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Sustained resolution of enthesitis and peripheral arthritis over 104 weeks with bimekizumab in axial spondyloarthritis [PDF]

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Background Bimekizumab (BKZ), a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits interleukin (IL)-17F in addition to IL-17A, has demonstrated 2-year efficacy in non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) and radiographic axSpA (r-axSpA) phase ...
Sofia Ramiro, Philip J Mease, Denis Poddubnyy, Clementina López-Medina, Tue Wenzel Kragstrup, Dennis McGonagle, Mindy Kim, Vanessa Taieb, Ute Massow   +8 more
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Evaluation of remission in patients with radiographic axial spondyloarthritis using an ultrasonography-based enthesitis score: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

Rheumatology
Introduction This study aimed to evaluate ultrasonographic entheseal abnormalities in patients with radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA) who were in clinical remission for at least 6 months and receiving either nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory ...
Emrah Koç, Burak Okyar, Sibel Bakırcı, Suade Özlem Badak, Ali Nail Demir, İsmail Uçar, Gökhan Sargın, Servet Yüce, Emine Duygu Ersözlü   +8 more
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DEUS Enthesitis Index (DEI): a new tool integrating ultrasound and clinical examination for enthesitis assessment in spondyloarthritis [PDF]

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Objectives (1) To develop a composite score, the DEUS (Defining Enthesitis on Ultrasound in Spondyloarthritis) Enthesitis Index (DEI), which integrates ultrasound and clinical examination findings for enthesitis assessment in patients with ...
Emilio Filippucci, Andrea Di Matteo, Stefano Di Donato   +2 more
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Enthesitis – a review on the ultrasonographic assessment [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Rheumatology, 2022
The potential benefit gained from ultrasonography examination of the enthesis been extensively studied. Enthesitis plays a key role in pathogenesis of spondyloarthritis and thus, understanding the diagnostic and therapeutical implications has shaped the ...
Roxana Mihaela Dumitrascu, Florentin Ananu Vreju, Andreea Lili Barbulescu, Beatrice Andreea Trasca, Rucsandra Cristina Dascalu, Cristina Elena Gofita, Paulina Lucia Ciurea, Stefan Cristian Dinescu   +7 more
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Peripheral enthesitis assessed by whole-body MRI in axial spondyloarthritis: Distribution and diagnostic value

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
ObjectiveTo determine the distribution and diagnostic value of peripheral enthesitis detected by whole-body MRI (WBMRI) in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) diagnosis, and to determine the value of the peripheral enthesitis score in axSpA assessment ...
Zikang Guo, Boya Li, Yimeng Zhang, Chunyu Kong, Yang Liu, Jin Qu, Ying Zhan, Zhiwei Shen, Xinwei Lei   +8 more
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A comparison of clinical examination and ultrasound enthesitis indices in patients with psoriatic arthritis, adjusted for concomitant fibromyalgia

Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease, 2021
Objectives: To: (a) determine the extent of ultrasound (US)-detected peripheral enthesitis in a cohort of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA); (b) compare this with three clinical examination (CE) enthesitis indices; and (c) determine the effect of ...
Mark Sapsford, Jobie Evans, Gavin Clunie, Deepak Jadon   +3 more
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Rheumatic manifestations of Chikungunya virus infection: Prevalence, patterns, and enthesitis.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arthropod-borne virus transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. CHIKV infection causes various rheumatic symptoms, including enthesitis; however, these effects are rarely investigated.
Saovanee Benjamanukul, Manathip Osiri, Jira Chansaenroj, Chintana Chirathaworn, Yong Poovorawan   +4 more
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Burden of enthesitis on the quality of life and work productivity in psoriatic arthritis patients

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, 2022
Background Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) which affects 6–42% of psoriasis patients is the most common extra-cutaneous manifestation of the psoriasis disease.
Dalia S. Fahmi, Wafaa K. Makarm, Rabab S. Zaghlol   +2 more
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Enthesitis in patients with psoriatic arthritis: A nationwide data from the Chinese Registry of Psoriatic Arthritis (CREPAR)

Chinese Medical Journal, 2023
. Background:. The clinical features of enthesitis in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have been reported in some Western countries, but data in China are very limited.
Fan Yang, Chaofan Lu, Huilan Liu, Lei Dou, Yanhong Wang, Hongbin Li, Xinwang Duan, Lijun Wu, Yongfu Wang, Xiuying Zhang, Jian Xu, Jinmei Su, Dong Xu, Jiuliang Zhao, Qingjun Wu, Mengtao Li, Xiaomei Leng, Xiaofeng Zeng, Lishao Guo   +18 more
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Site-specific resolution of enthesitis in patients with axial spondyloarthritis treated with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors

Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2021
Background Enthesitis is a hallmark of spondyloarthritis (SpA) with a substantial impact on quality of life. Reports of treatment effectiveness across individual enthesitis sites in real-world patients with axial SpA (axSpA) are limited.
Michael J. Nissen, Burkhard Möller, Adrian Ciurea, Ruediger B. Mueller, Patrick Zueger, Martin Schulz, Fabiana Ganz, Almut Scherer, Eleftherios Papagiannoulis, Thomas Hügle   +9 more
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