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Novel and reliable DACTylitis glObal Sonographic (DACTOS) score in psoriatic arthritis

Correspondence to Professor Annamaria Iagnocco, Scienze Cliniche e Biologiche, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin 10043, Italy; annamaria.iagnocco1{at}gmail.com Objectives Dactylitis is one of ...
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EULAR evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis

15 Department of Radiology. Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands 16 Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands ...
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Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation reduces pain and fatigue in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled pilot trial

Objectives Musculoskeletal pain and fatigue are common features in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway is a physiological mechanism diminishing inflammation, ...
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Guidelines for musculoskeletal ultrasound in rheumatology

aDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Hospital, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, bDepartment of Rheumatology and Physical Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, ...
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ASAS modification of the Berlin algorithm for diagnosing axial spondyloarthritis: results from the SPondyloArthritis Caught Early (SPACE)-cohort and from the Assessment of ...

Correspondence to Professor Désirée van der Heijde, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center,P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands; mail{at}dvanderheijde.nl Objective To ...
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Paracetamol and cyclooxygenase inhibition: is there a cause for concern?

1 Institute of Toxicology and Pharmacology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany 2 Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Friedrich Alexander University ...
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Lung involvement in primary Sjögren’s syndrome is mainly related to the small airway disease

Dr F N Skopouli, Department of Nutrition and Diatetics, Harokopio University, 70 El Venizelou Street, 176 71 Athens, Greece. METHODS Sixty one consecutive, non-smoking patients, 58 women and three men ...
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CDAI and DAS28 in the management of rheumatoid arthritis in clinical practice

The primary therapeutic target for rheumatoid arthritis is remission, assessed using validated composited measures.1 Currently, index-based remission frequently used in clinical practice are disease ...
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Power Doppler ultrasonography and synovitis: correlating ultrasound imaging with histopathological findings and evaluating the performance of ultrasound equipments

1 Department of Internal Medicine, Mikkeli Central Hospital, Mikkeli, Finland 2 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Mikkeli Central Hospital, Mikkeli, Finland 3 Department of Pathology, Mikkeli Central ...
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A pilot study of IL-1 inhibition in acute calcific periarthritis of the shoulder

Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine (DAL), Service de Rhumatologie (RHU), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland Correspondence to Dr Pascal Zufferey, Department of ...
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Time trends in disease activity, response and remission rates in rheumatoid arthritis during the past decade: results from the NOR-DMARD study 2000–2010

Objectives To investigate whether baseline disease activity levels and responses in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) changed during the period 2000–2010. Methods Data were provided by the ...
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A novel evidence-based detection of undiagnosed spondyloarthritis in patients presenting with acute anterior uveitis: the DUET (Dublin Uveitis Evaluation Tool)

2 Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital Dublin and Rheumatology Research Group, Education and Research Centre, St Vincent's University ...