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THU0265 Identifying the links between iron deficiency and fatigue in adolescents and young adults with systemic lupus erythematosus
Background Between 80–90% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) report fatigue to be the single most troublesome and debilitating symptom of their illness. 1 Recent studies have found ...
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POS0471 CONTINUOUSLY LOW MUSCLE MASS CONTRIBUTES TO WORSE PHYSICAL FUNCTION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS: A 5-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized with joint damage and physical dysfunction, leading to reducing quality of life. The causes of physical dysfunction in RA are multifactorial, ...
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2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus
Correspondence to Martin Aringer, Medicine III, University Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden D-01307, Germany; martin.aringer{at}uniklinikum-dresden.de; Dr ...
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Antibodies and B cells recognising citrullinated proteins display a broad cross-reactivity towards other post-translational modifications
Objective Autoantibodies against antigens carrying distinct post-translational modifications (PTMs), such as citrulline, homocitrulline or acetyllysine, are hallmarks of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The ...
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AB0926-PARE IMPACT OF COVID 19 PANDEMIC ON TUNISIAN SPA PATIENTS: PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE AND TREATMENT ADHERENCE
Background: The challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic may represent an overwhelmingly stressful event for ankylosing spondylitis (SpA) patients and impact their treatment adherence. In response to ...
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International recommendations for the assessment of autoantibodies to cellular antigens referred to as anti-nuclear antibodies
16 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Immunology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden 17 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Orebro and Orebro ...
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Mechanical overloading promotes chondrocyte senescence and osteoarthritis development through downregulating FBXW7
Objectives To investigate the role of mechanical stress in cartilage ageing and identify the mechanistic association during osteoarthritis (OA) progression. Conclusions FBXW7 is a key factor in the ...
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Dysregulated neutrophil responses and neutrophil extracellular trap formation and degradation in PAPA syndrome
Correspondence to Dr Mariana J Kaplan, Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MA ...
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Compendium of skin molecular signatures identifies key pathological features associated with fibrosis in systemic sclerosis
Correspondence to Dr Ki-Jo Kim, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 93, Jungbu-daero, Paldal-gu, ...
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Treat-to-target study for improved outcome in polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Background Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is one of the most prevalent chronic inflammatory diseases in children. Evidence suggests that early effective treatment minimises the burden of disease during ...
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Adalimumab dose tapering in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who are in long-standing clinical remission: results of the phase IV PREDICTRA study
Objective To investigate the association between baseline disease activity and the occurrence of flares after adalimumab tapering or withdrawal in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in sustained ...
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Defects in B-lymphopoiesis and B-cell maturation underlie prolonged B-cell depletion in ANCA-associated vasculitis
Objectives B-cell depletion time after rituximab (RTX) treatment is prolonged in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) compared with other autoimmune diseases. We ...