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Allopurinol dose escalation to achieve serum urate below 6 mg/dL: an open-label extension study

Correspondence to Professor Lisa K Stamp, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, P.O. Box 4345, Christchurch, New Zealand; lisa.stamp{at}cdhb.health.nz Objectives To determine the ...
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High disease activity is associated with an increased risk of infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

2 Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA 3 Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of ...
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POS1129 IN VITRO EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATES THAT AFIMETORAN (BMS-986256), AN EQUIPOTENT TLR7/8 DUAL ANTAGONIST, HAS STEROID-SPARING POTENTIAL IN THE CLINIC

1 Bristol Myers Squibb, Discovery Biology, Lawrence Township, United States of America 2 Bristol Myers Squibb, Medicinal Chemistry, Lawrence Township, United States of America 3 Bristol Myers Squibb, ...
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AB0864-HPR INFLUENCE OF THE TYPE OF PAIN SYNDROME ON THE SEVERITY OF ANXIETY-DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

1 Saratov State Medical University name of V.I. Razumovsky Ministry of Health of Russia, Hospital Therapy, Saratov, Russian Federation 1 Saratov State Medical University name of V.I. Razumovsky ...
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Disturbance of the menstrual pattern after local injection with triamcinolone acetonide

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, the Netherlands Dr J M A Mens. Local injections of ...
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The diagnostic accuracy of the squeeze test to identify arthritis: a cross-sectional cohort study

Correspondence to W B van den Bosch, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands; W.B.van_den_Bosch{at}lumc.nl Objectives In daily ...
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Variability in the biological response to anti-CD20 B cell depletion in systemic lupus erythaematosus

Objective: To study the effects in systemic lupus erythaematosus (SLE) of B cell directed therapy with rituximab, a chimeric monoclonal antibody directed at CD20+ B cells, without concomitant ...
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Immunogenicity and safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in adult patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases and in the general population: a multicentre study

Introduction Vaccination represents a cornerstone in mastering the COVID-19 pandemic. Data on immunogenicity and safety of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines in patients with autoimmune inflammatory ...
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EULAR recommendations for the management of Behçet disease

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Objectives: To develop evidence-based European League Against Rheumatism ...
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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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A disease activity score for polymyalgia rheumatica

Objective: To develop a composite score for measurement of disease activity in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and assess its internal and external validity. Methods: A PMR activity score (AS) was ...
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Dupuytren's contracture and alcohol.

Reported alcohol consumption was quantified and scored by a validated questionnaire administered by an interviewer to 64 patients (10 female) with Dupuytren's contracture (DC) before hand surgery and ...