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Patient-tailored training programme on cardiorespiratory fitness, trunk strength and mobility leads to significantly better outcomes in individuals with axial spondyloarth…

Background Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) impairs trunk strength, mobility and cardiorespiratory fitness. Despite exercise ...
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Global social media use among rheumatology professionals: the EULAR SoMeR Study Group survey

Background/purpose Social media (SM) has become an indispensable tool in healthcare, providing platforms for networking and ...
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Imaging in diagnosis, monitoring and outcome prediction of large vessel vasculitis: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis informing the 2023 update of the EULAR ...

Objectives To update the evidence on imaging for diagnosis, monitoring and outcome prediction in large vessel vasculitis (LVV) to inform the 2023 update of the European Alliance of Associations for ...
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Evaluating the role of lipopolysaccharides in the joint: fibronectin as a novel protective mechanism

Objective To investigate the presence and bioactivity of lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in synovial fluid (SF) of osteoarthritis (OA) patients and elucidate mechanisms modulating their inflammatory ...
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Intraindividual cognitive function course over time in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Background Cognitive impairment (CI) is one of the most common manifestations of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This study aimed to characterise the course of CI over a 1-year ...
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Correction:A multicenter study to improve clinical interpretation of rheumatoid factor and anti-citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies test results (23 December, 2025) Correction: Distribution of ...
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Systemic lupus erythematosus; stroke and myocardial infarction risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective To evaluate the risk of stroke and myocardial infarction (MI) in adult patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) through a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods We searched ...
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Efficacy and safety of biological and targeted-synthetic DMARDs: a systematic literature review informing the 2016 update of the ASAS/EULAR recommendations for the management ...

Objectives To update the evidence for the efficacy and safety of (b)biological and (ts)targeted-synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in patients with axial spondyloarthritis ...
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Waiting for JAK inhibitor safety data

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently added a new ‘black box warning’ on all currently approved Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors indicated for the treatment of arthritis and other ...
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Comparison of long-term efficacy, tolerability and drug survival rates of baricitinib as monotherapy or combination therapy in RA patients: data from a real-world prospective ...

Background Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi), like baricitinib, are used as monotherapy (MONO) and in combination with methotrexate (MTX) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. This study aimed to ...
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Novel vascular damage markers in SLE: insights from carotid colour Doppler ultrasound and aortic oscillometry in the LUPCARD cohort

Objectives To assess for the first time a combination of new and established markers of macrovascular damage in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) using oscillometry and greyscale/colour ...