Dr. Leslie Crofford, MD

• Rheumatology

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• Central Washington University

  Medical School, 1987

• Reply, 2020-12-05

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• Authors' Reply to Diagnostic Pitfalls and Treatment Challenges in Interstitial Pneumonia with Autoimmune Features, 2019-03-02

• Test-Retest Reliability and Responsiveness of PROMIS Sleep Short Forms Within an RCT in Women With Fibromyalgia, 2021-06-08

• Amelioration of post-traumatic osteoarthritis via nanoparticle depots delivering small interfering RNA to damaged cartilage, 2021-08-19

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• Reply, 2020-07-10

• mPGES1-dependent PGE2controls antigen-specific Th17 and Th1 responses by regulating T autocrine and paracrine PGE2production, 2017-12-13

• Psychological Aspects of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain, 2015-05-21

• High-Throughput Detection of Autoantigen-Specific B Cells Among Distinct Functional Subsets in Autoimmune Donors, 2021-05-24

• Reply, 2017-08-22

• The Mediating and Moderating Effect of Volunteering on Pain and Depression, Life Purpose, Well-Being, and Physical Activity, 2017-06-07

• Reduction in movement-evoked pain and fatigue during initial 30-minute TENS treatment predicts TENS responders in women with fibromyalgia, 2020-11-11

• A Randomized Controlled Trial of TENS for Movement-Evoked Pain in Women with Fibromyalgia, 2020-03-18

• Physical activity is related to function and fatigue but not pain in women with fibromyalgia: baseline analyses from the Fibromyalgia Activity Study with TENS (FAST), 2018-08-29

• Outpatient Engagement Lowers Predicted Risk of Suicide Attempts in Fibromyalgia, 2019-07-23

• Phenome-Wide Association Study of Rheumatoid Arthritis Subgroups Identifies Association between Seronegative Disease and Fibromyalgia, 2016-09-18

• Rule-based and machine learning algorithms identify patients with systemic sclerosis accurately in the electronic health record, 2019-12-30

• Myeloablation followed by autologous stem cell transplantation normalises systemic sclerosis molecular signatures, 2019-08-07

• Eudaemonic Well-Being in Midlife Women: Change in and Correspondence Between Concurrent and Retrospective Reports, 2021-03-25

• Phenome-wide association studies uncover a novel association of increased atrial fibrillation in males with systemic lupus erythematosus, 2018-02-27

• mPGES-1-Mediated Production of PGE2and EP4 Receptor Sensing Regulate T Cell Colonic Inflammation, 2018-12-14

• Real-world electronic health record identifies antimalarial underprescribing in patients with lupus nephritis, 2019-06-12

• Jo-1 autoantigen-specific B cells are skewed towards distinct functional B cell subsets in anti-synthetase syndrome patients, 2021-01-19

• The Relationship Between Life Purpose with Depression and Disability in Acute Low Back Pain Patients, 2018-07-07

• High-Dimensional Analysis Reveals Distinct Endotypes in Patients With Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies, 2022-02-21

• Causes of Creatine Kinase Levels Greater Than 1,000 IU/L in Patients Referred to Rheumatology, 2016-04-04

• Developing Electronic Health Record Algorithms that Accurately Identify Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, 2017-04-10

• Reply, 2020-12-20

• Somatic symptom presentations in women with fibromyalgia are differentially associated with elevated depression and anxiety, 2017-10-27

• Estimation of Cardiorespiratory Fitness Without Exercise Testing: Cross-Validation in Midlife and Older Women, 2020-12-28

• Perceived function and physical performance are associated with pain and fatigue in women with fibromyalgia, 2016-03-16

• Systemic Sclerosis as an Indication for Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Position Statement from the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2018-06-25

• Human and Machine Intelligence Together Drive Drug Repurposing in Rare Diseases, 2021-07-28

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• A Comprehensive Framework for Navigating Patient Care in Systemic Sclerosis:A Global Response to the Need for Improving the Practice of Diagnostic and Preventive Strategies in SSc, 2021-09-15

• CD19 + CD21lo/negcells are increased in systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease, 2021-08-10

• Rheumatologists' Perception of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Quality Indicators: Significant Interest and Perceived Barriers, 2016-11-22

• New Insights into the Benefits of Exercise for Muscle Health in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis, 2014-06-11

• Using TENS for Pain Control: Update on the State of the Evidence, 2022-09-22

• Prostaglandin E2Induction during Mouse Adenovirus Type 1 Respiratory Infection Regulates Inflammatory Mediator Generation but Does Not Affect Viral Pathogenesis, 2013-10-16

• Dexamethasone-suppressed salivary cortisol and pain sensitivity in female twins, 2016-06-15

• Interstitial Pneumonia with Autoimmune Features: An emerging challenge at the intersection of rheumatology and pulmonology, 2018-10-27

• Altered mitochondrial homeostasis during systemic lupus erythematosus impairs NET formation rendering neutrophils ineffective at combatingStaphylococcus aureus, 2021-12-20

• Delivery of a group hypnosis protocol for managing chronic pain in outpatient integrative medicine Bereitstellung einer Anleitung zur Gruppenhypnose zur Behandlung chronischer Schmerzen in der ambulanten integrativen Medizin Proposition d'un protocole d'hypnose de groupe pour la gestion de la douleu, 2022-07-14

• Myeloablative Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Resets the B Cell Repertoire to a more Naive State in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis, 2022-10-14

• Machine learning predicts stem cell transplant response in severe scleroderma, 2020-09-15

• Large-scale characterization of systemic sclerosis serum protein profile: Comparison to peripheral blood cell transcriptome and correlations with skin/lung fibrosis, 2021-02-28

• Recent Advances in Clinical Translation of Intra-Articular Osteoarthritis Drug Delivery Systems, 2020-09-28

• Anti-tRNA synthetase syndrome interstitial lung disease: A single center experience, 2021-05-04

• Epithelium-specific Ets transcription factor-1 acts as a negative regulator of cyclooxygenase-2 in human rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts, 2016-06-16

• Risk Factors for Targeted Fungal and Mycobacterial Infections in Patients Taking Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors, 2017-06-14

• Phenome-wide association study identifies dsDNA as a driver of major organ involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus, 2018-11-26

• Phenome-wide association study identifies marked increased in burden of comorbidities in African Americans with systemic lupus erythematosus, 2018-04-10

• Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Mediate the Effects of Trauma Exposure on Clinical Indicators of Central Sensitization in Patients with Chronic Pain, 2019-01-31