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Clinical and sonographic enthesis assessment in primary fibromyalgia patients

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation
Background Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic condition marked by widespread pain, fatigue and other functional symptoms. Musculoskeletal ultrasonography (US) is particularly valuable due to its accessibility and sensitivity in detecting enthesitis.
Walaa Abdelrahman, Hanan El Sayed Ali darwish, Ahmed Elatreby, Marina Makram   +3 more
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Seronegative spondyloarthropathies : a review : part II: genetics and pathogenesis [PDF]

, 1993
In none of the spondyloarthropathies is the pathogenesis well understood. Much of the investigation into the aetio-pathogenesis of these diseases has focused on the association with HLA-B27 and the known triggering potential of certain infectious agents.
Borg, Andrew A., Dawes, Peter T., Hothersall, T.E.   +2 more
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MRI of the axial skeleton in spondyloarthritis : the many faces of new bone formation [PDF]

, 2019
Spondyloarthritis has two hallmark features: active inflammation and structural lesions with new bone formation. MRI is well suited to assess active inflammation, but there is increasing interest in the role of structural lesions at MRI.
Carron, Philippe, Elewaut, Dirk, Herregods, Nele, Jans, Lennart, Jaremko, Jacob L, Laloo, Frederiek, Van den Bosch, Filip, Verstraete, Koenraad   +7 more
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Targeting inflammatory pathways in axial spondyloarthritis. [PDF]

, 2019
The triggers and pathogenesis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) are not yet completely understood. However, therapeutic agents targeting tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-17 inflammatory pathways have proven successful in suppressing many of the ...
Furst, Daniel E, Louie, James S
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Tofacitinib in the management of active psoriatic arthritis: patient selection and perspectives. [PDF]

, 2019
Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor approved for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA). It provides an alternative option for patients who have had an inadequate response and tolerance to other disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs)
Beck, Kristen M, Liao, Wilson, Ly, Karen, Orbai, Ana-Maria, Smith, Mary P   +4 more
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Synergistic Improvements in Synovitis, Enthesitis, and Patient-Reported Outcomes for Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Treated with Ixekizumab in SPIRIT Trials

Rheumatology and Therapy
Introduction Synovitis and enthesitis are key manifestations in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). This descriptive analysis investigated the association between improvement in synovitis and enthesitis, individually and combined, and improvement in patient ...
Lars-Erik Kristensen, Dennis McGonagle, Martin Rudwaleit, Hideto Kameda, Peter Adler Würtzen, Marcus Ngantcha, Thorsten Holzkämper, Josef Smolen   +7 more
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DEUS Enthesitis Index (DEI): a new tool integrating ultrasound and clinical examination for enthesitis assessment in spondyloarthritis

RMD Open
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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PET/CT imaging in polymyalgia rheumatica: praepubic 18F-FDG uptake correlates with pectineus and adductor longus muscles enthesitis and with tenosynovitis

Radiology and Oncology, 2017
The role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) is increasing in the diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), one of the most common inflammatory rheumatic diseases.
Rehak Zdenek, Sprlakova-Pukova Andrea, Bortlicek Zbynek, Fojtik Zdenek, Kazda Tomas, Joukal Marek, Koukalova Renata, Vasina Jiri, Eremiasova Jana, Nemec Petr   +9 more
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Ultraschall und Arthritis [PDF]

, 2018
Zusammenfassung: Die Arthrosonographie ist ein etabliertes und validiertes diagnostisches Verfahren in der Rheumatologie. Durch ihren hohen Weichteilkontrast ist die Sonographie in der Lage, Weichteilveränderungen wie z.B.
Backhaus, M., Schmidt, W., Tamborrini, G., Ziswiler, H.R.   +3 more
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Rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthropathy [PDF]

, 2013
Part 2 of the article can be found through this link: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/13280Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthropathy are two groups of inflammatory joint disease.
Vassallo, Pierre
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