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EULAR evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis

15 Department of Radiology. Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands 16 Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands ...
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The development of Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (part I): classification of paper patients by ...

Rheumatology, Med Klinik I, Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany ...
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A randomised controlled trial of the efficacy and safety of allopurinol dose escalation to achieve target serum urate in people with gout

Correspondence to Professor Lisa K Stamp, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, P.O. Box 4345, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand; lisa.stamp{at}cdhb.health.nz Objectives To determine ...
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Cross sectional evaluation of biochemical markers of bone, cartilage, and synovial tissue metabolism in patients with knee osteoarthritis: relations with disease activity and ...

Dr P Garnero, INSERM Unit 403, Hôpital E Herriot, Pavillon F, 69437 Lyon Cedex 03, Francepatrick.garnero{at}synarc.com OBJECTIVE To analyse the relations between the urinary levels of type II collagen ...
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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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Moderate vitamin D deficiency is associated with changes in knee and hip pain in older adults: a 5-year longitudinal study

Background Vitamin D is important for bone, cartilage and muscle function but there are few studies on its association with joint pain. Objective To investigate whether serum vitamin D predicts change ...
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Ultrasonography of entheseal insertions in the lower limb in spondyloarthropathy

Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, University Department of Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Scotland, UK Correspondence to: Dr P V Balint, Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, University Department of ...
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Diagnosis and management of adult onset Still’s disease

1 Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, New Jersey Medical School, UMDNJ, Newark, NJ 07101, USA 2 Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell ...
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PUF60: a prominent new target of the autoimmune response in dermatomyositis and Sjögren's syndrome

Objectives Autoantibodies are used clinically to phenotype and subset patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases. We detected a novel 60 kDa autoantibody specificity by immunoblotting using a ...
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Inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis: a systematic description of the extent and frequency of acute spinal changes using magnetic resonance imaging

Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly used to detect inflammation in the spine of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Objectives: To detect differentially the presence ...
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The minimally important difference and patient acceptable symptom state for the Raynaud's condition score in patients with Raynaud's phenomenon in a large randomised controlled ...

1 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA 2 MediQuest Therapeutics, Inc, Bothell, ...
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Suprascapular nerve block (using bupivacaine and methylprednisolone acetate) in chronic shoulder pain

Correspondence to: Dr M Shanahan, Rheumatology Research Unit, Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park, South Australia, Australia 5041; michael.shanahan{at}rgh.sa.gov.au. Background: Shoulder pain ...