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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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Oral sildenafil for the treatment of Raynaud’s phenomenon and digital ulcers secondary to systemic sclerosis

Medical University of South Carolina, Division of Rheumatology, Charleston, South Carolina, USA Correspondence to: Dr J Gore Medical University of South Carolina, Division of Rheumatology, 96 Jonathon ...
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Health-related utility values of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome and its predictors

21 Musculoskeletal Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine & NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ageing and Chronic Diseases, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Correspondence to Dr Wan-Fai Ng, ...
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2016 Classification Criteria for Macrophage Activation Syndrome Complicating Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

1 Università degli Studi di Genova and Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy 2 Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy ...
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Smoking is a major preventable risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis: estimations of risks after various exposures to cigarette smoke

2 Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden 3 Unit of Clinical Immunology, Uppsala University/Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden 4 ...
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Studies with pain rating scales.

Good correlation has been shown between pain scores derived from 4 different rating scales. The correlation was maintained when presentation of the scales was separated by a series of questions and by ...
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Development of the ASQoL: a quality of life instrument specific to ankylosing spondylitis

Background: Although disease-specific health status measures are available for ankylosing spondylitis (AS), no instrument exists for assessing quality of life (QoL) in the condition. Objective: To ...
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Validation of EULAR primary Sjögren's syndrome disease activity (ESSDAI) and patient indexes (ESSPRI)

1 Center of Clinical Epidemiology, Hôpital Hotel Dieu; INSERM U738, Université Paris-René Descartes, Paris, France Objectives To validate the two recently developed disease activity indexes for ...
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Predictors of patient relevant outcome after total hip replacement for osteoarthritis: a prospective study

Department of Orthopaedics, Lund University Hospital, Spenshult Hospital of Rheumatic Diseases, Halmstad, Sweden Correspondence to: Dr A-K Nilsdotter, Department of Orthopaedics, Lund University ...
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Long-term follow-up on effectiveness and safety of etanercept in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: the Dutch national register

Department of Paediatrics/Paediatric Rheumatology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Department of Paediatrics/Paediatric ...
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Prediction of progression of interstitial lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis: the SPAR model

Objectives To identify the predictive clinical characteristics and establish a prediction model for the progression of mild interstitial lung disease (ILD) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc).
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Elevated liver enzyme tests among patients with rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthritis treated with methotrexate and/or leflunomide

Introduction: Potential hepatotoxicity associated with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) requires laboratory monitoring. In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or psoriatic arthritis ...