MD, DM(Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology)
Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology
St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, India

1. Janardana R, Haridas V, Priya V, Bhat V,Singh Y, Rao VK, Jois R, Srikantiah C, Pinto B, Shobha. Maternal and fetal outcomes of lupus pregnancies: A collective effort by Karnataka Rheumatologists. Lupus. August 2020:096120332094450. doi:10.1177/0961203320944503

2. Pinto B, Jolly M, Dhooria A, Grover S, Raj JM, Devilliers H, Sharma A. Hindi LupusPRO: cross cultural validation of disease specific patient reported outcome measure of lupus. Lupus. 2019 Nov;28(13):1534-1540

3. Pinto B, Grover S, Dhooria A, Rathi M, Sharma A. Sexual functioning and its correlates in premenopausal married Indian women with systemic lupus erythematosus. Int J Rheum Dis. 2019 Aug 19. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.13675. [Epub ahead of print]

4. Sharma A, Rajan R, Modi M, Pinto B, Dhooria A, Rathi M, Mittal T, Kumar S, Sharma K, Dhir V, Nada R, Minz RW, Singh S. Neurological Manifestations Do not Affect Cumulative Survival in Indian Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Associated Vasculitis. Neurol India. 2019 Jul-Aug;67(4):1043-1047.

5. Pinto B, Janardana R, Nadig R, Mahadevan A, Bhatt AS, Raj JM, Shobha V. Comparison of the 2017 EULAR/ACR criteria with Bohan and Peter criteria for the classification of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Clin Rheumatol. 2019 Jul;38(7):1931-1934.

6. Sharma A, Naidu G, Rathi M, Verma R, Modi M, Pinto B, Sharma K, Dhir V, Singhal M, Prakash M, Nada R, Panda N, Minz R. Clinical features and long-term outcomes of 105 granulomatosis with polyangiitis patients: A single center experience from north India. Int J Rheum Dis. 2018 Jan;21(1):278-284.

7. Sharma A, Lakshman A, Nampoothiri RV, Verma R, Rathi M, Naidu G, Pinto B, Sharma K, Dhir V, Nada R,Minz R,Panda N, Jain S. Pulmonary and ear, nose and throat (ENT) involvement in anca-associated vasculitis at diagnosis-experience from a tertiary care centre in north India. J Assoc Physicians India. 2017;65(October).

8. Pinto B, Sharma A. Tuberculosis in rheumatology practice: The many faces of an old foe. Indian Journal of Rheumatology .2017 vol: 12 (3)

9. Sharma A, Pinto B, Dhooria A, Rathi M, Singhal M, Dhir V, Sharma K, Parkash M, Modi M, Vijayvergiya R, Sinha SK, Nada R, Minz RW, Singh S. Polyarteritis nodosa in north India: clinical manifestations and outcomes. Int J Rheum Dis. 2017 Mar;20(3):390-397

10. Sharma A, Pinto B, Dogra S, Sharma K, Goyal P, Sagar V, Dhir V, Sharma S, Singh S. A case series and review of Poncet's disease, and the utility of current diagnostic criteria. Int J Rheum Dis. 2016 Oct;19(10):1010-1017.

11. Rathi M, Pinto B, Dhooria A, Sagar V, Mittal T, Rajan R, Dhir V, Kumar S, Sharma K, Nada R, Singh S, Minz RW, Sharma A. Impact of renal involvement on survival in ANCA-associated vasculitis. Int Urol Nephrol. 2016 Sep;48(9):1477-82

12. Sharma A, Sagar V, Prakash M, Gupta V, Khaire N, Pinto B, Dhir V, Bal A, Aggarwal A, Kumar S, Sharma K, Rathi M, Das A, Singh R, Singh S, Gupta A. Giant cell arteritis in India: Report from a tertiary care center along with total published experience from India. Neurol India. 2015 Sep-Oct;63(5):681-6.

13. Dhir V, Sandhu A, Kaur J, Pinto B, Kumar P, Kaur P, Gupta N, Sood A, Sharma A, Sharma S. Comparison of two different folic acid doses with methotrexate--a randomized controlled trial (FOLVARI Study). Arthritis Res Ther. 2015 Jun 11;17:156.

14. Sagar V, Pinto B, Lal A, Kumar M, Rathi M, Sharma K, Ray P, Sharma A. Nocardia pyomyositis in a patient with granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Int J Rheum Dis. 2015 May 8.

15. Dhir V, Pinto B. Antiphospholipid syndrome: A review. J Mahatma Gandhi Inst Med Sci 2014;19:19-27

16. Pinto B, Goyal P, Flora SJ, Gill KD, Singh S. Chronic arsenic poisoning following ayurvedic medication. J Med Toxicol. 2014 Dec;10(4):395-8

17. Pinto B, Dhir V, Singh PK, Gowda KK, Sharma A. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis and severe respiratory involvement. J Emerg Med. 2014 Sep;47(3):e79-81.

18. Dhir V, Pinto B, Anakutti HP, Yadav MK, Sharma S, Sharma A. Henoch-Schönlein purpura: hitting the 'target' on CT. Arab J Gastroenterol. 2014 5Mar;15(1):42-3.

19. Pinto B, Dhir V, Dambalkar A, De D, Kumar M, Sharma P. Bullous lesion with central umbilication in leukemia. Int J Dermatol. 2014 Feb;53(2):145-6.

20. Sharma A, Dogra S, Pinto B, Sharma K, Singh R, Dhir V, Sharma SK, Kakkar N, Radotra B, Singh S. Poncet's disease presenting as Pseudo-Behçet's disease. Int J Rheum Dis. 2013 Aug;16(4):483-5.

21. Pinto B, Dhir V, Krishnan S, Nada R. Leflunomide-induced DRESS syndrome with renal involvement and vasculitis. Clin Rheumatol. 2013 May;32(5):689-93.

● Poster presentation in ACR 2017

● Poster presentation in EULAR 2018

● Poster presentation in APLAR 2020