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Spotlight on Sjögren’s: a patient perspective on burden of illness and unmet needs – results from a real-world survey

Objective Sjögren’s is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterised by dryness symptoms (eyes, mouth, skin), alongside ...
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Associations between social determinants of health and long-term outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus: a nationwide population-based cohort study in Swed…

Objectives To examine the association between social determinants of health (SDH) and outcomes in systemic lupus ...
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Original research: Prevalence and anatomical distribution of MRI lesions in axSpA and differences between patients with and without peripheral involvement: results from the ASAS classification cohort ...
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MRI-based hip cartilage measures in osteoarthritic and non-osteoarthritic individuals: a systematic review

Osteoarthritis is a common hip joint disease, involving loss of articular cartilage. The prevalence and prognosis of hip osteoarthritis have been difficult to determine, with various clinical and ...
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Effects of upadacitinib or adalimumab on pain in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis: results from randomised phase 3 studies

Introduction Patients with rheumatoid (RA) or psoriatic (PsA) arthritis can experience debilitating pain. Methods Post hoc analyses of phase 3, double-blind studies in patients with active disease ...
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Mesenchymal stromal cells ameliorate systemic sclerosis-interstitial lung disease via PD-1/PD-L1 signalling axis

Objective Systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) is characterised by progressive pulmonary fibrosis. This study aimed to investigate the role of programmed death-1 ...
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Fibromyalgia and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective To conduct a systematic review of the literature on the association between fibromyalgia and mortality and to pool the results in a meta-analysis. Methods The authors searched the PubMed, ...
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Large language model-driven sentiment analysis for facilitating fibromyalgia diagnosis

Background Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex disorder with widespread pain and emotional distress, posing diagnostic challenges. FM patients show altered cognitive and emotional processing, with a ...
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Setting the international standard for longitudinal follow-up of patients with systemic sclerosis: a Delphi-based expert consensus on core clinical features

Background Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a severe, progressive multiorgan disease but to date, there are no established standardised international guidelines for follow-up of patients with SSc. The goal ...
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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH): where we are now and where to go next

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a well-recognised entity characterised by calcifications and ossifications of the entheses affecting mainly the spine and peripheral sites. DISH is ...
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Patient-tailored training programme on cardiorespiratory fitness, trunk strength and mobility leads to significantly better outcomes in individuals with axial spondyloarthritis

Background Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) impairs trunk strength, mobility and cardiorespiratory fitness. Despite exercise being a key treatment, few studies have examined a combined trunk mobility, ...