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Smoking is a major preventable risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis: estimations of risks after various exposures to cigarette smoke

2 Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden 3 Unit of Clinical Immunology, Uppsala University/Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden 4 ...
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Thickness of human articular cartilage in joints of the lower limb

OBJECTIVES (a) To determine the topographical variations in cartilage thickness over the entire surfaces of cadaveric lower limb joints, and (b) to examine the correlations between: cartilage ...
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Development of the ASQoL: a quality of life instrument specific to ankylosing spondylitis

Background: Although disease-specific health status measures are available for ankylosing spondylitis (AS), no instrument exists for assessing quality of life (QoL) in the condition. Objective: To ...
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Thickness and distribution of human femoral head articular cartilage. Changes with age.

The distribution of hyaline cartilage in the sagittal plane of the normal human femoral head was examined. 28 specimens from persons aged 10 to 68 years subject to post-mortem examination in a ...
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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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Obesity is associated with a lower probability of achieving sustained minimal disease activity state among patients with psoriatic arthritis

Aim To assess whether overweight and obese patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are less likely to achieve sustained minimal disease activity (MDA) state compared to patients with normal weight.
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How to diagnose axial spondyloarthritis early

Background: Chronic low back pain (LBP), the leading symptom of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and undifferentiated axial spondyloarthritis (SpA), precedes the development of radiographic sacroiliitis, ...
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Oral sildenafil for the treatment of Raynaud’s phenomenon and digital ulcers secondary to systemic sclerosis

Medical University of South Carolina, Division of Rheumatology, Charleston, South Carolina, USA Correspondence to: Dr J Gore Medical University of South Carolina, Division of Rheumatology, 96 Jonathon ...
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Increased burden of inflammation over time is associated with the extent of atherosclerotic plaques in patients with psoriatic arthritis

Aim To investigate whether a higher burden of inflammation is associated with more severe atherosclerosis in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Methods Patients from a large PsA cohort were ...
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Osteoarthritis research priorities: a report from a EULAR ad hoc expert committee

3 Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany 4 Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center ...
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in childhood: analysis of clinical and immunological findings in 34 patients and comparison with SLE characteristics in adults

a Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, IDIBAPS , Hospital Clínic, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, * b Department of Internal Medicine, ...
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Complement activation in patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome

Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan Dr T Atsumi, Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N15 W7, Kita-ku, ...