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Clinical rheumatology

Section edited by Susan Goodman (New York, US)

This section is concerns all aspects of clinical rheumatology

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  1. Patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have increased risk of adverse events, including serious infections (SI), compared with psoriasis patients.

    Authors: Christopher T. Ritchlin, Mona Stahle, Yves Poulin, Jerry Bagel, Soumya D. Chakravarty, Shelly Kafka, Bhaskar Srivastava, Wayne Langholff and Alice B. Gottlieb

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:52

    Content type: Research article

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  2. There is an ongoing discussion about incorporating additional risk factors to established WHO fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX) to improve the prediction accuracy in clinical subgroups. We aimed to reach an...

    Authors: Nicolas S. Bodmer, Hans Jörg Häuselmann, Diana Frey, Daniel Aeberli and Lucas M. Bachmann

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:50

    Content type: Research article

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  5. The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a group of rare conditions characterised by muscle inflammation (myositis). Accurate disease activity assessment is vital in both clinical and research setting...

    Authors: Alexander Oldroyd, Max A. Little, William Dixon and Hector Chinoy

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:41

    Content type: Research article

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  6. Group B Streptococcus (GBS) emerged as the frequent pathogen for septic arthritis. There was no study comparing risks, clinical presentations and outcomes between GBS septic arthritis and other bacterial septi...

    Authors: Rungkan Ruksasakul, Pongthorn Narongroeknawin, Paijit Assavatanabodee and Sumapa Chaiamnuay

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:38

    Content type: Research article

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  7. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with a 5 to 10 years reduction in life expectancy due to premature atherosclerosis. This reduction is the consequence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors (TCRF) a...

    Authors: Christophe Mulumba, Pierrot Lebughe, Jean-Marie Mbuyi-Muamba, Jean-Robert Makulo, François Lepira, Jean Mukaya, Rene Westhovens, Patrick Verschueren and Jean-Jacques Malemba

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:37

    Content type: Research article

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  8. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) aid in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) management, but it is not well understood which measures would be most relevant to the rheumatologists for making treatment decisions.

    Authors: Aprajita Jagpal, Ronan O’Beirne, Melanie S. Morris, Bernadette Johnson, James Willig, Huifeng Yun, Andrea L. Cherrington, Liana Fraenkel, Jeffrey R. Curtis, Monika M. Safford and Iris Navarro-Millán

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:36

    Content type: Research article

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  9. To undertake a retrospective review of patients with SLE who had received Rituximab in order to determine the rates and associated patient characteristics of clinically significant adverse infusion reactions.

    Authors: Ashleigh Hennessey, Joanna Lukawska, Geraldine Cambridge, David Isenberg and Maria Leandro

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:32

    Content type: Research article

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  10. Hypogammaglobulinemia is a complication of B-cell targeting therapies (BCTT), used in vasculitis, rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Since autoimmune diseases are associated with unde...

    Authors: M. J. Cuadrado, I. Calatayud, M. Urquizu-Padilla, S. Wijetilleka, S. Kiani-Alikhan and M. Y. Karim

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:30

    Content type: Research article

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  11. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease that primarily affects joints with some extraarticular involvement. If inappropriately treated, it usually results in persistent joint pain, i...

    Authors: Wanruchada Katchamart, Pongthorn Narongroeknawin, Wanwisa Chanapai and Phakhamon Thaweeratthakul

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:34

    Content type: Research article

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  13. Methods of gout flare reporting in research settings are inconsistent and poorly defined. The aim of this study was to describe patterns of gout flare and assess the concurrent validity of different methods of...

    Authors: Novell Teoh, Gregory D. Gamble, Anne Horne, William J. Taylor, Kate Palmano and Nicola Dalbeth

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:27

    Content type: Research article

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  14. Heterogeneity in assessments of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease remission, based on physician judgment and patient self-reports versus standardized measures, have previously been reported. This study explore...

    Authors: Wenhui Wei, Emma Sullivan, Stuart Blackburn, Chieh-I Chen, James Piercy and Jeffrey R. Curtis

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:25

    Content type: Research article

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  15. Previous studies of prognosis for women with Fibromyalgia (FM) or chronic widespread pain (CWP) show contradictory results. However, some women appear to improve in pain and other core symptoms over time. Ther...

    Authors: Anna Bergenheim, Sofia Juhlin, Lena Nordeman, Monica Joelsson and Kaisa Mannerkorpi

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:21

    Content type: Research article

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    The Publisher Correction to this article has been published in BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:35

  16. Withdrawal of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) once disease remission is achieved is endorsed by current international rheumatoid arthritis (RA) management guidelines. However, very little data ...

    Authors: Kenneth F. Baker, John D. Isaacs and Ben Thompson

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:24

    Content type: Research article

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    The Publisher Correction to this article has been published in BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:35

  17. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of prolonged disease control after discontinuation of tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

    Authors: Marjan Ghiti Moghadam, Femke B. G. Lamers-Karnebeek, Harald E. Vonkeman, Peter M. ten Klooster, Janneke Tekstra, Barbara van Schaeybroeck, Ruth Klaasen, Marieke van Onna, Hein J. Bernelot Moens, Henk Visser, Annemarie M. Schilder, Marc R. Kok, Robert B. M. Landewé, Piet L. C. M. van Riel, Mart A. F. J. van de Laar and Tim L. Jansen

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:22

    Content type: Research article

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    The Publisher Correction to this article has been published in BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:35

  18. A fatty corner lesion (FCL) is a well-demarcated fat infiltration in the corner of a vertebral body on T1 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequence. It has been reported to be useful in the diagnosis of axial ...

    Authors: Ho Yin Chung, Rachel Sze Wan Yiu, Shirley Chiu Wai Chan, Kam Ho Lee and Chak Sing Lau

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:17

    Content type: Research article

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  19. Around 1 in 8 patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) also meet criteria for fibromyalgia and such patients have considerable unmet need. Identifying effective therapy is important but to what extent fib...

    Authors: Gary J. Macfarlane, Ejaz Pathan, Stefan Siebert, Jonathan Packham, Karl Gaffney, Ernest Choy, Raj Sengupta, Fabiola Atzeni, Kathryn R. Martin, Gareth T. Jones and Linda E. Dean

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:19

    Content type: Research article

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  20. The details of two rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) who were administered tocilizumab, an anti-interleukin-6 receptor antibody, are reported, along with a review of the literature.

    Authors: Hiroki Wakabayashi, Hitoshi Kino, Makoto Kondo, Keiichi Yamanaka, Masahiro Hasegawa and Akihiro Sudo

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:15

    Content type: Case report

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  21. The pathobiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is similar to that of periodontitis in that proinflammatory cytokines play an important pathologic role. There is evidence to suggest that inhibitors of tumor necr...

    Authors: Tetsuo Kobayashi, Satoshi Ito, Akira Murasawa, Hajime Ishikawa and Hiromasa Yoshie

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:13

    Content type: Case report

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  23. The TITRATE trial seeks to test whether intensive management is valuable in achieving disease remission in moderately active rheumatoid arthritis. Intensive management is a complex intervention consisting of: ...

    Authors: Louise Prothero, Jackie Sturt, Savia de Souza and Heidi Lempp

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:12

    Content type: Research article

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  24. Inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) are current mainstay of therapies for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The decision when to withdraw TNF-α inhibitors after achieving remission and the incidence of ...

    Authors: Arduino A. Mangoni, Fahdah Al Okaily, Hani Almoallim, Seham Al Rashidi, Reem Hamdy A. Mohammed and Amal Barbary

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:10

    Content type: Research article

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  26. Signs and symptoms establish the diagnosis of adult onset Still’s disease (AOSD) as well as of systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA). The published data regarding the importance of IL-18 as a mar...

    Authors: Holger Kudela, Susanne Drynda, Anke Lux, Gerd Horneff and Joern Kekow

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:4

    Content type: Research article

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  27. The emphasis on treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) intensively reduces disease activity but its impact in routine care is uncertain. We evaluated temporal changes in disease activities and outcomes in a 10-yea...

    Authors: Nicola J. Gullick, Fowzia Ibrahim, Ian C. Scott, Alexandra Vincent, Andrew P. Cope, Toby Garrood, Gabriel S. Panayi, David L. Scott and Bruce W. Kirkham

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:6

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  28. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a severe clinical entity associated with high mortality in the adult population. HLH has been associated with infections, malignancy and autoimmune conditions such a...

    Authors: Christina S. Thornton, Parham Minoo, Michelle Schneider and Aurore Fifi-Mah

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:7

    Content type: Case report

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  29. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes joint inflammation. It affects around 400,000 people in the UK and 1 million adults in the USA. Given the appropriate treatment, many can have relative...

    Authors: Fran Toye, Kate Seers and Karen Louise Barker

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:5

    Content type: Research article

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  30. Biomarkers of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity typically measure inflammation or autoimmunity (e.g. CRP, RF). C1M and C3M, metabolites of type I and III collagen, are markers reflecting tissue metabo...

    Authors: Anne C. Bay-Jensen, Adam Platt, Martin A. Jenkins, Michael E. Weinblatt, Inger Byrjalsen, Kishwar Musa, Mark C. Genovese and Morten A. Karsdal

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:3

    Content type: Research article

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  31. Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic generalized pain, fatigue, sleep disorders and other symptoms. Physical exercise is recommended as the first choice of non-pharmacological therapy. Thus, the aim of thi...

    Authors: Katherinne Ferro Moura Franco, Yuri Rafael dos Santos Franco, Evany Maira Espírito Santo Salvador, Bruna Cristina Brajon do Nascimento, Gisela Cristiane Miyamoto and Cristina Maria Nunes Cabral

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2019 3:2

    Content type: Study protocol

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  32. Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex, centralized pain condition that is often difficult to diagnose and treat. FM is considered to have a genetic background due to its familial aggregation and due to findings from ...

    Authors: Chee Lee, Ginevra Liptan, Svetlana Kantorovich, Maneesh Sharma and Ashley Brenton

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2018 2:38

    Content type: Research article

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  33. Autoimmune disorders are known to produce false positives in serological tests for infections. Aetiological association between infections and autoimmunity, increased susceptibility to infectious and autoimmun...

    Authors: Harsha Anuruddhika Dissanayake, Gayani Premawansa, Enoka Corea and Inoshi Atukorale

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2018 2:37

    Content type: Case report

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  34. We report the case of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with tofacitinib who developed severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) with an atypical clinical presentation.

    Authors: Ian F. J. Pirker, Jacqueline Krane-Nuber, Werner C. Albrich, Rüdiger Müller and Thomas Neumann

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2018 2:34

    Content type: Case report

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  36. Osteoarthritis (OA) is diagnosed and managed primarily by general practitioners (GPs). OA guidelines recommend using clinical criteria, without x-ray, for diagnosis, and advising strengthening exercise, aerobi...

    Authors: Thorlene Egerton, Rachel K Nelligan, Jenny Setchell, Lou Atkins and Kim L Bennell

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2018 2:30

    Content type: Research article

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  37. Fibromyalgia is a debilitating condition, characterized by extensive muscular pain and fatigue. Vitamin D is essential for overall health, with ubiquitous involvement in various inflammatory and pain pathways....

    Authors: Shawn D. Ellis, Sam T. Kelly, Jonathan H. Shurlock and Alastair L. N. Hepburn

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2018 2:28

    Content type: Research article

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  38. To evaluate demographics, family history, and previous medication use at enrollment in a subset of psoriasis patients with self-reported psoriatic arthritis (PsA) enrolled in Psoriasis Longitudinal Assessment ...

    Authors: Arthur Kavanaugh, Kim Papp, Alice B. Gottlieb, Elke M. G. J. de Jong, Soumya D. Chakravarty, Shelly Kafka, Wayne Langholff, Kamyar Farahi, Bhaskar Srivastava and Jose U. Scher

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2018 2:29

    Content type: Research article

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  39. Chronic inflammatory arthritis is associated with increased cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. Pharmacological management and healthy lifestyle modification is recommended to manage these risks, but ...

    Authors: Premarani Sinnathurai, Alexandra Capon, Rachelle Buchbinder, Vibhasha Chand, Lyndall Henderson, Marissa Lassere and Lyn March

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2018 2:25

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  40. Although psoriatic arthritis is complex and involves multiple domains, recent advances in treatments have made remission or near-remission of most symptoms a potentially achievable goal for many patients. We s...

    Authors: Laura C. Coates, Ana-Maria Orbai, Akimichi Morita, Olivier Benichou, Lisa Kerr, David H. Adams, Catherine L. Shuler, Julie Birt and Philip S. Helliwell

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2018 2:24

    Content type: Research article

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  41. Autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) such as inflammatory arthritis and Lupus, and many of the treatments for these diseases, can have a detrimental impact on fertility and pregnancy outcomes. Disease activity...

    Authors: Rhiannon Phillips, Bethan Pell, Aimee Grant, Daniel Bowen, Julia Sanders, Ann Taylor, Adrian Edwards, Ernest Choy and Denitza Williams

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2018 2:21

    Content type: Research article

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  42. There is growing evidence that it may be possible to identify people at high risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Assuming that effective interventions were available, this could mean that treatments ...

    Authors: Sarah Munro, Luke Spooner, Katherine Milbers, Marie Hudson, Cheryl Koehn and Mark Harrison

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2018 2:18

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  43. Behcet’s disease and Sjogren’s syndrome is an autoimmune disorder from which many systems of the body can suffer. Here we reported a patient with a history of Behcet’s disease and Sjogren’s syndrome in which R...

    Authors: Fulong Xiao, Jun Zhang, Waner Wang, Xuehua Wang, Wei Zhang, Liyue Xu and Fang Han

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2018 2:19

    Content type: Case report

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  44. Clinical response and remission are defined in multiple ways and measured with different instruments, resulting in substantial variation of the proportion of patients classified as being in remission. Therefor...

    Authors: Samina A. Turk, Linda A. Rasch, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg, Willem F. Lems, Marjolein Sanberg, Lilian H. D. van Tuyl and Marieke M. ter Wee

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2018 2:16

    Content type: Research article

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  45. Patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS) are at increased risk of asymptomatic hyperuricemia (i.e., elevated serum uric acid (SUA) level without gout) and cardiovascular disease. We conducted a cross-sectional ...

    Authors: Seoyoung C. Kim, Marcelo F. Di Carli, Rajesh K. Garg, Kathleen Vanni, Penny Wang, Alyssa Wohlfahrt, Zhi Yu, Fengxin Lu, Anarosa Campos, Courtney F. Bibbo, Stacy Smith and Daniel H. Solomon

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2018 2:17

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  46. This study aimed to explore the beliefs of people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) about the disease, and how these beliefs had formed and what impact these beliefs had on activity participation, health behaviour...

    Authors: Ben Darlow, Melanie Brown, Bronwyn Thompson, Ben Hudson, Rebecca Grainger, Eileen McKinlay and J. Haxby Abbott

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2018 2:15

    Content type: Research article

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  47. Systemic Sclerosis is a multifactorial autoimmune rheumatic disease characterized by inflammation, fibrosis, immune dysregulation and vascular dysfunction.

    Authors: Annemarie Schorpion, Max Shenin, Robin Neubauer and Chris T. Derk

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2018 2:13

    Content type: Research article

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  48. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is markedly increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis partly due to accelerated atherosclerosis from chronic inflammation. Traditional cardiovascular risk factors such as hyp...

    Authors: Aprajita Jagpal and Iris Navarro-Millán

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2018 2:10

    Content type: Review

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  49. Pneumococcal vaccination is recommended to patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS). However, little is known whether the diseases influence pneumococcal vaccine response. T...

    Authors: Per Nived, Tore Saxne, Pierre Geborek, Thomas Mandl, Lillemor Skattum and Meliha C. Kapetanovic

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2018 2:12

    Content type: Research article

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  50. Chronic pain, regional or widespread, is a frequent and multidimensional symptom in arthritis. There is still limited information on chronic pain in spondyloarthritis, which is important to recognize for adequ...

    Authors: Elisabeth Mogard, Ann Bremander, Elisabet Lindqvist and Stefan Bergman

    Citation: BMC Rheumatology 2018 2:11

    Content type: Research article

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