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Autoantibody biomarkers and first-line therapy response in RA: findings from the CAP48 cohort

Objective A panel of antibodies against three antigens, University Hasselt (UH)-rheumatoid arthritis (RA).305, 318 and 329, has been associated with lack of response to first-line therapy in the Care ...
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Cellular and molecular basis of neuropathic pain

Neuropathic pain is a devastating type of pain that significantly reduces the quality of life of affected people.
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Association between SARC-F as a self-report screening tool for sarcopenia and muscle strength, physical performance, daily activity, patient-reported outcomes and body ...

Background This study aimed to explore the association of the sarcopenia questionnaire Strength, Assistance with walking, Rise from a chair, Climb stairs, Falls (SARC-F) with muscle strength, physical ...
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Hyposplenism in systemic lupus erythematosus: biological and radiological characteristics and its association with increased risk of infection

Objective This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of hyposplenism in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and its association with an increased risk of infection. Methods This ...
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Mortality incidence in spondyloarthritis: real-world evidence using the TriNetX Global Collaborative Network

Objective To assess all-cause mortality in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and to examine the influence of sex, comorbidities and biologic or targeted ...
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2016 sJIA-MAS criteria and a step-up therapeutic approach in KD-MAS: insights from a combined cohort and literature review

Objectives To describe diagnostic framework classification, treatment patterns and outcomes in Kawasaki disease-associated macrophage activation syndrome (KD-MAS) using a single-centre cohort and a ...
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Inflammation response criteria for rheumatoid arthritis based on the two-component disease activity score

Objectives To develop response criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using the two-component Disease Activity Score in 28 joints (2C-DAS28). Methods Data were available for three stages of RA ...
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Effectiveness of TNF inhibitors in patients with very early axial spondyloarthritis, defined as duration of ≤1 year of back pain: longitudinal observational data from the ...

Objective To characterise patients with ‘very early’ axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), defined as a duration ≤1 year of back pain and to determine the effectiveness of a first tumour necrosis factor ...
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Clinical phenotype and long-term damage in paediatric Behçet’s disease: comparative performance of ISG, ICBD and PEDBD classification criteria in a retrospective endemic cohort

Objectives To compare the sensitivity of International Study Group (ISG, 1990), International Criteria for Behçet’s Disease (ICBD, 2014) and the Paediatric Behçet’s Disease (PEDBD, 2016) ...