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WEBAn open access rheumatology journal publishing research on rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders and connective tissue diseases. An official journal of EULAR.
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WEBAn open access rheumatology journal publishing research on rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders and connective tissue diseases. An official journal of EULAR.
Reactive arthritis after SARS-CoV-2 infection | RMD Open
WEBSARS-CoV-2 has been recognised as a potential trigger of inflammatory arthritis in individuals with inflammatory rheumatic diseases as well as in previously unaffected individuals. However, new-onset arthritis after COVID-19 is a heterogeneous phenomenon that complicates differential diagnosis. For example, acute arthritis with features of viral arthritis has been reported after COVID-19, as ...
WEBPolymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is an elderly onset syndrome characterised by aching and stiffness in the shoulders and the pelvic girdle associated to increased levels of acute phase reactants and rapid response to glucocorticoids.1 Although the cause of PMR remains unknown, most of the evidence suggest a multifactorial aetiology inducing an immunomediated pathogenesis.1 2 According to the ...
WEBCurrent differentiation between radiographic and non- radiographic axial spondyloarthritis is of limited benefit for prediction of important clinical outcomes: data from a large, prospective, observational cohort Adrian Ciurea ,1 Seraphina Kissling,2 Kristina Bürki,1 Xenofon Baraliakos ,3 Manouk de Hooge,4 Monika Hebeisen,5 Eleftherios Papagiannoulis,5 Pascale Exer,6 René Bräm,7 Michael J ...
MR signal intensity: staying on the bright side in MR image ...
WEBAbstract In 2003, the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded for contribution to the invention of MRI, reflecting the incredible value of MRI for medicine. Since 2003, enormous technical advancements have been made in acquiring MR images. However, MRI has a complicated, accident-prone dark side; images are not calibrated and respective images are dependent on all kinds of subjective choices in ...
WEBThe term ‘undifferentiated connective tissue disease’ (UCTD) is generally used to describe clinical entities characterised by serological evidence of autoimmunity and by the occurrence of clinical symptoms often seen in association with systemic auto-immune diseases (SADs), yet not fulfilling criteria for a specific SAD.
Systemic lupus erythematosus: state of the art on clinical practice ...
WEBSystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is the paradigm of systemic autoimmune diseases characterised by a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations with an unpredictable relapsing-remitting course. The aim of the present work was to identify current available clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for SLE, to provide their review and to identify physicians’ and patients’ unmet needs. Twenty-three ...
Multidimensional minimal clinically important differences in knee ...
WEBObjective To determine minimal clinically important differences (MCIDs) for improvement and worsening in various health dimensions in knee osteoarthritis under conservative therapy. Methods Health, symptoms and function were assessed by the generic Short Form 36 and the condition-specific Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index in n=190 patients with knee osteoarthritis ...
WEBWhat does this study add? ⇒ This study brings together the literature on diet and progression of seven RMDs, concluding that re-search on diet has largely focused on osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, and there is little evidence suggesting dietary factors can make large differenc-es to the outcomes of people with RMDs.