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OP0229 THE GROUP FOR RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT OF PSORIASIS AND PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS (GRAPPA) TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS 2021

Background: Since the 2015 GRAPPA treatment recommendations were published, therapeutic options and management strategies for psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have advanced considerably. Objectives: The goal ...
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SGLT2 inhibitors alleviated podocyte damage in lupus nephritis by decreasing inflammation and enhancing autophagy

Correspondence to Dr Yuan-yuan Qi, Department of Nephrology, 1. Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou Henan, 450052 P. R. China 2. Zhengzhou ...
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Preliminary classification criteria for the cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis

10 Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, S Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy 11 Section of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human ...
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Hormone replacement therapy and mid-term implant survival following knee or hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis: a population-based cohort study

Objectives Osteolysis and subsequent prosthesis loosening is the most common cause for revision following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or total hip arthroplasty (THA). Hormone replacement therapy ...
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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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A novel Pyrin-Associated Autoinflammation with Neutrophilic Dermatosis mutation further defines 14-3-3 binding of pyrin and distinction to Familial Mediterranean Fever

Objective Pyrin-Associated Autoinflammation with Neutrophilic Dermatosis (PAAND) is a recently described monogenic autoinflammatory disease. The causal p.S242R MEFV mutation disrupts a binding motif ...
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Mechanical overloading promotes chondrocyte senescence and osteoarthritis development through downregulating FBXW7

Objectives To investigate the role of mechanical stress in cartilage ageing and identify the mechanistic association during osteoarthritis (OA) progression. Conclusions FBXW7 is a key factor in the ...
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Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS): 2018 update of the nomenclature for disease activity states

Correspondence to Dr Pedro M Machado, Centre for Rheumatology and MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London WC1B 5EH, UK; p.machado{at}ucl.ac.uk Contributors PMM drafted ...
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Adverse events of low- to medium-dose oral glucocorticoids in inflammatory diseases: a meta-analysis

1 University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2 University Medical Center Utrecht, Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary ...
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Changes in lipid profile during infliximab and corticosteroid treatment in rheumatoid arthritis

1 Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 3 CLB Sanquin, Amsterdam, The ...
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Smoking is a risk factor for anti-CCP antibodies only in rheumatoid arthritis patients who carry HLA-DRB1 shared epitope alleles

1 Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands 2 Departments of Rheumatology and Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Centre 3 Department of Immunohaematology ...
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Chronic NSAID use and long-term decline of renal function in a prospective rheumatoid arthritis cohort study

Correspondence to Dr Burkhard Möller, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Inselspital-University Hospital, Bern 3010, Switzerland; Burkhard.moeller{at}insel.ch Objectives Non-steroidal ...