Ruth Wittoek

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

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Ruth Wittoek is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Pharmacology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth Wittoek has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Rheumatology, 12 papers in Pharmacology and 11 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Ruth Wittoek's work include Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (32 papers), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (30 papers) and Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments (10 papers). Ruth Wittoek is often cited by papers focused on Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (32 papers), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (30 papers) and Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments (10 papers). Ruth Wittoek collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and Netherlands. Ruth Wittoek's co-authors include Gust Verbruggen, Dirk Elewaut, Bert Vander Cruyssen, Philippe Carron, M. Kloppenburg, Féline P B Kroon, Patrick Calders, Ans Van Ginckel, Roberta Ramonda and I.K. Haugen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

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Ruth Wittoek

60 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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2018 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of hand osteoarthritis

2018 308 citations M. Kloppenburg, Féline P B Kroon et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →

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#	Title	Journal	Authors	Indexed citations
1	Shared lung and joint T cell repertoire in early rheumatoid arthritis driven by cigarette smoking	Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases	Koen Venken, Frederik Stevenaert et al.	1
2	RANKL blockade for erosive hand osteoarthritis: a randomized placebo-controlled phase 2a trial	Nature Medicine	Ruth Wittoek, Gust Verbruggen et al.	26
3	Associations between markers of inflammation and altered pain perception mechanisms in people with knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review	RMD Open	Sophie De Mits, Ruth Wittoek et al.	21
4	Association between knee inflammation and knee pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage	Karsten Vanden Wyngaert, Sophie De Mits et al.	91
5	Methotrexate treatment in hand osteoarthritis refractory to usual treatments: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial	Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism	S. Ferrero, Ruth Wittoek et al.	37
6	Development of classification criteria for hand osteoarthritis: comparative analyses of persons with and without hand osteoarthritis	RMD Open	I.K. Haugen, David T. Felson et al.	13
7	MRI-based Synthetic CT in the Detection of Structural Lesions in Patients with Suspected Sacroiliitis: Comparison with MRI	Radiology	Lennart Jans, Min Chen et al.	119
8	Report from the Hand Osteoarthritis Working Group at OMERACT 2018: Update on Core Instrument Set Development	The Journal of Rheumatology	Ruth Wittoek, Féline P B Kroon et al.	9
9	Prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints in urban communities in multi-ethnic Suriname: a cross-sectional study with the COPCORD methodology (stage 1, phase 1 and 2)	Clinical Rheumatology	Yves Vanlandewijck, Liesbeth De Donder et al.	5
10	Phase IIa, placebo-controlled, randomised study of lutikizumab, an anti-interleukin-1α and anti-interleukin-1β dual variable domain immunoglobulin, in patients with erosive hand osteoarthritis	Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases	M. Kloppenburg, Charles Peterfy et al.	130
11	Etanercept in patients with inflammatory hand osteoarthritis (EHOA): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial	Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases	M. Kloppenburg, Roberta Ramonda et al.	125
12	Randomised, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate clinical efficacy and structure modifying properties of subcutaneous etanercept in patients with erosive inflammatory hand osteoarthritis	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage	M. Kloppenburg, Roberta Ramonda et al.	3
13	Effect of Etanercept on Several Soluble Biomarkers in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Patients with Erosive Hand Osteoarthritis	Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)	Féline P B Kroon, Ruth Wittoek et al.	1
14	Clinical and radiological factors associated with erosive radiographic progression in hand osteoarthritis	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage	Gust Verbruggen, Dirk Elewaut et al.	9
15	Sustained response to tocilizumab in a patient with relapsing polychondritis with aortic involvement: a case based review	Clinical Rheumatology	Vanessa Smith, Ruth Wittoek et al.	22
16	Tumour necrosis factor blockade for the treatment of erosive osteoarthritis of the interphalangeal finger joints: a double blind, randomised trial on structure modification	Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases	Gust Verbruggen, Ruth Wittoek et al.	158
17	Reliability and construct validity of ultrasonography of soft tissue and destructive changes in erosive osteoarthritis of the interphalangeal finger joints: a comparison with MRI	Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases	Ruth Wittoek, Lennart Jans et al.	63
18	Agreement between evidence and Belgian rheumatologists' experience on the use of DMARDs for arthritis and/or enthesitis in ankylosing spondylitis	Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology	Ruth Wittoek, Kurt de Vlam et al.	2
19	Cross-cultural adaptation of the Dutch version of the Functional Index for Hand Osteoarthritis (FIHOA) and a study on its construct validity	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage	Ruth Wittoek, Bert Vander Cruyssen et al.	23
20	Agreement between evidence and Belgian rheumatologists' experience on HLA B27 determination in patients with specific imaging features in ankylosing spondylitis	Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology	Ruth Wittoek, Kurt de Vlam et al.	1

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