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Christina Duftner
Researcher at Innsbruck Medical University
Publications - 122
Citations - 4962
Christina Duftner is an academic researcher from Innsbruck Medical University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Giant cell arteritis & Polymyalgia rheumatica. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 105 publications receiving 3930 citations. Previous affiliations of Christina Duftner include University of Graz & University of Innsbruck.
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EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging in large vessel vasculitis in clinical practice.
Christian Dejaco,Sofia Ramiro,Christina Duftner,Florent L. Besson,Thorsten A. Bley,Daniel Engelbert Blockmans,Elisabeth Brouwer,Marco A. Cimmino,Eric Clark,Bhaskar Dasgupta,Bhaskar Dasgupta,Andreas P. Diamantopoulos,Haner Direskeneli,Annamaria Iagnocco,Thorsten Klink,Lorna Neill,Cristina Ponte,Carlo Salvarani,Riemer H. J. A. Slart,Madeline Whitlock,Wolfgang A. Schmidt +20 more
TL;DR: The task force recommends an early imaging test in patients with suspected LVV, with ultrasound and MRI being the first choices in GCA and TAK, respectively, which are the first EULAR recommendations providing up-to-date guidance for the role of imaging in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with (suspected) LVV.
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2012 provisional classification criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica: a European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology collaborative initiative
Bhaskar Dasgupta,Marco A. Cimmino,Hilal Maradit-Kremers,Wolfgang A. Schmidt,Michael Schirmer,Carlo Salvarani,Artur Bachta,Christian Dejaco,Christina Duftner,Christina Duftner,Hanne Slott Jensen,Pierre Duhaut,Gyula Poór,Novák Pál Kaposi,Peter Mandl,Peter V. Balint,Zsuzsa Schmidt,Annamaria Iagnocco,Carlotta Nannini,Fabrizio Cantini,Pierluigi Macchioni,Nicolò Pipitone,Montserrat Del Amo,Georgina Espígol-Frigolé,Maria C. Cid,Víctor M. Martínez-Taboada,Elisabeth Nordborg,Haner Direskeneli,Sibel Zehra Aydin,Khalid Ahmed,Brian L. Hazleman,B Silverman,Colin T. Pease,Richard J. Wakefield,Raashid Luqmani,Andy Abril,Clement J. Michet,Ralph Marcus,Neil J. Gonter,Mehrdad Maz,Rickey E. Carter,Cynthia S. Crowson,Eric L. Matteson +42 more
TL;DR: According to these provisional classification criteria, patients ≥50 years old presenting with bilateral shoulder pain, not better explained by an alternative pathology, can be classified as having PMR in the presence of morning stiffness>45 minutes, elevated CRP and/or ESR and new hip pain.
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Imbalance of regulatory T cells in human autoimmune diseases
TL;DR: Clinical findings in patients with mutated FOXP3 genes and a specific polymorphism in the promotor region of FoxP3 also support the role of FOXP 3 as a ‘master control gene’ in the development and functioning of TREGs.
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2015 Recommendations for the Management of Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology Collaborative Initiative
Christian Dejaco,Yogesh P. Singh,Pablo Perel,Andrew Hutchings,Dario Camellino,Sarah L. Mackie,Andy Abril,Artur Bachta,Peter V. Balint,Kevin Barraclough,Lina Bianconi,Frank Buttgereit,Steven E. Carsons,Daniel Ching,Maria C. Cid,Marco A. Cimmino,Andreas P. Diamantopoulos,William P. Docken,Christina Duftner,Billy Fashanu,Kate Gilbert,Pamela Hildreth,Jane Hollywood,David Jayne,Manuella Lima,Ajesh B. Maharaj,Christian D Mallen,Víctor M. Martínez-Taboada,Mehrdad Maz,Steven Merry,Jean Miller,Shunsuke Mori,Lorna Neill,Elisabeth Nordborg,Jennifer Nott,Hannah Padbury,Colin T. Pease,Carlo Salvarani,Michael Schirmer,Wolfgang A. Schmidt,Robert Spiera,David Tronnier,Alexandre Wagner,Madeline Whitlock,Eric L. Matteson,Bhaskar Dasgupta +45 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report the 2015 European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) recommendations for the management of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR).
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2012 Provisional classification criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica: A European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology collaborative initiative†
Bhaskar Dasgupta,Marco A. Cimmino,Hilal Maradit Kremers,Wolfgang A. Schmidt,Michael Schirmer,Carlo Salvarani,Artur Bachta,Christian Dejaco,Christina Duftner,Hanne Slott Jensen,Pierre Duhaut,Gyula Poór,Novák Pál Kaposi,Peter Mandl,Peter V. Balint,Zsuzsa Schmidt,Annamaria Iagnocco,Carlotta Nannini,Fabrizio Cantini,Pierluigi Macchioni,Nicolò Pipitone,Montserrat Del Amo,Georgina Espígol-Frigolé,Maria C. Cid,Víctor M. Martínez-Taboada,Elisabeth Nordborg,Haner Direskeneli,Sibel Zehra Aydin,Khalid Ahmed,B. L. Hazleman,B Silverman,Colin T. Pease,Richard J. Wakefield,Raashid Luqmani,Andy Abril,Clement J. Michet,Ralph Marcus,Neil J. Gonter,Mehrdad Maz,Rickey E. Carter,Cynthia S. Crowson,Eric L. Matteson +41 more
TL;DR: According to these provisional classification criteria, patients ≥50 years old presenting with bilateral shoulder pain, not better explained by an alternative pathology, can be classified as having PMR in the presence of morning stiffness >45 minutes, elevated C-reactive protein and/or erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and new hip pain.