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From patients with arthralgia, pre-RA and recently diagnosed RA: what is the current status of understanding RA pathogenesis?
It is believed that therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most effective and beneficial within a short time frame around RA diagnosis. This insight has caused a shift from research in patients ...
rmdopen.bmj13d
Influence of sacroiliac joint variation on clinical features of axial spondyloarthritis: a comparative analysis
Objectives Anatomical variation of the sacroiliac (SI) joints is common and specific variants are associated with erosions and bone marrow oedema on imaging. Our investigation aims to evaluate whether ...
rmdopen.bmj12d
Do we need bone mineral density to estimate osteoporotic fracture risk? A 10-year prospective multicentre validation study
Objective Evaluate the performance of FRAX®, with and without bone mineral densitometry (BMD), in predicting the occurrence of fragility fractures over 10 years. Methods Participants aged ≥40 years at ...
rmdopen.bmj9d
Methotrexate effect on immunogenicity and long-term maintenance of adalimumab in axial spondyloarthritis: a multicentric randomised trial
Objectives Anti-drug antibodies (ADA) are responsible for decreased adalimumab efficacy in axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). We aimed to evaluate the ability of methotrexate (MTX) to decrease adalimumab ...
rmdopen.bmj13d
Glucocorticoids and chronotherapy in rheumatoid arthritis
It is evident that the morning symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are linked to the circadian abnormal increase in night inflammation, favoured by inadequate cortisol secretion under conditions of ...
rmdopen.bmj13d
Recognising the spectrum of scleromyositis: HEp-2 ANA patterns allow identification of a novel clinical subset with anti-SMN autoantibodies
2 Centre de Référence des Maladies Autoimmunes Rares, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France Objective To describe systemic sclerosis (SSc) with myopathy in patients without classic ...
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Methotrexate treatment in early psoriatic arthritis in comparison to rheumatoid arthritis: an observational nationwide study
Introduction We aimed to compare the proportions of patients with newly diagnosed psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remaining on methotrexate (regardless of other ...
rmdopen.bmj11mon
Triple positive profile in antiphospholipid syndrome: prognosis, relapse and management from a retrospective multicentre study
Objective Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is defined by the association of thromboembolic and/or obstetrical clinical manifestations and the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies. The objective of ...
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Impact of filgotinib on pain control in the phase 3 FINCH studies
Present affiliation The present affiliation of Shangbang Rao is: Candel Therapeutics, Needham, MA, USA Present affiliation The present affiliation of Pieter-Jan Stiers is: AgomAb Therapeutics, Ghent, ...
rmdopen.bmj1mon
Use of artificial intelligence in imaging in rheumatology – current status and future perspectives
After decades of basic research with many setbacks, artificial intelligence (AI) has recently obtained significant breakthroughs, enabling computer programs to outperform human interpretation of ...
rmdopen.bmj1mon
Low apolipoprotein A1 and high apolipoprotein B levels indicate specific lipid changes in treatment naïve early psoriatic arthritis
Objectives To investigate serum lipid profile in early, treatment-naïve psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and to determine whether changes in classical lipids or apolipoproteins are specific to PsA. Methods ...
rmdopen.bmj10mon
Association between sinusitis and incident rheumatic diseases: a population-based study
Objectives To determine whether antecedent sinusitis is associated with incident rheumatic disease. Methods This population-based case–control study included all individuals meeting classification ...