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Konstantinos Melissaropoulos
Researcher at Agios Andreas Hospital
Publications - 23
Citations - 379
Konstantinos Melissaropoulos is an academic researcher from Agios Andreas Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rheumatoid arthritis & B cell. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 20 publications receiving 214 citations. Previous affiliations of Konstantinos Melissaropoulos include University of Patras.
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A multicenter, open-label, comparative study of B-cell depletion therapy with Rituximab for systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease
Dimitrios Daoussis,Konstantinos Melissaropoulos,G Sakellaropoulos,Ioannis Antonopoulos,Theodora E. Markatseli,Theodora Simopoulou,Panagiotis Georgiou,Andrew P. Andonopoulos,Alexandros A. Drosos,Lazaros I. Sakkas,Stamatis-Nick C. Liossis +10 more
TL;DR: The data indicate that RTX has a beneficial effect on lung function and skin fibrosis in patients with SSc and Randomized controlled studies are highly needed.
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Pathogenetic Aspects of Systemic Sclerosis: A View Through the Prism of B Cells
TL;DR: The concept of targeting B cells as part of the therapeutic plan for SSc through well designed clinical trials is supported through welldesigned clinical trials.
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Better outcomes of COVID-19 in vaccinated compared to unvaccinated patients with systemic rheumatic diseases.
Charalampos Papagoras,George E Fragoulis,Nikoleta Zioga,Theodora Simopoulou,Kleopatra Deftereou,Eleni Kalavri,Evangelia Zampeli,Nafsika Gerolymatou,Evangelia Kataxaki,Konstantinos Melissaropoulos,Stylianos Panopoulos,Kalliopi Fragiadaki,Gerasimos Evangelatos,Vasiliki-Kalliopi Bournia,Aikaterini Arida,Anastasios Karamanakos,Maria Pappa,Alexandros Panagiotopoulos,Christos Koutsianas,Georgia Mparouta,Theodoros Dimitroulas,Stamatis-Nick C. Liossis,Maria G Tektonidou,Evrydiki Kravvariti,Nikolaos Kougkas,Panagiotis Georgiou,Paraskevi V. Voulgari,Antonia Elezoglou,Dimitrios P. Bogdanos,Dimitrios Vassilopoulos,Petros P. Sfikakis +30 more
TL;DR: In this article, the outcomes of breakthrough COVID-19 in comparison with COVID19 in unvaccinated patients with systemic rheumatic diseases (SRDs) were compared between vaccinated and un vaccinated patients, and the results showed that despite no differences in demographics, type of SRD type, treatment or comorbidities, the hospitalisation and mortality rates were higher in un vaccinated (29.3% and 4.1%, respectively) compared with partially vaccinated (21% and 0%) or fully vaccinated (10.3%) patients.
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Rheumatic Manifestations in Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Konstantinos Melissaropoulos,Kalliopi Klavdianou,Alexandra Filippopoulou,Fotini Kalofonou,Haralabos P. Kalofonos,Dimitrios Daoussis +5 more
TL;DR: A literature review performed in an effort to evaluate all publicly available clinical data regarding rheumatic manifestations associated with ICIs finds the majority of musculoskeletal ir-AEs are of mild/moderate severity and can be managed with steroids with no need for ICI discontinuation.
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Primary Sjögren's Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease.
Konstantinos Melissaropoulos,Dimitrios P. Bogdanos,Theodoros Dimitroulas,Lazaros I. Sakkas,George D. Kitas,Dimitrios Daoussis +5 more
TL;DR: This review focuses on studies addressing CV morbidity in Sjögren's syndrome and presents current data regarding distinct CV features of the disease.