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EULAR recommendations for terminology and research in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis: report from the Study Group for Risk Factors for Rheumatoid Arthritis

1 Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Rheumatology Research Group, MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, ...
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Two-week methotrexate discontinuation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis vaccinated with inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: a randomised clinical trial

Correspondence to Eloisa Bonfa, Rheumatology Division, Universidade de Sao Paulo Faculdade de Medicina, Sao Paulo 04746-070, Brazil; eloisa.bonfa{at}hc.fm.usp.br Objective To evaluate the effect on ...
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EULAR definition of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis

Background Despite treatment according to the current management recommendations, a significant proportion of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remain symptomatic. These patients can be ...
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Defining conditions where long-term glucocorticoid treatment has an acceptably low level of harm to facilitate implementation of existing recommendations: viewpoints from an ...

3 Amsterdam Rheumatology& Immunology Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 4 Medical Humanities, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ...
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Inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis: a systematic description of the extent and frequency of acute spinal changes using magnetic resonance imaging

Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly used to detect inflammation in the spine of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Objectives: To detect differentially the presence ...
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Disease activity assessment in childhood vasculitis: development and preliminary validation of the Paediatric Vasculitis Activity Score (PVAS)

1 Rheumatology Unit, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Charles University in Prague, 1st Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic 2 Institute of ...
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EULAR Sjögren's Syndrome Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI): development of a consensus patient index for primary Sjögren's syndrome

Objectives To develop a score for assessment of patients' symptoms in primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS): the EULAR SS Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI). Methods Dryness, pain, somatic and mental fatigue ...
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Improved detection of erosions in the sacroiliac joints on MRI with volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination (VIBE): results from the SIMACT study

Correspondence to Dr Kay-Geert A Hermann, Department of Radiology (CCM), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, 10117, Germany; kgh{at}charite.de Objective To compare the performance of a new ...
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2017 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for adult and juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and their major subgroups

13 National Institute of Health Research Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK 14 ...
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Preliminary analysis of the Very Early Diagnosis of Systemic Sclerosis (VEDOSS) EUSTAR multicentre study: evidence for puffy fingers as a pivotal sign for suspicion of systemic ...

Objectives The EULAR (European League Against Rheumatism) Scleroderma Trials and Research Group (EUSTAR) has identified preliminary criteria for very early diagnosis of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Our ...
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OP0260 GLOBAL TREND OF THE SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS BETWEEN THE 1950s TO 2020

Background The trend of, and the impact of major organ damage on the short- and longer-term survival of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) globally over the past 60 years have not been ...
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Urinary tract infections and lupus erythematosus

Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Service of Internal Medicine, “Virgen de las Nieves” University Hospital, Granada, Spain Correspondence to: Dr C Hidalgo-Tenorio 9th floor, Hospital Universitario ...