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2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus
Correspondence to Martin Aringer, Medicine III, University Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden D-01307, Germany; martin.aringer{at}uniklinikum-dresden.de; Dr ...
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Methotrexate and early postoperative complications in patients with rheumatoid arthritis undergoing elective orthopaedic surgery
OBJECTIVES To determine whether continued methotrexate treatment increases the risk of postoperative infections or of surgical complications in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) within one year ...
BMJ9d
2018 Update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis
Background Since the publication of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis (LVV) in 2009, several relevant randomised clinical ...
BMJ1d
The genetic basis of spondyloarthritis
Modern technological innovations have advanced our understanding of the genetic basis of spondyloarthritis. In ankylosing spondylitis (AS), where the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) accounts ...
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Non-invasive imaging in the diagnosis and management of Takayasu’s arteritis
1 Rheumatology Section, The Eric Bywaters Centre, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK 2 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial ...
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Major adverse cardiovascular events and mortality with opioids versus NSAIDs initiation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Objective Assess major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) risk with opioids compared with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) Methods We ...
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Metagenome-wide association study of gut microbiome revealed novel aetiology of rheumatoid arthritis in the Japanese population
11 WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Japan Objective The causality and pathogenic mechanism of microbiome composition remain elusive in many diseases, including ...
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Transplacental passage of belimumab during pregnancy and follow-up of a child exposed in utero
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Critical role of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in patients with Behcet’s disease
Objectives Behçet’s disease (BD) is a chronic systemic vasculitis. Thrombosis is a frequent and life-threatening complication. The pathogenesis of BD is poorly understood and evidence supporting a ...
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EULAR Sjögren's Syndrome Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI): development of a consensus patient index for primary Sjögren's syndrome
Objectives To develop a score for assessment of patients' symptoms in primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS): the EULAR SS Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI). Methods Dryness, pain, somatic and mental fatigue ...
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Piezo1-mediated mechanotransduction promotes entheseal pathological new bone formation in ankylosing spondylitis
Correspondence to Dr Hui Liu, Department of Spine Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China; liuhui58{at}mail.sysu.edu.cn Objective The aim of this ...
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Anti-inflammatory therapy for COVID-19 infection: the case for colchicine
Correspondence to Dr Michael H Pillinger, Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Michael.Pillinger{at}nyulangone.org The search for effective COVID-19 ...