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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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Efficacy and safety of iguratimod in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

Objective This multicentre randomised controlled trial aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of iguratimod (IGU) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in patients with active primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS ...
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PERFECTRA: a pragmatic, multicentre, real-life study comparing treat-to-target strategies with baricitinib versus TNF inhibitors in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis ...

Objective To compare the effectiveness of a strategy administering baricitinib versus one using TNF-inhibitors (TNFi) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) after conventional synthetic ...
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Prevalence and distribution of peripheral musculoskeletal manifestations in spondyloarthritis including psoriatic arthritis: results of the worldwide, cross-sectional ASAS ...

Objectives To characterise peripheral musculoskeletal involvement in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA) including psoriatic arthritis (PsA), across the world. Methods Cross-sectional study with 24 ...
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Opportunistic screening for osteoporosis and vertebral fracture using CT attenuation from 18F-fluorocholine PET/CT in patients with prostate cancer

Objective Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer (PCa) induces bone loss and increases fracture risk, yet baseline bone mineral density (BMD) assessment is rarely performed.
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Discrepancies between routine sacroiliac joint MRI reporting and current expert recommendations in patients with spondyloarthritis

Background Sacroiliac joint (SIJ) MRI is commonly used in diagnosing spondyloarthritis (SpA). Current Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society (ASAS) recommendations on reporting SIJ MRIs ...
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Circulating monocytes from systemic sclerosis patients with progressive interstitial lung disease preferentially express M2 phenotype markers: in vitro and ex vivo study

Objective To characterise phenotype and functional profibrotic M2 markers in circulating monocytes and cultured monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) from systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients (pts) with ...
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Fibromyalgia and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective To conduct a systematic review of the literature on the association between fibromyalgia and mortality and to pool the results in a meta-analysis. Methods The authors searched the PubMed, ...
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Beneficial effects of colchicine for moderate to severe COVID-19: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Objective To evaluate whether the addition of colchicine to standard treatment for COVID-19 results in better outcomes. Design We present the results of a randomised, double-blinded, ...
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Management of lupus nephritis: a systematic literature review informing the 2019 update of the joint EULAR and European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant ...

Objectives To analyse the current evidence for the management of lupus nephritis (LN) informing the 2019 update of the EULAR/European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association ...
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Autoantibodies directed against the angiotensin II type 1 receptor and the endothelin-1 type A receptor in patients with systemic sclerosis

We have evaluated the clinical value of the ELISA for anti-AT 1 R AAbs and anti-ET A R AAbs in two large, clinically well-defined cohorts of SSc patients from the Netherlands. Anti-AT 1 R AAbs and ...