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Ustekinumab for the treatment of patients with active ankylosing spondylitis: results of a 28-week, prospective, open-label, proof-of-concept study (TOPAS)

1 Rheumatology, Med. Department I, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2 Department of Radiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany 3 ...
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Efficacy of oral prednisolone in active ankylosing spondylitis: results of a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled short-term trial

Background The efficacy of oral prednisolone in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS) has not been studied to date. Methods In this double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial, ...
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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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Gout: why is this curable disease so seldom cured?

3 Department of Rheumatology, University of Edinburgh, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 4 Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Section, Alicante ...
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Diagnosis and management of adult onset Still’s disease

1 Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, New Jersey Medical School, UMDNJ, Newark, NJ 07101, USA 2 Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell ...
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Prevalence and incidence of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis

Correspondence to Dr Philipp Sewerin, Medical Faculty, Department Rheumatology and Hiller Research Unit Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany; ...
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Minimal clinically important improvement/difference (MCII/MCID) and patient acceptable symptom state (PASS): what do these concepts mean?

National Resource Centre for Rehabilitation in Rheumatology, Departmentt of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway Tore K Kvien, Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Box 23 ...
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Defining active sacroiliitis on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for classification of axial spondyloarthritis: a consensual approach by the ASAS/OMERACT MRI group

Department of Rheumatology, Charité University Medicine, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of sacroiliac joints has evolved as the most relevant ...
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Short- and long-term efficacy of intra-articular injections with betamethasone as part of a treat-to-target strategy in early rheumatoid arthritis: impact of joint area ...

3 Department of Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark 4 Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark 5 Department of Rheumatology ...
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Diagnostic values of clinical diagnostic tests in subacromial impingement syndrome

OBJECTIVE Subacromial impingement syndrome (SIS) is a frequent cause of shoulder pain. The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic values of clinical diagnostic tests, in patients with SIS ...
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Defining conditions where long-term glucocorticoid treatment has an acceptably low level of harm to facilitate implementation of existing recommendations: viewpoints from an ...

3 Amsterdam Rheumatology& Immunology Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 4 Medical Humanities, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ...
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Does hydrotherapy improve strength and physical function in patients with osteoarthritis—a randomised controlled trial comparing a gym based and a hydrotherapy based ...

1 Flinders University Department of Rehabilitation and Aged Care, Repatriation General Hospital, South Australia 2 Physiotherapy Department, Repatriation General Hospital, South Australia ...