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Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies are a collection of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies and contain overlapping and non-overlapping reactivities

Objective Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies are a hallmark of rheumatoid arthritis and are believed to play a role in disease ...
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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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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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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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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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AB0727 Increased Rates of Hypertension in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Compared To Psoriasis Alone: Results from The UK Biobank

1 Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre 2 Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester ...
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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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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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Impact of anti-interleukin-6 receptor blockade on circulating T and B cell subsets in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

1 Office of the Clinical Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA 2 Sjögren's Syndrome Clinic, Molecular ...
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Incidence of severe knee and hip osteoarthritis in relation to different measures of body mass: a population-based prospective cohort study

Objective: To determine in a prospective population-based cohort study relationships between different measures of body mass and the incidence of severe knee and hip osteoarthritis defined as ...
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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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Table of contents

T11: Diagnostics and imaging procedures - what’s new in imaging - miscellaneous topics T13: Furthering clinical management S1: Adaptive immunity in rheumatic diseases Adaptive immunity (T cells and B ...