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Development of the ASQoL: a quality of life instrument specific to ankylosing spondylitis

Background: Although disease-specific health status measures are available for ankylosing spondylitis (AS), no instrument exists for assessing quality of life (QoL) in the condition. Objective: To ...
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AB1529 MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION IN SYNOVIAL FLUID SAMPLES FROM SWOLLEN JOINTS ANALYZED WITH RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

Background Microplastics (MPs) have been identified in different types of tissue, including lung, bowel, placenta and as well in human whole blood [1]. During analysis of synovial fluid samples with ...
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DNA methylome signature in rheumatoid arthritis

1 Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, USA 2 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego School of ...
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Occurrence and correlates of fatigue in psoriatic arthritis

Psoriatic Arthritis Program, Centre for Prognosis Studies in The Rheumatic Diseases, University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Correspondence to Dr D D Gladman, ...
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Purine-rich foods intake and recurrent gout attacks

1 Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2 Data Coordinating Center, Boston University School of ...
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Assessment of enthesitis in ankylosing spondylitis

1 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands 2 Department of Rheumatology, Maasland Hospital Sittard, The Netherlands 3 ...
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Ultrasound-detected musculoskeletal urate crystal deposition: which joints and what findings should be assessed for diagnosing gout?

1 Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain 2 Department of Rheumatology, Hospìtal Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain 3 ...
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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, ...
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Efficacy of physiotherapy management of knee joint osteoarthritis: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial

1 Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, School of Physiotherapy, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 2 Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Hospital and ...
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Defining minimal disease activity in psoriatic arthritis: a proposed objective target for treatment

Objective: To create minimal disease activity (MDA) criteria for psoriatic arthritis (PsA). With recent therapeutic advances, this is now a goal for treatment and may represent a measure to compare ...
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All-cause, cause-specific and age-specific standardised mortality ratios of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in Ontario, Canada over 43 years (1971–2013)

Correspondence to Dr Murray Urowitz, Center for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Lupus Clinic, Toronto, ON M5T2S8, Canada; ...
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Points to consider: EULAR–UEMS standards for the training of European rheumatologists

Correspondence to Professor Christopher J Edwards, Musculoskeletal Research Unit, NIHR Southampton Clinical Rsearch Facility, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK; cedwards{at}soton.ac.uk ...