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Association between glucose intolerance and psoriatic arthritis features
Patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have a higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) compared to the general population ...
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Association between osteoarthritis and dyslipidaemia: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis - RMD Open
Objectives We aimed to investigate the prevalence of dyslipidemia in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and whether OA and dyslipidemia are associated.Methods We performed a systematic literature ...
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Non-pharmacological interventions to promote work participation in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis from the EULAR ...
Objective To summarise the evidence on effectiveness of non-pharmacological (ie, non-drug, non-surgical) interventions on work participation (sick leave, work status and presenteeism) in people with ...
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Upadacitinib in active ankylosing spondylitis: results of the 2-year, double-blind, placebo-controlled SELECT-AXIS 1 study and open-label extension | RMD Open
Introduction Long-term safety and efficacy of upadacitinib in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS) has not been previously reported.Methods In SELECT-AXIS 1, patients receiving placebo ...
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Combining patient-reported outcome measures to screen for active disease in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis | RMD Open
Objectives To investigate whether a combination of general health (Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)), Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI), pain (VAS/Numerical Rating Scale (NRS)), ...
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Imaging in diagnosis, outcome prediction and monitoring of large vessel vasculitis: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis informing the EULAR recommendations - RMD Open
Objectives To perform a systematic literature review on imaging techniques for diagnosis, outcome prediction and disease monitoring in large vessel vasculitis (LVV) informing the European League ...
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Single-cell RNA-sequencing analysis reveals the molecular mechanism of subchondral bone cell heterogeneity in the development of osteoarthritis - RMD Open
The cellular composition and underlying spatiotemporal transformation processes of subchondral bone in osteoarthritis (OA) remain unknown. Herein, various cell subsets from tibial plateau of patients ...
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Guselkumab induces robust reduction in acute phase proteins and type 17 effector cytokines in active psoriatic arthritis: results from phase 3 trials - RMD Open
Objective To investigate serum protein expression in participants with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and changes after guselkumab treatment.Methods Participants with PsA were treated with guselkumab or ...
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Patients with psoriatic arthritis and comorbid metabolic syndrome show a difficult-to-treat phenotype: another mosaic tile in the definition of a still undefined subset of ...
Objective Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory condition associated with psoriasis and characterised by heterogeneous clinical manifestations, including peripheral and axial arthritis, ...
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Performance of the proposed ACR–EULAR classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a cohort of patients with SLE with neuropsychiatric symptoms - RMD Open
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogenic connective tissue disease with a broad spectrum of clinical and laboratory manifestations. Due to this heterogeneity, SLE remains challenging to ...
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Therapeutic implications of the anergic/postactivated status of B cells in systemic lupus erythematosus
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterised by numerous abnormalities in B lineage cells, including increased CD27++ plasmablasts/plasma cells, atypical CD27-IgD- B cells with increased CD95, ...
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Different rheumatoid factor binding patterns distinguish between Sjögren’s disease with or without associated RA | RMD Open
Objective Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Sjögren’s disease (SjD) are two rheumatic autoimmune diseases that commonly co-occur. Besides some overlap in clinical presentation, the two diseases share the ...