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The development of Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (part I): classification of paper patients by ...

Rheumatology, Med Klinik I, Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany ...
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The efficacy of anti-TNF in rheumatoid arthritis, a comparison between randomised controlled trials and clinical practice

Background: Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the efficacy of antagonists to tumour necrosis factor α (TNFα) showed high response percentages in the groups treated with active drugs.
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POS0664 PREDICTORS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS DEVELOPMENT IN AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS; A FIVE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY IN A LARGE PRACTICE-BASED COHORT

1 Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2 Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, ...
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Switching between TNF inhibitors in psoriatic arthritis: data from the NOR-DMARD study

5 Department of Rheumatology, Lillehammer Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Lillehammer, Norway 6 Department of Rheumatology, Vestre Viken/Drammen Hospital, Drammen, Norway Correspondence to Dr Karen ...
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Acute effect of milk on serum urate concentrations: a randomised controlled crossover trial

Objectives Recent observational studies have highlighted the beneficial role of dairy ingestion in gout prevention. The aims of this study were to determine the acute effects of milk ingestion on ...
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Ultrasonographic assessment of osteophytes in 127 patients with hand osteoarthritis: exploring reliability and associations with MRI, radiographs and clinical joint findings

Correspondence to Alexander Mathiessen, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, PO Box 23, Vinderen, Oslo 0319, Norway; alexander_mathiessen{at}hotmail.com Objective To investigate the ...
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Intramuscular glucocorticoid injection versus placebo injection in hip osteoarthritis: a 12-week blinded randomised controlled trial

Correspondence to Desirée M J Dorleijn, Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands; d.dorleijn{at}erasmusmc.nl Objectives ...
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EULAR evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis

15 Department of Radiology. Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands 16 Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands ...
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Antibodies to citrullinated human fibrinogen (ACF) have diagnostic and prognostic value in early arthritis

4 Sanquin Research at CLB and Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam Correspondence to: Dörte Hamann Sanquin Diagnostic Services at CLB, Dept. of Autoimmune Diseases ...
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Isolation of HLA-DR-naturally presented peptides identifies T-cell epitopes for rheumatoid arthritis

Objective Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) immunopathogenesis revolves around the presentation of poorly characterised self-peptides by human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-class II molecules on the surface of ...
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Palaeopathology of spinal osteophytosis, vertebral ankylosis, ankylosing spondylitis, and vertebral hyperostosis.

Five hundred and sixty intact skeletons and several thousand disarticulated vertebrae have been examined with special reference to spinal fusion. In period they ranged from a 21st dynasty Egyptian ...
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Type II collagen degradation and its regulation in articular cartilage in osteoarthritis

3 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Montreal, Ste-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada 4 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, ...