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Smoking is a major preventable risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis: estimations of risks after various exposures to cigarette smoke

2 Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden 3 Unit of Clinical Immunology, Uppsala University/Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden 4 ...
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A link between irritable bowel syndrome and fibromyalgia may be related to findings on lactulose breath testing

GI Motility Program, Divisions of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CSMC Burns & Allen Research Institute, Los Angeles, California 90048, School ...
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Gout: why is this curable disease so seldom cured?

3 Department of Rheumatology, University of Edinburgh, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 4 Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Section, Alicante ...
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Power Doppler ultrasonography and synovitis: correlating ultrasound imaging with histopathological findings and evaluating the performance of ultrasound equipments

1 Department of Internal Medicine, Mikkeli Central Hospital, Mikkeli, Finland 2 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Mikkeli Central Hospital, Mikkeli, Finland 3 Department of Pathology, Mikkeli Central ...
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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 ...
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OP0015 THE ROLE OF MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CANDIDATE CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA FOR ANTISYNTHETASE SYNDROME: ANALYSIS FROM ...

4 Centro Académico Clínico Egas Moniz, Centro de Investigação em Reumatologia de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal 5 Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Unidade de ...
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Epidemiology of whiplash: an international dilemma

562 Heritage Medical Research Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada TG6 2S2 Whiplash associated disorders have become an international medicolegal and social dilemma. Physicians are ...
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Pain and high sensitivity C reactive protein in patients with chronic low back pain and acute sciatic pain

Background: The severity of pain from musculoskeletal disorders might be associated with high sensitivity C reactive protein (hsCRP), a sensitive marker of low grade systemic inflammation. Objective: ...
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Gout is associated with more comorbidities, poorer health-related quality of life and higher healthcare utilisation in US veterans

Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research at the VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Objective: To better understand the impact of gout on functional status, health-related quality of ...
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IL-33 induces neutrophil migration in rheumatoid arthritis and is a target of anti-TNF therapy

3 Department of Surgery and Anatomy, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil 4 Division of Clinical Immunology, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, ...
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Clinically important changes in individual and composite measures of rheumatoid arthritis activity: thresholds applicable in clinical trials

Correspondence to Dr Michael M Ward, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS/NIH, Building 10 CRC, Room ...
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ASDAS, a highly discriminatory ASAS-endorsed disease activity score in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

7 Maastricht University Medical Center and CAPHRI Research Institute, Maastricht, The Netherlands Correspondence to Professor D van der Heijde, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical ...