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Associations between social determinants of health and long-term outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus: a nationwide population-based cohort study in Swed…

Objectives To examine the association between social determinants of health (SDH) and outcomes in systemic lupus ...
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Patient-tailored training programme on cardiorespiratory fitness, trunk strength and mobility leads to significantly better outcomes in individuals with axial spondyloarth…

Background Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) impairs trunk strength, mobility and cardiorespiratory fitness. Despite exercise ...
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Practical insights for the clinical implementation of the EULAR recommendations for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Objectives The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) recommendations for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis provide important guidance for ...
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Socioeconomic inequities in perceived health among patients with musculoskeletal disorders compared with other chronic disorders: results from a cross-sectional Dutch study

Objectives To explore the impact of socioeconomic factors on physical and mental health of patients with musculoskeletal disorders (MSKDs) and compare it across patients with other disorders. Methods ...
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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH): where we are now and where to go next

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a well-recognised entity characterised by calcifications and ossifications of the entheses affecting mainly the spine and peripheral sites. DISH is ...
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Waiting for JAK inhibitor safety data

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently added a new ‘black box warning’ on all currently approved Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors indicated for the treatment of arthritis and other ...
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Evaluating the role of lipopolysaccharides in the joint: fibronectin as a novel protective mechanism

Objective To investigate the presence and bioactivity of lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in synovial fluid (SF) of osteoarthritis (OA) patients and elucidate mechanisms modulating their inflammatory ...
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Large language model-driven sentiment analysis for facilitating fibromyalgia diagnosis

Background Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex disorder with widespread pain and emotional distress, posing diagnostic challenges. FM patients show altered cognitive and emotional processing, with a ...
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Transition phase towards psoriatic arthritis: clinical and ultrasonographic characterisation of psoriatic arthralgia

Objective Non-specific musculoskeletal pain is common in subjects destined to develop psoriatic arthritis (PsA). We evaluated psoriatic patients with arthralgia (PsOAr) compared with psoriasis alone ...
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Concordance between presenting features and relapse in granulomatosis with polyangiitis: implications for risk assessment and counselling

Objective To investigate the concordance between organ involvement at diagnosis and relapse in granulomatosis with polyangiitis and factors associated with new disease features at relapse. Methods ...
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Knee joint synovitis: study of correlations and diagnostic performances of ultrasonography compared with histopathology

Objectives Ultrasonography (US) is a fast, available and low-cost imaging tool used for detecting knee synovitis. Our aims were to assess the relationship between US and histology findings in ...
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Heterogeneity of antiphospholipid antibody profiles in a clinical cohort and association with distinct clinical features

Background The diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) uses standard antibodies (lupus anticoagulant (LAC), anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) IgG/IgM, β2-glycoprotein I antibodies (β2GPI) IgG/IgM) ...