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High-frequency ultrasound can detect inflammatory changes of the finger pulleys anatomical entheses in early psoriatic arthritis
The digital annular pulleys (DAP) of the hand are specialised fibrous structures that stabilise the flexor tendons. We recently demonstrated that the insertions of the DAP are anatomical entheses, ...
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Correction: COVID-19 outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs | RMD Open
Jih-Jin Tsai, Li-Teh Liu, Chun-Hong Chen, et al. COVID-19 outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs. RMD Open 2023;9:e003038. This article has been ...
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Sensitivity of classification criteria from time of diagnosis in an incident systemic lupus erythematosus cohort: a population-based study from Norway - RMD Open
Objectives To compare the sensitivity of 2019 European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology/American College of Rheumatology (EULAR/ACR) classification criteria against 1997 ACR criteria for ...
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Analysing and reporting of observational data: a systematic review informing the EULAR points to consider when analysing and reporting comparative effectiveness research with ...
Objectives To evaluate the analysis and reporting of comparative effectiveness research with observational data in rheumatology, informing European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology points to ...
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Overall mortality in combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema related to systemic sclerosis | RMD Open
Objectives This multicentre study aimed to investigate the overall mortality of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and to compare CPFE-SSc characteristics ...
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Diagnostic value of high-frequency ultrasound assessment of the lacrimal glands for primary Sjögren’s disease | RMD Open
Objectives The aim of the study was to evaluate the ultrasound findings in lacrimal glands in a cohort of patients with suspected primary Sjögren’s disease (pSjD) and to assess the relationship with ...
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Twenty-year trajectories of morbidity in individuals with and without osteoarthritis - RMD Open
Objectives To identify multimorbidity trajectories over 20 years among incident osteoarthritis (OA) individuals and OA-free matched references.Methods Cohort study using prospectively collected ...
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension, a novelty in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: insights and first experiences with vasoactive therapy | RMD Open - BMJ
To characterise the different types of pulmonary hypertension (PH) among idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM). A retrospective case series with assessment of PH by right heart catheterisation, ...
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Cycle versus swap strategy after TNFi discontinuation in psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis: a quasi-experimental study | RMD Open
Objectives To compare a bDMARD mode of action cycle vs swap treatment strategy in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) or axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) after first tumour necrosis factor ...
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Atlas for the OMERACT thumb base osteoarthritis MRI scoring system (TOMS) | RMD Open
This paper presents an atlas for the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Clinical Trials (OMERACT) thumb base osteoarthritis MRI scoring system (TOMS). The atlas includes reference images of each grade ...
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Occupational exposure to organic dusts and risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis: findings from a Swedish population-based case–control study - RMD Open
Objectives We estimated the association between occupational exposures to five different organic dusts: wood, animal, paper, textile and flour dust and the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ...