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  1. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Farah S, Ceccarelli L, Giovagnoni A, Di Carlo M. Early response to JAK inhibitors on central sensitization and pain catastrophizing in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis. Inflammopharmacology. 2022 May 3. doi: 10.1007/s10787-022-00995-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35505266.
  2. Tardella M, Di Carlo M, Carotti M, Ceccarelli L, Giovagnoni A, Salaffi F. A retrospective study of the efficacy of JAK inhibitors or abatacept on rheumatoid arthritis-interstitial lung disease. Inflammopharmacology. 2022 Apr 24. doi: 10.1007/s10787-022-00936
  3. Di Carlo M, Farah S, Bazzichi L, Atzeni F, Govoni M, Biasi G, Di Franco M, Mozzani F, Gremese E, Dagna L, Batticciotto A, Fischetti F, Giacomelli R, Guiducci S, Guggino G, Bentivegna M, Gerli R, Salvarani C, Bajocchi G, Ghini M, Iannone F, Giorgi V, Cirillo M, Bonazza S, Barbagli S, Gioia C, Marino NG, Capacci A, Cavalli G, Cappelli A, Carubbi F, Nacci F, Riccucci I, Cutolo M, Sinigaglia L, Sarzi-Puttini P, Salaffi F. Fibromyalgia severity according to age categories: results of a cross-sectional study from a large national database. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2022 Mar 30. doi: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/od40pa.
  4. Di Matteo A, Smerilli G, Cipolletta E, Wakefield RJ, De Angelis R, Risa AM, Salaffi F, Farah S, Villota-Eraso C, Maccarone V, Filippucci E, Grassi W. Muscle involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus: multimodal ultrasound assessment and relationship with physical performance. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 Mar 25:keac196. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac196.
  5. Di Matteo A, Cipolletta E, Destro Castaniti GM, Smerilli G, Airoldi C, Aydin SZ, Becciolini A, Bonfiglioli K, Bruns A, Carrara G, Cazenave T, Ciapetti A, Cosatti MA, de Agustin JJ, Di Carlo M, Di Donato E, Di Geso L, Duran E, Elliott A, Estrach C, Farisogulları B, Fiorenza A, Fodor D, Gabba A, Hernández-Díaz C, Huang F, Hurnakova J, Li L, Jesus D, Karadag O, Martire MV, Massarotti M, Michelena X, Musca AA, Nair J, Okano T, Papalopoulos I, Rosemffet M, Rovisco J, Rozza D, Salaffi F, Satulu I, Scioscia C, Scirè CA, Sun F, Tamas MM, Tanimura S, Ventura-Rios L, Voulgari PV, Vreju FA, Vukatana G, Wong E, Yang J, Zacariaz Hereter J, Zanetti A, Grassi W, Filippucci E. Reliability assessment of the definition of ultrasound enthesitis in SpA: results of a large, multicentre, international web-based study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 16:keac162. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac162. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35293988.
  6. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Farah S, Giorgi V, Mosca N, Sarzi-Puttini P. Overactive bladder syndrome and sexual dysfunction in women with fibromyalgia and their relationship with disease severity. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2022 Feb 4. doi: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/9mbbpb.
  7. Grassi M, Giorgi V, Nebuloni M, Zerbi P, Gismondo MR, Salaffi F, Sarzi- Puttini P, Rimoldi SG, Manzotti A. SARS-CoV-2 in the knee joint: a cadaver study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2022 Mar;40(3):608-612.
  8. Offidani A, Radi G, Bianchi L, Cannavò SP, Conti A, Gesuita R, Salaffi F, Talamonti M, Campanati A. Prevalence of HPV genital infection in patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis undergoing systemic treatment with immunosuppressive agents or biologics. Eur J Dermatol. 2021 1;31(4):493-498.
  9. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Farah S, Ceccarelli L, Di Carlo M. Handgrip Strength Features in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Assessed Using an Innovative Cylindrical-Shaped Device: Relationships With Demographic, Anthropometric and Clinical Variables. J Med Syst. 2021 Oct 9;45(11):100.
  10. Di Carlo M, Beci G, Salaffi F. Pain Changes Induced by Acupuncture in Single Body Areas in Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Results from an Open-Label Pragmatic Study. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2021 Sep 28;2021:9991144.
  11. Salaffi F, Ceccarelli L, Carotti M, Di Carlo M, Farah S, Giovagnoni A. Quantification of bone marrow oedema and fat metaplasia in sacroiliac joints in spondyloarthritis patients using histographic magnetic resonance imaging analysis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2021 Sep 28. doi: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/e3b8c9.
  12. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Di Carlo M, Ceccarelli L, Galli M, Sarzi-Puttini P, Giovagnoni A. Predicting Severe/Critical Outcomes in Patients With SARS-CoV2 Pneumonia: Development of the prediCtion seveRe/crItical ouTcome in COVID-19 (CRITIC) Model. Front Med (Lausanne). 2021,8;8:695195.
  13. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Farah S, Marotto D, Atzeni F, Sarzi-Puttini P. Rheumatoid Arthritis disease activity assessment in routine care: performance of the most widely used composite disease activity indices and patient-reported outcome measures. Acta Biomed. 2021;92(4):e2021238.
  14. Atzeni F, Alciati A, Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Bazzichi L, Govoni M, Biasi G, Di Franco M, Mozzani F, Gremese E, Dagna L, Batticciotto A, Fischetti F, Giacomelli R, Guiducci S, Guggino G, Bentivegna M, Gerli R, Salvarani C, Bajocchi G, Ghini M, Iannone F, Giorgi V, Farah S, Bonazza S, Barbagli S, Gioia C, Marino NG, Capacci A, Cavalli G, Cappelli A, Carubbi F, Nacci F, Riccucci I, Cutolo M, Sinigaglia L, Sarzi-Puttini P. The association between body mass index and fibromyalgia severity: data from a cross-sectional survey of 2339 patients. Rheumatol Adv Pract. 2021,1;5(1):rkab015.
  15. Ariani A, Bazzichi L, Sarzi-Puttini P, Salaffi F, Manara M, Prevete I, Bortoluzzi A, Carrara G, Scirè CA, Ughi N, Parisi S. The Italian Society for Rheumatology clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of fibromyalgia Best practices based on current scientific evidence. Reumatismo. 2021;73(2):89-105.
  16. Tardella M, Di Carlo M, Carotti M, Giovagnoni A, Salaffi F. Abatacept in rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease: short-term outcomes and predictors of progression. Clin Rheumatol. 2021;40(12):4861-4867.
  17. Salaffi F, De Angelis R, Farah S, Carotti M, Di Carlo M. Frailty as a novel predictor of achieving comprehensive disease control (CDC) in rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rheumatol. 2021;40(12):4869-4877.
  18. Di Matteo A, Smerilli G, Cipolletta E, Salaffi F, De Angelis R, Di Carlo M, Filippucci E, Grassi W. Imaging of Joint and Soft Tissue Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2021 16;23(9):73.
  19. Cipolletta E, Di Battista J, Di Carlo M, Di Matteo A, Salaffi F, Grassi W, Filippucci E. Sonographic estimation of monosodium urate burden predicts the fulfillment of the 2016 remission criteria for gout: a 12-month study. Arthritis Res Ther. 2021;23(1):185.
  20. Sarzi-Puttini P, Giorgi V, Atzeni F, Gorla R, Kosek E, Choy EH, Bazzichi L, Häuser W, Ablin JN, Aloush V, Buskila D, Amital H, Da Silva JAP, Perrot S, Morlion B, Polati E, Schweiger V, Coaccioli S, Varrassi G, Di Franco M, Torta R, Øien Forseth KM, Mannerkorpi K, Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Cassisi G, Batticciotto A. Diagnostic and therapeutic care pathway for fibromyalgia. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2021;39 Suppl 130(3):120-127.
  21. Atzeni F, Gerratana E, Bongiovanni S, Talotta R, Miceli G, Salaffi F, Sarzi- Puttini P. Efficacy and Safety of Biosimilar and Originator Etanercept in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Real-Life Data. Isr Med Assoc J. 2021 Jun;23(6):344-349.
  22. Sarzi-Puttini P, Giorgi V, Atzeni F, Gorla R, Kosek E, Choy EH, Bazzichi L, Häuser W, Ablin JN, Aloush V, Buskila D, Amital H, Da Silva JAP, Perrot S, Morlion B, Polati E, Schweiger V, Coaccioli S, Varrassi G, Di Franco M, Torta R, Øien Forseth KM, Mannerkorpi K, Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Cassisi G, Batticciotto A. Fibromyalgia position paper. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2021;39 Suppl 130(3):186-193.
  23. Smerilli G, Cipolletta E, Moscioni E, Francioso F, Risa AM, Maccarrone V, Zompa D, Di Matteo A, Di Carlo M, De Angelis R, Salaffi F, Filippucci E, Grassi W. Correspondence on ‘SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitancy among patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: a message for rheumatologists’. Ann Rheum Dis. 2021;80(10):e168.
  24. Di Carlo M, Tardella M, Filippucci E, Carotti M, Salaffi F. Lung ultrasound in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: definition of significant interstitial lung disease. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2022;40(3):495-500.
  25. Atzeni F, Marino F, Cirillo M, Gerratana E, Salaffi F, Alciati A. Metabolic Syndrome in Systemic Sclerosis Patients: Data from Clinical Practice. Isr Med Assoc J. 2021;23(4):262-263.
  26. Salaffi F, Ceccarelli L, Carotti M, Di Carlo M, Polonara G, Facchini G, Golfieri R, Giovagnoni A. Differentiation between infectious spondylodiscitis versus inflammatory or degenerative spinal changes: How can magnetic resonance imaging help the clinician? Radiol Med. 2021;126(6):843-859.
  27. Baldini M, Farinelli L, Luciani P, Manzotti S, Salaffi F, Gigante A. Synovial and serum levels of NGF in osteoarthritis and rheumatic diseases: a systematic review. J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 2020;34(5 Suppl. 1):25-32.
  28. Di Carlo M, Becciolini A, Incorvaia A, Beci G, Smerilli G, Biggioggero M, Tardella M, De Angelis R, Salaffi F. Mild cognitive impairment in psoriatic arthritis: Prevalence and associated factors. Medicine (Baltimore). 2021;100(11):e24833.
  29. Di Carlo M, Cesaroni P, Salaffi F. Neuropathic pain features suggestive of small fibre neuropathy in fibromyalgia syndrome: a clinical and ultrasonographic study on female patients. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2021;39 Suppl 130(3):102-107.
  30. Batticciotto A, Marotto D, Giorgi V, Balzarini P, Favalli EG, Balduzzi S, Fredi M, Bazzani C, Sartorelli S, Ravagnani V, Tamanini S, Castelnovo L, Lurati AM, Farah S, Bongiovanni S, Caporali R, Dagna L, Faggioli P, Franceschini F, Montecucco CM, Salaffi F, Galli M, Cappelli A, Sarzi-Puttini P. Use of rituximab in a multicentre cohort of patients with rheumatic diseases during the outbreak of novel SARS-COV-2 infection. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2021;39(3):695.
  31. Cipolletta E, Filippou G, Scirè CA, Di Matteo A, Di Battista J, Salaffi F, Grassi W, Filippucci E. The diagnostic value of conventional radiography and musculoskeletal ultrasonography in calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2021;29(5):619-632.
  32. Di Carlo M, Tardella M, Salaffi F. Can SARS-CoV-2 induce reactive arthritis? Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2021;39 Suppl 128(1):25-26.
  33. Carotti M, Benfaremo D, Di Carlo M, Ceccarelli L, Luchetti MM, Piccinni P, Giovagnoni A, Salaffi F. Dual-energy computed tomography for the detection of sacroiliac joints bone marrow oedema in patients with axial spondyloarthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2021;39(6):1316-1323.
  34. D’Angelo S, Malavolta N, Scambi C, Salvarani C, Caso F, Tirri E, Ramonda R, Quarta L, Erre GL, Riva M, Buono R, Furini F, Grembiale RD, Lomater C, Cantini F, Maio T, Chimenti MS, Scrivo R, Salaffi F, Caporali RF, Volpe P, Gualberti G, Marando F, Marchesoni A. Quality of life and therapeutic management of axial spondyloarthritis patients in Italy: a 12-month prospective observational study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2021;39(5):961-969.
  35. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M. Reply to Comment on: Development and validation of the SImple FIbromyalgia Screening questionnaire for improving the recognition of fibromyalgia in daily practice. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020;38(6):1274.
  36. Salaffi F, Giorgi V, Sirotti S, Bongiovanni S, Farah S, Bazzichi L, Marotto D, Atzeni F, Rizzi M, Batticciotto A, Lombardi G, Galli M, Sarzi-Puttini P. The effect of novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) on fibromyalgia syndrome. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2021;39 Suppl 130(3):72-77.
  37. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Tardella M, Borgheresi A, Agostini A, Minorati D, Marotto D, Di Carlo M, Galli M, Giovagnoni A, Sarzi-Puttini P. The role of a chest computed tomography severity score in coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia. Medicine (Baltimore). 2020;99(42):e22433.
  38. De Angelis R, Di Battista J, Smerilli G, Cipolletta E, Di Carlo M, Salaffi F. Association of Silicone Breast Implants, Breast Cancer and Anti-RNA Polymerase III Autoantibodies in Systemic Sclerosis: Case-Based Review. Open Access Rheumatol. 2020;12:207-213.
  39. Smerilli G, Cipolletta E, Tanimura S, Di Battista J, Di Carlo M, Carotti M, Salaffi F, Grassi W, Filippucci E. Ultrasound measurement of muscle thickness at the anterior thigh level in rheumatology setting: a reliability study. Clin Rheumatol. 2021;40(3):1055-1060.
  40. Favero M, Ometto F, Salaffi F, Belluzzi E, Ortolan A, Lorenzin M, Felicetti M, Punzi L, Ndosi M, Ramonda R. Validation of the Italian Version of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Factors Associated with Educational Needs. J Pers Med. 2020 1;10(4):150.
  41. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Carotti M, Ceccarelli L, Farah S, Marotto D, Giorgi V, Sarzi-Puttini P. Predictive validity of the 5-item Compliance Questionnaire for Rheumatology (CQR5) in detecting poor adherence of patients with rheumatoid arthritis to biological medication. Arthritis Res Ther. 2020 29;22(1):227.
  42. Sarzi-Puttini P, Marotto D, Caporali R, Montecucco CM, Favalli EG, Franceschini F, Fredi M, Balduzzi S, Bazzani C, Bongiovanni S, Giorgi V, Batticciotto A, Cappelli A, Balzarini P, Dagna L, Sartorelli S, Ravagnani V, Tamanini S, Farah S, Faggioli P, Castelnovo L, Lurati AM, Galli M, Salaffi F. Prevalence of COVID infections in a population of rheumatic patients from Lombardy and Marche treated with biological drugs or small molecules: A multicentre retrospective study. J Autoimmun. 2021;116:102545.
  43. Carotti M, Salaffi F, Filippucci E, Aringhieri G, Bruno F, Giovine S, Gentili F, Floridi C, Borgheresi A, De Filippo M, Masciocchi C, Barile A, Giovagnoni A. Clinical utility of Dual Energy Computed Tomography in gout: current concepts and applications. Acta Biomed. 2020;91(8-S):116-124.
  44. Sebastiani M, Manfredi A, Iannone F, Gremese E, Bortoluzzi A, Favalli E, Bazzani C, Salaffi F, Fusaro E, Foti R, Giannitti C, Caporali R, Cauli A, Cassone G, Lopalco G, Petricca L, Ferraccioli G, Lapadula G. Factors Predicting Early Failure of Etanercept in Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Analysis from the Gruppo Italiano di Studio sulla Early Arthritis (Italian Group for the Study of Early Arthritis) Registry. Arch Rheumatol. 2020;35(2):163-169.
  45. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Bazzichi L, Atzeni F, Govoni M, Biasi G, Di Franco M, Mozzani F, Gremese E, Dagna L, Batticciotto A, Fischetti F, Giacomelli R, Guiducci S, Guggino G, Bentivegna M, Gerli R, Salvarani C, Bajocchi G, Ghini M, Iannone F, Giorgi V, Farah S, Cirillo M, Bonazza S, Barbagli S, Gioia C, Santilli D, Capacci A, Cavalli G, Carubbi F, Nacci F, Riccucci I, Sinigaglia L, Masullo M, Polizzi BM, Cutolo M, Sarzi-Puttini P. Definition of fibromyalgia severity: findings from a cross-sectional survey of 2339 Italian patients. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021;60(2):728-736.
  46. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Farah S, Atzeni F, Buskila D, Ablin JN, Häuser W, Sarzi-Puttini P. Comment on: Diagnosis of fibromyalgia: comparison of the 2011/2016 ACR and AAPT criteria and validation of the modified Fibromyalgia Assessment Status: reply. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020;59(10):e81.
  47. Di Carlo M, Ventura C, Cesaroni P, Carotti M, Giovagnoni A, Salaffi F. Sural Nerve Size in Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Study on Variables Associated with Cross- Sectional Area. Front Med (Lausanne). 2020;7:360.
  48. Iannone F, Favalli EG, Caporali R, D’Angelo S, Cantatore FP, Sarzi-Puttini P, Foti R, Conti F, Carletto A, Gremese E, Cauli A, Ramonda R, Palermo A, Epis O, Priora M, Bergossi F, Frediani B, Salaffi F, Lopalco G, Cacciapaglia F, Marchesoni A, Biggioggiero M, Bugatti S, Balduzzi S, Carriero A, Corrado A, Bongiovanni S, Benenati A, Miranda F, Fracassi E, Perra D, Ferraccioli G, Lapadula G. Golimumab effectiveness in biologic inadequate responding patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and spondyloarthritis in real- life from the Italian registry GISEA. Joint Bone Spine. 2021;88(1):105062.
  49. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Carotti M, Farah S, Giovagnoni A. Frailty prevalence according to the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe-Frailty Instrument (SHARE-FI) definition, and its variables associated, in patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: findings from a cross-sectional study. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2021;33(6):1519-1527.
  50. Benfaremo D, Luchetti MM, Di Carlo M, Laganà B, Picchianti-Diamanti A, Carubbi F, Pica R, Chimenti MS, Lorenzetti R, Scolieri P, Bruzzese V, Benedetti A, Ramonda R, Giacomelli R, Salaffi F, Gabrielli A; GRADES-IBD Study Group. Multicenter Validation of the DETAIL Questionnaire for the Screening of Spondyloarthritis in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. J Rheumatol. 2021;48(2):179-187.
  51. Carotti M, Salaffi F, Sarzi-Puttini P, Agostini A, Borgheresi A, Minorati D, Galli M, Marotto D, Giovagnoni A. Chest CT features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia: key points for radiologists. Radiol Med. 2020;125(7):636-646.
  52. Atzeni F, Sciortino D, Nucera V, Fries W, Sarzi-Puttini P, Salaffi F, Galloway J, Bonitta G. Study of entheses in patients with spondyloarthritis and inflammatory bowel disease with and without fibromyalgia: The importance of ultrasonography. Joint Bone Spine. 2020;87(5):507-508.
  53. Cipolletta E, Smerilli G, Mashadi Mirza R, Di Matteo A, Carotti M, Salaffi F, Grassi W, Filippucci E. Sonographic assessment of calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease at wrist. A focus on the dorsal scapho-lunate ligament. Joint Bone Spine. 2020;87(6):611-617.
  54. Salaffi F, Farah S, Di Carlo M. Frailty syndrome in rheumatoid arthritis and symptomatic osteoarthritis: an emerging concept in rheumatology. Acta Biomed. 2020;91(2):274-296.
  55. Sarzi-Puttini P, Marotto D, Antivalle M, Salaffi F, Atzeni F, Maconi G, Monteleone G, Rizzardini G, Antinori S, Galli M, Ardizzone S. How to handle patients with autoimmune rheumatic and inflammatory bowel diseases in the COVID-19 era: An expert opinion. Autoimmun Rev. 2020;19(7):102574.
  56. Smerilli G, Castell S, Cipolletta E, Farah S, Carotti M, Salaffi F, Grassi W, Filippucci E. Ultrasound measurement of muscle thickness at the proximal forearm in a rheumatologic setting. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020;38(5):985-988.
  57. Bandinelli F, Benucci M, Salaffi F, Manetti M, Infantino M, Damiani A, Manfredi M, Grossi V, Matucci A, Li Gobbi F, Marin G. Do new and old biomarkers of early undifferentiated arthritis correlate with Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales? Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2021;39(1):79-83.
  58. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Farah S, Atzeni F, Buskila D, Ablin JN, Häuser W, Sarzi-Puttini P. Diagnosis of fibromyalgia: comparison of the 2011/2016 ACR and AAPT criteria and validation of the modified Fibromyalgia Assessment Status. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020;59(10):3042-3049.
  59. Di Carlo M, Beci G, Salaffi F. Acupuncture for Fibromyalgia: An Open-Label Pragmatic Study on Effects on Disease Severity, Neuropathic Pain Features, and Pain Catastrophizing. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2020,25;2020:9869250.
  60. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Farah S, Carotti M. Adherence to subcutaneous anti- TNFα agents in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is largely influenced by pain and skin sensations at the injection site. Int J Rheum Dis. 2020;23(4):480-487.
  61. Salaffi F, Farah S, Di Carlo M, Sinigaglia L, Galeazzi M, Gerli R, Sonnati M, Giorgi V, Sarzi-Puttini P, Masullo M; Italian Society of Rheumatology (SIR) and Ministero della Salute – Direzione Generale della Programmazione Sanitaria, Roma, Italy.. The Italian Fibromyalgia Registry: a new way of using routine real-world data concerning patient-reported disease status in healthcare research and clinical practice. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020;38 Suppl 123(1):65-71.
  62. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Farah S, Marotto D, Giorgi V, Sarzi-Puttini P. Exercise therapy in fibromyalgia patients: comparison of a web-based intervention with usual care. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020;38 Suppl 123(1):86-93.
  63. Di Carlo M, Tardella M, Di Matteo A, Beci G, De Angelis R, Salaffi F. A proposal on how to assess the weight of the subjective components of the DAPSA in patients with psoriatic arthritis and comorbid fibromyalgia syndrome. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020;38 Suppl 123(1):60-64.
  64. Giorgi V, Bongiovanni S, Atzeni F, Marotto D, Salaffi F, Sarzi-Puttini P. Adding medical cannabis to standard analgesic treatment for fibromyalgia: a prospective observational study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020;38 Suppl 123(1):53-59.
  65. Fiorenza A, Bonitta G, Gerratana E, Marino F, Sarzi-Puttini P, Salaffi F, Atzeni F. Assessment of enthesis in patients with psoriatic arthritis and fibromyalgia using clinical examination and ultrasound. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020;38 Suppl 123(1):31-39.
  66. Salaffi F, Farah S, Di Carlo M. Force-time curve features of handgrip strength in fibromyalgia syndrome. Sci Rep. 2020,25;10(1):3372.
  67. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Tardella M, Di Carlo M, Fraticelli P, Fischetti C, Giovagnoni A, Gabrielli A. Computed tomography assessment of evolution of interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis: Comparison of two scoring systems. Eur J Intern Med. 2020;76:71-75.
  68. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Di Carlo M, Sessa F, Malavolta N, Polonara G, Giovagnoni A. Craniocervical junction involvement in musculoskeletal diseases: an area of close collaboration between rheumatologists and radiologists. Radiol Med. 2020;125(7):654-667.
  69. Ariani A, Manara M, Fioravanti A, Iannone F, Salaffi F, Ughi N, Prevete I, Bortoluzzi A, Parisi S, Scirè CA. The Italian Society for Rheumatology clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of knee, hip and hand osteoarthritis. 2019,23;71(S1):5-21.
  70. Di Carlo M, Muto P, Benfaremo D, Luchetti MM, Atzeni F, Salaffi F. The Neuropathic Pain Features in Psoriatic Arthritis: A Cross-sectional Evaluation of Prevalence and Associated Factors. J Rheumatol. 2020,1;47(8):1198-1203.
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  72. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Farah S, Carotti M. The Comprehensive Rheumatologic Assessment of Frailty (CRAF): development and validation of a multidimensional frailty screening tool in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020;38(3):488-499.
  73. Salaffi F, Farah S, Beci G, Schettino M, Carotti M, Di Carlo M. Development and validation of the SImple FIbromyalgia Screening questionnaire for improving the recognition of fibromyalgia in daily practice. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020;38 Suppl 123(1):9-16.
  74. Di Matteo A, Filippucci E, Cipolletta E, Martire V, Jesus D, Musca A, Corradini D, Isidori M, Salaffi F, Grassi W. How normal is the enthesis by ultrasound in healthy subjects? Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020;38(3):472-478.
  75. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Di Carlo M, Tardella M, Giovagnoni A. High-resolution computed tomography of the lung in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Prevalence of interstitial lung disease involvement and determinants of abnormalities. Medicine (Baltimore). 2019;98(38):e17088.
  76. Carotti M, Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Barile A, Giovagnoni A. Diagnostic value of major salivary gland ultrasonography in primary Sjögren’s syndrome: the role of grey-scale and colour/power Doppler sonography. Gland Surg. 2019;8(Suppl 3):S159-S167.
  77. Sarzi-Puttini P, Batticciotto A, Atzeni F, Bazzichi L, Di Franco M, Salaffi F, Marotto D, Ceribelli A, Ablin JN, Hauser W. Medical cannabis and cannabinoids in rheumatology: where are we now? Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2019;15(10):1019-1032.
  78. Favalli EG, Becciolini A, Carletto A, Conti F, Amato G, Fusaro E, Quartuccio L, Egan CG, Lo Monaco A, Benucci M, Salaffi F, Semeraro A, Parisi S, Ceccarelli F, Piazza I, Foti R. Efficacy and retention rate of adalimumab in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis patients after first-line etanercept failure: the FEARLESS cohort. Rheumatol Int. 2020;40(2):263-272.
  79. Ravelli A, Sinigaglia L, Cimaz R, Alessio M, Breda L, Cattalini M, Consolaro A, Conti F, Cortis E, D’Angelo S, De Benedetti F, Doria A, Ferrari C, Gallizzi R, Govoni M, Gremese E, Iannone F, La Torre F, Maggio MC, Perricone R, Pontikaki I, Rossi F, Salaffi F, Simonini G, Caporali R; Italian Paediatric Rheumatology Study Group and the Italian Society of Rheumatology. Transitional care of young people with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in Italy: results of a Delphi consensus survey. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2019;37(6):1084-1091.
  80. Scrivo R, Giardino AM, Salvarani C, Foti R, Afeltra A, Viapiana O, Giacomelli R, Salaffi F, Galeazzi M, Ramonda R, Ciccia F, Valesini G, Iannone F; Predicting MDA in PsA Study Group. An observational prospective study on predictors of clinical response at six months in patients with active psoriatic arthritis treated with golimumab. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020;38(1):107-114.
  81. Di Carlo M, Salaffi F, Gremese E, Iannone F, Lapadula G, Ferraccioli G; GISEA Study Group. Body mass index as a driver of selection of biologic therapy in rheumatoid arthritis. Results from the US-CLARA study. Eur J Intern Med. 2019;66:57-61.
  82. Di Battista J, Cipolletta E, Di Carlo M, Carotti M, Giovagnoni A, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Palmar Fasciitis and Polyarthritis Syndrome Associated With Ovarian Cancer: A Case Report. J Clin Rheumatol. 2020;26(6):e193-e196.
  83. Lopalco G, Venerito V, Cantarini L, Emmi G, Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Tafuri S, Gentileschi S, Di Scala G, Nivuori M, Cacciapaglia F, Galeazzi M, Lapadula G, Iannone F. Different drug survival of first line tumour necrosis factor inhibitors in radiographic and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis: a multicentre retrospective survey. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2019;37(5):762-767.
  84. Filippucci E, Cipolletta E, Mashadi Mirza R, Carotti M, Giovagnoni A, Salaffi F, Tardella M, Di Matteo A, Di Carlo M. Ultrasound imaging in rheumatoid arthritis. Radiol Med. 2019;124(11):1087-1100.
  85. Carotti M, Salaffi F, Beci G, Giovagnoni A. The application of dual-energy computed tomography in the diagnosis of musculoskeletal disorders: a review of current concepts and applications. Radiol Med. 2019;124(11):1175-1183.
  86. Okano T, Mamoto K, Di Carlo M, Salaffi F. Clinical utility and potential of ultrasound in osteoarthritis. Radiol Med. 2019;124(11):1101-1111.
  87. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Barile A. Musculoskeletal imaging of the inflammatory and degenerative joints: current status and perspectives. Radiol Med. 2019;124(11):1067-1070.
  88. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Farah S, Di Donato E, Carotti M. Prevalence of frailty and its associated factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional analysis. Clin Rheumatol. 2019;38(7):1823-1830.
  89. Di Matteo A, Filippucci E, Cipolletta E, Musca A, Di Donato E, Martire V, Jesus D, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Ultrasound and clinical features of hip involvement in patients with gout. Joint Bone Spine. 2019;86(5):633-636.
  90. Atzeni F, Sarzi-Puttini P, Sebastiani M, Panetta V, Salaffi F, Iannone F, Carletto A, Foti R, Gremese E, Govoni M, Marchesoni A, Favalli E, Gorla R, Ramonda R, Ferraccioli G, Lapadula G; GISEA group.. Rate of serious infections in spondyloarthropathy patients treated with anti-tumour necrosis factor drugs: a survey from the Italian registry GISEA. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2019;37(4):649-655.
  91. Casale R, Boccia G, Symeonidou Z, Atzeni F, Batticciotto A, Salaffi F, Sarzi-Puttini P, Brustio PR, Rainoldi A. Neuromuscular efficiency in fibromyalgia is improved by hyperbaric oxygen therapy: looking inside muscles by means of surface electromyography. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2019;37 Suppl 116(1):75-80.
  92. Atzeni F, Casale R, Alciati A, Masala IF, Batticciotto A, Talotta R, Gerardi MC, Salaffi F, Sarzi-Puttini P. Hyperbaric oxygen treatment of fibromyalgia: a prospective observational clinical study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2019;37 Suppl 116(1):63-69.
  93. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Beci G, Di Carlo M, Giovagnoni A. Radiographic scoring methods in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. Radiol Med. 2019;124(11):1071-1086.
  94. Hurnakova J, Filippucci E, Cipolletta E, Di Matteo A, Salaffi F, Carotti M, Draghessi A, Di Donato E, Di Carlo M, Lato V, Horvath R, Komarc M, Pavelka K, Grassi W. Prevalence and distribution of cartilage damage at the metacarpal head level in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis: an ultrasound study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2019,1;58(7):1206-1213.
  95. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Carotti M, Farah S, Ciapetti A, Gutierrez M. The impact of different rheumatic diseases on health-related quality of life: a comparison with a selected sample of healthy individuals using SF-36 questionnaire, EQ-5D and SF-6D utility values. Acta Biomed. 2019,15;89(4):541-557.
  96. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Di Donato E, Di Carlo M, Luchetti MM, Ceccarelli L, Giovagnoni A. Preliminary validation of the Simplified Psoriatic Arthritis Radiographic Score (SPARS). Skeletal Radiol. 2019;48(7):1033-1041.
  97. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Carotti M, Farah S. Validity and interpretability of the QuickDASH in the assessment of hand disability in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatol Int. 2019;39(5):923-932.
  98. Di Matteo A, Filippucci E, Cipolletta E, Musca A, Carotti M, Mashadi Mirza R, Jesus D, Martire V, Pierucci D, Di Carlo M, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Hip Involvement in Patients With Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease: Potential and Limits of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2019;71(12):1671-1677.
  99. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Carotti M, Farah S. The Patient-Reported Outcomes Thermometer-5-Item Scale (5T-PROs): Validation of a New Tool for the Quick Assessment of Overall Health Status in Painful Rheumatic Diseases. Pain Res Manag. 2018,23;2018:3496846.
  100. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Arcà S, Galeazzi M. Categorisation of disease severity states in fibromyalgia: a first step to support decision-making in health care policy. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2018;36(6):1074-1081.
  101. Fraticelli P, Fischetti C, Salaffi F, Carotti M, Mattioli M, Pomponio G, Gabrielli A. Combination therapy with rituximab and mycophenolate mofetil in systemic sclerosis. A single-centre case series study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2018;36 Suppl 113(4):142-145.
  102. Carotti M, Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Sessa F, Giovagnoni A. Magnetic resonance imaging of the craniovertebral junction in early rheumatoid arthritis. Skeletal Radiol. 2019;48(4):553-561.
  103. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Di Carlo M, Tardella M, Lato V, Becciolini A, Favalli EG, Giovagnoni A. The Expanded Risk Score in Rheumatoid Arthritis (ERS-RA): performance of a disease-specific calculator in comparison with the traditional prediction scores in the assessment of the 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthrit. Swiss Med Wkly. 2018,22;148:w14656.
  104. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Carotti M, Sarzi-Puttini P. The Effect of Neuropathic Pain Symptoms on Remission in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis. Curr Rheumatol Rev. 2019;15(2):154-161.
  105. Iannone F, Salaffi F, Fornaro M, Di Carlo M, Gentileschi S, Cantarini L, Lopalco G. Influence of baseline modified Rheumatic Disease Comorbidity Index (mRDCI) on drug survival and effectiveness of biological treatment in patients affected with Rheumatoid arthritis, Spondyloarthritis and Psoriatic arthritis in real-world settings. Eur J Clin Invest. 2018;48(11):e13013.
  106. Luchetti MM, Benfaremo D, Campanati A, Molinelli E, Ciferri M, Cataldi S, Capeci W, Di Carlo M, Offidani AM, Salaffi F, Gabrielli A. Clinical outcomes and feasibility of the multidisciplinary management of patients with psoriatic arthritis: two-year clinical experience of a dermo-rheumatologic clinic. Clin Rheumatol. 2018;37(10):2741-2749.
  107. Di Matteo A, Filippucci E, Cipolletta E, Ausili M, Martire V, Di Carlo M, Salaffi F, Grassi W. The popliteal groove region: A new target for the detection of monosodium urate crystal deposits in patients with gout. An ultrasound study. Joint Bone Spine. 2019;86(1):89-94.
  108. Di Matteo A, Filippucci E, Cipolletta E, Satulu I, Hurnakova J, Lato V, De Angelis R, Horvath R, Pavelka K, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Entheseal involvement in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: an ultrasound study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2018,1;57(10):1822-1829.
  109. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Carotti M, Sarzi-Puttini P. The subjective components of the Disease Activity Score 28-joints (DAS28) in rheumatoid arthritis patients and coexisting fibromyalgia. Rheumatol Int. 2018;38(10):1911-1918.
  110. Tardella M, Di Carlo M, Carotti M, Filippucci E, Grassi W, Salaffi F. Ultrasound B-lines in the evaluation of interstitial lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis: Cut-off point definition for the presence of significant pulmonary fibrosis. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018;97(18):e0566.
  111. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Carotti M, Fraticelli P, Gabrielli A, Giovagnoni A. Relationship between interstitial lung disease and oesophageal dilatation on chest high-resolution computed tomography in patients with systemic sclerosis: a cross-sectional study. Radiol Med. 2018;123(9):655-663.
  112. Salaffi F, Farah S, Di Carlo M. Smartphone APPlications in the clinical care and management of Rheumatic Diseases. Acta Biomed. 2018,27;89(1):7-26.
  113. Salaffi F, Giacobazzi G, Di Carlo M. Chronic Pain in Inflammatory Arthritis: Mechanisms, Metrology, and Emerging Targets-A Focus on the JAK-STAT Pathway. Pain Res Manag. 2018,7;2018:8564215.
  114. Di Carlo M, Luchetti MM, Benfaremo D, Di Donato E, Mosca P, Maltoni S, Benedetti A, Gabrielli A, Grassi W, Salaffi F. The DETection of Arthritis in Inflammatory boweL diseases (DETAIL) questionnaire: development and preliminary testing of a new tool to screen patients with inflammatory bowel disease for the presence of spondyloarthritis. Clin Rheumatol. 2018;37(4):1037-1044.
  115. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Luchetti MM, Di Donato E, Campanati A, Benfaremo D, Nicolini M, Carotti M, Giacchetti A, Ganzetti G, Bugatti L, Gabrielli A, Offidani AM. A validation study of the Simple Psoriatic Arthritis Screening (SiPAS) questionnaire to screen psoriasis patients for psoriatic arthritis. Clin Exp 2018;36(1):127-135.
  116. Sarzi-Puttini P, Atzeni F, Masala IF, Salaffi F, Chapman J, Choy E. Are the ACR 2010 diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia better than the 1990 criteria? Autoimmun Rev. 2018;17(1):33-35.
  117. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Iannone F, Fedele AL, Epis OM, Pellerito R, Foti R, Passiu G, Punzi L, Furini F, Sarzi-Puttini P, Carletto A, Gremese E, Lapadula G, Ferraccioli G. The UltraSound-CLinical ARthritis Activity (US-CLARA) index: Properties of a new composite disease activity index for rheumatoid arthritis. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2018;47(5):619-629
  118. Di Carlo M, Carotti M, Sessa F, Roia D, Tardella M, Salaffi F. Erosive cervical spine involvement in primary Sjögren’s syndrome. Eur J Rheumatol. 2017;4(3):236-237
  119. Talotta R, Bongiovanni S, Letizia T, Rigamonti F, Ditto MC, Atzeni F, Salaffi F, Batticciotto A, Gerardi MC, Antivalle M, Vago T, Benucci M, Sarzi-Puttini P. Measurement of Serum Klotho in Systemic Sclerosis. Dis Markers. 2017;2017:9545930
  120. Atzeni F, Carletto A, Foti R, Sebastiani M, Panetta V, Salaffi F, Bonitta G, Iannone F, Gremese E, Govoni M, Marchesoni A, Favalli EG, Gorla R, Ramonda R, Sarzi-Puttini P, Ferraccioli G, Lapadula G; GISEA group. Incidence of cancer in patients with spondyloarthritis treated with anti-TNF drugs. Joint Bone Spine. 2018;85(4):455-459.
  121. Salaffi F, Gerardi MC, Atzeni F, Batticciotto A, Talotta R, Draghessi A, Di Carlo M, Sarzi-Puttini P. The influence of fibromyalgia on achieving remission in patients with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatol Int. 2017;37(12):2035-2042.
  122. Zardi EM, Di Geso L, Afeltra A, Zardi DM, Giorgi C, Salaffi F, Carotti M, Gutierrez M, Filippucci E, Grassi W. An ultrasound automated method for non- invasive assessment of carotid artery pulse wave velocity. J Investig Med. 2018;66(6):973-979.
  123. Carotti M, Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Giovagnoni A. Relationship between magnetic resonance imaging findings, radiological grading, psychological distress and pain in patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Radiol Med. 2017;122(12):934-943.
  124. González-Gay MA, Montecucco C, Selva-O’Callaghan A, Trallero-Araguas E, Molberg O, Andersson H, Rojas-Serrano J, Perez-Roman DI, Bauhammer J, Fiehn C, Neri R, Barsotti S, Lorenz HM, Doria A, Ghirardello A, Iannone F, Giannini M, Franceschini F, Cavazzana I, Triantafyllias K, Benucci M, Infantino M, Manfredi M, Conti F, Schwarting A, Sebastiani G, Iuliano A, Emmi G, Silvestri E, Govoni M, Scirè CA, Furini F, Lopez-Longo FJ, Martínez-Barrio J, Sebastiani M, Manfredi A, Bachiller-Corral J, Sifuentes Giraldo WA, Cimmino MA, Cosso C, Belotti Masserini A, Cagnotto G, Codullo V, Romano M, Paolazzi G, Pellerito R, Saketkoo LA, Ortego-Centeno N, Quartuccio L, Batticciotto A, Bartoloni Bocci E, Gerli R, Specker C, Bravi E, Selmi C, Parisi S, Salaffi F, Meloni F, Marchioni E, Pesci A, Dei G, Confalonieri M, Tomietto P, Nuno L, Bonella F, Pipitone N, Mera-Valera A, Perez-Gomez N, Gerzeli S, Lopez-Mejias R, Matos-Costa CJ, Pereira da Silva JA, Cifrian J, Alpini C, Olivieri I, Blázquez Cañamero MÁ, Rodriguez Cambrón AB, Castañeda S, Cavagna L; AENEAS (American and European NEtwork of Antisynthetase Syndrome) collaborative group.. Timing of onset affects arthritis presentation pattern in antisyntethase syndrome. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2018;36(1):44-49.
  125. Salaffi F, Atzeni F, Talotta R, Di Carlo M, Sarzi-Puttini P. Earthquake Vulnerability of fibromyalgia patients: six-month follow-up after the catastrophic disasters in central Italy. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2017;35 Suppl 105(3):93-99.
  126. Masala IF, Caso F, Sarzi-Puttini P, Salaffi F, Atzeni F. Acute and chronic pain in orthopaedic and rheumatologic diseases: mechanisms and characteristics. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2017;35 Suppl 105(3):127-131.
  127. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Vojinovic J, Tincani A, Sulli A, Soldano S, Andreoli L, Dall’Ara F, Ionescu R, Simić Pašalić K, Balčune I, Ferraz-Amaro I, Tlustochowicz M, Butrimienė I, Punceviciene E, Toroptsova N, Grazio S, Morović- Vergles J, Masaryk P, Otsa K, Bernardes M, Boyadzhieva V, Cutolo M. Validity of the rheumatoid arthritis impact of disease (RAID) score and definition of cut- off points for disease activity states in a population-based European cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Joint Bone Spine. 2018;85(3):317-322.
  128. Caporali R, Idolazzi L, Bombardieri S, Ferraccioli G, Gerli R, Govoni M, Matucci Cerinic M, Pomponio G, Salaffi F, Tirri R, Benaglio F, Bianchino L, Sarzi-Puttini P; TRUST study investigators.. Tocilizumab in the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in real clinical practice: results of an Italian observational study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2017;35(6):919-928.
  129. Codullo V, Iannone F, Sinigaglia L, Favalli EG, Sarzi-Puttini P, Atzeni F, Ferraccioli G, Gremese E, Carletto A, Giollo A, Govoni M, Bergossi F, Galeazzi M, Cantarini L, Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Bazzani C, Pellerito R, Sebastiani M, Ramonda R, Lapadula G, Caporali R. Comparison of efficacy of first- versus second-line adalimumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: experience of the Italian biologics registries. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2017;35(4):660-665.
  130. Di Matteo A, Filippucci E, Salaffi F, Carotti M, Carboni D, Di Donato E, Grassi W. Diagnostic accuracy of musculoskeletal ultrasound and conventional radiography in the assessment of the wrist triangular fibrocartilage complex in patients with definite diagnosis of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2017;35(4):647-652.
  131. Vojinovic J, Tincani A, Sulli A, Soldano S, Andreoli L, Dall’Ara F, Ionescu R, Pasalic KS, Balcune I, Ferraz-Amaro I, Tlustochowicz M, Butrimiene I, Punceviciene E, Toroptsova N, Grazio S, Morovic-Vergles J, Masaryk P, Otsa K, Bernardes M, Boyadzhieva V, Salaffi F, Cutolo M. European multicentre pilot survey to assess vitamin D status in rheumatoid arthritis patients and early development of a new Patient Reported Outcome questionnaire (D-PRO). Autoimmun Rev. 2017;16(5):548-554.
  132. Di Carlo M, Lato V, Di Matteo A, Carotti M, Salaffi F. Defining functioning categories in axial Spondyloarthritis: the role of the ASAS Health Index. Rheumatol Int. 2017;37(5):713-718.
  133. Lapadula G, Marchesoni A, Salaffi F, Ramonda R, Salvarani C, Punzi L, Costa L, Caso F, Simone D, Baiocchi G, Scioscia C, Di Carlo M, Scarpa R, Ferraccioli G. Evidence-based algorithm for diagnosis and assessment in psoriatic arthritis: results by Italian DElphi in psoriatic Arthritis (IDEA). Reumatismo. 2016;68(3):126-136.
  134. Di Carlo M, Becciolini A, Lato V, Crotti C, Favalli EG, Salaffi F. The 12-item Psoriatic Arthritis Impact of Disease Questionnaire: Construct Validity, Reliability, and Interpretability in a Clinical Setting. J Rheumatol. 2017;44(3):279-285.
  135. Okano T, Filippucci E, Di Carlo M, Draghessi A, Carotti M, Salaffi F, Wright G, Grassi W. Ultrasonographic evaluation of joint damage in knee osteoarthritis: feature-specific comparisons with conventional radiography. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2016;55(11):2040-2049.
  136. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Bugatti L, Lato V, Nicolini M, Carotti M. Development and pilot-testing of a new tool to screen psoriasis patients for the presence of psoriatic arthritis: the Simple Psoriatic Arthritis Screening (SiPAS) questionnaire. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2017;31(3):e167-e169.
  137. Iannone F, Sinigaglia L, Favalli EG, Sarzi-Puttini P, Atzeni F, Caporali R, Codullo V, Ferraccioli G, Gremese E, Carletto A, Giollo A, Govoni M, Bergossi F, Galeazzi M, Cantarini L, Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Bazzani C, Pellerito R, Sebastiani M, Ramonda R, Lapadula G. Drug survival of adalimumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis over 10 years in the real-world settings: high rate remission together with normal function ability. Clin Rheumatol. 2016;35(11):2649-2656.
  138. Gutierrez M, Gomez-Quiroz LE, Clavijo-Cornejo D, Lozada CA, Lozada-Navarro AC, Labra RU, Fernandez-Torres J, Sanchez-Bringas G, Salaffi F, Bertolazzi C, Pineda C. Ultrasound in the interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. Can it facilitate a best routine assessment in rheumatic disorders? Clin Rheumatol. 2016;35(10):2387-95.
  139. Salaffi F, Mozzani F, Draghessi A, Atzeni F, Catellani R, Ciapetti A, Di Carlo M, Sarzi-Puttini P. Identifying the symptom and functional domains in patients with fibromyalgia: results of a cross-sectional Internet-based survey in Italy. J Pain Res. 2016;9:279-86.
  140. Vreju FA, Filippucci E, Gutierrez M, Di Geso L, Ciapetti A, Ciurea ME, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Subclinical ultrasound synovitis in a particular joint is associated with ultrasound evidence of bone erosions in that same joint in rheumatoid patients in clinical remission. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2016;34(4):673-8.
  141. Di Carlo M, Lato V, Carotti M, Salaffi F. Clinimetric properties of the ASAS health index in a cohort of Italian patients with axial spondyloarthritis. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2016,17;14:78.
  142. Rizzi M, Atzeni F, Airoldi A, Masala IF, Frassanito F, Salaffi F, Macaluso C, Sarzi-Puttini P. Impaired lung transfer factor in fibromyalgia syndrome. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2016;34(2 Suppl 96):S114-9.
  143. Salaffi F, Di Carlo M, Carotti M, Farah S, Gutierrez M. The Psoriatic Arthritis Impact of Disease 12-item questionnaire: equivalence, reliability, validity, and feasibility of the touch-screen administration versus the paper-and-pencil version. Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2016,21;12:631-42.
  144. Di Carlo M, Silveri F, Tardella M, Carotti M, Salaffi F. Multiple diaphyseal sclerosis (Ribbing disease): what about neridronate? Osteoporos Int. 2016;27(10):3127-31.
  145. Gutierrez M, Pineda C, Salaffi F, Raffeiner B, Cazenave T, Martinez-Nava GA, Bertolazzi C, Vreju F, Inanc N, Villaman E, Delle Sedie A, Dal Pra F, Rosemffet M. Is ankle involvement underestimated in rheumatoid arthritis? Results of a multicenter ultrasound study. Clin Rheumatol. 2016;35(11):2669-2678.
  146. Ciapetti A, Carotti M, Di Carlo M, Salaffi F. Combined Thenar and Hypothenar Hammer Syndromes and Raynaud’s Phenomenon Successfully Treated with Iloprost. Case Rep Rheumatol. 2016;2016:4824929.
  147. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Ciapetti A, Di Carlo M, Gasparini S, Farah S, Gutierrez Effectiveness of a telemonitoring intensive strategy in early rheumatoid arthritis: comparison with the conventional management approach. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2016,2;17:146.
  148. Ramonda R, Marchesoni A, Carletto A, Bianchi G, Cutolo M, Ferraccioli G, Fusaro E, De Vita S, Galeazzi M, Gerli R, Matucci-Cerinic M, Minisola G, Montecucco C, Pellerito R, Salaffi F, Paolazzi G, Sarzi-Puttini P, Scarpa R, Bagnato G, Triolo G, Valesini G, Punzi L, Olivieri I; ATLANTIS study group. Patient-reported impact of spondyloarthritis on work disability and working life: the ATLANTIS survey. Arthritis Res Ther 2016,1;18:78.
  149. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Di Donato E, Di Carlo M, Ceccarelli L, Giuseppetti G. Computer-Aided Tomographic Analysis of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). Correlation with Pulmonary Physiologic Tests and Patient-Centred Measures of Perceived Dyspnea and Functional PLoS One. 2016,1;11(3):e0149240.
  150. Scirè CA, Carrara G, Viroli C, Cimmino MA, Taylor WJ, Manara M, Govoni M, Salaffi F, Punzi L, Montecucco C, Matucci-Cerinic M, Minisola G; KING Study Group. Development and first validation of a disease activity score for gout. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2016;68(10):1530-7.
  151. Cavagna L, Nuño L, Scirè CA, Govoni M, Longo FJ, Franceschini F, Neri R, Castañeda S, Sifuentes Giraldo WA, Caporali R, Iannone F, Fusaro E, Paolazzi G, Pellerito R, Schwarting A, Saketkoo LA, Ortego-Centeno N, Quartuccio L, Bartoloni E, Specker C, Pina Murcia T, La Corte R, Furini F, Foschi V, Bachiller Corral J, Airò P, Cavazzana I, Martínez-Barrio J, Hinojosa M, Giannini M, Barsotti S, Menke J, Triantafyllias K, Vitetta R, Russo A, Bogliolo L, Bajocchi G, Bravi E, Barausse G, Bortolotti R, Selmi C, Parisi S, Salaffi F, Montecucco C, González-Gay MA; AENEAS (American and European NEtwork of Antisynthetase Syndrome) Collaborative Group. Serum Jo-1 Autoantibody and Isolated Arthritis in  the Antisynthetase Syndrome: Review of the Literature and Report of the Experience of AENEAS Collaborative Group. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2017;52(1):71-80.
  152. Gutierrez M, Di Matteo A, Rosemffet M, Cazenave T, Rodriguez-Gil G, Diaz CH, Rios LV, Zamora N, Guzman Mdel C, Carrillo I, Okano T, Salaffi F, Pineda C; Pan-American League against Rheumatisms (PANLAR) Ultrasound Study Group. Short-term efficacy to conventional blind injection versus ultrasound-guided injection of local corticosteroids in tenosynovitis in patients with inflammatory chronic arthritis: A randomized comparative study. Joint Bone Spine. 2016;83(2):161-6.
  153. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Di Carlo M, Farah S, Gutierrez M. Adherence to Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy Administered Subcutaneously and Associated Factors in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis. J Clin Rheumatol. 2015;21(8):419-25.
  154. Di Carlo M, Draghessi A, Carotti M, Salaffi F. An Unusual Association: Iliopsoas Bursitis Related to Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystal Arthritis. Case Rep Rheumatol. 2015;2015:935835.
  155. Salaffi F, Sarzi-Puttini P, Atzeni F. How to measure chronic pain: New concepts. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2015;29(1):164-86.
  156. Atzeni F, Masala IF, Salaffi F, Di Franco M, Casale R, Sarzi-Puttini P. Pain in systemic inflammatory rheumatic diseases. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2015;29(1):42-52.
  157. Iannone F, Salaffi F, Marchesoni A, Gorla R, Atzeni F, Govoni M, Gremese E, Lapadula G. Five-year survival on infliximab in rheumatoid arthritis patients: analysis from an Italian registry (GISEA) by different calendar years. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2015;33(4):524-30.
  158. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Gutierrez M, Di Carlo M, De Angelis R. Patient Acceptable Symptom State in Self-Report Questionnaires and Composite Clinical Disease Index for Assessing Rheumatoid Arthritis Activity: Identification of Cut-Off Points for Routine Care. Biomed Res Int. 2015;2015:930756.
  159. Talotta R, Atzeni F, Bazzichi L, Giacomelli C, Di Franco M, Salaffi F, Sarzi-Puttini P. Algo-dysfunctional syndromes: a critical digest of the recent literature. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2015;33(1 Suppl 88):S102-8.
  160. Salaffi F, Ciapetti A, Gasparini S, Atzeni F, Sarzi-Puttini P, Baroni M. Web/Internet-based telemonitoring of a randomized controlled trial evaluating the time-integrated effects of a 24-week multicomponent intervention on key health outcomes in patients with fibromyalgia. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2015;33(1 Suppl 88):S93-101.
  161. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Bosello S, Ciapetti A, Gutierrez M, Bichisecchi E, Giuseppetti G, Ferraccioli G. Computer-aided quantification of interstitial lung disease from high resolution computed tomography images in systemic sclerosis: correlation with visual reader-based score and physiologic tests. Biomed Res Int. 2015;2015:834262.
  162. Salaffi F, Ciapetti A, Carotti M, Gasparini S, Citera G, Gutierrez M. Construct validity and responsiveness of the simplified version of Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (SASDAS) for the evaluation of disease activity in axial spondyloarthritis. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2014, 22;12:129.
  163. Sebastiani M, Anelli MG, Atzeni F, Bazzani C, Farina I, Fedele AL, Favalli EG, Fineschi I, Cino N, Dal Forno I, Gasparini S, Cassarà E, Giardina R, Bruschi E, Addimanda O, Cassone G, Lopriore S, Sarzi-Puttini P, Filippini M, Pignatti F, Gremese E, Biggioggero M, Manganelli S, Amato G, Caimmi C, Salaffi F, Iannone F, Ferri C, Sandri G, Lapadula G, Gorla R, Govoni M, Ferraccioli G, Marchesoni A, Galeazzi M, Foti R, Carletto A, Cantini F, Triolo G, Epis OM, Salvarani C; Italian Study Group on Early Arthritides (GISEA). Efficacy and safety of rituximab with and without methotrexate in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis patients: results from the GISEA register. Joint Bone Spine. 2014;81(6):508-12.
  164. Salaffi F, Ciapetti A, Carotti M, Gasparini S, Gutierrez M. Disease activity in psoriatic arthritis: comparison of the discriminative capacity and construct validity of six composite indices in a real world. Biomed Res Int 2014;2014:528105.
  165. Caporali R, Conti F, Covelli M, Govoni M, Salaffi F, Ventriglia G, Montecucco Treating rheumatoid arthritis to target: an Italian rheumatologists’ survey on the acceptance of the treat-to-target recommendations. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2014;32(4):471-6.
  166. Salaffi F, Ciapetti A, Carotti M. The sources of pain in osteoarthritis: a pathophysiological review. 2014, 6;66(1):57-71.
  167. Sarzi-Puttini P, Salaffi F, Di Franco M, Bazzichi L, Cassisi G, Casale R, Cazzola M, Stisi S, Battellino M, Atzeni F. Pain in rheumatoid arthritis: a critical review. 2014, 6;66(1):18-27.
  168. Sarzi-Puttini P, Atzeni F, Salaffi F. Pain in rheumatic diseases: how relevant is it? Reumatismo. 2014,6;66(1):1-3.
  169. Spadaro A, Lubrano E, Marchesoni A, Cauli A, Cantini F, Carotti M, D’Angelo S, Grassi W, Lapadula G, Macchioni P, Mathieu A, Punzi L, Ramonda R, Salaffi F, Salvarani C, Scarpa R, Olivieri I. The adherence to ASAS classification criteria and to ASAS recommendations for the use of anti-TNH-alpha agents in axial spondyloarthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2014;32(4):465-70.
  170. Carotti M, Ciapetti A, Jousse-Joulin S, Salaffi F. Ultrasonography of the salivary glands: the role of grey-scale and colour/power Doppler. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2014;32(1 Suppl 80):S61-70.
  171. Salaffi F, Gutierrez M, Carotti M. Ultrasound versus conventional radiography in the assessment of bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2014;32(1 Suppl 80):S85-90.
  172. Salaffi F, De Angelis R, Carotti M, Gutierrez M, Sarzi-Puttini P, Atzeni F. Fibromyalgia in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: epidemiological profile and effect on measures of disease activity. Rheumatol Int. 2014;34(8):1103-10.
  173. Tămaş MM, Filippucci E, Becciolini A, Gutierrez M, Di Geso L, Bonfiglioli K, Voulgari PV, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis: ultrasound findings in the early stage of the disease. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2014;53(6):1100-7.
  174. Franchignoni F, Salaffi F, Ciapetti A, Giordano A. Searching for optimal rating scales in the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI) and Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI). Rheumatol Int. 2014;34(2):171-3.
  175. Gutierrez M, Di Geso L, Salaffi F, Carotti M, Girolimetti R, De Angelis R, Filippucci E, Grassi W. Ultrasound detection of cartilage calcification at knee level in calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2014;66(1):69-73.
  176. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Ciapetti A, Ariani A, Gasparini S, Grassi W. Validity of a computer-assisted manual segmentation software to quantify wrist erosion volume using computed tomography scans in rheumatoid arthritis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2013;12,14:265.
  177. Scire CA, Manara M, Cimmino MA, Govoni M, Salaffi F, Punzi L, Monti MC, Carrara G, Montecucco C, Matucci-Cerinic M, Minisola G; KING Study Collaborators. Gout impacts on function and health-related quality of life beyond associated risk factors and medical conditions: results from the KING observational study of the Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR). Arthritis Res Ther. 2013, 23;15(5):R101.
  178. Scirè CA, Caporali R, Sarzi-Puttini P, Frediani B, Di Franco M, Tincani A, Sinigaglia L, Sfriso P, Tirri R, Bellis E, Delsante G, Porru G, Salaffi F, Giuggioli D, Rossini M, Todoerti M, Bazzichi L, Govoni M, Gerli R, Raschetti R, Minisola G, Montecucco C, Todesco S; Monitornet project. Drug survival of the first course of anti-TNF agents in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and seronegative spondyloarthritis: analysis from the MonitorNet database. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2013;31(6):857-63.
  179. Salaffi F, Gasparini S, Ciapetti A, Gutierrez M, Grassi W. Usability of an innovative and interactive electronic system for collection of patient-reported data in axial spondyloarthritis: comparison with the traditional paper-administered format. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2013;52(11):2062-70.
  180. Ariani A, Carotti M, Gutierrez M, Bichisecchi E, Grassi W, Giuseppetti GM, Salaffi F. Utility of an open-source DICOM viewer software (OsiriX) to assess pulmonary fibrosis in systemic sclerosis: preliminary results. Rheumatol Int. 2014;34(4):511-6.
  181. Salaffi F, Franchignoni F, Giordano A, Ciapetti A, Sarzi-Puttini P, Ottonello Psychometric characteristics of the Italian version of the revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire using classical test theory and Rasch analysis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2013;31(6 Suppl 79):S41-9.
  182. Vitali C, Carotti M, Salaffi F. Is it the time to adopt salivary gland ultrasonography as an alternative diagnostic tool for the classification of patients with Sjögren’s syndrome? Comment on the article by Cornec et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2013;65(7):1950.
  183. Ceccarelli F, Perricone C, Trotta F, Cuomo G, Pellerito R, Bagnato G, Salaffi F, Caporali R, Cutolo M, Galeazzi M, Fiocco U, Lapadula G, Bombardieri S, Bianchi G, Gorla R, Giardina AR, Gallo G, Giardino AM, Valesini G; Arpa Study Group. Remission in early, aggressive rheumatoid arthritis: a multicentre prospective observational Italian study ARPA (Artrite Reumatoide Precoce Aggressiva). Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2013;31(3):341-9.
  184. Bandinelli F, Prignano F, Bonciani D, Pallanti S, Lotti T, Salaffi F, Bartoli F, Candelieri A, Giovannini L, Maddali Bongi S, Matucci-Cerinic M. Clinical and demographic factors influence on anxiety and depression in early psoriatic arthritis (ePsA). Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2013;31(2):318-9.
  185. Atzeni F, Talotta R, Salaffi F, Cassinotti A, Varisco V, Battellino M, Ardizzone S, Pace F, Sarzi-Puttini P. Immunogenicity and autoimmunity during anti-TNF therapy. Autoimmun Rev. 2013;12(7):703-8.
  186. Salaffi F, Sarzi-Puttini P. Old and new criteria for the classification and diagnosis of fibromyalgia: comparison and evaluation. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2012;30(6 Suppl 74):3-9.
  187. Salaffi F, Franchignoni F, Giordano A, Ciapetti A, Gasparini S, Ottonello M; “NEW INDICES” Study Group. Classical test theory and Rasch analysis validation of the Recent-Onset Arthritis Disability questionnaire in rheumatoid arthritis Clin Rheumatol. 2013;32(2):211-7.
  188. Franchignoni F, Salaffi F, Giordano A, Carotti M, Ciapetti A, Ottonello M. Rasch analysis of the 22 knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score-physical function items in Italian patients with knee osteoarthritis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2013;94(3):480-7.
  189. Salaffi F, Ciapetti A, Carotti M. Pain assessment strategies in patients with musculoskeletal conditions. Reumatismo. 2012;64(4):216-29.
  190. Salaffi F, Ciapetti A, Gasparini S, Carotti M, Bombardieri S; New Indices study group. The comparative responsiveness of the patient self-report questionnaires and composite disease indices for assessing rheumatoid arthritis activity in routine care. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2012;30(6):912-21.
  191. Franchignoni F, Salaffi F, Tesio L. How should we use the visual analogue scale (VAS) in rehabilitation outcomes? I: How much of what? The seductive VAS numbers are not true measures. J Rehabil Med. 2012;44(9):798-9.
  192. De Angelis R, Cutolo M, Gutierrez M, Bertolazzi C, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Different microvascular involvement in dermatomyositis and systemic sclerosis. A preliminary study by a tight videocapillaroscopic assessment. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2012;30(2 Suppl 71):S67-70.
  193. Gremese E, Salaffi F, Bosello SL, Ciapetti A, Bobbio-Pallavicini F, Caporali R, Ferraccioli G. Very early rheumatoid arthritis as a predictor of remission: a multicentre real life prospective study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2013;72(6):858-62.
  194. Atzeni F, Sarzi-Puttini P, Botsios C, Carletto A, Cipriani P, Favalli EG, Frati E, Foschi V, Gasparini S, Giardina A, Gremese E, Iannone F, Sebastiani M, Ziglioli T, Biasi D, Ferri C, Galeazzi M, Gerli R, Giacomelli R, Gorla R, Govoni M, Lapadula G, Marchesoni A, Salaffi F, Punzi L, Triolo G, Ferraccioli G. Long-term anti-TNF therapy and the risk of serious infections in a cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: comparison of adalimumab, etanercept and infliximab in the GISEA registry. Autoimmun Rev. 2012;12(2):225-9.
  195. Tardella M, Gutierrez M, Salaffi F, Carotti M, Ariani A, Bertolazzi C, Filippucci E, Grassi W. Ultrasound in the assessment of pulmonary fibrosis in connective tissue disorders: correlation with high-resolution computed tomography. J Rheumatol. 2012;39(8):1641-7.
  196. Salaffi F, Ciapetti A, Sarzi Puttini P, Atzeni F, Iannuccelli C, Di Franco M, Cazzola M, Bazzichi L. Preliminary identification of key clinical domains for outcome evaluation in fibromyalgia using the Delphi method: the Italian experience. 2012;64(1):27-34.
  197. Iannone F, Gremese E, Atzeni F, Biasi D, Botsios C, Cipriani P, Ferri C, Foschi V, Galeazzi M, Gerli R, Giardina A, Marchesoni A, Salaffi F, Ziglioli T, Lapadula G; Gruppo Italiano di Studio sulle Early Arthritides (GISEA). Longterm retention of tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor therapy in a large italian cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis from the GISEA registry: an appraisal of J Rheumatol. 2012;39(6):1179-84.
  198. Di Franco M, Iannuccelli C, Bazzichi L, Atzeni F, Consensi A, Salaffi F, Pietropaolo M, Alessandri C, Basili S, Olivieri M, Bombardieri S, Valesini G, Sarzi-Puttini P. Misdiagnosis in fibromyalgia: a multicentre study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2011;29(6 Suppl 69):S104-8.
  199. Di Geso L, Filippucci E, Meenagh G, Gutierrez M, Ciapetti A, Salaffi F, Grassi W. CS injection of tenosynovitis in patients with chronic inflammatory arthritis: the role of US. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2012;51(7):1299-303.
  200. Gutierrez M, Di Geso L, Salaffi F, Bertolazzi C, Tardella M, Filosa G, Filippucci E, Grassi W. Development of a preliminary US power Doppler composite score for monitoring treatment in PsA. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2012;51(7):1261-8.
  201. Di Geso L, Zardi EM, Afeltra A, Salaffi F, Carotti M, Gutierrez M, Filippucci E, Grassi W. Comparison between conventional and automated software-guided ultrasound assessment of bilateral common carotids intima-media thickness in patients with rheumatic diseases. Clin Rheumatol. 2012;31(5):881-4.
  202. Sarzi-Puttini P, Atzeni F, Salaffi F, Cazzola M, Benucci M, Mease PJ. Multidisciplinary approach to fibromyalgia: what is the teaching? Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2011;25(2):311-9.
  203. Salaffi F, Sarzi-Puttini P, Ciapetti A, Atzeni F. Clinimetric evaluations of patients with chronic widespread pain. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2011;25(2):249-70.
  204. Atzeni F, Cazzola M, Benucci M, Di Franco M, Salaffi F, Sarzi-Puttini P. Chronic widespread pain in the spectrum of rheumatological diseases. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2011;25(2):165-71.
  205. Filippucci E, Gabba A, Di Geso L, Girolimetti R, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Hand tendon involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: an ultrasound study. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2012;41(6):752-60.
  206. Di Geso L, Filippucci E, Girolimetti R, Tardella M, Gutierrez M, De Angelis R, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Reliability of ultrasound measurements of dermal thickness at digits in systemic sclerosis: role of elastosonography. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2011;29(6):926-32.
  207. Gutierrez M, Luccioli F, Salaffi F, Bartoloni E, Bertolazzi C, Bini V, Filipucci E, Grassi W, Gerli R. Ultrasound revealing subclinical enthesopathy at the greater trochanter level in patients with spondyloarthritis. Clin Rheumatol. 2012;31(3):463-8.
  208. Iannuccelli C, Sarzi-Puttini P, Atzeni F, Cazzola M, di Franco M, Guzzo MP, Bazzichi L, Cassisi GA, Marsico A, Stisi S, Salaffi F. Psychometric properties of the Fibromyalgia Assessment Status (FAS) index: a national web-based study of fibromyalgia. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2011;29(6 Suppl 69):S49-54.
  209. Gutierrez M, Salaffi F, Carotti M, Tardella M, Pineda C, Bertolazzi C, Bichisecchi E, Filippucci E, Grassi W. Utility of a simplified ultrasound assessment to assess interstitial pulmonary fibrosis in connective tissue disorders–preliminary results. Arthritis Res Ther. 2011,18;13(4):R134.
  210. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Ciapetti A, Gasparini S, Grassi W. A comparison of utility measurement using EQ-5D and SF-6D preference-based generic instruments in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2011;29(4):661-71.
  211. Cimmino MA, Leardini G, Salaffi F, Intorcia M, Bellatreccia A, Dupont D, Beresniak A. Assessing the cost-effectiveness of biologic agents for the management of moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis in anti-TNF inadequate responders in Italy: a modelling approach. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2011;29(4):633-41.
  212. Franchignoni F, Salaffi F, Giordano A, Ciapetti A, Carotti M, Ottonello M. Psychometric properties of self-administered Lequesne Algofunctional Indexes in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis: an evaluation using classical test theory and Rasch analysis. Clin Rheumatol. 2012;31(1):113-21.
  213. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Ciapetti A, Gasparini S, Filippucci E, Grassi W. Relationship between time-integrated disease activity estimated by DAS28-CRP and radiographic progression of anatomical damage in patients with early rheumatoid BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2011,30;12:120.
  214. Gutierrez M, Filippucci E, Salaffi F, Di Geso L, Grassi W. Differential diagnosis between rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis: the value of ultrasound findings at metacarpophalangeal joints level. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011;70(6):1111-4.
  215. Mosca M, Govoni M, Tomietto P, Aringer M, Boumpas D, Cervera R, Conti F, D’Cruz D, Doria A, De La Fuente D, Galeazzi M, Houssiau F, Huizinga TW, Khamashta MA, Ines L, Duarte C, Couto M, Meroni P, Montecucco C, Norkuviene E, Riemekasten G, Rios V, Schneider M, Shoenfeld Y, Steup-Beekman GM, Szmyrka-Kaczmarek M, Tani C, Tincani A, Tzioufas AG, Voll R, Bencivelli W, Salaffi F, Bombardieri S. The development of a simple questionnaire to screen patients with SLE for the presence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in routine clinical practice. 2011;20(5):485-92.
  216. Cazzola M, Atzeni F, Salaffi F, Stisi S, Cassisi G, Sarzi-Puttini P. Which kind of exercise is best in fibromyalgia therapeutic programmes? A practical review. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2010;28(6 Suppl 63):S117-24.
  217. Di Franco M, Iannuccelli C, Atzeni F, Cazzola M, Salaffi F, Valesini G, Sarzi-Puttini P. Pharmacological treatment of fibromyalgia. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2010;28(6 Suppl 63):S110-6.
  218. Gutierrez M, Zeiler M, Filippucci E, Salaffi F, Becciolini A, Bertolazzi C, Chavez M, Monteburini T, Agostinelli RM, Marinelli R, Santarelli S, Grassi W. Sonographic subclinical entheseal involvement in dialysis patients. Clin Rheumatol. 2011;30(7):907-13.
  219. Guglielmi G, Cascavilla A, Scalzo G, Carotti M, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Imaging findings of sacroiliac joints in spondyloarthropathies and other rheumatic conditions. Radiol Med. 2011;116(2):292-301.
  220. Ribeiro NP, Schier AR, Nardi AE, Silva AC, Gutierrez M, Salaffi F. Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Recent-Onset Arthritis Disability (ROAD) index into Brazilian Portuguese. Trends Psychiatry Psychother. 2011;33(3):156-63.
  221. Salaffi F, Ciapetti A, Gasparini S, Migliore A, Scarpellini M, Corsaro SM, Laganà B, Mozzani F, Varcasia G, Pusceddu M, Castriotta M, Serale F, Maier A, Foti R, Scarpa R, Bombardieri S; NEW INDICES Study Group. Comparison of the Recent-Onset Arthritis Disability questionnaire with the Health Assessment Questionnaire disability index in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2010;28(6):855-65.
  222. Gutierrez M, Filippucci E, Ruta S, Salaffi F, Blasetti P, Di Geso L, Grassi Inter-observer reliability of high-resolution ultrasonography in the assessment of bone erosions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: experience of an intensive dedicated training programme. Rheumatology. 2011;50(2):373-80.
  223. Salaffi F, Ciapetti A, Gasparini S, Carotti M, Filippucci E, Grassi W. A clinical prediction rule combining routine assessment and power Doppler ultrasonography for predicting progression to rheumatoid arthritis from early-onset undifferentiated arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2010;28(5):686-94.
  224. Atzeni F, Boccassini L, Antivalle M, Salaffi F, Sarzi-Puttini P. Etanercept plus ciclosporin versus etanercept plus methotrexate for maintaining clinical control over psoriatic arthritis: a randomised pilot study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011;70(4):712-4.
  225. Jawaheer D, Olsen J, Lahiff M, Forsberg S, Lähteenmäki J, da Silveira IG, Rocha FA, Magalhães Laurindo IM, Henrique da Mota LM, Drosos AA, Murphy E, Sheehy C, Quirke E, Cutolo M, Rexhepi S, Dadoniene J, Verstappen SM, Salaffi F, Sokka T; QUEST-RA. Gender, body mass index and rheumatoid arthritis disease activity: results from the QUEST-RA Study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2010;28(4):454-61.
  226. Gutierrez M, Filippucci E, De Angelis R, Salaffi F, Filosa G, Ruta S, Bertolazzi C, Grassi W. Subclinical entheseal involvement in patients with psoriasis: an ultrasound study. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2011;40(5):407-12.
  227. Filippucci E, da Luz KR, Di Geso L, Salaffi F, Tardella M, Carotti M, Natour J, Grassi W. Interobserver reliability of ultrasonography in the assessment of cartilage damage in rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2010;69(10):1845-8.
  228. Carotti M, Salaffi F, Ciapetti A. Computed tomography in tophaceous gout. J Rheumatol. 2010;37(6):1267-8.
  229. Benedetti S, Canino C, Tonti G, Medda V, Calcaterra P, Nappi G, Salaffi F, Canestrari F. Biomarkers of oxidation, inflammation and cartilage degradation in osteoarthritis patients undergoing sulfur-based spa therapies. Clin Biochem. 2010;43(12):973-8,
  230. Salaffi F, Migliore A, Scarpellini M, Corsaro SM, Laganà B, Mozzani F, Varcasia G, Pusceddu M, Pomponio G, Romeo N, Maier A, Foti R, Scarpa R, Gasparini S, Bombardieri S. Psychometric properties of an index of three patient reported outcome (PRO) measures, termed the CLinical ARthritis Activity (PRO-CLARA) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The NEW INDICES study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2010;28(2):186-200.
  231. Salaffi F, Vaccaro CM, Manacorda T, Pardini L, Coletta V, Montecucco C. [Health-related quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: assessment by a Italian version of the Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales, Version 2 (AIMS2)]. Reumatismo. 2010;62(1):12-33.
  232. Sokka T, Kautiainen H, Pincus T, Verstappen SM, Aggarwal A, Alten R, Andersone D, Badsha H, Baecklund E, Belmonte M, Craig-Müller J, da Mota LM, Dimic A, Fathi NA, Ferraccioli G, Fukuda W, Géher P, Gogus F, Hajjaj-Hassouni N, Hamoud H, Haugeberg G, Henrohn D, Horslev-Petersen K, Ionescu R, Karateew D, Kuuse R, Laurindo IM, Lazovskis J, Luukkainen R, Mofti A, Murphy E, Nakajima A, Oyoo O, Pandya SC, Pohl C, Predeteanu D, Rexhepi M, Rexhepi S, Sharma B, Shono E, Sibilia J, Sierakowski S, Skopouli FN, Stropuviene S, Toloza S, Valter I, Salaffi F, Woolf A, Yamanaka H; QUEST-RA. Work disability remains a major problem in rheumatoid arthritis in the 2000s: data from 32 countries in the QUEST-RA study. Arthritis Res Ther. 2010;12(2):R42.
  233. Salaffi F, Sarzi-Puttini P, Ciapetti A, Atzeni F. Assessment instruments for patients with fibromyalgia: properties, applications and interpretation. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2009;27(5 Suppl 56):S92-105.
  234. Salaffi F, Sarzi-Puttini P, Girolimetti R, Atzeni F, Gasparini S, Grassi W. Health-related quality of life in fibromyalgia patients: a comparison with rheumatoid arthritis patients and the general population using the SF-36 health survey. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2009;27(5 Suppl 56):S67-74.
  235. Carotti M, Salaffi F, Morbiducci J, Ciapetti A, Bartolucci L, Gasparini S, Ferraccioli G, Giuseppetti GM, Grassi W. Colour Doppler ultrasonography evaluation of vascularization in the wrist and finger joints in rheumatoid arthritis patients and healthy subjects. Eur J Radiol. 2012;81(8):1834-8.
  236. Salaffi F, Ciapetti A, Carotti M, Gasparini S, Filippucci E, Grassi W. Clinical value of single versus composite provocative clinical tests in the assessment of painful shoulder. J Clin Rheumatol. 2010;16(3):105-8.
  237. Gutierrez M, Silveri F, Bertolazzi C, Salaffi F, Giacchetti G, Girolimetti R, Filippucci E, Grassi W. Gitelman syndrome, calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease and crowned dens syndrome. A new association? Rheumatology (Oxford). 2010;49(3):610-3.
  238. Gutierrez M, Filippucci E, Salaffi F, Grassi W. [The current role of ultrasound in the assessment of crystal-related arthropathies]. 2009;61(3):216-21.
  239. Salaffi F, Vaccaro CM, Manacorda T, Pardini L, Montecucco CM. Socio-demographic aspects and therapeutic pathways in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Italy. Reumatismo. 2009;61(3):197-211
  240. De Angelis R, Cutolo M, Salaffi F, Restrepo JP, Grassi W. Quantitative and qualitative assessment of one rheumatology trainee’s experience with a self-teaching programme in videocapillaroscopy. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2009;27(4):651-3.
  241. Salaffi F, Cimmino MA, Leardini G, Gasparini S, Grassi W. Disease activity assessment of rheumatoid arthritis in daily practice: validity, internal consistency, reliability and congruency of the Disease Activity Score including 28 joints (DAS28) compared with the Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI). Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2009;27(4):552-9.
  242. Iagnocco A, Riente L, Delle Sedie A, Filippucci E, Salaffi F, Meenagh G, Scirè CA, Grassi W, Montecucco C, Bombardieri S, Valesini G. Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist. Achilles tendon involvement in spondyloarthritis. A multi-centre study using high frequency volumetric probe. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2009;27(4):547-51.
  243. Salaffi F, Sarzi-Puttini P, Girolimetti R, Gasparini S, Atzeni F, Grassi W. Development and validation of the self-administered Fibromyalgia Assessment Status: a disease-specific composite measure for evaluating treatment effect. Arthritis Res Ther. 2009;11(4):R125.
  244. Filippucci E, De Angelis R, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Ultrasound, skin, and joints in psoriatic arthritis. J Rheumatol Suppl. 2009;83:35-8.
  245. Pietrapertosa D, Salaffi F, Peluso G, Bosello SL, Fedele AL, Cuoghi I, Michelutti A, Gremese E, Ferraccioli GF. Residual minimal disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a simple definition through an in-depth statistical analysis of the major outcome. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2009;48(10):1242-6.
  246. Sfriso P, Salaffi F, Montecucco CM, Bombardieri S, Todesco S. MonitorNet: the Italian multi-centre observational study aimed at estimating the risk/benefit profile of biologic agents in real-world rheumatology practice. 2009 ;61(2):132-9.
  247. Casale R, Cazzola M, Arioli G, Gracely RH, Ceccherelli F, Atzeni F, Stisi S, Cassisi G, Altomonte L, Alciati A, Leardini G, Gorla R, Marsico A, Torta R, Giamberardino MA, Buskila D, Spath M, Marinangeli F, Bazzichi L, Di Franco M, Biasi G, Salaffi F, Carignola R, Sarzi-Puttini P; Italian Fibromyalgia Network. Non pharmacological treatments in fibromyalgia. Reumatismo. 2008;60 Suppl 1:59-69.
  248. Sarzi-Puttini P, Torta R, Marinangeli F, Biasi G, Spath M, Buskila D, Gracely RH, Giamberardino MA, Bazzichi L, Cazzola M, Di Franco M, Stisi S, Salaffi F, Casale R, Leardini G, Gorla R, Marsico A, Carignola R, Altomonte L, Ceccherelli F, Cassisi G, Arioli G, Alciati A, Atzeni F; Italian Fibromyalgia Network. Fibromyalgia syndrome: the pharmacological treatment options. 2008;60 Suppl 1:50-8.
  249. Atzeni F, Salaffi F, Bazzichi L, Gracely RH, Carignola R, Torta R, Gorla R, Marsico A, Ceccherelli F, Cazzola M, Buskila D, Spath M, Di Franco M, Biasi G, Cassisi G, Stisi S, Casale R, Altomonte L, Arioli G, Alciati A, Leardini G, Marinangeli F, Giamberardino MA, Sarzi-Puttini P; Italian Fibromyalgia Network. The evaluation of the fibromyalgia patients. Reumatismo. 2008;60 Suppl 1:36-49.
  250. Stisi S, Cazzola M, Buskila D, Spath M, Giamberardino MA, Sarzi-Puttini P, Arioli G, Alciati A, Leardini G, Gorla R, Marsico A, Ceccherelli F, Bazzichi L, Carignola R, Gracely RH, Salaffi F, Marinangeli F, Torta R, Di Franco M, Biasi G, Cassisi G, Casale R, Altomonte L, Atzeni F; Italian Fibromyalgia Network. Etiopathogenetic mechanisms of fibromyalgia syndrome. Reumatismo. 2008;60 Suppl 1:25-35
  251. Cassisi G, Sarzi-Puttini P, Alciati A, Casale R, Bazzichi L, Carignola R, Gracely RH, Salaffi F, Marinangeli F, Torta R, Giamberardino MA, Buskila D, Spath M, Cazzola M, Di Franco M, Biasi G, Stisi S, Altomonte L, Arioli G, Leardini G, Gorla R, Marsico A, Ceccherelli F, Atzeni F; Italian Fibromyalgia Network. Symptoms and signs in fibromyalgia syndrome. Reumatismo. 2008;60 Suppl 1:15-24.
  252. Cazzola M, Sarzi Puttini P, Stisi S, Di Franco M, Bazzichi L, Carignola R, Gracely RH, Salaffi F, Marinangeli F, Torta R, Giamberardino MA, Buskila D, Spath M, Biasi G, Cassisi G, Casale R, Altomonte L, Arioli G, Alciati A, Marsico A, Ceccherelli F, Leardini G, Gorla R, Atzeni F; Italian Fibromyalgia Network. Fibromyalgia syndrome: definition and diagnostic aspects. Reumatismo. 2008;60 Suppl 1:3-14.
  253. Salaffi F, Gasparini S, Grassi W. The use of computer touch-screen technology for the collection of patient-reported outcome data in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison with standardized paper questionnaires. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2009;27(3):459-68.
  254. Guglielmi G, Cascavilla A, Scalzo G, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Imaging of sternocostoclavicular joint in spondyloarthropaties and other rheumatic Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2009;27(3):402-8.
  255. Scirè CA, Meenagh G, Filippucci E, Riente L, Delle Sedie A, Salaffi F, Iagnocco A, Bombardieri S, Grassi W, Valesini G, Montecucco C. Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist. Role of ultrasound imaging in early arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2009;27(3):391-4.
  256. Guglielmi G, Scalzo G, Cascavilla A, Carotti M, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Imaging of the sacroiliac joint involvement in seronegative spondylarthropathies. Clin Rheumatol. 2009;28(9):1007-19.
  257. Filippucci E, Meenagh G, Delle Sedie A, Salaffi F, Riente L, Iagnocco A, Scirè CA, Montecucco C, Bombardieri S, Valesini G, Grassi W. Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist. Sonographic assessment of hand and wrist joint involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison between two- and three-dimensional ultrasonography. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2009;27(2):197-200.
  258. Filippucci E, Aydin SZ, Karadag O, Salaffi F, Gutierrez M, Direskeneli H, Grassi W. Reliability of high-resolution ultrasonography in the assessment of Achilles tendon enthesopathy in seronegative spondyloarthropathies. Ann Rheum Dis. 2009;68(12):1850-5.
  259. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Gasparini S, Intorcia M, Grassi W. The health-related quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and psoriatic arthritis: a comparison with a selected sample of healthy people. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2009,18;7:25.
  260. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Guglielmi G, Passarini G, Grassi W. The crowned dens syndrome as a cause of neck pain: clinical and computed tomography study in patients with calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2008;26(6):1040-6.
  261. Sokka T, Toloza S, Cutolo M, Kautiainen H, Makinen H, Gogus F, Skakic V, Badsha H, Peets T, Baranauskaite A, Géher P, Ujfalussy I, Skopouli FN, Mavrommati M, Alten R, Pohl C, Sibilia J, Stancati A, Salaffi F, Romanowski W, Zarowny-Wierzbinska D, Henrohn D, Bresnihan B, Minnock P, Knudsen LS, Jacobs JW, n Calvo-Alen J, Lazovskis J, Pinheiro Gda R, Karateev D, Andersone D, Rexhepi S, Yazici Y, Pincus T; QUEST-RA Group. Women, men, and rheumatoid arthritis: analyses of disease activity, disease characteristics, and treatments in the QUEST-RA study. Arthritis Res Ther. 2009;11(1):R7.
  262. Altomonte L, Atzeni F, Leardini G, Marsico A, Gorla R, Casale R, Cassisi G, Stisi S, Salaffi F, Marinangeli F, Giamberardino MA, Di Franco M, Biasi G, Arioli G, Alciati A, Ceccherelli F, Bazzichi L, Carignola R, Cazzola M, Torta R, Buskila D, Spath M, Gracely RH, Sarzi-Puttini P. Fibromyalgia syndrome: preventive, social and economic aspects. Reumatismo. 2008;60 Suppl 1:70-8.
  263. De Angelis R, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Health-related quality of life in primary Raynaud phenomenon. J Clin Rheumatol. 2008;14(4):206-10.
  264. Sokka T, Hetland ML, Mäkinen H, Kautiainen H, Hørslev-Petersen K, Luukkainen RK, Combe B, Badsha H, Drosos AA, Devlin J, Ferraccioli G, Salaffi F, Morelli A, Hoekstra M, Majdan M, Sadkiewicz S, Belmonte M, Holmqvist AC, Choy E, Burmester GR, Tunc R, Dimić A, Nedović J, Stanković A, Bergman M, Toloza S, Pincus T; Questionnaires in Standard Monitoring of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Group. Remission and rheumatoid arthritis: data on patients receiving usual care in twenty-four countries. Arthritis Rheum. 2008;58(9):2642-51.
  265. Filippucci E, Riveros MG, Georgescu D, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Hyaline cartilage involvement in patients with gout and calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease. An ultrasound study. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2009;17(2):178-81.
  266. Frallonardo P, Ramonda R, Salaffi F, Carotti M, Andretta M, Zucchetta P, Dorigo A, Campana C, Contessa C, Iagnocco A, Valesini G, Gerli R, Grassi W, Punzi L. [Sjögren’s syndrome: comparison among the main imaging techniques in the study of major salivary glands]. Reumatismo. 2008;60(2):141-9.
  267. Sfriso P, Salaffi F, Bombardieri S, Canesi B, Montecucco CM, Todesco S. [The risk/benefit profile of biologic drugs in real-world rheumatology practice. From ANTARES to MonitorNet]. Reumatismo. 2008;60(2):77-84.
  268. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Iagnocco A, Luccioli F, Ramonda R, Sabatini E, De Nicola M, Maggi M, Priori R, Valesini G, Gerli R, Punzi L, Giuseppetti GM, Salvolini U, Grassi W. Ultrasonography of salivary glands in primary Sjögren’s syndrome: a comparison with contrast sialography and scintigraphy. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2008;47(8):1244-9.
  269. Guglielmi G, Scalzo G, Cascavilla A, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Imaging of the seronegative anterior chest wall (ACW) syndromes. Clin Rheumatol. 2008;27(7):815-21.
  270. Naranjo A, Sokka T, Descalzo MA, Calvo-Alén J, Hørslev-Petersen K, Luukkainen RK, Combe B, Burmester GR, Devlin J, Ferraccioli G, Salaffi F, Morelli A, Hoekstra M, Majdan M, Sadkiewicz S, Belmonte M, Holmqvist AC, Choy E, Tunc R, Dimic A, Bergman M, Toloza S, Pincus T; QUEST-RA Group. Cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: results from the QUEST-RA study. Arthritis Res Ther. 2008;10(2):R30.
  271. Cimmino MA, Salaffi F. The fate of the patient with musculoskeletal disorders in Italy: an epidemiological insight. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007;25(6):803-5.
  272. Marchesoni A, Govoni M, Valentini G, Valesini G, Salaffi F, Macchioni P, Alberighi OD, Ferraccioli G; GIARA. The Italian registry of aggressive rheumatoid arthritis — the GIARA project. J Rheumatol. 2007;34(12):2374-81.
  273. Salaffi F, Filippucci E, Carotti M, Naredo E, Meenagh G, Ciapetti A, Savic V, Grassi W. Inter-observer agreement of standard joint counts in early rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison with grey scale ultrasonography–a preliminary Rheumatology (Oxford). 2008;47(1):54-8.
  274. Salaffi F, Malavolta N, Cimmino MA, Di Matteo L, Scendoni P, Carotti M, Stancati A, Mulé R, Frigato M, Gutierrez M, Grassi W; Italian Multicentre Osteoporotic Fracture (IMOF) Study Group. Validity and reliability of the Italian version of the ECOS-16 questionnaire in postmenopausal women with prevalent vertebral fractures due to osteoporosis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007;25(3):390-403.
  275. Mancarella L, Bobbio-Pallavicini F, Ceccarelli F, Falappone PC, Ferrante A, Malesci D, Massara A, Nacci F, Secchi ME, Manganelli S, Salaffi F, Bambara ML, Bombardieri S, Cutolo M, Ferri C, Galeazzi M, Gerli R, Giacomelli R, Grassi W, Lapadula G, Cerinic MM, Montecucco C, Trotta F, Triolo G, Valentini G, Valesini G, Ferraccioli GF; GISEA group. Good clinical response, remission, and predictors of remission in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with tumor necrosis factor-alpha blockers: the GISEA study. J Rheumatol. 2007;34(8):1670-3.
  276. Salaffi F, Cimmino MA, Malavolta N, Carotti M, Di Matteo L, Scendoni P, Grassi W; Italian Multicentre Osteoporotic Fracture Study Group. The burden of prevalent fractures on health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis: the IMOF study. J Rheumatol. 2007;34(7):1551-60.
  277. De Angelis R, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Prevalence of spondyloarthropathies in an Italian population sample: a regional community-based study. Scand J Rheumatol. 2007;36(1):14-21.
  278. Carotti M, Salaffi F, Mangiacotti M, Cerioni A, Giuseppetti GM, Grassi W. [Atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis: the role of high-resolution B mode ultrasound in the measurement of the arterial intima-media thickness]. 2007;59(1):38-49.
  279. Filippucci E, Meenagh G, De Agustin JJ, De Miguel E, Iagnocco A, Mayordomo L, Moller I, Moragues C, Naredo E, Salaffi F. Level of agreement between rheumatologists on US image acquisition using a 3D volumetric probe. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007;25(1):116.
  280. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Garofalo G, Giuseppetti GM, Grassi W. Radiological scoring methods for ankylosing spondylitis: a comparison between the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Radiology Index and the modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spine Score. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007;25(1):67-74.
  281. Punzi L, Doherty M, Zhang W, Cimmino MA, Carrabba M, Frizziero L, Grassi W, Lapadula G, Modena V, Arioli G, Brignoli O, Canesi B, Cazzola M, Cricelli C, Faldini A, Fioravanti A, Gimigliano R, Giustini A, Iannone F, Leardini G, Meliconi R, Molfetta L, Patrignani P, Parente L, Ramonda R, Randelli G, Salaffi F, Spadaro A, Bombardieri S. [Italian consensus on EULAR recommendations 2005 for the management of hip osteoarthritis]. Reumatismo. 2006;58(4):301-9.
  282. Manganelli P, Fietta P, Carotti M, Pesci A, Salaffi F. Respiratory system involvement in systemic vasculitides. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2006;24(2 Suppl 41):S48-59.
  283. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Argalia G, Salera D, Giuseppetti GM, Grassi W. Usefulness of ultrasonography and color Doppler sonography in the diagnosis of major salivary gland diseases. 2006;58(2):138-56.
  284. De Angelis R, Salaffi F, Filippucci E, Grassi W. Carpal tunnel syndrome treatment. Reumatismo. 2006;58(1):5-10.
  285. Filippucci E, Iagnocco A, Salaffi F, Cerioni A, Valesini G, Grassi W. Power Doppler sonography monitoring of synovial perfusion at the wrist joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with adalimumab. Ann Rheum Dis. 2006;65(11):1433-7.
  286. Salaffi F, Stancati A, Grassi W. Reliability and validity of the Italian version of the Chronic Pain Grade questionnaire in patients with musculoskeletal disorders. Clin Rheumatol. 2006;25(5):619-31.
  287. Salaffi F, De Angelis R, Stancati A, Grassi W; MArche Pain; Prevalence INvestigation Group ì(MAPPING) study. Health-related quality of life in multiple musculoskeletal conditions: a cross-ectional population based epidemiological study. II. The MAPPING study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2005;23(6):829-39.
  288. Salaffi F, De Angelis R, Grassi W; MArche Pain Prevalence; INvestigation Group (MAPPING) study. Prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions in an Italian population sample: results of a regional community-based study. I. The MAPPING study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2005;23(6):819-28.
  289. Bugatti L, De Angelis R, Filosa G, Salaffi F. Bilateral, asymptomatic scaly and fissured cutaneous lesions of the fingers in a patient presenting with myositis. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2005;71(2):137-8.
  290. Salaffi F, Stancati A, Procaccini R, Cioni F, Grassi W. [Assessment of circadian rhythm in pain and stiffness in rheumatic diseases according the EMA (Ecologic Momentary Assessment) method: patient compliance with an electronic diary]. Reumatismo. 2005;57(4):238-49.
  291. Iagnocco A, Filippucci E, Ossandon A, Ciapetti A, Salaffi F, Basili S, Grassi W, Valesini G. High resolution ultrasonography in detection of bone erosions in patients with hand osteoarthritis. J Rheumatol. 2005;32(12):2381-3.
  292. De Angelis R, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Raynaud’s phenomenon: prevalence in an Italian population sample. Clin Rheumatol. 2006;25(4):506-10.
  293. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Stancati A, Grassi W. Health-related quality of life in older adults with symptomatic hip and knee osteoarthritis: a comparison with matched healthy controls. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2005;17(4):255-63.
  294. Salaffi F, Stancati A, Neri R, Grassi W, Bombardieri S. Measuring functional disability in early rheumatoid arthritis: the validity, reliability and responsiveness of the Recent-Onset Arthritis Disability (ROAD) index. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2005;23(5 Suppl 39):S31-42.
  295. Salaffi F, Stancati A, Silvestri A, Carotti M, Grassi W. [Validation of the Italian versions of the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI) and the Dougados Functional Index (DFI) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis]. 2005;57(3):161-73.
  296. Salaffi F, Bazzichi L, Stancati A, Neri R, Cazzato M, Consensi A, Grassi W, Bombardieri S. Development of a functional disability measurement tool to assess early arthritis: the Recent-Onset Arthritis Disability (ROAD) questionnaire. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2005;23(5):628-36.
  297. Salaffi F, Stancati A, Carotti M, Lorenzetti R, Grassi W. The impact of vertebral fractures on quality of life in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. Validity of the Italian version of mini-Osteoporosis Quality of Life Reumatismo. 2005;57(2):83-96.
  298. Grassi W, Salaffi F, Filippucci E. Ultrasound in rheumatology. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2005;19(3):467-85.
  299. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Grassi W. Health-related quality of life in patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis: comparison of generic and disease-specific Clin Rheumatol. 2005;24(1):29-37.
  300. Cimmino MA, Salaffi F, Olivieri I, Trotta F, Frizziero L, Sarzi Puttini P, Grassi W, Modena V, Cantatore FP, Bombardieri S, Adami S, Punzi L, Lapadula G; Gruppo MI.D.A. [Pain patterns in Italian patients with osteoarthritis: preliminary results of the MI.D.A. Study (Misurazione del Dolore nell’Artrosi)]. 2004;56(4):253-61.
  301. Leardini G, Salaffi F, Caporali R, Canesi B, Rovati L, Montanelli R; Italian Group for Study of the Costs of Arthritis. Direct and indirect costs of osteoarthritis of the knee. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2004;22(6):699-706.
  302. Salaffi F, Silveri F, Stancati A, Grassi W. Development and validation of the osteoporosis prescreening risk assessment (OPERA) tool to facilitate identification of women likely to have low bone density. Clin Rheumatol. 2005;24(3):203-11.
  303. Punzi L, Canesi B, Carrabba M, Cimmino MA, Frizziero L, Lapadula G, Arioli G, Chevallard M, Cozzi F, Cricelli C, Fioravanti A, Giannini S, Iannone F, Leardini G, Mannoni A, Meliconi R, Modena V, Molfetta L, Monteleone V, Nava T, Parente L, Paresce E, Patrignani P, Ramonda R, Salaffi F, Spadaro A, Marcolongo R. [Italian consensus on Eular 2003 recommendations for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis]. Reumatismo. 2004;56(3):190-201.
  304. Doria A, Rinaldi S, Ermani M, Salaffi F, Iaccarino L, Ghirardello A, Zampieri S, Della Libera S, Perini G, Todesco S. Health-related quality of life in Italian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Role of clinical, immunological and psychological determinants. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2004;43(12):1580-6.
  305. Rinaldi S, Doria A, Salaffi F, Ermani M, Iaccarino L, Ghirardello A, Zampieri S, Sarzi-Puttini P, Gambari PF, Perini G. Health-related quality of life in Italian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Relationship between physical and mental dimension and impact of age. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2004;43(12):1574-9.
  306. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Manganelli P, Filippucci E, Giuseppetti GM, Grassi W. Contrast-enhanced power Doppler sonography of knee synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis: assessment of therapeutic response. Clin Rheumatol. 2004;23(4):285-90.
  307. Salaffi F, Stancati A, Silvestri CA, Ciapetti A, Grassi W. Minimal clinically important changes in chronic musculoskeletal pain intensity measured on a numerical rating scale. Eur J Pain. 2004;8(4):283-91.
  308. Salaffi F, Stancati A. [Disability and quality of life of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: assessment and perspectives]. 2004;56(1 Suppl 1):87-106.
  309. Filippucci E, Farina A, Carotti M, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Grey scale and power Doppler sonographic changes induced by intra-articular steroid injection treatment. Ann Rheum Dis. 2004;63(6):740-3
  310. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Stancati A, Grassi W. Radiographic assessment of osteoarthritis: analysis of disease progression. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2003;15(5):391-404.
  311. Salaffi F, Leardini G, Canesi B, Mannoni A, Fioravanti A, Caporali R, Lapadula G, Punzi L; GOnorthrosis and Quality Of Life Assessment (GOQOLA). Reliability and validity of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC) Osteoarthritis Index in Italian patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2003;11(8):551-60.
  312. Grassi W, Filippucci E, Carotti M, Salaffi F. Imaging modalities for identifying the origin of regional musculoskeletal pain. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2003;17(1):17-32.
  313. Filippucci E, Farina A, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Hidden bone erosions. Reumatismo. 2003;55(1):52-5.
  314. Carotti M, Filippucci E, Salaffi F. [Power Doppler e mezzi di contrasto nello studio della membrana sinoviale reumatoide]. 2002;54(4):361-3.
  315. Salaffi F, Stancati A, Carotti M. Responsiveness of health status measures and utility-based methods in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rheumatol. 2002;21(6):478-87.
  316. Carotti M, Salaffi F, Manganelli P, Salera D, Simonetti B, Grassi W. Power Doppler sonography in the assessment of synovial tissue of the knee joint in rheumatoid arthritis: a preliminary experience. Ann Rheum Dis. 2002;61(10):877-82.
  317. Leardini G, Salaffi F, Montanelli R, Gerzeli S, Canesi B. A multicenter cost-of-illness study on rheumatoid arthritis in Italy. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2002;20(4):505-15.
  318. Carotti M, Salaffi F, Manganelli P, Salvolini L, Bichi Secchi E, De Berardinis S. The subclinical involvement of the lung in rheumatoid arthritis: evaluation by high-resolution computed tomography. 2001;53(4):280-288.
  319. Manganelli P, Salaffi F, Pesci A. Hepatitis C virus and pulmonary fibrosis. Recenti Prog Med. 2002;93(5):322-6.
  320. Salvarani C, Macchioni P, Olivieri I, Marchesoni A, Cutolo M, Ferraccioli G, Cantini F, Salaffi F, Padula A, Lovino C, Dovigo L, Bordin G, Davoli C, Pasero G, Alberighi OD. A comparison of cyclosporine, sulfasalazine, and symptomatic therapy in the treatment of psoriatic arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2001;28(10):2274-82.
  321. Carotti M, Salaffi F, Manganelli P, Argalia G. Ultrasonography and colour doppler sonography of salivary glands in primary Sjögren’s syndrome. Clin Rheumatol. 2001;20(3):213-9.
  322. Grassi W, Filippucci E, Farina A, Salaffi F, Cervini C. Ultrasonography in the evaluation of bone erosions. Ann Rheum Dis. 2001;60(2):98-103.
  323. Salaffi F, Filosa G, Bugatti L, Maestrini MD. Urticaria as a presenting manifestation of adult-onset Still’s disease. Clin Rheumatol. 2000;19(5):389-91.
  324. Salaffi F, Piva S, Barreca C, Cacace E, Ciancio G, Leardini G, Mannoni A, Minari C, Occhi P, Pianon M, Punzi L, Re KA, Scarpa R, Sulli A, Troise-Rioda W. Validation of an Italian version of the arthritis impact measurement scales 2 (ITALIAN-AIMS2) for patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Gonarthrosis and Quality of Life Assessment (GOQOLA) Study Group. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2000;39(7):720-7.
  325. Salaffi F, Argalia G, Carotti M, Giannini FB, Palombi C. Salivary gland ultrasonography in the evaluation of primary Sjögren’s syndrome. Comparison with minor salivary gland biopsy. J Rheumatol. 2000;27(5):1229-36.
  326. Salaffi F, Manganelli P, Carotti M, Baldelli S. The differing patterns of subclinical pulmonary involvement in connective tissue diseases as shown by application of factor analysis. Clin Rheumatol. 2000;19(1):35-41.
  327. Salaffi F, Peroni M, Ferraccioli GF. Discriminating ability of composite indices for measuring disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison of the Chronic Arthritis Systemic Index, Disease Activity Score and Thompson’s articular index. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2000;39(1):90-6.
  328. Filosa G, Salaffi F, Bugatti L. Accelerated nodulosis during methotrexate therapy for refractory rheumatoid arthritis. A case report. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1999;455:521-4.
  329. Manganelli P, Salaffi F, Carotti M, Delsante G, Mozzani F. [Pulmonary hypertension in rheumatic diseases]. Minerva Med. 1999;90(3):59-72.
  330. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Baldelli S, Bichi Secchi E, Manganelli P, Subiaco S, Salvolini L. [Subclinical interstitial lung involvement in rheumatic diseases. Correlation of high resolution computerized tomography and functional and cytologic findings]. Radiol Med. 1999;97(1-2):33-41.
  331. Ferraccioli G, Falleti E, De Vita S, Di Poi E, Damato R, Casatta L, Salaffi F. Circulating levels of interleukin 10 and other cytokines in rheumatoid arthritis treated with cyclosporin A or combination therapy. J Rheumatol.  1998;25(10):1874-9.
  332. Salaffi F, Manganelli P, Carotti M, Baldelli S, Blasetti P, Subiaco S, Binci MC, Bichi Secchi E, Amici F, Cervini C. A longitudinal study of pulmonary involvement in primary Sjögren’s syndrome: relationship between alveolitis and subsequent lung changes on high-resolution computed tomography. Br J Rheumatol. 1998;37(3):263-9.
  333. Salaffi F, Carotti M. Interobserver variation in quantitative analysis of hand radiographs in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison of 3 different reading J Rheumatol. 1997;24(10):2055-6.
  334. Filosa G, Bugatti L, Ciattaglia G, Salaffi F, Carotti M. Naevus comedonicus as dermatologic hallmark of occult spinal dysraphism. Acta Derm Venereol. 1997;77(3):243.
  335. Salaffi F, Manganelli P, Carotti M, Subiaco S, Lamanna G, Cervini C. Methotrexate-induced pneumonitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis: report of five cases and review of the literature. Clin Rheumatol. 1997;16(3):296-304.
  336. Manganelli P, Salaffi F, Pesci A. Clinical and subclinical alveolitis in connective tissue diseases assessed by bronchoalveolar lavage. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 1997;26(5):740-54.
  337. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Lamanna G, Baldelli S. [Quantitative analysis of radiologic progression in rheumatoid arthritis: controversies and perspectives]. Radiol Med. 1997;93(3):174-84.
  338. Salaffi F, Manganelli P, Biondi L, Blasetti P, Cervini C. [Edema of the face as the initial sign of Horton disease. Apropos of 2 cases]. Ann Med Interne (Paris). 1997;148(8):578-9.
  339. Manganelli P, Salaffi F, Subiaco S, Carotti M, Cervini C, Consigli G, Majori M, Pesci A. Bronchoalveolar lavage in mixed cryoglobulinaemia associated with hepatitis C virus. Br J Rheumatol. 1996;35(10):978-82.
  340. Ferraccioli GF, Salaffi F, De Vita S, Casatta L, Avellini C, Carotti M, Beltrami CA, Cervini C, Bartoli E. Interferon alpha-2 (IFN alpha 2) increases lacrimal and salivary function in Sjögren’s syndrome patients. Preliminary results of an open pilot trial versus OH-chloroquine. Clin Exp Rheumatol.1 996;14(4):367-71.
  341. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Peroni M, Cervini C. Three-year prospective study on methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis. Analysis of radiological progression and comparison with a retrospective study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1996;14(3):350-1.
  342. Ferraccioli G, Salaffi F, De Vita S, Casatta L, Bartoli E. Methotrexate in polymyalgia rheumatica: preliminary results of an open, randomized study. J Rheumatol. 1996;23(4):624-8.
  343. Salaffi F, Manganelli P, Carotti M, Subiaco S, Cervini C. Mixed cryoglobulinemia: effect of alpha-interferon on subclinical lymphocyte alveolitis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1996;14(2):219-20.
  344. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Cervini C. Combination therapy of cyclosporine A with methotrexate or hydroxychloroquine in refractory rheumatoid arthritis. Scand J Rheumatol. 1996;25(1):16-23.
  345. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Cervini C. Serum soluble interleukin-2 receptor levels in rheumatoid arthritis: effect of methotrexate, sulphasalazine and hydroxychloroquine therapy. Clin Rheumatol. 1995;14(4):458-63.
  346. Salaffi F, Carotti M, Sartini A, Cervini C. A prospective study of the long-term efficacy and toxicity of low-dose methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1995;13(1):23-8.
  347. Salaffi F, Subiaco S, Carotti M, Blasetti P, Cervini C. [Pulmonary inflammation in systemic sclerosis. An assessment by bronchoalveolar lavage]. Recenti Prog Med. 1994;85(10):475-80.
  348. Salaffi F, Ferraccioli G, Peroni M, Carotti M, Bartoli E, Cervini C. Progression of erosion and joint space narrowing scores in rheumatoid arthritis assessed by nonlinear models. J Rheumatol. 1994;21(9):1626-30.
  349. Ferraccioli G, Guerra P, Rizzi V, Baraldo M, Salaffi F, Furlanut M, Bartoli Somatomedin C (insulin-like growth factor 1) levels decrease during acute changes of stress related hormones. Relevance for fibromyalgia. J Rheumatol. 1994;21(7):1332-4.
  350. Grassi W, Core P, Carlino G, Salaffi F, Cervini C. Capillary permeability in fibromyalgia. J Rheumatol. 1994;21(7):1328-31.
  351. Ferraccioli GF, Salaffi F, Troise-Rioda W, Bartoli E. The Chronic Arthritis Systemic Index (CASI). Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1994;12(3):241-7.
  352. Ercolani M, Trombini G, Chattat R, Cervini C, Piergiacomi G, Salaffi F, Zeni S, Marcolongo R. Fibromyalgic syndrome: depression and abnormal illness behavior. Multicenter investigation. Psychother Psychosom. 1994;61(3-4):178-86.
  353. Carotti M, Salaffi F, Ferraccioli GF, Binci MC, Sartini A, Cervini C. Soluble interleukin-2 receptor in sera and synovial fluids of rheumatoid patients: correlations with disease activity. Rheumatol Int. 1994;14(2):47-52.
  354. Ferraccioli G, Bartoli E, Salaffi F, Peroni M. The Chronic Arthritis Systemic Index: a nomogram to assess the activity and severity of chronic arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1993;36(8):1180-1.
  355. Cervini C, Salaffi F, Peroni M. [The role of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in the therapy of rheumatoid arthritis]. Clin Ter. 1993;142(1):3-18.
  356. Serretti R, Core P, Muti S, Salaffi F. Influence of dichloromethylene diphosphonate on reactive oxygen species production by human neutrophils. Rheumatol Int. 1993;13(4):135-8.
  357. Salaffi F, Ferraccioli GF, Carotti M, Blasetti P, Cervini C. [Disability in rheumatoid arthritis: the predictive value of age and depression]. Recenti Prog Med. 1992;83(12):675-9.
  358. Salaffi F, Ferraccioli GF, Troise Rioda W, Marini M, Cervini C. No relationship between anatomic damage and disability in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A retrospective assessment. Clin Rheumatol. 1992;11(4):582-3.
  359. Salaffi F, Ferraccioli GF, Troise Rioda W, Carotti M, Sacchini G, Cervini C. The validity and reliability of the Italian version of the Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Recenti Prog Med. 1992;83(1):7-11.
  360. Cervini C, Grassi W, Salaffi F. Criteria of activity of rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Ter. 199,15-31;139(5-6):279-87.
  361. Salaffi F, Cavalieri F, Nolli M, Ferraccioli G. Analysis of disability in knee osteoarthritis. Relationship with age and psychological variables but not with radiographic score. J Rheumatol. 1991;18(10):1581-6.
  362. Cavalieri F, Salaffi F, Ferraccioli GF. Relationship between physical impairment, psychological variables and pain in rheumatoid disability. An analysis of their relative impact. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1991;9(1):47-50.
  363. Ferraccioli G, Salaffi F, Nervetti A, Cavalieri F. Slow acting drugs–outcome no different than 15 years ago. J Rheumatol. 1990;17(9):1249-50.
  364. Ferraccioli G, Cavalieri F, Salaffi F, Fontana S, Scita F, Nolli M, Maestri Neuroendocrinologic findings in primary fibromyalgia (soft tissue chronic pain syndrome) and in other chronic rheumatic conditions (rheumatoid arthritis, low back pain). J Rheumatol. 1990;17(7):869-73.
  365. Ferraccioli GF, Salaffi F, Nervetti A, Manganelli P. Long-term outcome with gold thiosulphate and tiopronin in 200 rheumatoid patients. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1989;7(6):577-81.
  366. Manganelli P, Salaffi F, Ambanelli U. Pseudo-Sjogren’s syndrome in type IV Description of a clinical case. Minerva Med. 1989;80(9):1031-3.
  367. Manganelli P, Salaffi F, Nervetti A, Raffaini N, Olivetti G. Morphometric study of salivary glands in primary Sjögren’s syndrome. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1989;7(3):273-6.  Trabucchi L, Ferraccioli GF, Salaffi F, Simonini D. Ganglion cyst of the quadriceps tendon–an uncommon cause of knee pain revealed by ultrasounds. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1989;7(3):335-6.
  368. Salaffi F, Ferraccioli GF. Progress of the anatomical damage in rheumatoid hands. Radiography of the natural course of the disease or of the course during treatment? Scand J Rheumatol. 1989;18(2):119-20.
  369. Ferraccioli GF, Mercadanti M, Salaffi F, Melissari M, Marbini A, Pozio E. Clinico-biological aspects of myositis due to Trichinella T3 with special regard to a rheumatologic study. Ann Ist Super Sanita. 1989;25(4):641-7.
  370. Ferraccioli GF, Mercadanti M, Salaffi F, Bruschi F, Melissari M, Pozio E. Prospective rheumatological study of muscle and joint symptoms during Trichinella nelsoni infection. Q J Med. 1988;69(260):973-84.
  371. Manganelli P, Poletti F, Cortellini P, Salaffi F. Churg-Strauss syndrome with ureteral involvement. Description of a case. G Clin Med. 1988;69(10):585, 587-8.
  372. Nolli M, Salaffi F, Ferraccioli GF, Camerini S, Uleri G, Uggeri E. Analysis of variables of Melzack’s semantic questionnaire in patients with osteoarthrosis. Minerva Anestesiol. 1988;54(5):215-22.
  373. Ferraccioli GF, Salaffi F, Manganelli P. Need for acceptable measures of disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis. 1987,15;2(8555):388.
  374. Manganelli P, Salaffi F, Nervetti A, Chierici P, Ferraccioli GF, Ambanelli Relationship between areas of popliteal cysts and radiological damage in rheumatoid arthritis and in osteoarthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1987;5(1):41-5.
  375. Manganelli P, Pavesi G, Salaffi F. Bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome in Graves’ disease. Z Rheumatol. 1987;46(1):34-5.
  376. Nervetti A, Salaffi F, Manganelli P, Mandrioli R, Ambanelli U. Pseudothrombophlebitic syndrome in arthropathies of the knee. Recenti Prog Med. 1986;77(10):481-5.
  377. Ferraccioli GF, Cavalieri F, Mercadanti M, Salaffi F, Ambanelli U, Savi M. Association between DR3 and thrombocytopenia due to gold or tiopronin. Case reports and review of the literature. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1985;3(4):341-3.

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