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Ultrasonography of major salivary glands compared with parotid and labial gland biopsy and classification criteria in patients with clinically suspected primary Sjögren’s ...

Correspondence to Professor Hendrika Bootsma, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen The Netherland; h.bootsma{at}umcg ...
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Consensus statement on blocking interleukin-6 receptor and interleukin-6 in inflammatory conditions: an update

Background Targeting interleukin (IL)-6 has become a major therapeutic strategy in the treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory disease. Interference with the IL-6 pathway can be directed at the ...
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Wnt16 attenuates osteoarthritis progression through a PCP/JNK-mTORC1-PTHrP cascade

Correspondence to Professor Ling Qin, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China; lingqin{at}cuhk.edu.hk; Professor Kingston King-lun Mak, Joint Center for Musculoskeletal Research, Guangzhou ...
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Chemokines: role in inflammation and immune surveillance

Correspondence to: B Moser Theodor-Kocher Institute, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 1, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland; bernhard.mosertki.unibe.ch Chemotactic migration of leucocytes largely depends on ...
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Effectiveness and safety of tocilizumab for the treatment of refractory systemic sclerosis associated interstitial lung disease: a case series

We read with great interest the results of the double-blind phase 2 faSScinate clinical trial,1 in which there was encouraging (although not statistically significant) numerical improvement in skin ...
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Vascular occlusion for optimising the functional improvement in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial

Objectives Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a leading cause of global disability with conventional exercise yielding only modest improvements. Here we aimed to investigate the benefits of integrating ...
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Real-life use of the PEXIVAS reduced-dose glucocorticoid regimen in granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis

3 Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques (CRESS), Unité Inserm 1153, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France ...
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EULAR recommendations for the treatment of systemic sclerosis: 2023 update

Objectives To update the 2017 European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) recommendations for treatment of systemic sclerosis (SSc), incorporating new evidence and therapies. Methods An ...
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F8: Back to the future: how to mix the old and new treatments for SLE, Sjögren's and APS ...
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Tenosynovitis of the extensor carpi ulnaris tendon predicts erosive progression in early rheumatoid arthritis

Correspondence to Siri Lillegraven, Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Box 23 Vinderen, N-0319 Oslo, Norway; siri.lillegraven{at}gmail.com In secondary analyses, focusing on vdHSS and ...
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Relationship between serum urate and changes in dual-energy CT monosodium urate crystal volume over 1 year in people with gout: an individual participant data analysis

Objectives The dynamics of monosodium urate (MSU) crystal changes across a range of serum urate concentrations in people with gout are unknown. This study aimed to systematically examine the ...
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Evidence that autoantibody production may be driven by acute Epstein-Barr virus infection in Sjögren’s disease

Objectives Sjögren’s disease (SD) is an autoimmune disease affecting the exocrine glands that is associated with autoantibodies against Ro60/SS-A, anti-Ro52/TRIM21, La/SS-B and others. We examined the ...