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Review of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease among Indigenous Australians [PDF]

, 2013
This review is intended to provide an authoritative, up-to-date account of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease among Indigenous people.PrefaceThis review of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease among Indigenous Australians ...
Caitlin Gray, Neil Thomson
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Metabolic and Fluid Biomarkers Support Microglia Activation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is an incurable neurodegenerative disease involving motor neuron degeneration and metabolic and immune dysfunction. We combined clinical data, cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the role of reactive microglia in disease ...
Matteo Zanovello, Francesca Serani, Alen Bebeti, Federica Paredi, Giulia Quadrio, Andrea Fortuna, Giacomo Maria Minicuci, Elena Pegoraro, Annachiara Cagnin, Diego Cecchin, Gianni Sorarù   +10 more
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Autoimmune Comorbidities as Modifiers of Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy type 1 (FSHD1) shows clinical heterogeneity that is only partly explained by D4Z4 repeat unit (RU) size. Although immune and inflammatory mechanisms may contribute to disease variability, the prevalence and clinical impact of autoimmune diseases in FSHD remain unclear.
Jonathan Pini, Giulia Tammam, Andra Ezaru, Manuela Gambella, Benoît Sanson, Luisa Villa, Michele Cavalli, Mihai‐Bogdan Ioncea, Angela Puma, Sabrina Sacconi   +9 more
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Neuroendocrine immunology in rheumatic diseases

, 2009
The compendium on Rheumatic Diseases found its origin in the successful EULAR on-line course on rheumatic diseases. The yearly updated reviews of the fifty modules of that course form the content of this book.
CUTOLO, MAURIZIO, SULLI, ALBERTO, Straub RH   +2 more
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Development of an AI chatbot to support shared decision-making in rheumatoid arthritis: a two-phase usability study

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Background Shared decision-making is central to the care of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, particularly when adjusting treatment. Conventional decision aids convey balanced information about therapeutic options but often fail to help patients ...
Se Rim Choi, Seongjun Yoon, Soo-Bin Lee, Ha Rim Park, Hye-Rin Ko, Yu-Seon Jung, Eunwoo Nam, Soo-Kyung Cho, Yoon-Kyoung Sung   +8 more
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Artificial Intelligence in Systemic Sclerosis: Clinical Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease defined by immune dysregulation, vasculopathy, and progressive fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. Despite advances in care, major complications such as interstitial lung disease (ILD) and myocardial involvement remain the leading causes of morbidity and mortality.
Cristiana Sieiro Santos, José Miguel Sequí‐Sabater, Diego Benavent   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How to score the wrist joint by ultrasound: exploration of the most sensitive joint assessment during follow-up of early or established rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Research & Therapy
Background Wrist inflammation is common in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and thus there is room for debate on which joints to include in an ultrasound-based scoring of wrist synovitis in RA.
Yusuke Yoshida, Hilde Berner Hammer, Joseph Sexton, Lena Nordberg, Anna-Birgitte Aga, Lene Terslev, Siri Lillegraven, Espen A. Haarvardsholm   +7 more
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Clinical and Serological Findings of Patients with Antiphospholipid Syndrome in Mashhad, Iran, from 2008 to 2018: A Retrospective, Descriptive, Cross-sectional Study

European Journal of Rheumatology
Objective: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is among the autoimmune disorders caused by antiphospholipid antibodies, which provoke blood clots (thrombosis) in arteries and veins.
Zahra Rezaieyazdi, Maryam Sahebari, Kianoosh Shahideh, Muhammed Joghatayi, Mandana Khodashahi   +4 more
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Discordance Between Patient and Physician Global Assessments in Early Systemic Sclerosis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aims to identify factors associated with patient global assessment (PtGA) and physician global assessment (PhGA) and discordance between them in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods Data from adults with early SSc (<5 years) from the Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry were included.
Ellen Romich, Alexis Ogdie, Alisa Stephens Shields, Peter A. Merkel, Shervin Assassi, Elana J. Bernstein, Andreea Bujor, Flavia V. Castelino, Lorinda Chung, Luke B. Evnin, Tracy M. Frech, Jessica K. Gordon, Melissa Griffith, Faye N. Hant, Monica L. Harding, Laura K. Hummers, Dinesh Khanna, Kimberly S. Lakin, Dorota J. Lebiedz‐Odrobina, Yiming Luo, Ashima Makol, Maureen D. Mayes, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan, Jerry Molitor, Duncan F. Moore, Julie Paik, Carrie Richardson, Brian Skaug, Ami A. Shah, Ankoor Shah, Virginia Steen, John M. VanBuren, Elizabeth R. Volkmann, Carleigh Zahn, Nora Sandorfi, for the CONQUER Investigators   +35 more
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Efficacy and safety of cannabidiol followed by an open label add-on of tetrahydrocannabinol for the treatment of chronic pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis or ankylosing spondylitis: protocol for a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled study

BMJ Open, 2019
IntroductionRheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are chronic, systemic, inflammatory diseases, primarily in the musculoskeletal system. Pain and fatigue are key symptoms of RA and AS.
Afshin Ashouri Christiansen, Ellen Margrethe Hauge, Tina Ingrid Horsted, Anja Godske Bachmann, Anders Bo Bojesen, Kirsten Kaya Roessler, Kim Hørslev Petersen   +6 more
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