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Assessment of enthesitis in ankylosing spondylitis

1 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands 2 Department of Rheumatology, Maasland Hospital Sittard, The Netherlands 3 ...
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High frequency of long-term opioid use among patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases initiating opioids for the first time

Correspondence to Dr Meghna Jani, Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Stopford Building, The University of Manchester, Manchester, Manchester, UK; meghna.jani{at}manchester.ac.uk This study ...
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Transcriptional derepression of CHD4/NuRD-regulated genes in the muscle of patients with dermatomyositis and anti-Mi2 autoantibodies

Objectives Myositis is a heterogeneous family of diseases including dermatomyositis (DM), immune-mediated necrotising myopathy (IMNM), antisynthetase syndrome (AS) and inclusion body myositis (IBM).
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Studies with pain rating scales.

Good correlation has been shown between pain scores derived from 4 different rating scales. The correlation was maintained when presentation of the scales was separated by a series of questions and by ...
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An Assessment in SpondyloArthritis International Society (ASAS)-endorsed definition of clinically important worsening in axial spondyloarthritis based on ASDAS

Introduction In a previous phase, 12 draft definitions for clinically important worsening in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) were selected, of which 3 were based on absolute changes in Ankylosing ...
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Signal intensity alteration in the infrapatellar fat pad at baseline for the prediction of knee symptoms and structure in older adults: a cohort study

Objective To describe the associations between infrapatellar fat pad (IPFP) signal intensity alteration at baseline and knee symptoms and structural changes in older adults. Methods A total of 874 ...
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Role of RANKL and RANK in bone loss and arthritis

1 Institute for Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria Departments of Immunology and Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, University Health Network, Canada ...
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Targeting siglec-E on murine dendritic cells inhibits antigen presentation and CD4 and CD8 t cell responses

Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent antigen presenting cells of the immune system. They are important regulators of immune responses by their capacity to induce tolerance or immunity, depending ...
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Validated measurement of periarticular bone mineral density at the knee joint by dual energy x ray absorptiometry

Department of Rheumatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland Dr E Murphy, Department of Rheumatology, Education and Research Centre, St Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, ...
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F8: Back to the future: how to mix the old and new treatments for SLE, Sjögren's and APS ...
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Exaggerated neutrophil extracellular trap formation in Kawasaki disease: a key phenomenon behind the outbreak in western countries?

Correspondence to Dr Kiyomi Mizugishi, Department of Hematology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; kiyomim{at}kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp KD is a multisystem vasculitis that primarily affects ...
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FRI0693 Fears and misconceptions of women with chronic rheumatic diseases on their journey to motherhood

Background: Recent EULAR ‘Points to Consider’ provide guidance on management and treatment of Women of Childbearing Age (WoCBA) with chronic rheumatic diseases (CRD: RA, axSpA, PsA). However, it is ...