanos, Y., Papadopoulos, N. G., Voulgari, P. V., Karakatsanis, A., Siozos, C., Drosos, A. A.
Objective. To investigate the incidence and the prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in a defined area of northwest Greece with a total population of about 500 000 inhabitants. Methods. AS cases...
Epidemiology of ankylosing spondylitis in Northwest Greece, 1983-2002 (2004)
Alamanos, Y., Papadopoulos, N. G., Voulgari, P. V., Karakatsanis, A., Siozos, C., Drosos, A. A.
Objective. To investigate the incidence and the prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in a defined area of northwest Greece with a total population of about 500 000 inhabitants. Methods. AS cases...
Outcome of lupus pregnancy: a controlled study (2000)
Georgiou, P. E., Politi, E. N., Katsimbri, P., Sakka, V., Drosos, A. A.
Objective. The reciprocal relationship between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and pregnancy was investigated in a controlled study. Method. The outcome of 47 pregnant SLE patients...
PATIENTS WITH ANTICENTROMERE ANTIBODIES, CLINICAL FEATURES, DIAGNOSES AND EVOLUTION (1993)
VLACHOYIANNOPOULOS, P. G., DROSOS, A. A., WIIK, A., MOUTSOPOULOS, H. M.
The sera of 1373 patients derived from a random population of 2627 individuals examined in a rheumatology outpatient clinic were found to be positive for antinuclear antibodies (ANA). Forty-seven of...
THE SPECTRUM OF NEUROLOGICAL INVOLVEMENT IN SJOGREN'S SYNDROME (1990)
ANDONOPOULOS, A. P., LAGOS, G., DROSOS, A. A., MOUTSOPOULOS, H. M.
Sixty-three unselected consecutive patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSs) were prospectivelyevaluated for evidence of neurological manifestations. Seventeen had a mild sensory or mixed...
PREVALENCE OF PRIMARY SJOGREN'S SYNDROME IN AN ELDERLY POPULATION (1988)
DROSOS, A. A., ANDONOPOULOS, A. P., COSTOPOULOS, J. S., PAPADIMITRIO, C. S., MOUTSOPOULOS, H. M.
Sixty-two elderly apparently healthy volunteers, inmates of a public nursing home, were examined for evidence of primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS). Evaluation included a specific questionnaire for...
Moutsopoulos, H M, Giotaki, H, Maddison, P J, Mavridis, A C, Drosos, A A, Skopouli, F N
One hundred and twenty-four sera from Greek patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (29 with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 24 with scleroderma, 11 with primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS), and...
Moutsopoulos, H M, Costello, R, Drosos, A A, Mavridis, A K, Papadopoulos, N M
Fresh sera and concentrated urine from 17 patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) were fractionated by high-resolution agarose electrophoresis to investigate the presence of monoclonal...
Oesophageal dysfunction in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome.
Tsianos, E B, Chiras, C D, Drosos, A A, Moutsopoulos, H M
Oesophageal motility was studied in 22 patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome and 20 normal volunteers. Oesophageal dysfunction was detected in eight of the 22 patients (36.4%) with primary...
Cyclosporin A (CyA) in primary Sjögren's syndrome: a double blind study.
Drosos, A A, Skopouli, F N, Costopoulos, J S, Papadimitriou, C S, Moutsopoulos, H M
The efficacy and toxicity of cyclosporin A (CyA) were studied in a blind fashion in 20 patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). The dose of CyA or placebo was 5 mg/kg of body weight daily....
Dalavanga, Y A, Detrick, B, Hooks, J J, Drosos, A A, Moutsopoulos, H M
Labial minor salivary gland biopsy specimens from 14 patients with Sjögren's syndrome treated either with cyclosporin A (CyA) or placebo (5 mg/kg body weight day for six months) were studied to...
Examination of HLA-DR4 as a severity marker for rheumatoid arthritis in Greek patients.
Boki, K A, Drosos, A A, Tzioufas, A G, Lanchbury, J S, Panayi, G S, Moutsopoulos, H M
OBJECTIVES--Previous reports have shown that HLA-DR4 may be a severity marker for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in patients of northern European origin. The aim of the present study was to investigate...
Tzartos, S J, Morel, E, Efthimiadis, A, Bustarret, A F, D'Anglejan, J, Drosos, A A, ...
A small fraction of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases on D-penicillamine treatment may develop antibodies against the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) and symptoms of myasthenia...