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Comment
. 2022 Oct;81(10):e191.
doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218713. Epub 2020 Aug 12.

COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Registry, anti-IL-6 therapy, shared decision-making and patient outcomes. Response to: 'Correspondence on 'Characteristics associated with hospitalisation for COVID-19 in people with rheumatic disease: data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry' by Gianfrancesco et al. Compassionate use of tocilizumab in severe COVID-19 with hyperinflammation prior to advent of clinical trials - a real-world district general hospital experience' by Khan et al, 'Comment on 'Characteristics associated with hospitalisation for COVID-19 in people with rheumatic disease: data from the COVID-19 global rheumatology alliance physician-reported registry' by Gianfrancesco M et al' by Andreica et al and 'COVID-19 outcomes in patients with systemic autoimmune diseases treated with immunomodulatory drugs' by Ansarin et al

Milena Gianfrancesco  1 , Kimme L Hyrich  2 , Jinoos Yazdany  1 , Pedro M Machado  3   4 , Philip C Robinson  5   6
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COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Registry, anti-IL-6 therapy, shared decision-making and patient outcomes. Response to: 'Correspondence on 'Characteristics associated with hospitalisation for COVID-19 in people with rheumatic disease: data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry' by Gianfrancesco et al. Compassionate use of tocilizumab in severe COVID-19 with hyperinflammation prior to advent of clinical trials - a real-world district general hospital experience' by Khan et al, 'Comment on 'Characteristics associated with hospitalisation for COVID-19 in people with rheumatic disease: data from the COVID-19 global rheumatology alliance physician-reported registry' by Gianfrancesco M et al' by Andreica et al and 'COVID-19 outcomes in patients with systemic autoimmune diseases treated with immunomodulatory drugs' by Ansarin et al

Milena Gianfrancesco et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2022 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: ankylosing; arthritis; lupus erythematosus; rheumatoid; spondylitis; systemic.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: MG reports grants from National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, outside the submitted work; KLH reports she has received speaker’s fees from Abbvie and grant income from BMS, UCB and Pfizer, all unrelated to this manuscript. KLH is also supported by the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre; JY reports personal fees from Astra Zeneca, personal fees from Eli Lilly, grants from Pfizer, outside the submitted work; PMM reports personal fees from Abbvie, personal fees from Eli Lilly, personal fees from Novartis, personal fees from UCB, outside the submitted work. PCR reports personal fees from Abbvie, Eli Lilly, Gilead, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, UCB Pharma and non-financial support from BMS and Roche, outside the submitted work.

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