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EULAR recommendations for the management of Behçet disease

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Objectives: To develop evidence-based European League Against Rheumatism ...
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High disease activity is associated with an increased risk of infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

2 Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA 3 Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of ...
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Smoking is a major preventable risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis: estimations of risks after various exposures to cigarette smoke

2 Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden 3 Unit of Clinical Immunology, Uppsala University/Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden 4 ...
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Rising incidence and prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus: a population-based study over four decades

Objectives To determine the trends in incidence, prevalence and mortality of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a US population over four decades. Methods We identified all the patients with SLE in ...
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Physiotherapy for anterior knee pain: a randomised controlled trial

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of the individual components of physiotherapy in subjects with anterior knee pain. METHODS An observer blind, prospective, factorial design randomised controlled ...
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Epidemiology of primary Sjögren's syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective Epidemiological studies of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) are crucial for describing the burden to society and the public medical system and for shedding light on aetiology. Previous ...
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POS1129 IN VITRO EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATES THAT AFIMETORAN (BMS-986256), AN EQUIPOTENT TLR7/8 DUAL ANTAGONIST, HAS STEROID-SPARING POTENTIAL IN THE CLINIC

1 Bristol Myers Squibb, Discovery Biology, Lawrence Township, United States of America 2 Bristol Myers Squibb, Medicinal Chemistry, Lawrence Township, United States of America 3 Bristol Myers Squibb, ...
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Disturbance of the menstrual pattern after local injection with triamcinolone acetonide

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, the Netherlands Dr J M A Mens. Local injections of ...
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Not only synovitis but also tenosynovitis needs to be considered: why it is time to update textbook images of rheumatoid arthritis

Correspondence to Professor Annette van der Helm-van Mil, Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands; A.H.M.van_der_Helm{at}lumc.nl Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is ...
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Aerobic walking or strengthening exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee? A systematic review

Academic Rheumatology, Clinical Sciences Building, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, UK Correspondence to: Dr Edward Roddy Academic Rheumatology, Clinical Sciences Building, Nottingham City ...
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The reliability of a new scoring system for knee osteoarthritis MRI and the validity of bone marrow lesion assessment: BLOKS (Boston–Leeds Osteoarthritis Knee Score)

Aim: MRI provides unparalleled visualisation of all the anatomical structures involved in the osteoarthritis (OA) process. There is a need for reliable methods of quantifying abnormalities of these ...
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Comparison of the accuracy of steroid placement with clinical outcome in patients with shoulder symptoms

a St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland: Department of Rheumatology , b Department of Radiology Dr O FitzGerald, Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Republic of ...