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AB0727 Increased Rates of Hypertension in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Compared To Psoriasis Alone: Results from The UK Biobank

1 Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre 2 Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester ...
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Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (rituximab) as an adjunct in the treatment of giant cell arteritis

1 Department of Rheumatology, University College London Hospitals, Arthur Stanley House, 40-50 Tottenham Street, London W1T 4NJ, UK 2 Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London Hospitals ...
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Treatment of autoinflammatory diseases: results from the Eurofever Registry and a literature review

23 Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Pediatria II, Reumatologia and Universià degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy 24 Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Pediatria II, Reumatologia, Genova, Italy Correspondence to ...
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Serious infection across biologic-treated patients with rheumatoid arthritis: results from the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Correspondence to Dr Andrew I Rutherford, Academic Rheumatology, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College, Weston Education Centre, King’s ...
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Sequential rituximab and mepolizumab in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA): a European multicentre observational study

Correspondence to Dr Giacomo Emmi, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Firenze, Italy; giacomo.emmi{at}unifi.it Eosinophilic granulomatosis with ...
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Takayasu arteritis is characterised by disturbances of B cell homeostasis and responds to B cell depletion therapy with rituximab

3 Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany 4 Department of Radiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany 5 Department of Nuclear ...
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Diagnosis of gout in patients with asymptomatic hyperuricaemia: a pilot ultrasound study

1 Division of Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain 2 Division of Internal Medicine, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain 3 Division of Clinical Biochemistry, La Paz University ...
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Raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate signals heart failure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Correspondence to: Dr Sherine E Gabriel Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN ...
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FRI0016 R835, A NOVEL IRAK1/4 DUAL INHIBITOR IN CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT, BLOCKS TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4 (TLR4) SIGNALING IN HUMAN AND MOUSE

Background: Toll-Like Receptors (TLR) and Interleukin-1 Receptors (IL-1R) play a critical role in the innate immune response as microbial sensors, providing a bridge between the innate and adaptive ...
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Temporary hold of mycophenolate augments humoral response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: a case series

Mycophenolate is the mainstay of treatment for many organ and life-threatening manifestations of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD). In contrast to most patients with RMD, those taking ...
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The fatty Romanus lesion: a non-inflammatory spinal MRI lesion specific for axial spondyloarthropathy

Background Fatty changes at vertebral corners have been reported on MRI in ankylosing spondylitis but the distribution or specificity of these lesions to early axial spondyloarthropathy (axial-SpA) ...
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The global burden of occupationally related low back pain: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study

1 Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, ...