Impact of biologic agents on infectious diseasesLesley Ann Saketkoo
Division of Rheumatology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
Infect Dis Clin North Am 20:931-61, viii. 2006
..Maintenance of a high index of suspicion is imperative for the prevention and appropriate treatment of serious life-threatening infections in these patients...
Normal bowel function restored after oxygen therapy in systemic sclerosis and colonic inertiaLesley Ann Saketkoo
Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
J Rheumatol 34:1777-8. 2007
..As a result of respiratory decompensation, she was placed on oxygen by nasal cannula, after which bowel motility with regularity was restored, obviating the need for colectomy...
Revisiting Jaccoud arthropathy as an ultrasound diagnosed erosive arthropathy in systemic lupus erythematosusLesley Ann Saketkoo
Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
J Clin Rheumatol 13:322-7. 2007
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Experience of mycophenolate mofetil in 10 patients with autoimmune-related interstitial lung disease demonstrates promising effectsLesley Ann Saketkoo
Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70115, USA
Am J Med Sci 337:329-35. 2009
..Cyclophosphamide (CYC) is extensively used in SSc ILD with moderate initial response but a poor long-term outcome, and is associated with significant toxicity...
Axial gouty arthropathyLesley Ann Saketkoo
Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 820 Napoleon Avenue, Suite 890, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
Am J Med Sci 338:140-6. 2009
..The pervasiveness of cardiovascular disease and chronic back pain warrants a closer look into a possible occult contributor to the prevalence of chronic back pain: gout...
Developing disease activity and response criteria in connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung diseaseLesley Ann Saketkoo
Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
J Rheumatol 38:1514-8. 2011
..We summarize the design of the studies we are conducting and progress leading to the OMERACT 10 and 2010 EULAR meetings...
Rheumatoid arthritis interstitial lung disease: mycophenolate mofetil as an antifibrotic and disease-modifying antirheumatic drugLesley Ann Saketkoo
Arch Intern Med 168:1718-9. 2008