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The development of Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (part II): validation and final selection

Objective: To validate and refine two sets of candidate criteria for the classification/diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). Methods: All Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society ...
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OP0229 THE GROUP FOR RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT OF PSORIASIS AND PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS (GRAPPA) TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS 2021

Background: Since the 2015 GRAPPA treatment recommendations were published, therapeutic options and management strategies for psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have advanced considerably. Objectives: The goal ...
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A nationwide non-medical switch from originator infliximab to biosimilar CT-P13 in 802 patients with inflammatory arthritis: 1-year clinical outcomes from the DANBIO registry

1 The DANBIO registry and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre of Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark Objectives ...
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Preliminary classification criteria for the cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis

10 Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, S Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy 11 Section of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human ...
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Efficacy of physiotherapy management of knee joint osteoarthritis: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial

1 Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, School of Physiotherapy, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 2 Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital and ...
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Development of the PsAQoL: a quality of life instrument specific to psoriatic arthritis

Background: Patient reported outcome measures used in studies of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have been found to be inadequate for determining the impact of the disease from the patient’s perspective.
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Mechanical overloading promotes chondrocyte senescence and osteoarthritis development through downregulating FBXW7

Objectives To investigate the role of mechanical stress in cartilage ageing and identify the mechanistic association during osteoarthritis (OA) progression. Conclusions FBXW7 is a key factor in the ...
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Adverse events of low- to medium-dose oral glucocorticoids in inflammatory diseases: a meta-analysis

1 University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2 University Medical Center Utrecht, Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary ...
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Smoking is a risk factor for anti-CCP antibodies only in rheumatoid arthritis patients who carry HLA-DRB1 shared epitope alleles

1 Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands 2 Departments of Rheumatology and Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Centre 3 Department of Immunohaematology ...
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Chronic NSAID use and long-term decline of renal function in a prospective rheumatoid arthritis cohort study

Correspondence to Dr Burkhard Möller, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Inselspital-University Hospital, Bern 3010, Switzerland; Burkhard.moeller{at}insel.ch Objectives Non-steroidal ...
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Incidence and risk factors for clinically diagnosed knee, hip and hand osteoarthritis: influences of age, gender and osteoarthritis affecting other joints

Objectives Data on the incidence of symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) are scarce. We estimated incidence of clinical hip, knee and hand OA, and studied the effect of prevalent OA on joint-specific ...
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Measurement invariance of the Illness Invalidation Inventory (3*I) across language, rheumatic disease and gender

1 Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2 Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The ...