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Comparison of the cardiovascular risk profile of rheumatoid arthritis versus hand osteoarthritis patients
It is clear that there is an increased cardiovascular (CV) risk in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as a result of systemic inflammation. Hand osteoarthritis (HOA) patients, also have an increased CV risk, but the ca...
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Performance of a diagnostic score for gouty arthritis: results from a cohort of acute arthritis suspected of being septic
Septic arthritis (SA) and gout are the main suspected etiologies of acute monoarthritis. Differentiating them is essential because SA is an emergency. The performance of a gout diagnostic score developed by Ja...
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ACPA-positive versus ACPA-negative rheumatoid arthritis: two distinct erosive disease entities on radiography and ultrasonography
The objective of this study is to assess the prevalence, localization, and severity of bone erosions on radiography (RX) and ultrasonography (US) according to ACPA status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis ...
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Open AccessCharacteristics of spontaneous coagulase-negative staphylococcal spondylodiscitis: a retrospective comparative study versus Staphylococcus aureus spondylodiscitis
Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are increasingly implicated in recent patient series of spondylodiscitis, but there are no series of CoNS-spondylodiscitis available. The objective of this study was to ...
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Open AccessDoes rheumatoid synovitis activity vary during the day? Evaluation with color doppler sonography
Clinical symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) improve in the course of the day, as can synovitis activity, reported via doppler ultrasound (US). The aim of the study was to establish whether the Color Doppler...
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Open AccessEfficacy and safety of pamidronate in Modic type 1 changes: study protocol for a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial
Erosive degenerative disc disease, also known as Modic type 1 changes, is usually characterized by low back pain with an inflammatory pain pattern, as seen in spondyloarthropathies. Intravenous pamidronate has...
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Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Elderly in the Era of Tight Control
The principles of treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have changed considerably in recent years. Disease-modifying treatment (if possible, methotrexate) should be started as soon as the diagnosis of RA is made....