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Association between sinusitis and incident rheumatic diseases: a population-based study

Objectives To determine whether antecedent sinusitis is associated with incident rheumatic disease. Methods This population-based case–control study included all individuals meeting classification ...
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Practical insights for the clinical implementation of the EULAR recommendations for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Objectives The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) recommendations for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis provide important guidance for ...
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Patient-tailored training programme on cardiorespiratory fitness, trunk strength and mobility leads to significantly better outcomes in individuals with axial spondyloarth…

Background Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) impairs trunk strength, mobility and cardiorespiratory fitness. Despite exercise ...
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Global social media use among rheumatology professionals: the EULAR SoMeR Study Group survey

Background/purpose Social media (SM) has become an indispensable tool in healthcare, providing platforms for networking and ...
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High-intensity interval and resistance training programme improves pain and fatigue outcomes in people with systemic sclerosis: a European multicentre randomised controlled trial

Background Pain and fatigue are among the most debilitating symptoms of systemic sclerosis (SSc), severely impairing quality of life (QoL). Pharmacological management is often inadequate, and evidence ...
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Unravelling IPAF, VEDOSS and connective tissue diseases classifications through the mixed connective tissue disease spectrum

Background Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) has long been debated as an early nonspecific phase/symptom of differentiated connective tissue diseases (dCTD), similarly to interstitial pneumonia ...
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Association between body weight fluctuation and progression of radiographic knee osteoarthritis: a longitudinal cohort study

Objectives To investigate the relationship between body weight fluctuation and the progression of knee pain and joint space loss (JSL) in people with radiographic knee osteoarthritis (RKOA) during a ...
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Shared genetic susceptibility between idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and common B cell lymphoma subtypes found primarily in the human leucocyte antigen region

Methods We paired summary statistics from genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of diffuse large B cell lymphoma, follicular lymphoma (FL), chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and marginal zone ...
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Efficacy of risankizumab across GRAPPA domains in psoriatic arthritis: a pooled analysis of patients from the phase 3 KEEPsAKE 1 and 2 studies

Objective To assess the efficacy of long-term treatment with risankizumab across the updated Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) domains and key related ...
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Efficacy and safety of upadacitinib as monotherapy or combined with elsubrutinib for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus: results through 104 weeks in a long-term ...

Objectives This 1-year long-term extension (LTE) study (NCT04451772) followed the 48-week phase 2 SLEek study (NCT03978520) that evaluated upadacitinib (a Janus kinase inhibitor) alone or combined ...
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Evaluating the role of lipopolysaccharides in the joint: fibronectin as a novel protective mechanism

Objective To investigate the presence and bioactivity of lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in synovial fluid (SF) of osteoarthritis (OA) patients and elucidate mechanisms modulating their inflammatory ...
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DEUS Enthesitis Index (DEI): a new tool integrating ultrasound and clinical examination for enthesitis assessment in spondyloarthritis

Objectives (1) To develop a composite score, the DEUS (Defining Enthesitis on Ultrasound in Spondyloarthritis) Enthesitis Index (DEI), which integrates ultrasound and clinical examination findings for ...