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Remission in systemic lupus erythematosus: durable remission is rare

Introduction Remission is the ultimate goal in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In this study, we applied four definitions of remission agreed on by an international collaboration (Definitions of ...
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Scoring hypoechogenic areas in one parotid and one submandibular gland increases feasibility of ultrasound in primary Sjögren’s syndrome

Correspondence to Professor Hendrika Bootsma, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen 9713 GZ, The Netherlands; h.bootsma{at}umcg.nl ...
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Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (rituximab) as an adjunct in the treatment of giant cell arteritis

1 Department of Rheumatology, University College London Hospitals, Arthur Stanley House, 40-50 Tottenham Street, London W1T 4NJ, UK 2 Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London Hospitals ...
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Neutrophil CD64 expression: distinguishing acute inflammatory autoimmune disease from systemic infections

1 Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases – OP09, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97201, USA 2 Department of Pathology, Oregon Health and Science ...
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Comparison of the accuracy of steroid placement with clinical outcome in patients with shoulder symptoms

a St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland: Department of Rheumatology , b Department of Radiology Dr O FitzGerald, Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Republic of ...
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Relapse rates in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in stable remission tapering or stopping antirheumatic therapy: interim results from the prospective randomised controlled ...

Correspondence to Professor Georg Schett, Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, University Clinic of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ulmenweg 18, Erlangen 91054, Germany; georg.schett{at ...
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Primary Sjögren's syndrome and malignancy risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China Correspondence to Dr Yang Zaixing and Professor Renqian Zhong, Department of Laboratory ...
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Treatment of autoinflammatory diseases: results from the Eurofever Registry and a literature review

23 Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Pediatria II, Reumatologia and Universià degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy 24 Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Pediatria II, Reumatologia, Genova, Italy Correspondence to ...
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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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Low density of sympathetic nerve fibres and increased density of brain derived neurotrophic factor positive cells in RA synovium

3 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany 4 Department of Trauma Surgery, University of Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany Correspondence to: ...
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Preliminary classification criteria for the cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis

10 Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, S Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy 11 Section of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human ...
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Raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate signals heart failure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Correspondence to: Dr Sherine E Gabriel Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN ...