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Anushka Irani, B.M.B.Ch., Ph.D.

  1. Rheumatologist
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Publications

  1. Slater K, Schofield PN, Wright J, Clift P, Irani A, Bradlow W, Aziz F, Gkoutos GV. Talking about diseases; developing a model of patient and public-prioritised disease phenotypes. NPJ Digit Med. 2024 Sep 30; 7 (1):263 Epub 2024 Sept 30
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  2. Kaplan CM, Kelleher E, Irani A, Schrepf A, Clauw DJ, Harte SE. Deciphering nociplastic pain: clinical features, risk factors and potential mechanisms. Nat Rev Neurol. 2024 Jun; 20(6):347-363. Epub 2024 May 16.
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  3. Kelleher E, Wall AJ, Sanchez-Santos MT, Wanigasekera V, Irani A. Centralised pain in early rheumatoid arthritis predicts worse bodily pain outcomes. Rheumatology. 2024 Apr 24; 63:keae163144
  4. Hassan A, Abhishek A, Peckham N, Pade C, Gibbons JM, Cureton L, Francis A, Barber V, Williams JAE, Appelbe D, Eldridge L, Julier P, Altmann DM, Bluett J, Brooks T, Coates LC, Rombach I, Semper A, Otter A, Valdes AM, Nguyen-Van-Tam JS, Williams HC, Boyton RJ, McKnight A, Cook JA, VROOM study investigators. Effect of a 2-week interruption in methotrexate treatment on COVID-19 vaccine response in people with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (VROOM study): a randomised, open label, superiority trial. Lancet Rheumatol. 2024 Feb; 6 (2):e92-e104 Epub 2023 Dec 12
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  5. Kang Y, Trewern L, Jackman J, Soni A, McCartney D. Chronic Pain: Supported self-management. BMJ. 2024.
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  6. Sengupta R, Bukhari M, Cole Z, Kyle S, MacDonald G, McKay K, Irani A, Perry M. Patient Initiated Follow-Up (PIFU): how can rheumatology departments start to reap the benefits? A consensus document. Rheumatol Adv Pract. 2024; 8 (4):rkae091 Epub 2024 Aug 29
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  7. Heelas L, Soni A, Barker K. Do baseline patient reported outcome measures predict changes in self-reported function, following a chronic pain rehabilitation programme? Br J Pain. 2023 Dec; 17 (6):532-545 Epub 2023 July 31
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  8. Soni A, Kang Y, Trewern L, Jackman J, McCartney D. Authors' reply to Bray. BMJ 2023 Aug 24; 382:1914
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  9. Soni A, Nishtala R, Ng S, Barnett R, Chyou TY, Cavill C, Sengupta R. The natural history of chronic widespread pain in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: a cohort study with clinical and self-tracking data. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Jul 05; 62(7):2444-2452.
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  10. Kang Y, Trewern L, Jackman J, McCartney D, Soni A. Chronic pain: definitions and diagnosis. BMJ. 2023 Jun 27; 381:e076036 Epub 2023 June 27
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  11. Clauw DJ, Choy EHS, Napadow V, Soni A, Boehnke KF, Naliboff B, Hassett AL, Arewasikporn A, Schrepf A, Kaplan CM, Williams D, Basu N, Bergmans RS, Harris RE, Harte SE, Chadwick A, Macfarlane GJ. Hypothetical model ignores many important pathophysiologic mechanisms in fibromyalgia. Nat Rev Rheumatol 2023 May; 19 (5):321
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  12. Hassan A, Abhishek A, Boyton RJ, Peckham N, McKnight A, Coates LC, Bluett J, Barber V, Cureton L, Francis A, Appelbe D, Eldridge L, Julier P, Valdes AM, Brooks T, Rombach I, Altmann DM, Nguyen-Van-Tam JS, Williams HC, Cook JA. Effect of a 2-week interruption in methotrexate treatment versus continued treatment on COVID-19 booster vaccine immunity in adults with inflammatory conditions (VROOM study): a randomised, open label, superiority trial. Lancet Respir Med. 2022 Sep; 10 (9):840-850 Epub 2022 June 27
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  13. Spencer TL, Watts L, Soni A, Pinedo-Villanueva R, Heegaard AM, Boyce AM, Javaid MK. Neuropathic-like Pain in Fibrous Dysplasia/McCune-Albright Syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 May 17; 107 (6):e2258-e2266
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  14. Cole S, Kolovos S, Soni A, Delmestri A, Sanchez-Santos MT, Judge A, Arden NK, Beswick AD, Wylde V, Gooberman-Hill R, Pinedo-Villanueva R. Progression of chronic pain and associated health-related quality of life and healthcare resource use over 5 years after total knee replacement: evidence from a cohort study. BMJ Open. 2022 Apr 25; 12(4):e058044.
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  15. Reid H, Ridout AJ, Tomaz SA, Kelly P, Jones N, Physical Activity Risk Consensus group. Benefits outweigh the risks: a consensus statement on the risks of physical activity for people living with long-term conditions. Br J Sports Med 2022 Apr; 56 (8):427-438 Epub 2021 Oct 14
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  16. Passia E, Vis M, Coates LC, Soni A, Tchetverikov I, Gerards AH, Kok MR, Vos PAJM, Korswagen L, Fodili F, Goekoop-Ruiterman YPM, van der Kaap J, van Oosterhout M, Luime JJ. Sex-specific differences and how to handle them in early psoriatic arthritis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2022 Jan 11; 24 (1):22
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  17. Ramanathan S, Tseng M, Davies AJ, Uy CE, Paneva S, Mgbachi VC, Michael S, Varley JA, Binks S, Themistocleous AC, Fehmi J, Anziska Y, Soni A, Hofer M, Waters P, Brilot F, Dale RC, Dawes J, Rinaldi S, Bennett DL, Irani SR. Leucine-Rich Glioma-Inactivated 1 versus Contactin-Associated Protein-like 2 Antibody Neuropathic Pain: Clinical and Biological Comparisons. Ann Neurol. 2021 Oct; 90(4):683-690. Epub 2021 Aug 30.
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  18. Soni A, Santos-Paulo S, Segerdahl A, Javaid MK, Pinedo-Villanueva R, Tracey I. Hospitalization in fibromyalgia: a cohort-level observational study of in-patient procedures, costs and geographical variation in England. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 Aug 01; 59(8):2074-2084.
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  19. Soni A, Tracey I. Reply. Arthritis Rheumatol 2019 Jul; 71 (7):1202-1203 Epub 2019 May 07
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  20. Soni A, Wanigasekera V, Mezue M, Cooper C, Javaid MK, Price AJ, Tracey I. Central Sensitization in Knee Osteoarthritis: Relating Presurgical Brainstem Neuroimaging and PainDETECT-Based Patient Stratification to Arthroplasty Outcome. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Apr; 71(4):550-560. Epub 2019 Mar 06.
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  21. Pinedo-Villanueva R, Khalid S, Wylde V, Gooberman-Hill R, Soni A, Judge A. Identifying individuals with chronic pain after knee replacement: a population-cohort, cluster-analysis of Oxford knee scores in 128,145 patients from the English National Health Service. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2018 Oct 02; 19(1):354.
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  22. Warner SC, Walsh DA, Laslett LL, Maciewicz RA, Soni A, Hart DJ, Zhang W, Muir KR, Dennison EM, Leaverton P, Rampersaud E, Cooper C, Spector TD, Cicuttini FM, Arden NK, Jones G, Doherty M, Valdes AM. Pain in knee osteoarthritis is associated with variation in the neurokinin 1/substance P receptor (TACR1) gene. Eur J Pain. 2017 Aug; 21 (7):1277-1284 Epub 2017 May 11
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  23. Neogi T, Soni A, Doherty SA, Laslett LL, Maciewicz RA, Hart DJ, Zhang W, Muir KR, Wheeler M, Cooper C, Spector TD, Cicuttini F, Jones G, Nevitt M, Liu Y, Arden NK, Doherty M, Valdes AM. Contribution of the COMT Val158Met variant to symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2014 Jan; 73 (1):315-7 Epub 2013 July 13
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  24. Soni A, Batra RN, Gwilym SE, Spector TD, Hart DJ, Arden NK, Cooper C, Tracey I, Javaid MK. Neuropathic features of joint pain: a community-based study. Arthritis Rheum. 2013 Jul; 65(7):1942-9.
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  25. Peters MJ, Broer L, Willemen HL, Eiriksdottir G, Hocking LJ, Holliday KL, Horan MA, Meulenbelt I, Neogi T, Popham M, Schmidt CO, Soni A, Valdes AM, Amin N, Dennison EM, Eijkelkamp N, Harris TB, Hart DJ, Hofman A, Huygen FJ, Jameson KA, Jones GT, Launer LJ, Kerkhof HJ, de Kruijf M, McBeth J, Kloppenburg M, Ollier WE, Oostra B, Payton A, Rivadeneira F, Smith BH, Smith AV, Stolk L, Teumer A, Thomson W, Uitterlinden AG, Wang K, van Wingerden SH, Arden NK, Cooper C, Felson D, Gudnason V, Macfarlane GJ, Pendleton N, Slagboom PE, Spector TD, Volzke H, Kavelaars A, van Duijn CM, Williams FM, van Meurs JB. Genome-wide association study meta-analysis of chronic widespread pain: evidence for involvement of the 5p15.2 region. Ann Rheum Dis. 2013 Mar; 72 (3):427-36 Epub 2012 Sept 06
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  26. Soni A, Joshi A, Mudge N, Wyatt M, Williamson L. Supervised exercise plus acupuncture for moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis: a small randomised controlled trial. Acupunct Med. 2012 Sep; 30(3):176-81. Epub 2012 Aug 20.
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  27. Leyland KM, Hart DJ, Javaid MK, Judge A, Kiran A, Soni A, Goulston LM, Cooper C, Spector TD, Arden NK. The natural history of radiographic knee osteoarthritis: a fourteen-year population-based cohort study. Arthritis Rheum. 2012 Jul; 64(7):2243-51.
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  28. Soni A, Kiran A, Hart DJ, Leyland KM, Goulston L, Cooper C, Javaid MK, Spector TD, Arden NK. Prevalence of reported knee pain over twelve years in a community-based cohort. Arthritis Rheum. 2012 Apr; 64(4):1145-52. Epub 2011 Dec 16.
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  29. Goulston LM, Kiran A, Javaid MK, Soni A, White KM, Hart DJ, Spector TD, Arden NK. Does obesity predict knee pain over fourteen years in women, independently of radiographic changes? Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011 Oct; 63 (10):1398-406
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  30. Valdes AM, De Wilde G, Doherty SA, Lories RJ, Vaughn FL, Laslett LL, Maciewicz RA, Soni A, Hart DJ, Zhang W, Muir KR, Dennison EM, Wheeler M, Leaverton P, Cooper C, Spector TD, Cicuttini FM, Chapman V, Jones G, Arden NK, Doherty M. The Ile585Val TRPV1 variant is involved in risk of painful knee osteoarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011 Sep; 70(9):1556-61. Epub 2011 May 25.
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  31. Soni A, Manhas R, John L, Whittam L, Williamson L. Tropical rheumatology in a UK District General Hospital: a case report of leprosy presenting as acute vasculitis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2010 Apr; 49 (4):826-8 Epub 2009 Dec 21
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  32. Soni A, Irani SR, Lang B, Taghipour K, Mann R, Vincent A, Collins D. Immunotherapy: responsive autoimmune encephalopathy associated with bullous pemphigoid. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2009 Dec; 80 (12):1412-3
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  33. Soni A, De Silva SR, Allen K, Byrne JV, Cudlip S, Wass JA. A case of macroprolactinoma encasing an internal carotid artery aneurysm, presenting as pituitary apoplexy. Pituitary. 2008; 11 (3):307-11
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  34. Soni A, Williamson L. A limited skeletal survey may be a better screening tool than isotope bone scinitgraphy when imaging Paget's disease of the bone; an inconvenient truth? Clinical Radiology. 2008; 63(1):108.
  35. Soni , A. Medical marriages—good BMJ. 2007.
  36. Soni A, Walter K, Ward SM, Jones H. Geratology rehabilitation units are not just for stroke. BMJ 2007 Jan 27; 334 (7586):170
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  37. Thomson DJ, Soni A, Ward M, Jones HW. Simultaneous presentation of myasthenia gravis and mesothelioma. J R Soc Med. 2006; 99(5):259-260.
  38. Irani SR, Soni A, Beynon H, Athwal BS. Relapsing “encephalo” polychondritis. Practical Neurology. 2006; (6):372-375.
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