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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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Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Archive of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, a leading rheumatology journal previously published by BMJ.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Validation of EULAR primary Sjögren's syndrome disease activity (ESSDAI) and patient indexes (ESSPRI)

1 Center of Clinical Epidemiology, Hôpital Hotel Dieu; INSERM U738, Université Paris-René Descartes, Paris, France Objectives To validate the two recently developed disease activity indexes for ...
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Common mental disorders within chronic inflammatory disorders: a primary care database prospective investigation

Objective There is inconsistent evidence about the association between inflammatory disorders and depression and anxiety onset in a primary care context. The study aimed to evaluate the risk of ...
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The development of Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (part II): validation and final selection

Objective: To validate and refine two sets of candidate criteria for the classification/diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). Methods: All Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society ...