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Association between glucose intolerance and psoriatic arthritis features
Patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have a higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) compared to the general population ...
rmdopen.bmj15h
Imaging in diagnosis, outcome prediction and monitoring of large vessel vasculitis: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis informing the EULAR recommendations
Objectives To perform a systematic literature review on imaging techniques for diagnosis, outcome prediction and disease monitoring in large vessel vasculitis (LVV) informing the European League ...
rmdopen.bmj1d
Single-cell RNA-sequencing analysis reveals the molecular mechanism of subchondral bone cell heterogeneity in the development of osteoarthritis
The cellular composition and underlying spatiotemporal transformation processes of subchondral bone in osteoarthritis (OA) remain unknown. Herein, various cell subsets from tibial plateau of patients ...
rmdopen.bmj2d
Performance of the proposed ACR–EULAR classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a cohort of patients with SLE with neuropsychiatric symptoms
In our cohort of patients with (suspected) SLE with neuropsychiatric (NP) symptoms, sensitivity of the proposed criteria was high, but specificity was suboptimal. Sensitivity further improved by ...
rmdopen.bmj6d
Guselkumab induces robust reduction in acute phase proteins and type 17 effector cytokines in active psoriatic arthritis: results from phase 3 trials
Objective To investigate serum protein expression in participants with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and changes after guselkumab treatment. Methods Participants with PsA were treated with guselkumab or ...
rmdopen.bmj1d
Therapeutic implications of the anergic/postactivated status of B cells in systemic lupus erythematosus
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterised by numerous abnormalities in B lineage cells, including increased CD27++ plasmablasts/plasma cells, atypical CD27-IgD- B cells with increased CD95, ...
rmdopen.bmj7d
Derivation and validation of four patient clusters in Still’s disease, results from GIRRCS AOSD-study group and AIDA Network Still Disease Registry - RMD Open
Background Different patient clusters were preliminarily suggested to dissect the clinical heterogeneity in Still’s disease. Thus, we aimed at deriving and validating disease clusters in a multicentre ...
rmdopen.bmj12d
National burden of rheumatoid arthritis in Canada, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 – a GBD collaborator-led study
Objective The objectives of this study were: (1) to describe burden of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and trends from 1990 to 2019 using the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study (GBD) ...
rmdopen.bmj13d
Failure to reach uric acid target of <0.36 mmol/L in hyperuricaemia of gout is associated with elevated total and cardiovascular mortality - RMD Open
Objective To determine the impact of achieving serum uric acid (sUA) of <0.36 mmol/L on overall and cardiovascular (CV) mortality in patients with gout.Methods Prospective cohort of patients with gout ...
rmdopen.bmj2d
Four trajectories of 24-hour urine protein levels in real-world lupus nephritis cohorts
Objectives A 24-hour urine protein (24hUP) is a key measurement in the management of lupus nephritis (LN); however, trajectories of 24hUP in LN is poorly defined. Methods Two LN cohorts that underwent ...
rmdopen.bmj7d
Peripheral spondyloarthritis: a neglected entity—state of the art
Peripheral spondyloarthritis (pSpA) refers to a number of seemingly different spondyloarthritis subsets in which psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is the most common, and symptoms of arthritis, enthesitis or ...
rmdopen.bmj10d
Association between serum urate level and carotid atherosclerosis: an insight from a post hoc analysis of the PRIZE randomised clinical trial - RMD Open
Objectives Elevated serum urate (SU) levels are associated with arterial atherosclerosis and subsequent cardiovascular events. However, an optimal therapeutic target SU level for delaying ...