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Prognostic laboratory markers of joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis
Objective: To investigate whether determination of a set of laboratory markers at baseline provides prognostic information on joint damage in hands and feet in rheumatoid arthritis. Methods: 183 ...
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Six months open label trial of leflunomide in active ankylosing spondylitis
Objective: To examine the potential therapeutic effects of leflunomide in patients with active AS in an open label study. Patients and methods: Twenty patients with AS fulfilling the 1984 modified New ...
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High-resolution MRI assessment of dactylitis in psoriatic arthritis shows flexor tendon pulley and sheath-related enthesitis
Objective Dactylitis is a hallmark of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) where flexor tenosynovitis is common. This study explored the microanatomical basis of dactylitis using high-resolution MRI (hrMRI) to ...
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Detection of small joint synovitis by ultrasonography: the learning curve of rheumatologists
Background: Ultrasonography allows assessment of soft tissue structures and has become a valued tool for diagnosing synovitis. Objective: To assess the learning curve for ultrasonography in evaluating ...
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Discovery and confirmation of a protein biomarker panel with potential to predict response to biological therapy in psoriatic arthritis
1 UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland 2 UCD School of Mathematical Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Objective ...
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Presenting features of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and rheumatoid arthritis with PMR-like onset: a prospective study
OBJECTIVE To evaluate in a prospective study whether patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with PMR-like onset show distinctive clinical and laboratory ...
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Definition of remission and relapse in polymyalgia rheumatica: data from a literature search compared with a Delphi-based expert consensus
2 Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Kufstein, Kufstein, Austria 3 Department of Internal Medicine I, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria 4 Department of Internal ...
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Ankylosing spondylitis: an overview
1 Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Free University, Berlin, Germany 2 Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany and Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Free University, ...
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‘Treat to target’: moving targets from hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and diabetes to rheumatoid arthritis
Correspondence to Professor Dan Atar, Department of Cardiology, Division of Medicine B, Oslo University Hospital, Kirkeveien 166, Oslo 0407, Norway; dan.atar{at}medisin.uio.no The principle of ‘treat ...
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Increased serum levels of B cell activating factor (BAFF) in subsets of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
Institute of Biophysics and Informatics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic O Kryštůfková, Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Na Slupi 4, 120 00 ...
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The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Sets for rheumatoid arthritis: a way to specify functioning
1 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany 2 ICF Research Branch of the WHO FIC CC (DIMDI), IMBK—Department of Physical Medicine and ...