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Distinct immune modulatory roles of regulatory T cells in gut versus joint inflammation in TNF-driven spondyloarthritis

8 University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany Correspondence to Professor Koen Venken, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics (Rheumatology Unit), ...
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Ankylosing spondylitis: an overview

1 Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Free University, Berlin, Germany 2 Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany and Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Free University, ...
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Switching between TNF inhibitors in psoriatic arthritis: data from the NOR-DMARD study

5 Department of Rheumatology, Lillehammer Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Lillehammer, Norway 6 Department of Rheumatology, Vestre Viken/Drammen Hospital, Drammen, Norway Correspondence to Dr Karen ...
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Epidemiology of gout and hyperuricaemia in Italy during the years 2005–2009: a nationwide population-based study

5 Health Search, Italian College of General Practitioners, Florence, Italy 6 Italian College of General Practitioners, Florence, Italy Correspondence to Gianluca Trifirò, Department of Clinical and ...
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Knee pain and osteoarthritis in older adults: a review of community burden and current use of primary health care

Dr G Peat, Primary Care Sciences Research Centre, School of Postgraduate Medicine, Keele University, The Medical Institute, Hartshill Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST7 4NY, UKg.m.peat{at}hfac.keele.ac.uk ...
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Psoriasis assessment tools in clinical trials

1 Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA 2 Department of Dermatology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA ...
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POS1487 CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF DIFFERENT PROFILES OF ANTI-Ro ANTIBODIES IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES

Background Anti-Ro60 and anti-Ro52 antibodies are associated with different connective tissue diseases (CTDs) [1]. However, the clinical significance of anti-Ro antibodies is not always consistent ...
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Antibodies to citrullinated human fibrinogen (ACF) have diagnostic and prognostic value in early arthritis

4 Sanquin Research at CLB and Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam Correspondence to: Dörte Hamann Sanquin Diagnostic Services at CLB, Dept. of Autoimmune Diseases ...
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Intramuscular glucocorticoid injection versus placebo injection in hip osteoarthritis: a 12-week blinded randomised controlled trial

Correspondence to Desirée M J Dorleijn, Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands; d.dorleijn{at}erasmusmc.nl Objectives ...
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Ultrasonographic assessment of osteophytes in 127 patients with hand osteoarthritis: exploring reliability and associations with MRI, radiographs and clinical joint findings

Correspondence to Alexander Mathiessen, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, PO Box 23, Vinderen, Oslo 0319, Norway; alexander_mathiessen{at}hotmail.com Objective To investigate the ...
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Isolation of HLA-DR-naturally presented peptides identifies T-cell epitopes for rheumatoid arthritis

Objective Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) immunopathogenesis revolves around the presentation of poorly characterised self-peptides by human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-class II molecules on the surface of ...
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Chlamydia pneumoniae--a new causative agent of reactive arthritis and undifferentiated oligoarthritis.

Department of Medicine, Klinikum Steglitz, Free University of Berlin, Germany. OBJECTIVE--To examine whether reactive arthritis (ReA) known to occur after a urogenital infection with Chlamydia ...