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Scoring hypoechogenic areas in one parotid and one submandibular gland increases feasibility of ultrasound in primary Sjögren’s syndrome

Correspondence to Professor Hendrika Bootsma, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen 9713 GZ, The Netherlands; h.bootsma{at}umcg.nl ...
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Epidemiology of primary Sjögren's syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective Epidemiological studies of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) are crucial for describing the burden to society and the public medical system and for shedding light on aetiology. Previous ...
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A nationwide non-medical switch from originator infliximab to biosimilar CT-P13 in 802 patients with inflammatory arthritis: 1-year clinical outcomes from the DANBIO registry

1 The DANBIO registry and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre of Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark Objectives ...
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Modification and validation of the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (version 3)

Background: Comprehensive multisystem clinical assessment using the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity score (BVAS) is widely used in therapeutic studies of systemic vasculitis. Extensive use suggested a ...
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AB0727 Increased Rates of Hypertension in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Compared To Psoriasis Alone: Results from The UK Biobank

1 Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre 2 Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester ...
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Primary Sjögren's syndrome and malignancy risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China Correspondence to Dr Yang Zaixing and Professor Renqian Zhong, Department of Laboratory ...
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Low density of sympathetic nerve fibres and increased density of brain derived neurotrophic factor positive cells in RA synovium

3 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany 4 Department of Trauma Surgery, University of Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany Correspondence to: ...
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Incidence of severe knee and hip osteoarthritis in relation to different measures of body mass: a population-based prospective cohort study

Objective: To determine in a prospective population-based cohort study relationships between different measures of body mass and the incidence of severe knee and hip osteoarthritis defined as ...
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Comparison of the accuracy of steroid placement with clinical outcome in patients with shoulder symptoms

a St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland: Department of Rheumatology , b Department of Radiology Dr O FitzGerald, Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Republic of ...
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Raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate signals heart failure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Correspondence to: Dr Sherine E Gabriel Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN ...
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Neutrophil CD64 expression: distinguishing acute inflammatory autoimmune disease from systemic infections

1 Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases – OP09, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97201, USA 2 Department of Pathology, Oregon Health and Science ...
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Sequential rituximab and mepolizumab in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA): a European multicentre observational study

Correspondence to Dr Giacomo Emmi, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Firenze, Italy; giacomo.emmi{at}unifi.it Eosinophilic granulomatosis with ...