- Medizinische Klinik III, Sektion Rheumatologie und klinische Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Bonn
- immunology of arthritis
- microbiome in large-vessel vasculitis
- molecular imaging
- new rheumatological imaging methods
Schäfer VS, Juche A, Ramiro S, Krause A, Schmidt WA Ultrasound cut-off values for intima-media thickness of temporal, facial and axillary arteries in giant cell arteritis.
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2017 Sep; 1;56(9):1479-1483.
Schäfer VS, Chrysidis S, Schmidt WA, Duftner C, Iagnocco A, Bruyn G, Carrara G, De Miguel E, Diamantopoulos AP, Dalsgaard Nielsen B, Fredberg U, Hartung W, Hanova P, Tønder Hansen I, Hocevar A, Juche A, Kermani TA, Lorenzen T, Macchioni P, Milchert M, Møller Døhn U, Mukhtyar C, Monti S, Ponte C, Scirè CA, Terslev L, Dasgupta B, Keen HI, Pineda C, Dejaco C
OMERACT Definition and Reliability Assessment of Chronic Ultrasound Lesions of the Axillary Artery in Giant Cell Arteritis
Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2021 Aug;51(4):951-956.
Mockenhaupt LM, Dolscheid-Pommerich R, Stoffel-Wagner B, Behning C, Brossart P, Schäfer VS
Autoantibodies to dense-fine-speckled 70 (DFS70) do not necessarily rule out connective tissue diseases
Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2022 Feb;52:151936.
Grobelski J, Wilsmann-Theis D, Karakostas P, Behning C, Brossart P, Schäfer VS
Prospective double-blind study on the value of musculoskeletal ultrasound by dermatologists as a screening instrument for psoriatic arthritis: The PsoSone study
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 Dec 22:keac702.