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Guidelines for musculoskeletal ultrasound in rheumatology

aDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Hospital, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, bDepartment of Rheumatology and Physical Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, ...
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Novel and reliable DACTylitis glObal Sonographic (DACTOS) score in psoriatic arthritis

Correspondence to Professor Annamaria Iagnocco, Scienze Cliniche e Biologiche, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin 10043, Italy; annamaria.iagnocco1{at}gmail.com Objectives Dactylitis is one of ...
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Paracetamol and cyclooxygenase inhibition: is there a cause for concern?

1 Institute of Toxicology and Pharmacology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany 2 Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Friedrich Alexander University ...
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ASAS modification of the Berlin algorithm for diagnosing axial spondyloarthritis: results from the SPondyloArthritis Caught Early (SPACE)-cohort and from the Assessment of ...

Correspondence to Professor Désirée van der Heijde, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center,P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands; mail{at}dvanderheijde.nl Objective To ...
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Psoriatic arthritis: epidemiology, clinical features, course, and outcome

1 University of Toronto, Toronto Western Research Institute, Psoriatic Arthritis Program, University Health Network, Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, ...
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Germline genetic patterns underlying familial rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and primary Sjögren’s syndrome highlight T cell-initiated autoimmunity

Objectives Familial aggregation of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and co-aggregation of these autoimmune diseases (ADs) (also called ...
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A Phase II study of the efficacy and safety of rontalizumab (rhuMAb interferon-α) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (ROSE)

Objectives To examine the safety and efficacy of rontalizumab, a humanised IgG1 anti-interferon α (anti-IFN-α) monoclonal antibody, in patients with moderate-to-severe systemic lupus erythematosus ...
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Global, regional and national burden of osteoarthritis 1990-2017: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Objectives To report the level and trends of prevalence, incidence and years lived with disability (YLDs) for osteoarthritis (OA) in 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2017 by age, sex and ...
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EULAR evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis

15 Department of Radiology. Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands 16 Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands ...
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Rheumatoid factor and anticitrullinated protein antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis: diagnostic value, associations with radiological progression rate, and extra-articular ...

3 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM CJF 96-02, IFR30), Purpan School of Medicine, University of Toulouse III, Toulouse, France 4 Department of Electrical Energy, ...
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The efficacy of anti-TNF in rheumatoid arthritis, a comparison between randomised controlled trials and clinical practice

Background: Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the efficacy of antagonists to tumour necrosis factor α (TNFα) showed high response percentages in the groups treated with active drugs.
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A pilot study of IL-1 inhibition in acute calcific periarthritis of the shoulder

Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine (DAL), Service de Rhumatologie (RHU), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland Correspondence to Dr Pascal Zufferey, Department of ...