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Elevated circulating levels of interferon-γ and interferon-γ-induced chemokines characterise patients with macrophage activation syndrome complicating systemic juvenile ...

Objectives Interferon-γ (IFNγ) is the pivotal mediator in murine models of primary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (pHLH). Given the similarities between primary and secondary HLH (sec-HLH), ...
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EULAR report on the use of ultrasonography in painful knee osteoarthritis. Part 1: Prevalence of inflammation in osteoarthritis

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of inflammation in subjects with chronic painful knee osteoarthritis (OA), as determined by the presence of synovitis or joint effusion at ultrasonography (US); ...
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Aerobic walking or strengthening exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee? A systematic review

Academic Rheumatology, Clinical Sciences Building, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, UK Correspondence to: Dr Edward Roddy Academic Rheumatology, Clinical Sciences Building, Nottingham City ...
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Clinical classification criteria for knee osteoarthritis: performance in the general population and primary care

Primary Care Sciences Research Centre, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, UK Correspondence to: G Peat Primary Care Sciences Research Centre, Keele University ...
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Mycobacterial diseases and antitumour necrosis factor therapy in USA

1 Departments of Infectious Diseases (KLW), Public Health and Preventive Medicine (DC, KLW, DA), Ophthalmology (EBS, JTR, KLW, CDV), and Rheumatology (JTR), Oregon Health & Science University, ...
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Novel and reliable DACTylitis glObal Sonographic (DACTOS) score in psoriatic arthritis

Correspondence to Professor Annamaria Iagnocco, Scienze Cliniche e Biologiche, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin 10043, Italy; annamaria.iagnocco1{at}gmail.com Objectives Dactylitis is one of ...
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Nottingham knee osteoarthritis risk prediction models

Objectives (1) To develop risk prediction models for knee osteoarthritis (OA) and (2) to estimate the risk reduction that results from modification of potential risk factors. Method This was a 12-year ...
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Long-term outcome in polymyositis and dermatomyositis

1 Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands ...
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Lipoma arborescens co-existing with psoriatic arthritis releases tumour necrosis factor alpha and matrix metalloproteinase 3

A 41-year-old man was referred with bilateral swollen knees. He reported a 6-year history of pain and swelling in the knees and feet. Past medical history revealed psoriasis and a recent diagnosis of ...
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Psoriatic arthritis: epidemiology, clinical features, course, and outcome

1 University of Toronto, Toronto Western Research Institute, Psoriatic Arthritis Program, University Health Network, Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, ...
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Defining active sacroiliitis on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for classification of axial spondyloarthritis: a consensual approach by the ASAS/OMERACT MRI group

Department of Rheumatology, Charité University Medicine, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of sacroiliac joints has evolved as the most relevant ...
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Guidelines for musculoskeletal ultrasound in rheumatology

aDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Hospital, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, bDepartment of Rheumatology and Physical Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, ...