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Overview

Virginia D. Steen is affiliated with Georgetown University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine. Their scholarly contributions encompass a variety of subfields including Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Dermatology, Immunology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work addresses main topics such as:

  • Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Dermatologic Treatments and Research
  • Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis
  • Mast cells and histamine
  • Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments

Virginia D. Steen has contributed to numerous publications. Some recent relevant papers include:

  • 2020 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Reproductive Health in Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases, 2020, Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Tocilizumab in systemic sclerosis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial, 2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • 2020 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Reproductive Health in Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases, 2020, Arthritis Care & Research
  • Expert consensus on the management of systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease, 2023, Respiratory Research
  • Treatment of Systemic Sclerosis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease: Evidence-based Recommendations. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline, 2023, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

The venues where this scientist frequently publishes include:

  • Lara D. Veeken
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Arthritis Care & Research
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • The Lancet Rheumatology

Virginia D. Steen collaborates regularly with several co-authors, with significant counts of joint publications. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Dinesh Khanna
  • Leland W.K. Chung
  • Jessica Gordon
  • Elana J. Bernstein
  • Tracy Frech

Best Publications

  • 2013 classification criteria for systemic sclerosis: An american college of rheumatology/European league against rheumatism collaborative initiative

    Frank Van Den Hoogen;Dinesh Khanna;Jaap Fransen;Sindhu R. Johnson

  • Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and selected musculoskeletal disorders in the United States

    Reva C. Lawrence;Charles G. Helmick;Frank C. Arnett;Richard A. Deyo

  • Changes in causes of death in systemic sclerosis, 1972-2002.

    Virginia D Steen;Thomas A Medsger

  • Cyclophosphamide versus placebo in scleroderma lung disease.

    Donald P. Tashkin;Robert Elashoff;Philip J. Clements;Jonathan Goldin

  • Screening, Early Detection, and Diagnosis of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Michael McGoon;David Gutterman;Virginia Steen;Robin Barst

  • Severe organ involvement in systemic sclerosis with diffuse scleroderma.

    Virginia D. Steen;Thomas A. Medsger

  • Mycophenolate mofetil versus oral cyclophosphamide in scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease (SLS II): a randomised controlled, double-blind, parallel group trial

    Donald P. Tashkin;Michael D. Roth;Philip J. Clements;Daniel E. Furst

  • Autoantibodies in systemic sclerosis.

    Virginia D. Steen

  • Clinical correlations and prognosis based on serum autoantibodies in patients with systemic sclerosis.

    Virginia D. Steen;Donald L. Powell;Thomas A. Medsger

  • Safety and efficacy of subcutaneous tocilizumab in adults with systemic sclerosis (faSScinate): a phase 2, randomised, controlled trial

    Dinesh Khanna;Christopher P Denton;Angelika Jahreis;Jacob M van Laar

  • Severe restrictive lung disease in systemic sclerosis

    Virginia D. Steen;Claudia Conte;Gregory R. Owens;Thomas A. Medsger

  • Predictors of isolated pulmonary hypertension in patients with systemic sclerosis and limited cutaneous involvement

    Virginia Steen;Virginia Steen;Thomas A. Medsger

  • 2020 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Reproductive Health in Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases

    Lisa R. Sammaritano;Bonnie L. Bermas;Eliza E. Chakravarty;Christina Chambers

  • The value of the Health Assessment Questionnaire and special patient-generated scales to demonstrate change in systemic sclerosis patients over time.

    Virginia D. Steen;Thomas A. Medsger

  • Effects of 1-year treatment with cyclophosphamide on outcomes at 2 years in scleroderma lung disease.

    Donald P. Tashkin;Robert Elashoff;Philip J. Clements;Michael D. Roth

  • Case-control study of corticosteroids and other drugs that either precipitate or protect from the development of scleroderma renal crisis

    Virginia D. Steen;Thomas A. Medsger

  • Skin thickness score in systemic sclerosis: an assessment of interobserver variability in 3 independent studies.

    P. J. Clements;P. A. Lachenbruch;J. R. Seibold;B. Zee

  • Outcome of renal crisis in systemic sclerosis: relation to availability of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors.

    Virginia D. Steen;Joseph P. Costantino;Alvin P. Shapiro;Thomas A. Medsger

  • Pulmonary hypertension in the CREST syndrome variant of systemic sclerosis.

    Angela M. Stupi;Virginia D. Steen;Gregory R. Owens;E. Leon Barnes

  • Intravenous Iloprost Infusion in Patients with Raynaud Phenomenon Secondary to Systemic Sclerosis: A Multicenter, Placebo-controlled, Double-Blind Study

    Fredrick M. Wigley;Robert A. Wise;James R. Seibold;Deborah A. McCloskey

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas A. Medsger
Thomas A. Medsger University of Pittsburgh
Dinesh Khanna
Dinesh Khanna University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Daniel E. Furst
Daniel E. Furst University of California, Los Angeles
Maureen D. Mayes
Maureen D. Mayes The University of Texas at Austin
Philip J. Clements
Philip J. Clements University of California, Los Angeles
John Varga
John Varga University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Fredrick M. Wigley
Fredrick M. Wigley Johns Hopkins University
Richard M. Silver
Richard M. Silver Medical University of South Carolina
Janet E. Pope
Janet E. Pope University of Western Ontario
Christopher P. Denton
Christopher P. Denton University College London

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