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Nimmisha Govind:

  1. Naidoo T, Winchow LL, Tikly M, Govind N. Osteoporosis in Black South Africans with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Cureus. 2023 Oct 26;15(10):e47743. doi: 10.7759/cureus.47743. PMID: 38022242; PMCID: PMC10676237.
  2. de Moel EC, Trouw LA, Terao C, Govind N, Tikly M, El[1]Gabalawy H, Smolik I, Bang H, Huizinga TWJ, Toes REM, van der Woude D. Geo-epidemiology of autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison between four ethnically diverse populations. Arthritis Res Ther. 2023 Mar 8;25(1):37.
  3. Birch C, Tikly M, Govind N. Clinical spectrum and outcomes of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies in South Africans. Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 Feb 13;10:1097824
  4. Lai Ling Winchow, Mohammed Tikly, Eustasius Musenge, Arvind Chopra, TWJ Huizinga, Karen Salomon-Escoto, José Tavares-Costa, Nimmisha Govind. Changes in physical function using three methods of scoring the health assessment questionnaire in established active rheumatoid arthritis. Indian Journal of Rheumatology. 2023
  5. Mathebula EM, Sengupta D, Govind N, Laufer VA, Bridges SL Jr, Tikly M, Ramsay M, Choudhury A. A genome-wide association study for rheumatoid arthritis replicates previous HLA and non-HLA associations in a cohort from South Africa. Hum Mol Genet. 2022 Dec 16;31(24):4286- 4294.
  6. Lala V, Tikly M, Musenge E, Govind N. Comorbidities in Black South Africans with established rheumatoid arthritis. Int J Rheum Dis. 2022 Jun;25(6):699-704
  7. Maassen JM, Bergstra SA, Chopra A, Govind N, Murphy EA, Vega-Morales D, Huizinga TWJ, Allaart CF. Phenotype and treatment of elderly onset compared with younger onset rheumatoid arthritis patients in international daily practice. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Oct 2;60(10):4801- 4810
  8. Akintayo RO, Bahiri R, El Miedany Y, Olaosebikan H, Kalla AA, Adebajo AO, Migowa AN, Slimani S, Koussougbo OD, Kawther BA, Akpabio AA, Ghozlani I, Dey D, Hassan WA, Govind N, Makan K, Mohamed A, Genga EK, Ghassem MKA, Mortada M, Hamdi W, Wabi MO, Tikly M, Ngandeu[1]Singwe M, Scott C. African League Against Rheumatism (AFLAR) preliminary recommendations on the management of rheumatic diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clin Rheumatol. 2021 Sep;40(9):3445-3454
  9. Khan U, Menezes CN, Govind N. Patterns and outcomes of admissions to the medical acute care unit of a tertiary teaching hospital in South Africa. Afr J Emerg Med. 2021 Mar;11(1):26-30.
  10. G Tarr, N Govind, M Seboka, E Gardiner, B Hodkinson. South African Arthritis and Rheumatism Association Updated Recommendations for the management of Rheumatoid Arthritis. SAMJ. 2024
  11. T Hes, M Wong, M Tikly, N Govind. Pulmonary Manifestations of the Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies in a South African population. Afr J Thoracic Crit Care Med. 2024
  12. Govind N, Romanini T, Winchow LL. Probable endometrial tuberculosis in a patient with rhupus. S Afr J Infect Dis. 2023 Oct 26;38(1):543.

 

Kavita Makan:

  1. Connelly K, Koelmeyer R, Ayton D, May J, Gregory K, Eades LE, et al. Domains for inclusion in a novel Treatment Response Measure for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (TRM-SLE): results of a modified Delphi study. Lupus Science & Medicine. 2025;12:e001484. https://doi.org/10.1136/lupus-2024-001484
  2. Makan, K., Garrido-Cumbrera, M., Du Toit, R. et al. Patient journey, disease burden, and functional disability in patients with axial spondyloarthritis in South Africa: results of International Map of Axial Spondyloarthritis (IMAS). Clin Rheumatol 43, 3335–3343 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-024-07151-8
  3. Maharaj AB, Benitha R, Makan K, du Toit R, Haasbroek D, Balton C, et al. South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 guidelines for the management of axial spondyloarthritis. S Afr Med J [Internet]. 2024 Oct. 3 [cited 2025 Jan. 20];114(10):e2668. Available from: https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/samj/article/view/2668
  4. Benitha R, Maharaj AB, Makan K, Potts J, Lai A, Carter R, et al. South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 guidelines for the management of peripheral spondyloarthritis. S Afr Med J [Internet]. 2024 Oct. 3 [cited 2025 Jan. 20];114(10):e2669. Available from: https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/samj/article/view/2669
  5. van Duuren E, Potts J, Brijlal U, Botha S, Didi S, Makan K, et al. South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 guidelines for the use of biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. S Afr Med J [Internet]. 2024 Sep. 2 [cited 2025 Jan. 20];114(9):e2599.
  6. Hodkinson B, van Vuuren E, Maharaj A, Paruk F, Makan K. Introduction to the South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 guidelines. S Afr Med J [Internet]. 2024 Sep. 2 [cited 2025 Jan. 20];114(9):e1429. Available from: https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/samj/article/view/1429
  7. Ngandu Ntumba M, Makan K, Musenge E, et al. (March 04, 2024) Comorbidities in Privately Insured South Africans With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Cureus 16(3): e55470. doi:10.7759/cureus.55470
  8. Laudin GE, Patel M, Makan K, et al: Musculoskeletal and Somatic Manifestations of Haematological Disease: A Review of the Spectrum of Disease from a Tertiary Academic Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, Clinical Archives of Bone and Joint Diseases, July 2023
  9. Nunes, M.C.; Sibanda, S.; Baillie, V.L, et al: SARS-CoV-2 Omicron symptomatic infections in previously infected or vaccinated South African healthcare workers, medRxiv, 2022
  10. Reddy D.L., Dangor Z., Lala, N., et al: COVID-19 mass vaccination campaign for healthcare workers in a low-resource setting: A clinician-driven initiative, South African Medical Journal, 2021
  11. Hausmann J.S., Kennedy K, Simard J.F., et al: Immediate effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient health, health-care use, and behaviours: results from an international survey of people with rheumatic diseases, The Lancet Rheumatology, 2021
  12. Kopp C.R, Naidu G, Misra D.P, et al: Managing ANCA[1]associated vasculitis during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from an online survey, Rheumatology International, 2021
  13. Zamparini J, Pattinson S, Makan K: Competence of medical and obstetric registrars in the management of systemic lupus erythematosus in pregnancy, Obstetric Medicine, Nov 2020.
  14. Akintayo R, Bahiri R, El Miedany…Makan K, et al: African League Against Rheumatism (AFLAR) preliminary recommendations on the management of rheumatic diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic, Clinical Rheumatology, Sep 2020.
  15. Solomon A, Stanwix A…Makan K.. et al: Points to consider in cardiovascular disease risk management among patients with rheumatoid arthritis living in South Africa, an unequal middle income country, BMC Rheumatology, June 2020.

Nirvana Bharuthram

  1. Bharuthram N, Tikly M. Pregnancy and Takayasu arteritis: case-based review. Rheumatol Int. 2020 May;40(5):799-809. doi: 10.1007/s00296-019-04499-y.
  2. Bharuthram N, Feldman C. The diagnostic utility of bone marrow examination in an infectious disease ward. South Afr J HIV Med. 2019 Sep 30;20(1):974. doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v20i1.974.

 Ling Winchow

  1. Bergstra, Sytske Anne & Sepriano, Sepriano & Chopra, Arvind & Winchow, Lai Ling & Vega-Morales, David & Solomon-Escoto, K. & Matthijssen, X. & Landewé, R.. (2022). OP0035 WHAT EXPLAINS THE WORLDWIDE GRADIENT OF AGE AT ONSET OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ALONG LATITUDE? A MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS IN THE METEOR REGISTRY. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 81. 25-26. 10.1136/annrheumdis[1]2022-eular.877.
  2. Winchow, Lai Ling; Tikly, Mohammed; Musenge, Eustasius1; Chopra, Arvind2; Huizinga, T.W.J.3; Salomon[1]Escoto, Karen4; Tavares-Costa, José5; Govind, Nimmisha. Changes in Physical Function using Three Methods of Scoring the Health Assessment Questionnaire in Established Active Rheumatoid Arthritis. Indian Journal of Rheumatology ():10.4103/injr.injr_80_22, August 27, 2022. | DOI: 10.4103/injr.injr_80_22
  3. Bergstra SA, Sepriano A, Chopra A, Winchow LL, Vega[1]Morales D, Salomon-Escoto K, Matthijssen XME, Landewé RB. Country-level socioeconomic status relates geographical latitude to the onset of RA: a worldwide cross[1]sectional analysis in the METEOR registry. Ann Rheum Dis. 2023 Aug;82(8):1018-1024. doi: 10.1136/ard-2023- 224080. Epub 2023 May 25. PMID: 37230737.
  4. Sara Glatt, Lai Winchow and Merika Tsitsi et al. COVID[1]19 and health care worker exposure at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital. WJCM. 2023. Vol. 5(2):97-104. DOI: 10.18772/26180197.2023.v5n2a3
  5. Naidoo T, Winchow LL, Tikly M, Govind N. Osteoporosis in Black South Africans With Rheumatoid Arthritis. Cureus. 2023 Oct 26;15(10):e47743. doi: 10.7759/cureus.47743. PMID: 38022242; PMCID: PMC10676237.
  6. Govind N, Romanini T, Winchow LL. Probable endometrial tuberculosis in a patient with rhupus. S Afr J Infect Dis. 2023 Oct 26;38(1):543. doi: 10.4102/sajid.v38i1.543. PMID: 37927913; PMCID: PMC10623593.
  7. Heckert SL, Maarseveen TD, Marges ER, Chopra A, Vega-Morales D, Toit RD, Winchow LL, Govind N, Toro[1]Gutiérrez CE, Knevel R, van der Helm-van Mil AH, Huizinga TW, Allaart CF, Bergstra SA. Rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease in countries across the world. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2025 Apr 12;73:152719. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152719. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40245586.

8. Nevins, I & Boers, M & Vega-Morales, David & Winchow, L & Chopra, Arvind & Rodrigues, Ana & Huizinga, Twj & Bergstra, Sytske Anne. (2025). Ratio between biological and targeted synthetic to disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and glucocorticoid use in various countries: results from METEOR. Scandinavian journal of rheumatology. 1-8. 10.1080/03009742.2025.2515730

Claudia Ickinger:

  1. Smith V, *Ickinger C, *Hysa E (*shared first author); Snow M, Frech T, Sulli A, Cutolo M. Nailfold capillaroscopy. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2023; 37(1): 101849.
  2. Dire Z, Ickinger C, Tikly M. Causes and predictors of mortality in South Africans with systemic sclerosis. Rheumatology and Autoimmunity. 2023;

3. 108-114. 3. Ickinger C, Lambrecht V, Tikly M, Vanhaecke A, Cutolo M, Smith V. Laser speckle contrast analysis is a reliable measure of digital blood perfusion in Black Africans with systemic sclerosis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2021; 39 Suppl 131(4): 119-123.

  1. van Heerden J, Nel J, Moodley P, Govender P, Hooijer J, Ickinger C, Lahri S, Louw E, Rabie H, Reddy D, Tsitsi J, Venter M, Parker A. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS): a multicentre retrospective review of adults and adolescents in South Africa. Int J Infect Dis. 2021; 111: 227-232.
  2. Moodley P, Tsitsi JML, Reddy DL, Debising M, Ickinger C. A case of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in an African adolescent male: case report. Pan Afr Med J. 2021; 38:

 1 Training Modules: 1. EULAR online course on capillaroscopy and microcirculation in RMDs. Module 2. Clinical case. Ickinger C, Kubo S co-authors.

  1. EULAR online course on capillaroscopy and microcirculation in RMDs. Module 4, Main Review. Smith V, Ickinger C, Mihai C et al. Capillaroscopic patterns in systemic sclerosis: predictive indices, links with functional methods analysing the microcirculation and with clinical complications

Stacey Norsworthy:

1 ) Norsworthy S. , Raal F., Mohamed, F. Case report: Agranulocytosis as a side-effect of carbimazole” (2022) Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine, 4(1), pp. 61–63. Available at: https://doi.org/10.18772/26180197.2022.v4n1a9

2) John, M., Norsworthy, S. and Richards, L. (2021) ‘Cutaneous lesions in the setting of disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans infection’, Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 22(1), a1315. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v22i1.1315

Mpoti Seboka

  1. Tarr G, Govind N, Seboka M, Gardiner E, Hodkinson B. South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 updated guidelines for the management of rheumatoid arthritis. S Afr Med J [Internet]. 2024 Sep. 2 [cited 2025 Jan. 30];114(9): e2598.
  2. Solomon, A., Stanwix, A.E., Castañeda, S. et al. Points to consider in cardiovascular disease risk management among patients with rheumatoid arthritis living in South Africa, an unequal middle-income country. BMC Rheumatol 4, 42 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41927-020-00139-2 3.

Nqoba Tsabedze, Mpoti Seboka, Dineo Mpanya, Ahmed Solomon, Extensive triple vessel coronary artery disease in a young male with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Oxford Medical Case Reports, Volume 2021, Issue 11-12, November[1]December 2021, omab119, https://doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omab119

  1. Mankgele M, Hlawe D, Fabiano Z, Solomon A, Thomas R, Matyeshana M, Mbakaza O, Seboka M. An Initially Missed Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolic Phenomenon in Adult[1]Onset Still's Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review. Am J Case Rep. 2023 Jun 23;24: e939520. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.939520. PMID: 37349977; PMCID: PMC10294717

 

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