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AB1529 MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION IN SYNOVIAL FLUID SAMPLES FROM SWOLLEN JOINTS ANALYZED WITH RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

Background Microplastics (MPs) have been identified in different types of tissue, including lung, bowel, placenta and as well in human whole blood [1]. During analysis of synovial fluid samples with ...
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Effect of habitual knuckle cracking on hand function.

The relation of habitual knuckle cracking to osteoarthrosis with functional impairment of the hand has long been considered an old wives' tale without experimental support. The mechanical sequelae of ...
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Ultrasound-detected musculoskeletal urate crystal deposition: which joints and what findings should be assessed for diagnosing gout?

1 Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain 2 Department of Rheumatology, Hospìtal Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain 3 ...
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Comparison of individually tailored versus fixed-schedule rituximab regimen to maintain ANCA-associated vasculitis remission: results of a multicentre, randomised controlled ...

Objective To compare individually tailored, based on trimestrial biological parameter monitoring, to fixed-schedule rituximab reinfusion for remission maintenance of antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody ...
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THU0471 The effects of tapping therapy on pain, symptom severity, dysfunctions in daily life, depression, and quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia: a randomized ...

Background Fibromyalgia is a disorder characterized by chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain, often accompanied by fatigue, cognitive disturbance, psychiatric symptoms, and multiple somatic symptoms ...
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Healing of erosions in rheumatoid arthritis

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POS0106 INTRA-ARTICULAR MM-II, A NOVEL SUSPENSION OF LARGE EMPTY MULTILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES, IN PAINFUL KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: A 26 WEEK PHASE 2B RANDOMIZED TRIAL

Background MM-II, a novel suspension of empty large multilamellar liposomes composed of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) and dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC), has demonstrated beneficial ...
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Cutaneous adverse events with febuxostat after previous reactions to allopurinol: comment on the article by Singh and Cleveland

We read with interest the recent article by Singh and Cleveland on the hypersensitivity risk of allopurinol (ALP) and febuxostat (FBX) compared with colchicine.1 A common challenge when using ALP, ...
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Real-life use of the PEXIVAS reduced-dose glucocorticoid regimen in granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis

3 Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques (CRESS), Unité Inserm 1153, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France ...
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Peripheral blood immunophenotypic diversity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and its impact on therapeutic responsiveness

Objective Considering the diverse aetiologies and immunodysregulatory statuses observed in each patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), stratification based on peripheral blood immunophenotyping holds ...
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Physician global assessment in systemic lupus erythematosus: can we rely on its reliability?

We read with great interest the recent paper by Aranow et al 1 about the impact of laboratory results on scoring of the Physician Global Assessment (PGA) of disease activity in systemic lupus ...
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LB0012 HEADLINE RESULTS FOR A PHASE 4, 52-WEEK, RANDOMISED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY TO ASSESS ADVERSE EVENTS OF SPECIAL INTEREST (AESI ...

Background Belimumab (BEL) is approved in adults with active, autoantibody-positive SLE. Phase 2, 3 and long-term extension studies showed a favourable benefit-risk profile. However, numerical ...