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BMJ16h
Detection of small joint synovitis by ultrasonography: the learning curve of rheumatologists
Background: Ultrasonography allows assessment of soft tissue structures and has become a valued tool for diagnosing synovitis. Objective: To assess the learning curve for ultrasonography in evaluating ...
BMJ1d
Discovery and confirmation of a protein biomarker panel with potential to predict response to biological therapy in psoriatic arthritis
1 UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland 2 UCD School of Mathematical Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Objective ...
BMJ1d
Definition of remission and relapse in polymyalgia rheumatica: data from a literature search compared with a Delphi-based expert consensus
2 Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Kufstein, Kufstein, Austria 3 Department of Internal Medicine I, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria 4 Department of Internal ...
BMJ1d
Presenting features of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and rheumatoid arthritis with PMR-like onset: a prospective study
OBJECTIVE To evaluate in a prospective study whether patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with PMR-like onset show distinctive clinical and laboratory ...
BMJ2d
Ankylosing spondylitis: an overview
1 Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Free University, Berlin, Germany 2 Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany and Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Free University, ...
BMJ2d
Increased serum levels of B cell activating factor (BAFF) in subsets of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
Institute of Biophysics and Informatics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic O Kryštůfková, Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Na Slupi 4, 120 00 ...
BMJ2d
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Sets for rheumatoid arthritis: a way to specify functioning
1 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany 2 ICF Research Branch of the WHO FIC CC (DIMDI), IMBK—Department of Physical Medicine and ...
BMJ3d
Predictors of work disability during the first 3 years after diagnosis in a national rheumatoid arthritis inception cohort
1 Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden 2 Department of Orthopedics, Musculoskeletal Sciences, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden 3 ...
BMJ3d
Efficacy and safety of abatacept, a T-cell modulator, in a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III study in psoriatic arthritis
Objectives To assess the efficacy and safety of abatacept, a selective T-cell costimulation modulator, in a phase III study in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Methods This study randomised patients (1:1) ...
BMJ3d
Efficacy and safety of risankizumab for active psoriatic arthritis: 24-week results from the randomised, double-blind, phase 3 KEEPsAKE 2 trial
Objectives Risankizumab is an interleukin-23 inhibitor under study for the treatment of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The phase 3 KEEPsAKE 2 trial investigated the efficacy and safety of ...
BMJ4d
Lack of EULAR/ERA-EDTA response at 1 year predicts poor long-term renal outcome in patients with lupus nephritis
Objectives Short-term predictive endpoints of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are needed in lupus nephritis (LN). We tested response to therapy at 1 year. Results We studied 381 patients (90.5% ...