SuzanneKafajaMD

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• Factors associated with life satisfaction in systemic sclerosis: Examining the moderating roles of social support and spiritual well-being.
  Yen T Chen, Susan L Murphy, Daniel E Furst, Philip Clements, Suzanne Kafaja, Joel Tsevat, Vanessa Malcarne, Dinesh Khanna> ;Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders. 2023 Jun 1
• 3 citations
  Efficacy and Safety of Lenabasum, a Cannabinoid Type 2 Receptor Agonist, in a Phase 3 Randomized Trial in Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis.
  Robert Spiera, Masataka Kuwana, Dinesh Khanna, Laura Hummers, Tracy M Frech, Wendy Stevens, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Suzanne Kafaja, Oliver Distler, Jae-Bum Jun, Yair Le...> ;Arthritis & Rheumatology. 2023 Sep 1
• Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation With Intensity Modulated Total Body Irradiation Conditioning for Systemic Sclerosis.
  Colton Ladbury, Matthew Mei, Suzanne Kafaja, Jessica Nall, Chunhui Han, Savita Dandapani, Stephen Forman, Jeffrey Y C Wong> ;International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2023 Aug 1
• 7 citations
  Adipose-Derived Regenerative Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Hand Dysfunction in Systemic Sclerosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
  Dinesh Khanna, Paul Caldron, Richard W Martin, Suzanne Kafaja, Robert Spiera, Shadi Shahouri, Ankoor Shah, Vivien Hsu, John Ervin, Robert Simms, Robyn T Domsic, Virgin...> ;Arthritis & Rheumatology. 2022 Aug 1
• 4 citations
  The Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network Self-Management (SPIN-SELF) Program: protocol for a two-arm parallel partially nested randomized controlled feasi...
  Julia Nordlund, Richard S. Henry, Linda Kwakkenbos, Marie-Eve Carrier, Brooke Levis, Warren R. Nielson, Susan J. Bartlett, Laura Dyas, Lydia Tao, Claire Fedoruk, Karen...> ;Trials. 2021 Nov 27
• 1 citations
  Responsiveness of the University of California Los Angeles Scleroderma Clinical Trial Consortium gastrointestinal tract 2.0 (UCLA-SCTC-GIT 2.0)to change in scleroderma...
  Yossra Atef Suliman, Suzanne Kafaja, Mohamed Alemam, Yasser Shaweesh, Kasra Tavakoli, Daniel E Furst> ;Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders. 2021 Oct 1
• 27 citations
  Safety and efficacy of abatacept in early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (ASSET): open-label extension of a phase 2, double-blind randomised trial
  Lorinda Chung, Cathie Spino, Richard McLain, Sindhu R. Johnson, Christopher P. Denton, Jerry A. Molitor, Virginia D. Steen, Robert Lafyatis, Robert W. Simms, Suzanne K...> ;The Lancet. Rheumatology. 2020 Dec 1
• 8 citations
  Anti-vinculin antibodies in scleroderma (SSc): a potential link between autoimmunity and gastrointestinal system involvement in two SSc cohorts
  Yossra A. Suliman, Suzanne Kafaja, Sunny J Oh, Mohamed Alemam, Gianluca Bagnato, Giuseppina Abignano, Ram Singh, Gillian M. Barlow, Xiaochen Liu, Isela Valera, Walter ...> ;Clinical Rheumatology. 2021 Jun 1
• 22 citations
  Changes in mental health symptoms from pre-COVID-19 to COVID-19 among participants with systemic sclerosis from four countries: A Scleroderma Patient-centered Interven...
  Brett D. Thombs, Linda Kwakkenbos, Richard S. Henry, Marie-Eve Carrier, Scott B. Patten, Sami Harb, Angelica Bourgeault, Lydia Tao, Susan J. Bartlett, Luc Mouthon, Joh...> ;Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2020 Oct 3
• 254 citations
  Tocilizumab in systemic sclerosis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial.
  Dinesh Khanna, Celia J. F. Lin, Daniel E. Furst, Jonathan G. Goldin, Grace Kim, Masataka Kuwana, Yannick Allanore, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Oliver Distler, Yoshihito Shi...> ;The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine. 2020 Oct 1
• 2 citations
  Validity and correlates of the Brief Satisfaction With Appearance Scale for patients with limited and diffuse systemic sclerosis: Analysis from the University of Calif...
  Rina S Fox, Sarah D Mills, Shadi Gholizadeh, Erin L Merz, Scott C Roesch, Philip J Clements, Suzanne Kafaja, Dinesh Khanna, Daniel E Furst, Vanessa L Malcarne> ;Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders. 2020 Jun 1
• 45 citations
  HLA and autoantibodies define scleroderma subtypes and risk in African and European Americans and suggest a role for molecular mimicry.
  Pravitt Gourh, Sarah A. Safran, Theresa Alexander, Steven E. Boyden, Nadia D. Morgan, Ami A. Shah, Maureen D. Mayes, Ayo P. Doumatey, Amy R. Bentley, Daniel Shriner, R...> ;Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2020 Jan 7
• 139 citations
  Abatacept in Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis: Results of a Phase II Investigator‐Initiated, Multicenter, Double‐Blind, Randomized, Placebo‐Controlled Trial
  Dinesh Khanna, Cathie Spino, Sindhu R. Johnson, Lorinda Chung, Michael L. Whitfield, Christopher P. Denton, Veronica J. Berrocal, Jennifer M. Franks, Bhavan Mehta, Jer...> ;Arthritis & Rheumatology. 2020 Jan 1
• 4 citations
  The American English version of the validated French Flare Assessment in RA Questionnaire (FLARE-RA).
  N. Barroso, Thasia G. Woodworth, Daniel E. Furst, Francis Guillemin, Bruno Fautrel, N. Borazan, Suzanne Kafaja, Jenny Brook, David Elashoff, Veena K. Ranganath> ;Clinical Rheumatology. 2020 Jan 1
• 1 citations
  Validation of Sonography findings of synovitis and tenosynovitis of hands and wrists in patients with systemic sclerosis.
  Anat Scheiman-Elazary, Veena K Ranganath, Ami Ben-Artzi, Suzanne Kafaja, Nabeel H Borazan, Thasia Woodworth, Lewei Duan, David Elashoff, Philip Clements, Daniel E Furst> ;Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders. 2018 Oct 1
• The Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network Cohort: baseline clinical features and comparison with other large scleroderma cohorts.
  Dougherty, D. H.,Kwakkenbos, L.,Carrier, M. E.,Salazar, G.,Assassi, S.,Baron, M.,Bartlett, S. J.,Furst, D. E.,Gottesman, K.,van den Hoogen, F.,Malcarne, V. L.,Mouthon,...> ;Rheumatology (Oxford). 2018 Jun 06
• 9 citations
  Brief Report: Whole-Exome Sequencing to Identify Rare Variants and Gene Networks That Increase Susceptibility to Scleroderma in African Americans.
  Pravitt Gourh, Elaine F. Remmers, Steven E. Boyden, Theresa Alexander, Nadia D. Morgan, Ami A. Shah, Maureen D. Mayes, Ayo P. Doumatey, Amy R. Bentley, Daniel Shriner,...> ;Arthritis & Rheumatology. 2018 Oct 1
• 36 citations
  pDCs in lung and skin fibrosis in a bleomycin-induced model and patients with systemic sclerosis
  Suzanne Kafaja, Isela Valera, Anagha A. Divekar, Rajan Saggar, Fereidoun Abtin, Daniel E. Furst, Dinesh Khanna, Ram Singh> ;JCI Insight. 2018 May 3
• 30 citations
  Ultrasound characterization of cutaneous ulcers in systemic sclerosis
  Yossra A. Suliman, Suzanne Kafaja, John FitzGerald, Ximena Wortsman, Jonathan Grotts, Marco Matucci-Cerrinic, Veena K. Ranganath, Daniel E. Furst> ;Clinical Rheumatology. 2018 Mar 10
• 51 citations
  Efficacy of Mycophenolate Mofetil and Oral Cyclophosphamide on Skin Thickness: Post Hoc Analyses From Two Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials.
  Rajaie Namas, Donald P. Tashkin, Daniel E. Furst, Holly Wilhalme, Chi-Hong Tseng, Michael D. Roth, Suzanne Kafaja, Elizabeth R. Volkmann, Philip J. Clements, Dinesh Kh...> ;Arthritis Care & Research. 2018 Mar 1
• 317 citations
  Myeloablative Autologous Stem-Cell Transplantation for Severe Scleroderma.
  Keith M. Sullivan, Ellen Goldmuntz, Lynette Keyes-Elstein, Peter A. McSweeney, Ashley Pinckney, Beverly Welch, Maureen D. Mayes, Richard A. Nash, Leslie J. Crofford, B...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2018 Jan 3
• 21 citations
  Gene-level association analysis of systemic sclerosis: A comparison of African-Americans and White populations.
  Olga Y. Gorlova, Yafang Li, Ivan P. Gorlov, Jun Ying, Wei V. Chen, Shervin Assassi, John D. Reveille, Frank C. Arnett, Xiaodong Zhou, Lara Bossini-Castillo, Elena Lópe...> ;Plos One. 2018 Jan 2
• 60 citations
  Reliability and Minimal Clinically Important Differences of FVC. Results from the Scleroderma Lung Studies (SLS-I and SLS-II)
  Suzanne Kafaja, Philip J. Clements, Holly Wilhalme, Chi-Hong Tseng, Daniel E. Furst, Grace Kim, Jonathan G. Goldin, Elizabeth R. Volkmann, Michael D. Roth, Donald P. T...> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2017 Nov 3
• 55 citations
  Defining Skin Ulcers in Systemic Sclerosis: Systematic Literature Review and Proposed World Scleroderma Foundation (WSF) Definition:
  Yossra A. Suliman, Cosimo Bruni, Sindhu R. Johnson, Emanuela Praino, Mohamed Alemam, N. Borazan, Laura Cometi, Bethany A. Myers, Dinesh Khanna, Yannick Allanore, Murra...> ;Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders. 2017 May 19
• Structural Validity of the Rheumatology Attitudes Index in Systemic Sclerosis: Analysis from the UCLA Scleroderma Quality of Life Study.
  Shadi Gholizadeh, Sarah D. Mills, Rina S. Fox, Erin L. Merz, Scott C. Roesch, Philip J. Clements, Suzanne Kafaja, Daniel E. Furst, Dinesh Khanna, Vanessa L. Malcarne> ;The Journal of Rheumatology. 2017 Jun 1
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Journal Articles

• The Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network Cohort: Baseline Clinical Features and Comparison with Other Large Scleroderma Cohorts  
  Daniel E Furst, Robert Spiera, Maureen D Mayes, Lorinda Chung, Suzanne Kafaja, Virginia Steen, Shervin Assassi, Monique Hinchcliff, Rheumatology