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POS0912 SARCOPENIA IN SPONDYLOARTHRITIS. ULTRASOUND EVALUATION
Background Spondyloarthritis are a group of chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases that share clinical and imaging characteristics. Sarcopenia is characterized by loss of muscle mass and function ...
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Is the epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis changing? Results from a population-based incidence study, 1985–2014
Objectives To examine trends in the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from 2005 to 2014 overall and by serological status as compared with 1995–2004 and 1985–1994. Methods We evaluated RA ...
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Baseline tumour necrosis factor alpha levels predict the necessity for dose escalation of infliximab therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
1 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan 2 Department of Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical ...
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EULAR recommendations for the management of ANCA-associated vasculitis: 2022 update
Background Since the publication of the EULAR recommendations for the management of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) in 2016, several randomised clinical trials ...
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Treatment of active rheumatoid arthritis with leflunomide: two year follow up of a double blind, placebo controlled trial versus sulfasalazine
Professor D L Scott, King's College Hospital, East Dulwich Grove, Dulwich, London SE22 8PT, UKleigh.joyce{at}kcl.ac.uk OBJECTIVE Recent studies have demonstrated the short term efficacy of leflunomide ...
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Infrapatellar fat pad of patients with end-stage osteoarthritis inhibits catabolic mediators in cartilage
6 Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands 7 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ...
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Mycobacterial diseases and antitumour necrosis factor therapy in USA
1 Departments of Infectious Diseases (KLW), Public Health and Preventive Medicine (DC, KLW, DA), Ophthalmology (EBS, JTR, KLW, CDV), and Rheumatology (JTR), Oregon Health & Science University, ...
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Vitamin D involvement in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythaematosus
M Cutolo, Research Lab and Academic Clinical Unit of Rheumatology Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, 6, 16132 Genova, Italy; mcutolo{at}unige.it We read with ...
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Physical function in ankylosing spondylitis is independently determined by both disease activity and radiographic damage of the spine
Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands Professor R Landewé, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical ...
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Relationship between serum urate concentration and clinically evident incident gout: an individual participant data analysis
Correspondence to Prof Nicola Dalbeth, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1, New Zealand; n.dalbeth{at}auckland.ac.nz Objectives To ...
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Development of a prediction model for inpatient gout flares in people with comorbid gout
Objectives Hospitalisation is a risk factor for flares in people with gout. However, the predictors of inpatient gout flare are not well understood. The aim of this study was to develop a prediction ...
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Protection against murine osteoarthritis by inhibition of the 26S proteasome and lysine-48 linked ubiquitination
Objectives To determine whether the process of ubiquitination and/or activity of the 26S proteasome are involved in the induction of osteoarthritis (OA). Methods Bovine cartilage resorption assays, ...