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- Systemic Glucocorticoid Therapy In Rheumatic Diseases
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- Treatment Of Systemic Sclerosis: A Report From The Eular Scleroderma Trials And Research Group (Eustar)
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ACR criteria for rheumatic diseases
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EULAR classification and diagnosis criteria/ response criteria
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- Diagnosis And Initial Management Of Patients With Acute Or Recent Onset Swelling Of The Knee
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Recommended Reading & Guidelines
- A randomized study of the effect of withdrawing hydroxychloroquine sulfate in systemic lupus erythematosus. The Canadian Hydroxychloroquine Study Group. N Engl J Med, 1991. 324(3): p. 150-4.
- Alarcon, G.S., et al., Effect of hydroxychloroquine on the survival of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: data from LUMINA, a multiethnic US cohort (LUMINA L). Ann Rheum Dis, 2007. 66(9): p. 1168-72.
- American College of Rheumatology, New NOF Guidelines and the WHO Fracture Assessment Tool or FRAX. 2008. [PDF]
- American College of Rheumatology, Osteoporosis and Bone Mineral Density - American College of Rheumatology. 2010. [PDF]
- Appel, G.B., et al., Mycophenolate mofetil versus cyclophosphamide for induction treatment of lupus nephritis. J Am Soc Nephrol, 2009. 20(5): p. 1103-12.
- Cummings, S.R., et al., Denosumab for prevention of fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. N Engl J Med, 2009. 361(8): p. 756-65.
- Erkan, D., G. Espinosa, and R. Cervera, Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome: updated diagnostic algorithms. Autoimmun Rev, 2010. 10(2): p. 74-9.
- Fam, A.G., Paraneoplastic rheumatic syndromes. Baillieres Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol, 2000. 14(3): p. 515-33.
- Ginzler, E.M., et al., Nonrenal disease activity following mycophenolate mofetil or intravenous cyclophosphamide as induction treatment for lupus nephritis: findings in a multicenter, prospective, randomized, open-label, parallel-group clinical trial. Arthritis Rheum, 2010. 62(1): p. 211-21.
- Houssiau, F.A., et al., Immunosuppressive therapy in lupus nephritis: the Euro-Lupus Nephritis Trial, a randomized trial of low-dose versus high-dose intravenous cyclophosphamide. Arthritis Rheum, 2002. 46(8): p. 2121-31.
- Manzi, S., et al., Effects of belimumab, a B lymphocyte stimulator-specific inhibitor, on disease activity across multiple organ domains in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: combined results from two phase III trials. Ann Rheum Dis, 2012. 71(11): p. 1833-8.
- Merrill, J.T., et al., The efficacy and safety of abatacept in patients with non-life-threatening manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus: results of a twelve-month, multicenter, exploratory, phase IIb, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Arthritis Rheum, 2010. 62(10): p. 3077-87.
- Miyakis, S., et al., International consensus statement on an update of the classification criteria for definite antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). J Thromb Haemost, 2006. 4(2): p. 295-306.
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, IMACS FORM 07A: MYOSITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY. 2005. [PDF]
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, MANUAL MUSCLE TESTING PROCEDURES for MMT8 TESTING. 2007. [PDF]
- Petri, M., et al., Combined oral contraceptives in women with systemic lupus erythematosus. N Engl J Med, 2005. 353(24): p. 2550-8.
- Petri, M., et al., Derivation and validation of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum, 2012. 64(8): p. 2677-86.
- Stone, J.H., et al., Mechanisms of Disease: IgG4-related disease. N Engl J Med, 2012. 366(6): p. 539-51.
- Weening, J.J., et al., The classification of glomerulonephritis in systemic lupus erythematosus revisited. Kidney Int, 2004. 65(2): p. 521-30.
Recent Articles
Arthritis & Rheumatism
- Inflammatory bony spur formation in psoriatic arthritis is different from bony spur formation in hand osteoarthritis
- Whole exome sequencing reveals overlap between macrophage activation syndrome in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
- Fat metaplasia and backfill are key intermediaries in the development of sacroiliac joint ankylosis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
- PGC-1α and FOXO3a mediate chondroprotection by AMP-activated Protein Kinase
- Oral bisphosphonate use and total knee/hip implant survival: validation of results in an external population-based cohort
- Rituximab for the treatment of relapses in ANCA-associated vasculitis
- Dual-specificity phosphatase 5 attenuates autoimmune arthritis via reciprocal regulation of Th17/Treg balance and inhibition of osteoclastogenesis
- Role of toll-like receptors 2 and 4 in mediating endothelial dysfunction and arterial remodeling in primary arterial antiphospholipid syndrome
- Targeting multiple signaling axes and oxidative stress using a synthetic triterpenoid prevents murine lupus nephritis
- Cartilage derived from mouse induced pluripotent stem cells for osteoarthritis drug screening in vitro
- Analysis of infections and all-cause mortality in Phase II, III and long-term extension studies of tofacitinib in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
- Structural associations of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis
- Canakinumab for children with colchicine-resistant familial Mediterranean fever: A 6-month, open-label, single-arm, pilot study
- Erosions and sclerosis on radiographs precede the subsequent development of syndesmophytes at the same site: A 12-year prospective follow-up of the OASIS study in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
- Reduced type IX collagen gene expression in human osteoarthritic chondrocytes is associated with epigenetic silencing by DNA hypermethylation
- ZAP-70 genotype disrupts the relationship between microbiota and host leading to spondyloarthritis and ileitis
- Differential regulatory role of Pituitary Adenylate-Cyclase Activating Polypeptide in the serum-transfer-induced arthritis model
- Regulation of early cartilage destruction in inflammatory arthritis by Death Receptor 3
- Performance of current guidelines for diagnosis of macrophage activation syndrome complicating systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Tongue necrosis: An unusual clinical presentation of giant cell arteritis
- In this issue
- Review: Interstitial Lung Disease Associated With Systemic Sclerosis and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: How Similar and Distinct?
- Editorial: Appropriateness of Total Knee Arthroplasty
- Editorial: Regulatory B Cells: Are We Really Ready to Manipulate Them for the Benefit of Patients With Autoimmune Diseases?
- Editorial: Lipid Kinases and Bone Homeostasis: Lessons Learned From Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Isoform–Specific Knockouts
- Long-Term Safety of Subcutaneous Abatacept in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Integrated Analysis of Clinical Trial Data Representing More Than Four Years of Treatment
- Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis in Women: A Prospective Study
- Subgrouping of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Based on Pain, Fatigue, Inflammation, and Psychosocial Factors
- Use of Whole-Blood Transcriptomic Profiling to Highlight Several Pathophysiologic Pathways Associated With Response to Rituximab in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Data From a Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label Trial
- Effect of Methotrexate Use and Erythrocyte Methotrexate Polyglutamate on Glycosylated Hemoglobin in Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Regulatory B10 Cells Are Decreased in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Are Inversely Correlated With Disease Activity
- Fucosyltransferase 1 Mediates Angiogenesis in Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Inhibits the Antiinflammatory Effects of Glucocorticoids via Glucocorticoid-Induced Leucine Zipper
- Optoacoustic Imaging and Staging of Inflammation in a Murine Model of Arthritis
- Interleukin-21–Producing c-Maf–Expressing CD4+ T Cells Induce Effector CD8+ T Cells and Enhance Autoimmune Inflammation in Scurfy Mice
- Digital Necrosis Revealing Giant Cell Arteritis
- Symptomatic Efficacy of Etanercept and Its Effects on Objective Signs of Inflammation in Early Nonradiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
- Genome-Wide Copy Number Variation Analysis Identifies Deletion Variants Associated With Ankylosing Spondylitis
- HLA–B27 Subtype Oligomerization and Intracellular Accumulation Patterns Correlate With Predisposition to Spondyloarthritis
- Antibodies to Endothelial Cell Growth Factor and Obliterative Microvascular Lesions in the Synovium of Patients With Antibiotic-Refractory Lyme Arthritis
- Use of a Validated Algorithm to Judge the Appropriateness of Total Knee Arthroplasty in the United States: A Multicenter Longitudinal Cohort Study
- Incidence of Total Knee and Hip Replacement for Osteoarthritis in Relation to Circulating Sex Steroid Hormone Concentrations in Women
- Relationship of Gene Expression in the Injured Human Meniscus to Body Mass Index: A Biologic Connection Between Obesity and Osteoarthritis
- Induction of an Inflammatory and Prodegradative Phenotype in Autologous Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes by the Infrapatellar Fat Pad From Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis
- Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Inhibition Stimulates Human Cartilage Destruction and Exacerbates Murine Osteoarthritis
- Peripheral Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Receptor Activation and Mechanical Sensitization of the Joint in Rat Models of Osteoarthritis Pain
- Aging and Oxidative Stress Reduce the Response of Human Articular Chondrocytes to Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 and Osteogenic Protein 1
- The Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Isoform PI3Kβ Regulates Osteoclast-Mediated Bone Resorption in Humans and Mice
- Fibrin Accumulation Secondary to Loss of Plasmin-Mediated Fibrinolysis Drives Inflammatory Osteoporosis in Mice
- A CD8 T Cell/Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Axis Is Required for Mesenchymal Stem Cell Suppression of Human Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Identification of Stage-Specific Genes Associated With Lupus Nephritis and Response to Remission Induction in (NZB × NZW)F1 and NZM2410 Mice
- Low-Dose Irinotecan Improves Advanced Lupus Nephritis in Mice Potentially by Changing DNA Relaxation and Anti–Double-Stranded DNA Binding
- Deletion of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome Autoantigen β2-Glycoprotein I Potentiates the Lupus Autoimmune Phenotype in a Toll-like Receptor 7–Mediated Murine Model
- Actinomycetoma of the Foot
- Correlation of CXCL10, Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Type II, and Galectin 9 With Disease Activity in Juvenile Dermatomyositis
- Prenatal Anti-Ro Antibody Exposure, Congenital Complete Atrioventricular Heart Block, and High-Dose Steroid Therapy: Impact on Neurocognitive Outcome in School-Age Children
- Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Autoimmune-Associated Hemophagocytic Syndrome in Adults
- Interferon-α Inhibition by Intravenous Immunoglobulin Is Independent of Modulation of the Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Population in the Circulation: Comment on the Article by Wiedeman et al
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- Requirements for “Fire and ICE” Differ Between Animal Models of Autoimmunity: Comment on the Article by Kahlenberg et al
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- Painful Swollen Distal Interphalangeal Joints Are Not Always Heberden's Nodes!
- ACR Announcements
Arthritis Care & Research
- Measurement properties of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index: A systematic review
- Mapping of the OMERACT core set for ANCA-associated vasculitis to the international classification of function, disability and health
- Visits to rheumatologists for arthritis: The role of access to primary care physicians, geographic availability of rheumatologists, and socioeconomic status
- Lifetime medical costs of knee osteoarthritis management in the United States: Impact of extending indications for total knee arthroplasty
- Development and retrospective validation of the juvenile spondyloarthritis disease activity (JSpADA) index
- Definitions for the sonographic features of joints in healthy children
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of HLA-B5801 genotyping in the treatment of gout patients with chronic renal insufficiency in Korea
- Associations between body mass index and foot joint pain in middle-aged and older women: a longitudinal population-based cohort study
- Design and effects of supportive follow-up interventions in clinical care of patients with rheumatic diseases: A systematic review with meta-analysis
- Measuring physician adherence with Gout Quality indicators – a role for natural language processing
- Qualifying Unmet Needs and Improving Standards of Care in Psoriatic Arthritis
- Are Fibromyalgia patients cognitively impaired? Objective and subjective neuropsychological evidence
- Factors Associated with Pain Experience Outcome in Knee Osteoarthritis
- Factors explaining the discrepancy between physician and patient global assessment of joint and skin disease activity in psoriatic arthritis patients
- Spinal mobility in patients with spondylitis is determined by age, structural damage, and inflammation
- Muscle Strength, Muscle Mass, and Physical Disability in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Increasing Steps/Day Predicts Improvement in Physical Function and Pain Interference in Adults with Fibromyalgia
- The “weakness” link: Can muscle impairment be identified as a cause of disability in rheumatology patients?
- Men Are at Greater Risk of Lean Mass Deficits in Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Use of non-drug non-operative interventions by community-dwelling people with hip and knee osteoarthritis
- Quantitative Radiologic Imaging Techniques for Articular Cartilage Composition: Toward Early Diagnosis and Development of Disease-Modifying Therapeutics for Osteoarthritis
- Effectiveness and Safety of Infliximab in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Analysis From a Canadian Multicenter Prospective Observational Registry
- Predictors of Stopping and Starting Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs for Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Identification of Risk Factors for Elevated Transaminases in Methotrexate Users Through an Electronic Health Record
- 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Data From a Large International Inception Cohort
- Risk Factors in the Progression of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Women With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Understanding Preferences for Disease-Modifying Drugs in Osteoarthritis
- Race and Sex Differences in Willingness to Undergo Total Joint Replacement: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project
- Cost Offsets to Medicare Attributable to Receipt of Hip, Knee, and Shoulder Arthroplasty
- Lifetime Risk of Total Hip Replacement Surgery and Temporal Trends in Utilization: A Population-Based Analysis
- Are Older Adults Missing From Low Back Pain Clinical Trials? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Primary Sjögren's Syndrome: Fatigue Is an Ever-Present, Fluctuating, and Uncontrollable Lack of Energy
- Association Between Inflammatory Biomarkers and Bone Mineral Density in a Community-Based Cohort of Men and Women
- Relationship Between Mental Health and Foot Pain
- Effect of Hydroxychloroquine on Insulin Sensitivity and Lipid Parameters in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Without Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized, Blinded Crossover Trial
- Is Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis Common in Middle-Aged People With Chronic Patellofemoral Pain?
- Evaluating Appropriate Use of Prophylactic Colchicine for Gout Flare Prevention
- Raynaud's Phenomenon, Inflammatory Arthritis, and Weight Loss: Pay Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
- Relationship Between Physician Preference for Infusion Therapies and Financial Considerations: Comment on the Article by Zhang et al
- Fibromyalgia: Is it Possible to Measure the Association of Subjective and Objective Pain? Comment on the Article by Wolfe et al
- Who Decides if Research Will Be Published, Authors or Sponsors? Comment on the Article by Curtis et al
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