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AB1138 High levels of anti-u1rnp and anti-sm in mixed connective tissue disease patients
Background The mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is an autoimmune systemic disease characterised by clinical manifestations that are included in systemic lupus erythematous (SLE), scleroderma ...
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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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Free radicals and inflammation
Free radicals and inflammation. P G Winyard, D R Blake, C H Evans. (Pp 272; DM238.) Basle: Birkhauser Verlag AG, 2000. ISBN 3-7643-5851-3. Understanding the genesis, propagation, and persistence of ...
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FRI0384 Dexamethasone in gouty arthritis refractory to NSAIDS
Background Gout patients are more clinically complex than 20 years ago due to advanced age, comorbidities and polypragmasia. A lot of patients have contraindications or refractoriness to ...
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AB1175 FACET JOINTS INVOLVEMENT IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Background Even it is accepted among rheumatologists that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) does not involve the facet joints (FJs) of the spine, the issue is still under debate. Studies that described a ...
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Early referral recommendation for newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis: evidence based development of a clinical guide
Background: Effective treatment of active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) requires early diagnosis and early disease modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) treatment to have an impact on long term morbidity ...
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Clinical and radiological picture of Jaccoud arthropathy in the context of systemic sclerosis
Referral Centre for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico-Mangiagalli-Regina Elena and University of Milano, Milan, Italy Professor R Scorza, Referral Centre for ...
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Risk of venous thromboembolism in knee, hip and hand osteoarthritis: a general population-based cohort study
4 Hunan Key Laboratory of Joint Degeneration and Injury, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China 5 National Clinical Research Center of Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, ...
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Cell and transcriptomic diversity of infrapatellar fat pad during knee osteoarthritis
Objectives In this study, we employ a multiomic approach to identify major cell types and subsets, and their transcriptomic profiles within the infrapatellar fat pad (IFP), and to determine ...
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Activation of acid-sensing ion channel 3 by lysophosphatidylcholine 16:0 mediates psychological stress-induced fibromyalgia-like pain
Objectives Fibromyalgia is commonly considered a stress-related chronic pain disorder, and daily stressors are known triggers. However, the relation between stress and pain development remains poorly ...
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Semaphorin 4D inhibits neutrophil activation and is involved in the pathogenesis of neutrophil-mediated autoimmune vasculitis
3 The Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development–Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (AMED–CREST), Japan Correspondence to Assistant Professor Satoshi Nojima, Department of ...
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Obesity and the risk of psoriatic arthritis: a population-based study
5 Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 6 Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 7 Section of ...