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Meta-analyses of FibroTest diagnostic value in chronic liver diseaseThierry Poynard
Service d Hepato Gastroenterologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitie Salpetriere, Universite Paris VI, CNRS ESA 8067 Paris, France
BMC Gastroenterol 7:40. 2007....
Management of chronic hepatitis C in French departments of internal medicine and infectious diseasesP Cacoub
Department of Internal Medicine, hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, 83 Boulevard de l hopital, 75651, Paris, France
Epidemiol Infect 133:305-14. 2005..Nevertheless, means of increasing the availability of antiviral therapies, particularly for patients with HIV co-infection or injecting drug use, require further study...
[Collagenous colitis. A study of 11 cases]P Cacoub
Service de Medecine Interne, GH Pitié Salpétrière, 75651 Paris Cedex 13
Ann Med Interne (Paris) 152:299-303. 2001..The aim of this retrospective study was to analyze extra-digestive manifestations of CC, associated systemic diseases, clinical course and response to therapeutic regimens...
Deflazacort versus prednisone in patients with giant cell arteritis: effects on bone mass lossP Cacoub
Service de Medecine Interne, hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
J Rheumatol 28:2474-9. 2001..To compare bone mass loss due to deflazacort versus prednisone in longterm treatment of patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) in a randomized double blind comparative trial...
Cryoglobulinemia vasculitisPatrice Cacoub
Service de Medecine Interne, hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Curr Opin Rheumatol 14:29-35. 2002....
Hepatitis B virus genotypes and extrahepatic manifestationsPatrice Cacoub
Department of Internal Medicine, hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, 83 Boulevard de l hopital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France
J Hepatol 43:764-70. 2005..This study aimed at correlating the presence of extrahepatic manifestations with hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes in patients with chronic HBV infection...
Hepatitis C virus infection and mixed cryoglobulinaemia vasculitis: a review of neurological complicationsPatrice Cacoub
Department of Internal Medicine, hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
AIDS 19:S128-34. 2005..Central nervous system (CNS) involvement is more rarely reported. In this review, peripheral and CNS involvement associated with chronic HCV infection are described. The underlying mechanisms and treatment possibilities are discussed...
Treatment of hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus coinfection: from large trials to real lifeP Cacoub
Service de Médecine Interne and CNRS UMR 7087, Hopital de la Pitie, Paris, France
J Viral Hepat 13:678-82. 2006..The main reasons are a treatment that may be deemed questionable (minimal hepatic lesions, alcohol, active drug use), a lack of available liver biopsy, a psychiatric contraindication and physician conviction of poor patient compliance...
Impact of treatment on extra hepatic manifestations in patients with chronic hepatitis CPatrice Cacoub
Department of Internal Medicine, hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, 83 Boulevard de l hopital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France
J Hepatol 36:812-8. 2002..The aim was to assess the prevalence of these symptoms prior to any treatment, and on prolonged follow-up in treated and untreated patients...
Transfusion-associated TT virus co-infection in patients with hepatitis C virus is associated with type II mixed cryoglobulinemia but not with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomaP Cacoub
Service de Medecine Interne, CHU Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France
Clin Microbiol Infect 9:39-44. 2003....
Interferon-alpha and ribavirin treatment in patients with hepatitis C virus-related systemic vasculitisPatrice Cacoub
Department of Internal Medicine, hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Arthritis Rheum 46:3317-26. 2002..Therefore, we retrospectively analyzed the response to treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis C complicated by systemic vasculitis who had received antiviral therapy with interferon-alpha (IFNalpha) and ribavirin...
[Role of interferons in the treatment of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infections]P Cacoub
Service de Medecine Interne, hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, 83, Boulevard de l Hopital, 75651 Paris, France
Rev Med Interne 23:459s-474s. 2002....
[Polymyositis induced by tiopronine]P Cacoub
Service de Medecine Interne, CHU Pitie Salpetriere, Paris
Presse Med 28:911-2. 1999..D-penicillamine-induced muscle disorders are well-known, tiopronine-induced disorders are less often reported...
Mortality among human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma due to hepatitis C virus in French Departments of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, in 1995 and 1997P Cacoub
Dept of Internal Medicine, hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Clin Infect Dis 32:1207-14. 2001..001) but not in HCV-related mortality rates (0.06% vs. 0.07%; P=.79). In France, despite the high prevalence of HCV infection in HIV-positive patients, the mortality rate in 1995 and 1997 caused by HCV-related cirrhosis or HCC was low...
Effect of cryopreservation on endothelin-1 productions of human mammary arteryP Cacoub
Service de Medecine Interne, Groupe Hospitalier Pitie Salpetriere, 75651, Paris, France
Thromb Res 97:451-5. 2000..However, the particularly high ET-1 concentration without associated cGMP concentration may be deleterious by increasing smooth-muscle cell proliferation and vascular tone of cryopreserved arteries...
Mixed cryoglobulinemia in hepatitis C patients. GERMIVICP Cacoub
Service de Medecine Interne, Hopital Pitie Salpetriere, Paris
Ann Med Interne (Paris) 151:20-9. 2000....
[Severe gastrointestinal hemorrhage secondary to diffuse angiodysplasia: efficacy of estrogen-progesterone treatment]P Cacoub
Service de Medecine Interne, hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris
Presse Med 29:139-41. 2000..Vascular abnormalities are being reported with increasing frequency as a cause of major lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage in the elderly. They are occasionally very difficult to treat by conventional means...
[Spinal cord involvement revealing systemic sarcoidosis]P Cacoub
Service de Medecine Interne, La Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris
Rev Neurol (Paris) 156:896-900. 2000..Most patients with neurosarcoidosis have associated extraneurologic abnormalities. The diagnosis is supported usually by extraneurologic biopsies. Spinal cord biopsy needs to be considered on case-by-case basis...
A new approach for rapid detection and typing of serum monoclonal componentsP Cacoub
Service de Medecine Interne, hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, 83 Boulevard de l hopital, 75651 Cedex 13, Paris, France
Clin Chim Acta 302:105-24. 2000..PPPM allows MC detection with great sensitivity. The immune protein profile dramatically increases the sensitivity of either SPE and/or KLR in detecting MC and may also allow heavy and light chain typing...
[Edematous syndrome revealing an exudative lymphocytic gastritis: efficacy of omeprazole]P Cacoub
Service de Medecine Interne, Hopital de la Pitie Salpetriere, Paris
Gastroenterol Clin Biol 24:963-4. 2000..Inflammatory involvement of the gastric mucosa probably caused protein losing in this patient. Recognition of this exsudative gastropathy is important because long term remission is obtained with omeprazole...
Amyloidosis and cardiac involvementP Cacoub
Department of Internal Medicine, La Pitie Hospital, Paris
Ann Med Interne (Paris) 151:611-7. 2000..Cardiac involvement may occur with or without clinical manifestations, and is considered as a major prognostic factor...
Systemic vasculitis in patients with hepatitis CP Cacoub
Department of Internal Medicine, H pital La Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
J Rheumatol 28:109-18. 2001..To analyze the main characteristics of patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) presenting with different types of vasculitis syndrome...
Anti-endothelial cell auto-antibodies in hepatitis C virus mixed cryoglobulinemiaP Cacoub
Department of Internal Medicine, hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
J Hepatol 31:598-603. 1999..The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of AECA in HCV patients with or without MC-associated vasculitis, and to identify associations with clinical, immunological, virological and liver characteristics...
PEGylated interferon alfa-2b and ribavirin treatment in patients with hepatitis C virus-related systemic vasculitisPatrice Cacoub
hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Arthritis Rheum 52:911-5. 2005..The present trial was established to investigate the efficacy of therapy with PEGylated interferon alfa-2b (PEG-IFN alfa-2b) plus ribavirin in patients with HCV-related MC vasculitis...
Persistently normal alanine aminotransferase levels in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients: the role of steatosisF Bani-Sadr
Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Est, INSERM U 707, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
HIV Med 10:417-21. 2009..We analysed factors associated with persistently normal ALT levels, defined as at least three consecutive normal ALT values over a 6-month period, in a group of 381 HIV/HCV-coinfected patients...
Extrahepatic manifestations associated with hepatitis C virus infection. A prospective multicenter study of 321 patients. The GERMIVIC. Groupe d'Etude et de Recherche en Medecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses sur le Virus de l'Hepatite CP Cacoub
Department of Internal Medicine, hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Medicine (Baltimore) 79:47-56. 2000..Cryoglobulin positivity is associated with systemic vasculitis and rheumatoid factor and HIV positivity. HIV coinfection is associated with arthralgia or myalgia, anticardiolipin antibodies, and thrombocytopenia...
[Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome]N Costedoat-Chalumeau
Service de Medecine Interne, Centre de Référence National pour le Lupus Systémique et le Syndrome des Antiphospholipides, faculté Paris 6, Hopital Pitie Salpetriere, 47 83, Boulevard de l Hopital, 75013 Paris, France
Rev Med Interne 33:194-9. 2012..The prevention of CAPS is based upon the adequate management of the perioperative period when surgery cannot be avoided, the prompt treatment of infections and the education of patients with antiphospholipid syndrome...
Hepatitis C virus infection and lymphoproliferative diseases: prospective study on 1,576 patients in FranceP Hausfater
Service de Medecine Interne, CHU Pitie Salpetriere, 83 87 Boulevard de l Hôpital, Paris, France
Am J Hematol 67:168-71. 2001..Discordant data have been reported about the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in patients with lymphoproliferative diseases and the putative role of HCV in lymphomagenesis...
Immunosuppressants reduce venous thrombosis relapse in Behçet's diseaseA C Desbois
UMR CNRS 7211, INSERM U959, Groupe Hospitalier Pitie Salpetriere, AP HP, and Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, Paris, France
Arthritis Rheum 64:2753-60. 2012..To investigate and describe the long-term outcome of venous thrombosis in patients with Behçet's disease (BD)...
[Vitamin D and autoimmunity. Second part: Clinical aspects]Y Schoindre
Service de Medecine Interne, Université Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Hopital Foch, 40, rue Worth, 92151 Suresnes Cedex, France
Rev Med Interne 33:87-93. 2012....
Risk factors for anaemia in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus-coinfected patients treated with interferon plus ribavirinF Bani-Sadr
Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Est, Universite Paris, INSERM U707, Paris, France
J Viral Hepat 14:639-44. 2007..26-0.49, P < 0.0001) and in patients receiving protease inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy (OR, 0.51 95% CI, 0.30-0.86, P = 0.0114). Zidovudine discontinuation could help to avoid anaemia associated with anti-HCV therapy...
Serum-free light chain assessment in hepatitis C virus-related lymphoproliferative disordersB Terrier
Department of Internal Medicine, AP HP Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpétrière, Paris, France
Ann Rheum Dis 68:89-93. 2009..To evaluate the relevance of serum-free light chain (FLC) assessment in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related lymphoproliferative disorders, including mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) and B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL)...
Peripheral arterial disease and isolated systolic hypertension: the ATTEST studyM E Safar
Faculte de Medecine, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Universite Paris Descartes, Paris, France
J Hum Hypertens 23:182-7. 2009..Finally, one of the predominant goals of secondary prevention in subjects with PAD should be the treatment of isolated systolic hypertension...
Evolution of biomarkers of liver fibrosis and liver insufficiency in hepatitis C virus-infected patients treated with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin and rituximabG Geri
Department of Internal Medicine, Groupe Hospitalier Pitie Salpetriere, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France
J Viral Hepat 19:497-500. 2012..No beneficial effects of RTX were evidenced on liver fibrosis progression, but we found interesting correlations with the serum albumin level, FibroTest values and B-cell count...
Hepatitis C virus-associated polyarteritis nodosaD Saadoun
Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 63:427-35. 2011..To analyze the main characteristics and outcome of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN)-type vasculitis associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV)...
Severe weight loss in HIV / HCV-coinfected patients treated with interferon plus ribavirin: incidence and risk factorsF Bani-Sadr
Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Est, Universite Paris 6, INSERM U707, Paris, France
J Viral Hepat 15:255-60. 2008..These findings show that severe weight loss is a frequent side effect of anti-HCV therapy in HIV / HCV-coinfected patients. The underlying mechanisms remain to be identified...
Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in hepatitis C virus associated rheumatological manifestations and Sjogren's syndromeD Sene
Department of Internal Medicine, hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, 83 Boulevard de l hopital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France
Ann Rheum Dis 65:394-7. 2006..To investigate the diagnostic reliability of anti-CCP antibodies (anti-CCP Ab) in distinguishing hepatitis C virus (HCV) associated rheumatological manifestations and Sjögren's syndrome from rheumatoid arthritis...
Severe transaminitis after interferon-ribavirin therapy in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients: influence of a sustained HCV responseF Bani-Sadr
Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Est, INSERM U 707, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, UMR S 707, UPMC Paris 6, Paris, France
J Viral Hepat 19:431-5. 2012..Treatment of HCV infection should therefore be a priority in HIV-coinfected patients. Stavudine is associated with an increased risk of severe transaminitis...
[Cryoglobulinemia]P Cacoub
Service de Médecine Interne II, hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, AP HP, 83, Boulevard de l Hopital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France
Rev Med Interne 29:200-8. 2008..FUTURE PROSPECTS AND PROJECTS: New therapeutic strategies include a combination of best antiviral treatment with Peg-interferon-alpha plus ribavirin and rituximab. Multicenter controlled trials are mandatory...
Cerebral venous thrombosis in Behçet's diseaseD Saadoun
Hôpital Pitié Salpétrière and Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI University, Paris, France
Arthritis Rheum 61:518-26. 2009..To analyze the clinical findings, treatment, outcome, and prevalence of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) in a large cohort of patients with Behçet's disease (BD) from a single center...
[Cryofibrinogenemia]D Saadoun
UMR 7211 Inserm U959, centre de références maladies auto immunes, Service de Médecine Interne II, Hopital Pitie Salpetriere, 75013 Paris, France
Rev Med Interne 32:287-91. 2011..In this article, we review the clinical presentation, pathogenesis and treatment of CF...
Mortality in Behçet's diseaseD Saadoun
Hopital Pitie Salpetriere, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, and Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, Paris, France
Arthritis Rheum 62:2806-12. 2010..To report the long-term mortality in patients with Behçet's disease (BD)...
Lower expression of CD81 B-cell receptor in lymphoproliferative diseases associated with hepatitis C virus infectionP Cacoub
Service de Medecine Interne, hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, Bd de l Hopital, Paris Cedex, France
J Viral Hepat 10:10-5. 2003..89, P = 0.02). In patients with a chronic active HCV infection, the presence of a lymphoproliferative disease, either MC or B-NHL, is associated with lower expression of CD81 and higher expression of CD19 receptor on peripheral B cells...
Cryoglobulinemia is associated with steatosis and fibrosis in chronic hepatitis CDavid Saadoun
, , Paris, France
Hepatology 43:1337-45. 2006..001), and steatosis higher than 10% (P = .04). In conclusion, our study shows an independent association between cryoglobulin and steatosis as well as advanced fibrosis...
Patient education improves adherence to peg-interferon and ribavirin in chronic genotype 2 or 3 hepatitis C virus infection: a prospective, real-life, observational studyPatrice Cacoub
Department of Internal Medicine, Pitie Salpetriere Hospital, 47 83 boulevard de l Hopital, Paris cedex 13 F 75651, France
World J Gastroenterol 14:6195-203. 2008....
Hepatitis C virus-associated B-cell proliferation--the role of serum B lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS/BAFF)D Sene
Department of Internal Medicine, La Pitié Salpêtrière, 83 Boulevard de l hopital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France
Rheumatology (Oxford) 46:65-9. 2007..We assessed BLyS serum levels in HCV-infected patients and in various forms of HCV-associated BCP [i.e. mixed cryoglobulin (MC), rheumatoid factor (RF) and systemic vasculitis]...
Liver-related mortality in human-immunodeficiency-virus-infected patients between 1995 and 2003 in the French GERMIVIC Joint Study Group Network (MORTAVIC 2003 Study)E Rosenthal
Department of Internal Medicine, hôpital de l Archet 1, Nice, France
J Viral Hepat 14:183-8. 2007..4%) than in 2001 (26.3%). Seven years after the introduction of HAART, ESLD associated with HCV infections is a leading cause of mortality in HIV-infected patients, which did not increase between the years 2001 and 2003...
Liver-related deaths in HIV-infected patients between 1995 and 2005 in the French GERMIVIC Joint Study Group Network (Mortavic 2005 study in collaboration with the Mortalité 2005 survey, ANRS EN19)E Rosenthal
Department of Internal Medicine, Archet Hospital Centre, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
HIV Med 10:282-9. 2009..More than 10 years after the introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), we examined the trend in the proportion of deaths caused by end-stage liver disease (ESLD) in HIV-infected adults in France between 1995 and 2005...
Natural history of HCV infectionT Poynard
Department of Internal Medicine, Groupe Hospitalier Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France
Baillieres Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 14:211-28. 2000..In contrast severe extrahepatic manifestations are rare, with 1% for systemic vasculitis...
Fatigue in patients with chronic hepatitis CT Poynard
Departments of Hepatogastroenterology, hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
J Viral Hepat 9:295-303. 2002..Hence, fatigue is the most frequent extrahepatic manifestation in patients infected with HCV. Fatigue is independently associated with female gender, age over 50 years, cirrhosis, depression and purpura...
[Vitamin D and autoimmunity. First part: Fundamental aspects]Y Schoindre
Service de Medecine Interne, Université Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Hopital Foch, 40, rue Worth, 92151 Suresnes Cedex, France
Rev Med Interne 33:80-6. 2012..The authors present their actions on myeloid dendritic cells, T cells, B cells, as well as on the synthesis of antimicrobial peptides and autophagy, and the potential beneficial effects in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases...
Antimyeloperoxidase antibodies are a useful marker of disease activity in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitidesB Terrier
Department of Internal Medicine, Groupe Hospitalier Pitie Salpetriere, 47 Boulevard de l Hopital, 75013 Paris, France
Ann Rheum Dis 68:1564-71. 2009..To evaluate the relevance of monitoring antimyeloperoxidase antibody levels in the management of antimyeloperoxidase-associated vasculitides...
AL cardiac amyloidosis and arterial thromboembolic eventsP Hausfater
Emergency Department, Pitie Salpetriere University Hospital Centre, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France
Scand J Rheumatol 34:315-9. 2005..To study the prevalence and characteristics of arterial thromboembolic events (ATEE) in the course of AL amyloidosis...
ActiTest accuracy for the assessment of histological activity grades in patients with chronic hepatitis C, an overview using Obuchowski measureT Poynard
UPMC Paris Liver Center, AP HP, Paris, France
Gastroenterol Clin Biol 34:388-96. 2010..ActiTest (AT) is a biomarker of liver necro-inflammatory histological activity validated in patients with chronic hepatitis C (HCV)...
The B lymphocyte stimulator receptor-ligand system in hepatitis C virus-induced B cell clonal disordersD A Landau
Laboratoire de Biologie et Thérapeutique des Pathologies Immunitaires, Centre National de la Recherche Sientifique, Universite Pierre et Marrie Curie UMR 7087, Paris, France
Ann Rheum Dis 68:337-44. 2009..The study aim was to examine the B lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) receptor-ligand system in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-induced B lymphocyte clonal disorders...
Azathioprine in severe uveitis of Behçet's diseaseD Saadoun
Hôpital Pitié Salpétrière and Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI University, Paris, France
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 62:1733-8. 2010..To investigate the efficacy and tolerance of azathioprine in severe uveitis related to Behçet's disease (BD)...
[Update in Hepatitis C virus associated extrahepatic manifestations]D Sene
Service de Medecine Interne, Hopital de la Pitie Salpetriere, 91, Boulevard de l Hopital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France
Rev Med Interne 28:388-93. 2007..The use of anti-CD20 antibodies in the treatment of cryoglobulinemic vasculitis is also under investigation...
Rituximab plus Peg-interferon-alpha/ribavirin compared with Peg-interferon-alpha/ribavirin in hepatitis C-related mixed cryoglobulinemiaDavid Saadoun
Department of Internal Medicine, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France
Blood 116:326-34; quiz 504-5. 2010..Our findings indicate that rituximab combined with Peg-IFN-alpha/ribavirin is well tolerated and more effective than Peg-IFN-alpha/ribavirin in HCV-MC...
Influence of antiviral therapy in hepatitis C virus-associated cryoglobulinemic MPGNLaurent Alric
Service de Medecine Interne, Pavillon Dieulafoy, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France
Am J Kidney Dis 43:617-23. 2004..The influence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment on the course of HCV cryoglobulinemic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) is controversial...
[Treatment of extrahepatic manifestations associated with hepatitis C virus infection]Patrice Cacoub
, , Paris
Gastroenterol Clin Biol 26:B210-9. 2002
Treatment of hepatitis C virus in human immunodeficiency virus infected patients in "real life": modifications in two large surveys between 2004 and 2006Patrice Cacoub
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, CNRS, UMR 7087, Paris, France
J Hepatol 48:35-42. 2008..To analyze the barriers to HCV treatment in HIV-HCV co-infected patients and their evolution between 2004 and 2006...
Causes and predictive factors of mortality in a cohort of patients with hepatitis C virus-related cryoglobulinemic vasculitis treated with antiviral therapyDan Avi Landau
Service de Medecine Interne, AP HP, Hopital Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France
J Rheumatol 37:615-21. 2010..We studied causes of death and predictive factors in patients with HCV-associated MC vasculitis treated with antivirals...
Relapse of hepatitis C virus-associated mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis in patients with sustained viral responseDan Avi Landau
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, CNRS, UMR 7087, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Hopital Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France
Arthritis Rheum 58:604-11. 2008....
Prevalence, characteristics and prognostic significance of anemia in daily practiceB Terrier
Department of Internal Medicine, APHP Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpé trière, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6, Paris, France
QJM 105:345-54. 2012..The prevalence of anemia has been studied in well-defined populations, but no large study is available for less restricted populations with various disorders...
Hepatitis B virus-human immunodeficiency virus co-infection in France: a cross-sectional multicentre studyD Sene
hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, Service de Medecine Interne, Paris, France
Epidemiol Infect 135:409-16. 2007..45.7%, P<10(-4)), mainly lamivudine and tenofovir. Significant improvements in the management of such patients are awaited mainly in the appraisal of liver disease by either liver biopsy or non-invasive alternatives to liver biopsy...
Subacute bacterial endocarditis presenting as polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritisC Auzary
Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Moulins Yzeure, Moulins, France
Clin Exp Rheumatol 24:S38-40. 2006..To report on several patients with subacute bacterial endocarditis who were initially presumed, incorrectly, to have polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritis...
Postvaccine vasculitis: a report of three cases]D Saadoun
, , 47-83, , 75651 Paris, France
Rev Med Interne 22:172-6. 2001....
Influence of HLA-DR phenotype on the risk of hepatitis C virus-associated mixed cryoglobulinemiaP Cacoub
Department of Internal Medicine, , Paris, France
Arthritis Rheum 44:2118-24. 2001..In contrast, HLA-DR7 appears to protect against the production of type II MC. These results suggest that the host's immune response genes may play a role in the pathogenesis of HCV-associated MC...
Clinical features and outcomes in 348 patients with polyarteritis nodosa: a systematic retrospective study of patients diagnosed between 1963 and 2005 and entered into the French Vasculitis Study Group DatabaseChristian Pagnoux
Universite Paris Descartes, Hopital Cochin, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France
Arthritis Rheum 62:616-26. 2010..This study was undertaken to describe the main characteristics of and long-term outcomes in patients with well-characterized PAN diagnoses...
[HIV and hepatitis C virus coinfection]P Cacoub
Service de Medecine Interne, AP HP, hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, 83, Bd de l Hopital, 7 5651 Paris cedex 13, France
Gastroenterol Clin Biol 32:S82-9. 2008..Effective management strategies that encompass patient and viral factors are necessary to improve the long-term outlook for coinfected patients...
Genetic heterogeneity of the hypervariable region I of Hepatitis C virus and lymphoproliferative disordersA Rigolet
Virology Laboratory, Hopital Pitie Salpetriere, 75651 Paris, France
Leukemia 19:1070-6. 2005..Contrary to recent findings, our analysis based on multiple clones per patient analysis did not reveal any particular motif associated with BCLD...
Hepatitis C virus infection induced vasculitisPatrice Cacoub
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, CNRS, UMR 7087, Paris, France
Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 35:30-9. 2008..For future prospects and projects, new therapeutic strategies include a combination of best antiviral treatment with Peg-Interferon plus Ribavirin and Rituximab. Multicenter controlled trials are mandatory...
[Neurological manifestations in cryoglobulinemia]T Maisonobe
Groupe Hospitalier Pitie Salpetriere, Service d Explorations Fonctionnelles Neurologie, France
Rev Neurol (Paris) 158:920-4. 2002..Prognostic and treatment depend on association with hepatitis C, and presence of vasculitis lesions in the nerve biopsy...
Cryoglobulinaemia vasculitis in patients coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virusDavid Saadoun
, , Paris, France
AIDS 20:871-7. 2006..03). The clinical manifestations of MC vasculitis did not differ significantly between the two groups. CONCLUSION: There was a beneficial effect of anti-HCV therapy for HIV/HCV-coinfected patients with MC vasculitis...
Correlation of clinical and virologic responses to antiviral treatment and regulatory T cell evolution in patients with hepatitis C virus-induced mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitisDan Avi Landau
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, CNRS, UMR 7087, Paris, France
Arthritis Rheum 58:2897-907. 2008..The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the evolution of this defect during the course of antiviral treatment...
Predominance of type 1 (Th1) cytokine production in the liver of patients with HCV-associated mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitisDavid Saadoun
, , , 75013 Paris, France
J Hepatol 41:1031-7. 2004..This enhanced production of type-1 cytokines may account for a more severe course of liver disease...
Pegylated interferon alfa-2b vs standard interferon alfa-2b, plus ribavirin, for chronic hepatitis C in HIV-infected patients: a randomized controlled trialFabrice Carrat
Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Est, , INSERM U444, Paris, France
JAMA 292:2839-48. 2004..CONCLUSION: In combination with ribavirin, treatment with peginterferon alfa-2b is more effective than standard interferon alfa-2b for HCV infection in HIV-infected patients...
The association of systemic lupus erythematosus and myasthenia gravis: a series of 17 cases, with a special focus on hydroxychloroquine use and a review of the literatureM Jallouli
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pitie Salpetriere, Universite Paris 6, AP HP, Paris, France
J Neurol 259:1290-7. 2012..Hydroxychloroquine treatment appears to be safe in this setting...
Plasma exchange and interferon-alpha pharmacokinetics in patients with hepatitis C virus-associated systemic vasculitisP Hausfater
Department of Internal Medicine, CHU Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France
Nephron 91:627-30. 2002..Therapeutic approach of such severely symptomatic patients include interferon-alpha (IFN) plus plasma exchange (PE). There are no data on IFN pharmacokinetic changes related to PE...
Safety and efficacy of rituximab in nonviral cryoglobulinemia vasculitis: data from the French Autoimmunity and Rituximab registryB Terrier
Groupe Hospitalier Pitie Salpetriere, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, Paris, France
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 62:1787-95. 2010..Rituximab has emerged as a novel and promising therapeutic alternative, but data are scarce. Our objective was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of rituximab in nonviral cryoglobulinemia vasculitis in off-trial real-life patients...
Prevalence of peripheral arterial disease in high-risk patients using ankle-brachial index in general practice: a cross-sectional studyP Cacoub
Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6, University, Paris, France
Int J Clin Pract 63:63-70. 2009..We evaluated the prevalence and predictive factors of PAD in high-risk patients using the ankle-brachial index (ABI)...
[Ocular manifestations of Behçet's disease]D Saadoun
CNRS UMR 7087, Service de Medecine Interne, Hopital de la Pitie Salpetriere, 47 83, Boulevard de l Hopital, 75013 Paris, France
Rev Med Interne 31:545-50. 2010..Controlled clinical trials are mandatory to define the place of these new immunomodulatory agents in the therapeutic strategy, and especially their use as first-line therapy...
Neuro-Behçet's disease (isolated cerebral thrombophlebitis excluded). Clinical pattern, prognostic factors, treatment and long term follow-upA Sbai
Pitie Salpetriere Hospital, Internal Medicine Department, Paris, France
Adv Exp Med Biol 528:371-6. 2003
Antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus--associated mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis: a long-term followup studyDavid Saadoun
, Paris, France
Arthritis Rheum 54:3696-706. 2006..CONCLUSION: PEG-IFN alfa-2b plus ribavirin should be considered as induction therapy for HCV-MC vasculitis. An early virologic response and the absence of renal insufficiency are the key factors in the clinical response...
Treatment of hepatitis C-associated mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitisDavid Saadoun
Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris, Paris, France and Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, Service de Medecine Interne, Paris, France
Curr Opin Rheumatol 20:23-8. 2008..This review focuses on recent advances in our understanding of the treatment of hepatitis C virus-mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis...
Long-term impact of renal transplantation on liver fibrosis during hepatitis C virus infectionLaurent Alric
Service de Medecine Interne, Pavillon Dieulafoy, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France
Gastroenterology 123:1494-9. 2002....
Efficacy and tolerability of rituximab with or without PEGylated interferon alfa-2b plus ribavirin in severe hepatitis C virus-related vasculitis: a long-term followup study of thirty-two patientsBenjamin Terrier
Department of Internal Medicine, Groupe Hospitalier Pitie Salpetriere, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris AP HP, CNRS UMR 7211, and Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, Paris, France
Arthritis Rheum 60:2531-40. 2009..To report on the long-term followup of a cohort of patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related vasculitis treated with rituximab with or without PEGylated interferon alfa-2b (PEG-IFN alfa-2b) plus ribavirin...
Insulin resistance impairs sustained virological response rate to pegylated interferon plus ribavirin in HIV-hepatitis C virus-coinfected patients: HOMAVIC-ANRS HC02 StudyPatrice Cacoub
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, CNRS, UMR 7087, Paris, France
Antivir Ther 14:839-45. 2009..The aim of this study was to assess the effect of insulin resistance (IR) on the response to hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy in HIV-HCV-coinfected patients...
Neurological complications of primary Sjögren's syndromeC Lafitte
Fédération de Neurologie Mazarin, Hĵpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France
J Neurol 248:577-84. 2001..To better delineate the spectrum of neurological complications of primary Sjögren's syndrome (PSS)...
Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (rituximab) treatment for cryoglobulinemic vasculitis: where do we stand?P Cacoub
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, CNRS, UMR 7087, Paris, France
Ann Rheum Dis 67:283-7. 2008..A relapse of cryoglobulinemia vasculitis was frequently noted. Randomised controlled trials with long-term study are needed to form definitive conclusions on the benefit/risk ratio of rituximab therapy in such patients...
[Management of HCV-HIV and HBV-HIV coinfected patients]Patrice Cacoub
, Paris 6, CNRS, UMR 7087, Paris, France
Gastroenterol Clin Biol 31:887-94. 2007
Cryofibrinogen in patients with hepatitis C virus infectionAurelien Delluc
Service de Medecine Interne, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6, France
Am J Med 121:624-31. 2008..The objective was to study the prevalence and the clinical and therapeutic impacts of cryofibrinogen in HCV-infected patients...
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease in patients with chronic hepatitis CValerie Touitou
Department of Ophthalmology, Pitie Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France
Am J Ophthalmol 140:949-52. 2005..To report the cases of four patients with hepatitis C virus infection who experienced clinical features that are virtually identical to Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (VKH)...
Hepatitis C virus-associated extrahepatic manifestations: a reviewDamien Sene
Department of Internal Medicine, Boulevard de l Hopital, Paris, France
Metab Brain Dis 19:357-81. 2004..Howerver, even in cases of tight association, the mechanisms through which HCV may promote or induce extrahepatic manifestations remain unclear and merit further investigations...
Intraocular complications of IFN-alpha and ribavirin therapy in patients with chronic viral hepatitis CDamien Sene
Department of Internal Medicine, Hopital Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France
World J Gastroenterol 13:3137-40. 2007..Rare as they are, such severe ophthalmological complications require a close follow-up of HCV-infected patients under IFN-alpha treatment with ophthalmological monitoring if any ocular manifestation occurs...
Longterm course of mixed cryoglobulinemia in patients infected with hepatitis C virusDamien Sene
Department of Internal Medicine, , Paris, France
J Rheumatol 31:2199-206. 2004..Symptomatic persistent HCV MC was associated with advanced age, longer duration of HCV infection, type II MC, and a higher MC serum level...
Testing for anti-nucleosome antibodies in daily practice: a monocentric evaluation in 1696 patientsP Ghillani-Dalbin
Service d Immunochimie, Hopital Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France
Lupus 12:833-7. 2003..In conclusion, this study extends the relevance of anti-Nuc Ab to routine use for the diagnosis of connective tissue diseases, mainly anti-dsDNA Ab negative SLE...
Descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm in patients with Takayasu's diseaseEdouard Kieffer
Department of Vascular Surgery, Internal Medicine, and Cardiology, Pitié Salpêtrière University Hospital Center, Assitance Publique Hopitaux de Paris AP HP, Paris, France
Ann Vasc Surg 18:505-13. 2004....
Risk factors for symptomatic mitochondrial toxicity in HIV/hepatitis C virus-coinfected patients during interferon plus ribavirin-based therapyFirouzé Bani-Sadr
Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Est, Universite Paris 6, INSERM U444, France
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 40:47-52. 2005..To evaluate the incidence, clinical features, and risk factors for symptomatic mitochondrial toxicity in HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV)-coinfected patients receiving anti-HCV therapy...
Kidney diseases in HIV/HCV-co-infected patientsHassane Izzedine
Departments of Nephrology, Pitie Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France
AIDS 23:1219-26. 2009..Hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection occurs in 25% of HIV-infected persons. The impact of HIV/HCV coinfection on renal and patient outcomes is unclear...
Castleman's disease and lymphoma: report of eight cases in HIV-negative patients and literature reviewClaire Larroche
Department of Internal Medicine and Laboratory of Hematology, Hopital Avicenne, Bobigny, France
Am J Hematol 69:119-26. 2002..The association of CD and lymphoma seems to be more than coincidental, and its pathogenesis is discussed...
