Diagnostic value of MRI of the sacroiliac joints in juvenile spondyloarthritis [PDF]
Early diagnosis of spondyloarthritis (SpA) is becoming more important as new medical treatment options have become available to treat inflammation and delay progression of the disease.
Baraliakos, Xenofon +6 more
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Transition From Juvenile Dermatomyositis to Spondyloarthritis: A Novel Overlapping Inflammatory Phenotype [PDF]
Objective Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare childhood inflammatory myopathy, whereas spondyloarthritis (SpA) is an inflammatory arthropathy characterized by enthesitis and peripheral or axial involvement. We describe a series of patients diagnosed with JDM in childhood who later fulfilled classification criteria for SpA, a sequential phenotype ...
Grooms A +3 more
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Treatment recommendations for psoriatic arthritis [PDF]
Objective: To develop comprehensive recommendations for the treatment of the various clinical manifestations of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) based on evidence obtained from a systematic review of the literature and from consensus opinion.
Ritchlin, CT +15 more
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Clinical efficacy, radiographic and safety findings through 2 years of golimumab treatment in patients with active psoriatic arthritis: results from a long-term extension of the randomised, placebo-controlled GO-REVEAL study [PDF]
Objectives: To assess long-term golimumab efficacy/safety in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA).<p></p> Methods Adult PsA patients (≥3 swollen, ≥3 tender joints, active psoriasis) were randomly assigned to ...
Beutler, A. +10 more
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Treating spondyloarthritis, including ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis, to target: recommendations of an international task force [PDF]
Background: Therapeutic targets have been defined for diseases like diabetes, hypertension or rheumatoid arthritis and adhering to them has improved outcomes. Such targets are just emerging for spondyloarthritis (SpA). Objective: To define the treatment
Baraliakos, Xenofon +31 more
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Background Enthesitis represents one of the most important peripheral musculoskeletal manifestations in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). However, studies specifically evaluating Achilles tendon enthesitis and its impact over time are scarce.
Clementina López-Medina +7 more
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MRI changes in psoriatic dactylitisextent of pathology, relationship to tenderness and correlation with clinical indices [PDF]
Objectives. To quantify the extent of inflammation in psoriatic dactylitis and to examine the relationship between clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data in both tender and non-tender dactylitis. Methods.
Chandramohan, M. +3 more
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Enthesitis in a 16-Year-Old Boy with M694V Mutation
Introduction. FMF (Familial Mediterranean Fever) is characterized by recurrent attacks of fever and articular pain. Enthesitis is the hallmark of pain in spondyloarthropathy. Literature suggests association of M694V mutation and enthesitis.
Syert Luidolf Nienhuis +1 more
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Background and objectives: The main objective of the current study was to describe the prevalence of enthesitis at different sites in a group of patients with psoriasis with or without psoriatic arthritis (PsA).
Mihaela Agache +3 more
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Randomized controlled trial of adalimumab in patients with nonpsoriatic peripheral spondyloarthritis [PDF]
Objective. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of adalimumab in patients with active nonpsoriatic peripheral spondyloarthritis (SpA). Methods. ABILITY-2 is an ongoing phase III, multicenter study of adalimumab treatment.
Karunaratne, P Mahinda +5 more
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