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Increase in age at onset of giant cell arteritis: a population-based study

1 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA 2 Division of Biostatistics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA 3 ...
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Preliminary results of early clinical trials with the fully human anti-TNFα monoclonal antibody D2E7

Department of Clinical Oncology/Immunology, Knoll AG-BASF Pharma, Knollstrasse, D-67008 Ludwigshafen, Germany Dr J Kempeni.
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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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Lupus-specific health outcome measure for US patients: the LupusQoL-US version

Background: Patient-reported outcomes are valuable for the management of chronic diseases like systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but no measures have been validated for use in US-based patients ...
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Dactylitis in psoriatic arthritis: a marker for disease severity?

1 The Psoriatic Arthritis Program, Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2 University of Toronto ...
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Development of a preliminary composite disease activity index in psoriatic arthritis

1 Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent's University Hospital, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland 2 Department of Dermatology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland ...
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High disease activity is associated with an increased risk of infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

2 Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA 3 Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of ...
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EULAR/PRINTO/PRES criteria for Henoch-Schönlein purpura, childhood polyarteritis nodosa, childhood Wegener granulomatosis and childhood Takayasu arteritis: Ankara 2008. Part I ...

Correspondence to Dr Nicolino Ruperto, Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation (PRINTO), IRCCS G Gaslini, Università di Genova, Pediatria II – Reumatologia, EULAR Centre of ...
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Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS): defining cut-off values for disease activity states and improvement scores

2 Rheumatology Department, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands 3 Rheumatology Department, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands Background The ...
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Anti-CCP antibody and rheumatoid factor concentrations predict greater disease activity in men with rheumatoid arthritis

Objective To examine associations of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (aCCP) antibody and rheumatoid factor (RF) concentrations with future disease activity in men with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
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EULAR Sjögren's Syndrome Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI): development of a consensus patient index for primary Sjögren's syndrome

Objectives To develop a score for assessment of patients' symptoms in primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS): the EULAR SS Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI). Methods Dryness, pain, somatic and mental fatigue ...
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Infections and the risk of incident giant cell arteritis: a population-based, case-control study

Objectives Alterations in the immune system and infections are suspected to increase susceptibility to giant cell arteritis (GCA). Recently herpes zoster has been directly implicated in the ...