[HTML][HTML] Scleroderma-polymyositis overlap syndrome versus idiopathic polymyositis and systemic sclerosis: a descriptive study on clinical features and myopathology

KJ Bhansing, M Lammens, HKA Knaapen… - Arthritis research & …, 2014 - Springer
Introduction The objective was to characterize the clinical and myopathologic features of
patients with scleroderma-polymyositis (SSc-PM) overlap compared with a population of …

Quantitative muscle ultrasonography in the follow‐up of juvenile dermatomyositis

GEA Habers, M Van Brussel, KJ Bhansing… - Muscle & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: We explored the use of quantitative muscle ultrasonography (QMUS) for follow‐
up of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). Methods: Seven JDM patients were evaluated at …

Increased fascial thickness of the deltoid muscle in dermatomyositis and polymyositis: an ultrasound study

KJ Bhansing, MH Van Rosmalen… - Muscle & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: We investigated the use of ultrasound to detect fascial thickening of the deltoid,
vastus lateralis (VL), and rectus femoris (RF) muscles in dermatomyositis (DM) and …

Patients with systemic sclerosis/polymyositis overlap have a worse survival rate than patients without it

KJ Bhansing, PLCM van Riel… - The Journal of …, 2016 - jrheum.org
Objective. Studies on mortality associated with patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and
myopathy have been limited by heterogeneous definitions of muscle involvement. The …

Pulmonary arterial hypertension, a novelty in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: insights and first experiences with vasoactive therapy

KJ Bhansing, A Vonk-Noordegraaf, FPT Oosterveer… - RMD open, 2017 - rmdopen.bmj.com
To characterise the different types of pulmonary hypertension (PH) among idiopathic
inflammatory myopathy (IIM). A retrospective case series with assessment of PH by right …

Ultrasound: a potential tool for detecting of fasciitis in dermatomyositis and polymyositis

KJ Bhansing, MH Van Rosmalen… - The Journal of …, 2018 - jrheum.org
We read with interest the article by Noda, et al regarding the presence of fasciitis among
patients with dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM) and the association with myalgia …

Muscle ultrasonography is a potential tool for detecting fasciitis in dermatomyositis and polymyositis: comment on the article by Yoshida et al

KJ Bhansing, MH van Rosmalen… - Arthritis & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We read with interest the article by Yoshida and colleagues regarding the ability of muscle
ultrasonography to detect fasciitis in patients with dermatomyositis (DM) during the early …

Disease duration as an indicator of the efficacy of liraglutide in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

FJ Wilbrink, AH Mudde, AH Mulder… - Journal of Diabetes …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Comment on the article of Usui et al. Retrospective cohort study of obese patients with type 2
diabetes mellitus (n= 69) demonstrates that the glucose‐lowering effect of liraglutide as add …

Oesophageal dilatation on HRCT-scan of the lungs as a sign of scleroderma

MC Vonk, LE van Die, MM Snoeren… - Annals of the …, 2007 - ard.bmj.com
Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a generalised autoimmune disease, which causes
morbidity and reduced life expectancy. Recently evidence has been accumulating that …

[PDF][PDF] Clinical aspects & muscle ultrasound in polymyositis and dermatomyositis

KJ Bhansing - 2019 - repository.ubn.ru.nl
The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) also known as myositis, encompasses a
spectrum of different clinical phenotypes with almost all having chronic muscle inflammation …