EULAR 2010
417 abstracts
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10-YEAR RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ON ATP-III AND REYNOLDS RISK SCORE Org: Institute of Rheumatology of RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation,
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12-WEEKS OF HAND EXERCISE PROVIDES BETTER HAND FUNCTION, MUSCLE BALANCE AND MUSCLE STRENGTH IN THE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS HAND Org: Department of Business and engineering, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden,
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13-WEEK EFFICACY AND SAFETY EVALUATION OF NAPROXCINOD, A FIRST-IN-CLASS CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITING NITRIC OXIDE DONATOR (CINOD), IN PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE HIP Org: Klinik fur Gastroenterologie und Rheumatologie, Universitatskinlinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, NicOx, SA, Sophia Antipolis, France, Northwestern University, Chicago, United States,
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"HE HANDED ME A BOOKLET AND HE WALKED OUT" THE IMPACT OF EARLY INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH SLE. A QUALITATIVE STUDY EXPLORING THE PATIENT'S RESPONSE TO INFORMATION RECEIVED AT DIAGNOSIS Org: RNHRD, BATH, Bath, University of the West of England, Bristol, Central Manchester and Manchester Childrens University Hospitals, Manchester, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, North West Wales NHS Trust, Bangor,
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"LET'S WORK TOGETHER'' ACTIVITIES IN LITHUANIAN ARTHRITIS ASSOCIATION Org: Lithuanian Arthritis Asssociation, Lithuania, Lithuania,
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18F-FLUORIDE PET IS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR PREOPERATIVE PLANNING OF ADEQUATE SITE FOR TISSUE SAMPLING IN PATIENTS WITH PERIPROSTHETIC INFECTIONS Org: Orthopaedic surgery, Yohokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan,
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3D POWER DOPPLER SIGNAL PREDICTS PROGRESSION OF DISEASE IN EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Imperial College London, London, Research & development, AstraZeneca, Loughborough, United Kingdom,
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ARTERIAL STIFFNESS AND HEART RATE VARIABILITY IN PSORIATIC ARTHTRITIS Org: Lab of Functional Diagnoctics, Lab of Seronegative Spondyloarthritis, Dept of Vascular Pathology, Lab of Immunology, Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russian Federation,
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PERIARTICULAR BONE STRUCTURE IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS Org: Department of Internal Medicine 3, Institute of Medical Physics, University of Erlangen - Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany,
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4G/5G POLYMORPHISM OF THE TYPE 1 PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR (PAI-1) GENE IN PATIENTS WITH ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME (APS) Org: State Institute of Rheumatology RAMS, Shemyakin-Ovchinikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation,
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4G/5G POLYMORPHISM OF THE TYPE 1 PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR (PAI-1) GENE IN PATIENTS WITH ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME (APS) Org: State Institute of Rheumatology RAMS, Shemyakin-Ovchinikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation,
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8 YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN LEFLUNOMIDE USE IN CHINESE PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Medicine, Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Medicine and Geriatrics, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong, China,
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6 AND 12 MONTHS' EFFECTS OF INDIVIDUAL JOINT PROTECTION EDUCATION IN PEOPLE WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL Org: Department of Rheumatology and Physical Medicine, Universtiy Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Department of Health, Institute of Physiotherapy, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Clinic for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics ``Hohenegg, Meilen, Department of Health, Institute of Occupational Therapy, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University of Zurich, Zurich,
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A 12 WEEK MULTIDISCIPLINARY REHABILITATIVE TREATMENT PROGRAM IMPROVES FUNCTIONAL ABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL Org: Rheumatology, Pulmonology, LUMC, Leiden, Rheumatology, VUMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Rheumatology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Orthopaedics, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands,
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A 12-WEEK RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, MULTICENTER STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EARLY EFFECT OF ETANERCEPT (ETN) 100 MG VS 50 MG WEEKLY IN SUBJECTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS) Org: H Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, H Monte Naranco, Oviedo, H Juan Canalejo, Coruña, H Central de Asturias, Oviedo, H Gregorio Marañon, Madrid,
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A CASE OF CHRONIC PERIAORTITIS WITH THORACIC AORTA INVOLVEMENT Org: Rheumatology, Arcispedale SM Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy,
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A GENETIC INTERACTION BETWEEN STAT4 AND IRF5 IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS SUSCEPTIBILITY Org: Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea, Republic Of,
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A COMPARISON OF THE SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES OF LOCAL STEROID INJECTION AND LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY IN THE MODERATE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME Org: rehabilitation and rheumatology, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey,
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CLINICAL COMPOSITE MEASURES (DAS28, SDAI, CDAI) USING PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS TREATED WITH ANTI-TNF AGENTS Org: Department of Rheumatology, Toyohashi Municipal Hospital, Toyohashi, Japan,
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIOS AND CAUSES OF DEATHS OF SIX RHEUMATIC DISEASES Org: Medicine, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China,
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A COMPARISON OF CLINICAL AND LABORATORY FINDINGS OF 55 TURKISH MALE SLE PATIENTS WITH FEMALE PATIENTS Org: Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Kocaeli University Medical Faculty, Kocaeli, Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey,
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A COMPARISON OF CLINIMETRIC PERFORMANCE BETWEEN THE AUSTRALIAN/CANADIAN OSTEOARTHRITIS HAND INDEX (AUSCAN) AND THE FUNCTIONAL INDEX FOR HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS (FIHOA) Org: NRRK, Department of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Department of Rheumatology, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Paris, France,
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A COMPARISON OF FDG-PET UPTAKE WITH CLNICAL EXAMINATION IN THE ASSESSMENT OF RHEUMATOID SYNOVITIS Org: Departmen of Allergy and Rheumatology, Hospital of the University of Tokyo, Tokyo Medical University, Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Departmen of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan,
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A COMPARISON OF PREFERENCES OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS AND SPECIALISTS OVER BENEFITS AND RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH NSAID USE IN PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS IN UK Org: Global Health Outcomes, MERCK & CO., INC, Whitehouse Station, Department of Health Policy & Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Health Preferences Assessment Group, RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, Merck Research Laboratories, MERCK & CO., INC, Rahway, United States, NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom,
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A COMPARISON OF NICE AND NOGG RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TREATMENT IN OSTEOPOROSIS Org: Rheumatology, Colchester General Hospital, Colchester, Rheumatology, Bedford Hospital, Bedford, Rheumatology, Queens Hospital, Romford, Nuclear Medicine, Medway Hospital, Gillingham, DXA, Whipps Cross, London,
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A COMPARISON OF SERUM AND URINE BIOMARKERS FOR PREDICTING RADIOGRAPHIC PROGRESSION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Crescendo Bioscience, Imperial College London, OMRF, OK City, OK,
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A COMPARISON OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ASSESSMENT OF SPONDYLOARTHRITIS INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY (ASAS) CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA WITH OTHER EXISTING CRITERIA IN A COHORT OF CHINESE SPONDYLOARTHRITIS PATIENTS Org: Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Department of Radiology, TheUniversity of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China,
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A LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT (LMW) PROTEIN COMPONENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ORALLY PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF AN ASCARIS EXTRACT IN ARTHRITIS Org: Internal Medicine, Universidade Federal do Ceara, Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza - CE, Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brazil,
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A MULTI-PARAMETER APPROACH TO MONITOR DISEASE ACTIVITY IN COLLAGEN INDUCED ARTHRITIS Org: Rheumatology, University of Ghent, Ghent, Galapagos sa, Mechelen, Belgium,
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A COMPREHENSIVE TUBERCULOSIS SCREENING PROGRAM IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS TREATED WITH GOLIMUMAB, A HUMAN ANTI-TNF ANTIBODY, IN PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIALS Org: Centocor Research & Development, Inc./Univ of Penn School of Medicine, Malvern/Philadelphia, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Centocor Research & Development, Inc., Malvern, United States,
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A CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPOSITE DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX FOR PATIENTS WITH PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS (DAPA) Org: Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic,
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A COST-EFFICACY ANALYSIS OF ANTI-TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS USING RADIOLOGIC OUTCOMES Org: Centocor Ortho Biotech Services, LLC, Horsham, United States,
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A COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF ETANERCEPT TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA) IN SWEDEN, BASED ON DATA FROM THE SWEDISH RA REGISTRIES Org: I3 INNOVUS, Medical Management Center, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Department of Rheumatology, Falu Lasarett, Falun, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Department of Rheumatology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden,
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A CUSTOM-MADE SPLINT IS USEFUL IN THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE TRAPEZIOMETACARPAL JOINT Org: BioMedicine, University of Florence, AMuRR (Associazione Multidisciplinare Riabilitazione Reumatologica), Blue Clinic Rheumatic Rehabilitation Center, Florence, Italy,
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A DECISION AID FOR MOTHERHOOD CHOICE IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) Org: Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche Specialistiche, Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy,
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A DECREASE IN NEUTROPHIL COUNTS FOLLOWING A SINGLE INFUSION OF TOCILIZUMAB IS PREDICTIVE OF LOW DISEASE ACTIVITY AND REMISSION AFTER 24 WEEKS Org: Department of Immunology and Oncology, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Department of Rheumatology, University Clinic of Cologne, Department of Statistics, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany,
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A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF ULTRASONOGRAPHIC (US) FINDINGS IN 127 PATIENTS WITH HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS: DEVELOPMENT OF AN US ATLAS Org: Department of Rheumatology, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway,
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A DISEASE SPECIFIC RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS SELF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION PROGRAM – INFLUENCE ON PHARMACOLOGICAL DISEASE MANAGEMENT Org: Area Rehab and Aged Care and Rheumatology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Clinical School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, School of Physiotherapy and Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Health Services, Arthritis Western Australia, Area Rehabilitation and Aged care,
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A DOUBLE-BLIND PLACEBO CONTROLLED TRIAL OF INFLIXIMAB IN PATIENTS WITH CORTICOSTEROID-DEPENDENT POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA Org: Reumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Reumatology, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañόn, Reumatology, Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Reumatology, Hospital Parc Tauli, Reumatology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona,
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A FEMALE PATIENT WITH 22Q11.2 DELETION SYNDROME, HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA AND EROSIVE POLYARTHRITIS – SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT WITH IL-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST, ANAKINRA Org: Centre for Chronic Immunodeficiency, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany,
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A DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED EVALUATION OF THE ABRUPT DISCONTINUATION OF MILNACIPRAN FOLLOWING TREATMENT OF FIBROMYALGIA Org: Arthritis Associates of S. Florida, Delray Beach, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, Cypress Bioscience, Inc., San Diego, Forest Research Institute, Jersey City, United States,
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A FAMILIAL RISK SURVEY OF ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IN CHINESE HAN POPULATION Org: 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou Unniversity, Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China,
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A LOW CALCIUM INTAKE CAN WEAKEN THE EFFICACY OF TREATMENT WITH BISPHOSPHONATES Org: Rheumatology, Gaetano Pini Institute, Milan, Italy,
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A PSYCHOSOMATIC STUDY OF STRESS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA) Org: Division of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Chubu-Rousai Hospital, Aichi, Japan,
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AUDIT ON UPTAKE OF INFLUENZA AND PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATIONS IN PATIENTS ATTENDING RHEUMATOLOGY CLINICS AT A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN THE NORTH WEST UK Org: Rheumatology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom,
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ADJUSTED PROPHYLACTIC DOSES OF NADROPARIN PLUS LOW DOSE ASPIRIN THERAPY IN OBSTETRIC ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME. A PROSPECTIVE COHORT MANAGEMENT STUDY Org: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy,
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A FUNCTIONAL DEFECT OF NATURAL KILLER T CELLS IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS: POOR RESPONSE TO A-GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE Org: Laboratory Medicine Program, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Rheumatology, Research Institute of Medical Sciences and Medical Research Center for Gene Regulation, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea, Republic Of,
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A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF TREATING TO TARGET IN ACTIVE RA: RESULTS FROM THE OPTIMIZATION OF HUMIRA TRIAL Org: Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, University of Montreal, JSS Medical Research, Montreal, Canada,
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A PRELIMINARY DISEASE SEVERITY SCORE FOR JUVENILE SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS Org: Department of Pediatrics, University of Padua, Padova, Italy, Department of Pediatrics, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Department of Pediatrics, University of Milan, Milan, Department of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Department of Pediatrics, University of Messina, Messina, Italy,
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A GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION BETWEEN HLA SE ALLELES AND SMOKING AFFECTS THE REACTIVITY OF ACPA TO VARIOUS CITRULLINATED ANTIGENS Org: Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands,
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ANTIGENICITY OF RO/LA RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN IN SLE IS RELATED TO CRYPTIC EPITOPES, MASKED BY HY1 RNA Org: Pathophysiology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece,
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ABSOLUTE RISK OF FRACTURE CALCULATED BY FRAX REFLECTS BONE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES Org: Rheumatology Research Unit and Rheumatology and Bone Metabolic Diseases Department, Instituto de Medicina Molecular and Hospital de Santa Maria, Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Rheumatology and Bone Metabolic Diseases Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Instituto Superior Técnico, Instituto Superior Técnico, Ortopaedics Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa, Portugal,
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ASSOCIATIONS OF DISEASE ACTIVITY, DRUG, DIETARY AND PHYSICAL STATUS WITH SERUM UNDERCARBOXYLATED OSTEOCALCIN LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY Org: Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan,
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A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND QUALITY APPRAISAL OF GUIDELINES ON THE PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: University of Calgary, Calgary, University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada,
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ACTIVITY LIMITATIONS IN PERFORMING DAILY ACTIVITIES AMONG WOMEN WITH AN EARLY PROCESS OF HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS Org: Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Primary Health Care, Lerum, Sweden,
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ASSESSMENT OF CARDIAC AND PULMONARY FUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS Org: Rheumatology & Rehabilitation Department, Cardiology Department, Chest Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assuit, Egypt,
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ASSOCIATION OF TNF-ALPHA -308, -238 G/A POLYMORPHISMS AND SHARED EPITOPE WITH RESPONSIVENESS TO TNF-A BLOCKERS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: A META-ANALYSIS UPDATE Org: Rheumatology, Korea Unviersity Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of,
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ANTI-GOLGI AUTOANTIBODIES: PREVALENCE AND DISEASE ASSOCIATIONS Org: Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, UK, Bath, United Kingdom, Palmerston North Hospital, Palmerston North, New Zealand, Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom,
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SMOKING CIGARETTES AND OCCURRENCE OF AUTO-ANTIBODIES IN PATIENTS WITH NEW-ONSET RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: University Clinic for Haematology, Oncology, Haemostaseology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, University Clinic for Orthopaedic Surgery, University Clinic for Dermatology, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Institution for Biostatistics, PMU, Salzburg, Austria,
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A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF PATIENTS WITH ``EARLY SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS'' DO NOT FULFILL THE 1980 ACR CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA FOR THE DISEASE AFTER A LONG FOLLOW-UP PERIOD Org: Rheumatology, Hospital 12 Octubre, Madrid, Rheumatology, Hospital Principe Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Spain,
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ASSOCIATION OF UROKINASE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR RECEPTOR (UPAR) GENE VARIANT WITH THE VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS OF SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS Org: Biomedicine, Div. Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, INSERM U781, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Medical and Surgical Critical Care, University of Florence, Florence, Internal Medicine and Public Health, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Div. Rheumatology, University of Pisa, Pisa,
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN RHEUMATOID ARTHIRITIS AND DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2 Org: Epidemiology Laboratory, Clinical Research, and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dental Medicine of Fez, University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez, Morocco, Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Immunology, Medical Research Institute, Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt, Clinical Research, Bioepi, Clinical and Translational Research Center, Lisbon, Portugal,
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ADJUNCTION OF THALIDOMIDE AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE THERAPY IN REFRACTORY IDIOPATHIC ORBITAL INFLAMMATION Org: Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, guangzhou, China,
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TENDER JOINT COUNT, SWOLLEN JOINT COUNT, AND RESULTING DAS28 SCORE ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT ASSESSORS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: S. Reumatología. Hospital General Yagüe, Hospital General Yagüe, Gerencia de Atenciόn Primaria, Burgos, Spain,
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ANTIAPOPTOTIC AND IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECTS OF INTERLEUKIN 7 IN AN EX VIVO MODEL OF HUMAN LYMPHOID TISSUE Org: Department of Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy, Section of Intracellular Interactions, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda MD, United States,
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ABATACEPT THERAPY IS ASSOCIATED WITH MINIMAL ATTRITION RATE IRRESPECTIVE OF RHEUMATOID FACTOR STATUS IN PATIENTS WITH HIGHLY RESISTANT RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Section of Musculoskeletal Disease, Leeds Insitute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, Department of Rheumatology, Dewsbury Hospital, Dewsbury, United Kingdom,
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ARE PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA) IN CLINICAL REMISSION AND LOW DISEASE ACTIVITY ALSO IN A PATIENT ACCEPTABLE SYMPTOM STATE? Org: Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Abbott Laboratories, Rungis, France,
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ASSOCIATION OF ERAP1 WITH ENTHESITIS RELATED ARTHRITIS (ERA) Org: ARC Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Affymetrix, Affymetrix Inc, Santa Clara, United States, Haywood Hospital, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom,
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AN EFFICACY STUDY ON CARTILAGE VOLUME BY MRI FINDINGS IN PATIENT WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS BETWEEN 25 MG OF SODIUM HYALURONATE (2.5 ML) TO PLACEBO Org: Department of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen, Thailand,
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AUDIT ON THE NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE GOUT -DO WE GIVE THE COMPREHENSIVE ADVICE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE GUIDELINES? Org: Rheumatology, NHS TRUST, Liverpool, United Kingdom,
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ASSOCIATION OF ERAP1 GENE WITH ANKYLOSIS SPONDYLITIS IS CONFIRMED IN A CASE-CONTROL STUDY IN A SPANISH POPULATION Org: Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda-Madrid, I+D Department, Progenika Biopharma, S.A., Vizcaya, Rheumatology Unit, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Ramόn y Cajal, Madrid, Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Reina Sofía, Cόrdoba, Spain,
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ANTIBODIES TOWARDS INFLIXIMAB ARE ASSOCIATED WITH POOR INFLIXIMAB MAINTENANCE Org: Université François Rabelais de Tours; CNRS, UMR 6239, Service de Rhumatologie, CHRU de Tours, Service de Rhumatologie, CHRU de Tours, Université François Rabelais de Tours; CNRS, UMR 6239, Laboratoire de Pharmacologie-Toxicologie, CHRU de Tours, Université François Rabelais de Tours; CNRS, UMR 6239, Laboratoire d'Immunologie, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France,
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ASSOCIATION OF THE DYSFUNCTION OF UPPER LIMBS WITH DEPRESSION IN THE PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS CONTROLLED TO LOW DISEASE ACTIVITY BY TREATMENT USING INFLIXIMAB COMBINED WITH MTX Org: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya Univ. School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan,
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AGE, SEX, RF ANTIBODIES, BASELINE DAS28 AND HAQ SCORE - BUT NOT THE TYPE OF INITIAL TREATMENT - ARE PREDICTIVE OF CLINICAL REMISSION AT 1 YEAR IN EARLY INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS Org: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, United States, Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, United States,
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ASK THE EXPERTS: EXPLORING THE SELF-MANAGEMENT NEEDS OF ADOLESCENTS WITH ARTHRITIS Org: Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada,
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ASSOCIATION OF FIBROMYALGIA CHARACTERISTICS IN PATIENTS WITH NON METASTATIC BREAST CANCER AND THE PROTECTIVE ROLE OF RESILIENCE Org: Internal Medicine D, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Sava, Department of Psychiatry 'B', Ness-Ziona Mental Health Center, Ness-Ziona, Rheumatology Unit, Division of Internal Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel,
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A LOWER HIP BONE MINERAL DENSITY IS INDEPENDENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGHER LEVEL OF DISEASE DAMAGE IN MESTIZO PERUVIAN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS Org: Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Rheumatology, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen EsSalud, Rheumatology, Hospital II Vitarte EsSalud, Lima, Peru,
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ALENDRONATE TREATMENT MARKEDLY IMPROVES IMPLANT OSSEOINTEGRATION Org: Division of Bone Diseases, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland,
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ANTI-TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA THERAPY IS BENEFICAL FOR REFRACTORY TAKAYASU ARTERITIS: A MULTICENTRIC RETROSPECTIVE STUDY FROM TURKEY Org: Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul, Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical School, Istanbul, Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Eskişehir Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Eskişehir,
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ALLOGRAFT INFLAMMATORY FACTOR-1 IS RELATED WITH THE PATHOGENESIS OF SKIN FIBROSIS IN A MURINE MODEL OF SCLERODERMATOUS GVHD Org: Department of Inflammation and Immunology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan,
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ASSOCIATION OF SPINAL MOBILITY WITH ACUTE PHASE REACTANTS Org: Pfizer, Collegeville, United States,
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ANTI TNF THERAPY - SHOULD PATIENTS GET A SECOND CHANCE? Org: Rheumatology, Christchurch Hospital, Dorset, United Kingdom,
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ARTHRITIS FOLLOWING PARASITIC INFECTION: IS IT A RARE CLINICAL COMPLICATION? Org: Rheumalogy, Verona's University, Rheumatology, Peschiera del Garda, Rheumatology, Verona's University, Rheumatology, Verona's University, Verona, Italy,
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ASSOCIATION OF SMOKING WITH AUTOANTIBODIES AND EXTRAGLANDULAR INVOLVEMENT IN PRIMARY SJÖGREN'S SYNDROME Org: Rheumatology Department, Gregorio Marañon General University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, Bioistatistics and informatics Department, Ege University Medical School, Bornova Izmir, Turkey,
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ANTIBODIES OF IGG, IGA AND IGM ISOTYPES AGAINST CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE PRECEED THE DEVELOPMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Nutritional Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Clinical Immunology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Virology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden,
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AUTO-ANTIBODY PROFILES IN PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS TREATED WITH ANTI-TUBERCULOUS DRUGS Org: Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Center of autoimmune diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Tuberculosis Research Centre, Geriatrics, Shmuel Harofe Geriatric Medical Centre, Beer Yaakov, Israel,
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A PROSPECTIVE SURVEY OF 1003 PATIENTS WITH GOUT: COMPARISON BETWEEN GENERAL PRACTITIONERS AND RHEUMATOLOGISTS. CONCORDANCE OF EULAR GOUT DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA. THE GOSPEL 1000 STUDY Org: Rheumatolgy Dept, Paris Diderot Univ.; INSERM 606; Lariboisiere Hosp, Paris, CHU La Cavale Blanche, Rheumatology, Brest, Rheumatolgy Dept, CHU, Rennes, General Practice Dept, Paris Diderot Univ, Paris,
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ACHIEVEMENT OF REMISSION – A SOCIO-ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW Org: Department of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria,
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ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTS FOR THE ASSOCIATION WITH HLA-B27 Org: Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust, University of Oxford,
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ANATOMICAL ABNORMALITIES IN HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS ARE AFFECTED BY SOCIAL (HOBBIES) BUT NOT OCCUPATIONAL BIOMECHANICAL FACTORS Org: School of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom,
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AORTIC INVOLVEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED GIANT CELL ARTERITIS (GCA). A PROSPECTIVE STUDY USING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) ANGIOGRAPHY Org: Systemic Diseases, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Unit, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forli, Italy, Internal Medicine, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain,
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A METHOD OF RISK STRATIFICATION OF OSTEOPOROSIS IN FEMALES Org: Special Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Novi Sad, Serbia,
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ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT PEOPLE RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS – A PRACTICE EXAMPLE FROM THE GERMAN PATIENT ORGANISATION FOR ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (DVMB) Org: DVMB, Schweinfurt, Germany,
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ANGIOGENETIC FACTOR, BV8, IS HIGHLY EXPRESSED IN SYNOVIUM OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, AND EXPERIMENTALLY UP-REGULATED BY TGF-B Org: Department of Pathology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan,
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A PILOT STUDY TO EVALUATE DIGITAL PERFUSION IN SCLERODERMA PATIENTS TREATED WITH ORAL TREPROSTINIL Org: School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United Therapeutics Corp, Research Triangle Park, United States,
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A ONE YEAR PROSPECTIVE COST-OF-ILLNESS-STUDY AMONG PATIENTS WITH BEHÇET'S SYNDROME Org: Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Pediatric Nephrology, Gaziantep University, Medical School, Gaziantep, Turkey,
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ANXIETY, BEING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE FREQUENT IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS THAN OTHER COMMON INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS, IS PREDICTED BY HIGHER DAMAGE ACCRUAL, CUMULATIVE GLUCOCORTICOID DOSE AND DEPRESSION Org: Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore,
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ATTRIBUTION OF NEUROPSYCHIATRIC EVENTS IN SLE: VALIDATION OF AN ALGORITHM ON AN EXTERNAL MULTICENTER COHORT Org: Department of clinical and experimental medicine, University of Ferrara and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Sant'Anna, Rheumatology Unit, Ferrara, Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, University of Brescia, Rheumatology Unit, Brescia, University of Cagliari, Rheumatology Unit, Cagliari, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rheumatology Unit, Roma, Italy,
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ANTAGONIZING THE 5-HT2 RECEPTORS REPRESENTS A NOVEL MECHANISM FOR SUPPRESSING INFLAMMATION IN ARTHRITIS Org: AnaMar AB, Lund, Acure Pharma AB,
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9 PROMOTER POLYMORPHISMS AND BEHCET'S DISEASE Org: Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University, Taejeon, Internal Medicine, Gachon Medical School, Incheon, Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart hospital, Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul,
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ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF CHONDROITIN SULFATE ON CARTILAGE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX BY METABOLIC LABELLING OF HUMAN ARTICULAR CHONDROCYTES Org: Osteoarticular and Aging Research Laboratory, INIBIC-Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain,
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B CELL DEPLETION IN SUBJECTS WITH CONTROLLED SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) AFTER INTRAVENOUS OR SUBCUTANEOUS ADMINISTRATION OF SBI-087 Org: Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, United States, Miami Research Associates, Miami, Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Altoona Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center, Duncansville, United States of America, Pfizer, Collegeville, United States,
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A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF PATIENTS WITH SEVERE PRIMARY PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATED TO SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS DO NOT FULFILL THE 1980 ACR CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA FOR THE DISEASE Org: Rheumatology, Pulmonary Hypertension Unit, Cardiology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Madrid, Spain,
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A MODEL TO PREDICT CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN PATIENTS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED WEGENER'S GRANULOMATOSIS AND MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS Org: Rheumatology, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, Rheumatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom, NIHR Musculoskeletal BRU, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, The University of Oxford, Oxford, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, University Of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden,
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B-T CELL INTERACTION IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF HCV+ MIXED CRYOGLOBULINEMIA Org: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Division of Experimental Oncology I, IRCCS-National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy,
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ACTIVE INFLAMMATORY AND POSTINFLAMMATORY LESIONS IN THE ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT DETECTED BY MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN PATIENTS WITH EARLY ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Org: Research Institute of Rheumatology RAMS, Research Centre of Neurology RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation,
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ANGIOPOIETIN 2 ACTIVITY IN INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS SENSITIZES SYNOVIAL CELLS TO THE ACTIONS OF TNF ALPHA Org: Rheumatology, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland,
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ANTI-RNA POLYMERASE III ANTIBODIES AS A RISK MARKER FOR EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF GASTRIC ANTRAL VASCULAR ECTASIA IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS Org: Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili, Università degli Studi, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy,
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AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES ASSOCIATED TO SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS: ANALYSIS OF A LARGE COHORT OF 901 BRAZILIAN PATIENTS Org: Rheumatology Division, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Rheumatology Unit, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil,
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AUDIT OF STEROID INITIATION BY GENERAL PRACTITIONERS IN PMR/GCA PATIENTS Org: Rheumatology, Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln, United Kingdom,
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AUTOIMMUNE VERSUS SEPTIC VASCULITIS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS – A RETROSPECTIVE CLINICOPATHOLOGIC STUDY OF 161 AUTOPSY PATIENTS Org: Department of Rheumatology, National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Department of Pathology, Policlinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God in Budapest, Budapest, Hungary, Department of Pathology, Policlinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St.John of God, Budapest, Hungary,
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ACHILLES TENDONITIS IN PATIENTS WITH EARLY PSA, ULTASONOGRAPHY (US) IS MORE SENSITIVE THAN CLINICAL FINDINGS IN DETECTING ENTHESITIS Org: Nexus Clinical Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada,
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ANTIBODIES AGAINST THYROGLOBULIN AND THYROID PEROXIDASE IN PATIENTS WITH POLYMYOSITTIS/DERMATOMYOSITIS Org: 2nd Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Charles University, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic,
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ASYMPTOMATIC ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Autoimmune Research Center, Shiraz, Iran, Islamic Republic Of,
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A PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF AN E-LEARNING RESOURCE TO ENHANCE CASE-BASED LEARNING IN A NEW UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM FOR RHEUMATOLOGY Org: Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Higher Education Development Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand,
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ADULT ONSET STILL' DISEASE: ANALYSIS OF A MONOCENTRIC COHORT Org: Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Pisa, Italy,
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ASPECTS OF PARTICIPATION IN WORK AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN EARLY RA: A QUALITATIVE INTERVIEW STUDY (THE SWEDISH TIRA-STUDY) Org: Rheumatology/AIR, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Sweden., Linköping, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Göteborg, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden,
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A SONOGRAPHIC (US) EVALUATION OF LIGAMENTS OF SACROILIAC JOINT IN HEALTHY SUBJECTS Org: Bio Medicine, Internal Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy,
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A UK COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS ON THE USE OF TOCILIZUMAB (ROACTEMRA®) WITH METHOTREXATE IN THE TREATMENT OF ADULTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE ACTIVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WHO HAVE FAILED TO RESPOND ADEQUATELY TO ONE OR MORE DMARDS Org: Healthcare Management, Roche Products Limited, Genentech, THEMA Research Ltd,
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A RANDOMIZED DOUBLE BLIND PROOF OF CONCEPT TRIAL OF IMATINIB (GLEEVEC) IN ACTIVE DIFFUSE SCLERODERMA (DSSC) Org: Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Health Care, London, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, Microbiology & Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada,
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ABNORMAL EXPRESSION OF VEGFR-2 ON CIRCULATING CD45NEG, CD34POS, CD133POS CELLS OF PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS Org: Day Hospital Reumatologia, OSPEDALE G. PINI, Milano, USC Ematologia, Osp. Riuniti Bergamo, Bergamo, Fondazione Matarelli, Dip. Farmacologia, Università Studi di Milanno, UO Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy,
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ASSOCIATION OF SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS IN THE TNF-A GENE WITH PRODUCTION OF TNF-A PROTEIN BY MONONUCLEAR CELLS FROM HEALTHY DONORS AND FREQUENCY OF ALLELIC VARIANTS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Institute of Clinical Immunology, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk, Medical Academy of Post-Diploma Education, St Petersburg, Russian Federation,
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ABNORMAL MICRORNAS EXPRESSION IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS PATIENTS Org: Shenzhen Rheumatology Institute, Shenzhen, China,
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ACENOCOUMAROL IN THE TREATMENT OF CALCINOSIS IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS. CLINICAL ASSESSMENT USING 99MTC-HDP WHOLE-BODY SCINTIGRAPHY Org: Servicio de Reumatologia, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Dpto. Bioquimica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Dr.Peset, Valencia, Spain,
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ABNORMAL PLASMA LEVELS OF DIFFERENT ANGIOGENIC MOLECULES IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS (SSC) Org: Reumatologia, Dipartimento di Clinica e Terapia Medica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy,
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BACK-FLEXIBILITY MEASURED BY MODIFIED SCHOBER IN LOW BACK PAIN PATIENTS IS ASSOCIATED WITH BODY MASS INDEX Org: The Spine Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Region Hospital Silkeborg, Silkeborg, Department of Clinical Social Medicine, University of Aarhus and Central Region Denmark, Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark,
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A SIMPLE ANAMNESTIC TEST CAN HELP US TO DIAGNOSE FIBROMYALGIA? Org: Rheumatology, Rummo Hospital, Benevento, Rheumatolgy, Rheumatology Center Kinesis, Cagliari, Department of Analysis of Business and Social Sciences, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy,
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ABNORMAL GENE EXPRESSIONS IN THE IMMUNE RESPONSE- AND CELL CYCLE-NETWORKS OF BONE MARROW CELLS FROM PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AS REVEALED BY DNA MICROARRAY ANALYSIS Org: Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Yukioka Hospital, Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, Japan,
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A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH ARTHRITIS TO REMAIN IN AND RETURN TO WORK Org: Policy & Campaigns, Director, Central England, ARTHRITIS CARE, London, United Kingdom,
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ASSOCIATION OF TNFAIP3 RS5029939 VARIANT WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS IN EUROPEAN CAUCASIAN POPULATION Org: Inserm U781, Necker hospital, Paris, France, Diderot University, Paris, France, University, Freiburg, University, Cologne, Germany, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy,
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ALTERED EXPRESSION AND LOCALIZATION OF RAB3D GTPASE IN ACINAR CELLS CORRELATE WITH SALIVARY GLANDULAR HYPOFUNCTION IN SJÖGREN'S SYNDROME PATIENTS Org: Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty-Medicine, University of Chile, Reumatology, INDISA-Clinic, Oral Patology, Major University, Santiago, Chile,
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APOPTOSIS AND THE SUBSEQUENT GENERATION OF AUTO-ANTIGENS AS INITIAL TRIGGERS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ARTHRITIS Org: Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Belize, Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria,
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ARE CIRCULATING PRO-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER BIRTH WEIGHT OF NEWBORNS FROM WOMEN WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS? Org: Rheumatology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Paediatrics-Endocrinology, Clinical Chemistry, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands,
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ABATACEPT IN PATIENTS WITH PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS: RESULTS OF A PHASE II STUDY Org: Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, United States, New England Research Associates, LLC, Trumbull, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, United States, University of Klinische Immunologie, Hamburg, Germany,
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ABATACEPT DEMONSTRATES LONG-TERM SAFETY AND EFFICACY IN JAPANESE ACTIVE RA PATIENTS WHO ARE EITHER MTX-INADEQUATE OR MTX-INTOLERENT: RESULTS OF THE PHASE III OPEN-LABEL LONG-TERM EXTENTION TRIAL Org: Matsubara Mayflower Hospital, Kobe, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe, Rheumatology, Keio University, Clinical Strategy, Bristol-Myers K.K, Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Tokyo, Japan,
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A NOVEL DENDRITIC CELL-BASED THERAPY FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom,
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ASSOCIATION OF KCNA5 GENE POLYMORPHISM WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS-ASSOCIATED PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION Org: Inserm U 781, Necker, Rheumatology A, Cochin, Paris, France, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany, Diderot University, Paris, CHU Grenoble, Grenoble,
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A MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS? ACCESS TO DENTAL HYGIENE – WE COULD DO BETTER? Org: Rheumatology Dept, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, United Kingdom,
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A PROSPECTIVE LONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDY OF PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK FACTORS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF POST-LYME DISEASE SYNDROME (PLDS) Org: Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, Phillips-Barber Family Health Center, Lambertville, ID CARE, Hillsborough, Novo Nordisk, Princeton, United States,
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APPOINTMENT-KEEPING IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS Org: General Internal Medicine, Ambulatory Treatment, Emergency Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Stem Cell Transplantation Rsch, Houston, TX, Houston Methodist Hospital, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine,
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AN INTERACTIVE INTERNET SITE IMPROVES RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS' SELF-PERCEIVED INFORMATION NEEDS ON REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES Org: Rheumatology, Society of Patients with Rheumatism, Cracow, Poland, Medical Statistics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands,
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A QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION OF ``PATIENT UNCERTAINTY'' IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Unit of Behavioural Medicine, University College London, London, Neurology Research Group, Peninsula Medical School, Plymouth, Centre for Rheumatology, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom,
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ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS PATIENT ORGANISATIONS – WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP? Org: Charité, Rheumatology, Berlin, German Ankylosing Spondylitis Society, DVMB, Schweinfurt, German Rheumatism Research Center, Statistics, Berlin, Germany,
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APPLICATION OF THE RAID TO RA PATIENTS TREATED WITH ABATACEPT: ASSESSMENT OF THE SENSITIVITY AND ASSOCIATION WITH RESPONSE AND STATE CRITERIA FOR A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE RAID Org: Bristol-Myers Squibb, University of Ottawa, Paris Descartes University, INSERM U1016, Paris, France, University of Oslo,
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A MULTIDIMENSIONAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE (MDHAQ), USED FOR PATIENTS WITH ALL RHEUMATIC DISEASES, TO ASSESS PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) IN USUAL CLINICAL CARE SETTINGS Org: Rheumatology, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, United States, Rheumatology, Hospital 12 Octubre, Madrid, Spain,
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AEROBIC CAPACITY IN CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES BEFORE AND AFTER A 12 WEEK EXERCISE PROGRAM Org: Rheumatology Unit/Department of Physical Therapy, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Deptartment of Biochemistry, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Department of Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Department of Physical Therapy, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Department of Physical Therapy, Akademiska University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden,
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN RENAL UNDEREXCRETION OF URIC ACID AND POLYMORPHISM C426T IN SLC22A12 GENE IN CHINESE PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY GOUT Org: Shenzhen Rheumatology Institute, Shenzhen, China,
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ANTI-TNF-ALPHA BLOCKING AGENTS IN JUVENILE PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; IS IT EFFECTIVE? Org: Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, Academic Medical Centre Emma Children's Hospital and Jan van Breemen Institute, Amsterdam, Utrecht MC Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands,
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AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS - AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS VERSUS PANCREATIC CANCER. REPORT OF THREE CASES Org: II. Medical Departement, SMZ Süd, Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, SMZ Süd, Vienna, Vienna, Austria,
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A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN RADIOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL FEATURES OF HIP AND KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: THE IMPORTANCE OF METHODOLOGICAL QUALITY Org: Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, Image Sciences Institute, Julius Center for Health Sciences & Primary Care, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, Rheumatology, Lyon-Sud University Hospital, Pierre-Benite, France,
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A RETROSPECTIVE SURVEY OF MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND SERVICES IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Org: Rheumatology, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Unit, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forli, Italy, Rheumatology, University Hospital, Coventry, United Kingdom,
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AMYLOIDOSIS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS UNDER TNF-BLOCKING AGENTS Org: Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal,
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ANTI-RO/SS-A ANTIBODY IS AN INDEPENDENT FACTOR OF INSUFFICIENT RESPONSE TO ANTI-TNF-ALPHA MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan,
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ANABOLIC EFFECT OF EXOGENOUS HYALURONAN ON RHEUMATOID SYNOVIAL FIBROBLASTS: BALANCE BETWEEN HYALURONAN SYNTHETASE AND HUMAN HYALURONIDASE Org: Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan,
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ASSESSMENT OF ACHILLES ENTHESITIS IN THE SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES BY COLOUR DOPPLER ULTRASOUND Org: Service de Rhumatologie, La Rabta Hospital, Service de Rhumatologie, CHUV, General practitionner, Private practice, Lausanne, Switzerland, Service de Radiologie, La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia,
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ASSESSMENT OF VASCULAR FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH FIBROMYALGIA - AN ULTRASOUND STUDY OF FLOW-MEDIATED DILATION IN THE BRACHIAL ARTERY Org: Rheumatology, Society of Patients with Rheumatism, Cracow, Poland, Cardiology, Maryknoll Hospital, Busan, Korea, Republic Of,
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APOLIPOPROTEIN E IS CORRELATED WITH BONE BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND FRACTURE RISK CALCULATED BY FRAX Org: Rheumatology Research Unit and Rheumatology and Bone Metabolic Diseases Department, Instituto de Medicina Molecular and Hospital de Santa Maria, Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Rheumatology and Bone Metabolic Diseases Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Instituto Superior Técnico, Instituto Superior Técnico, Orthopaedics Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa, Portugal,
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ANGIOGENESIS-RELATED CYTOKINE PROFILES IN PATIENTS WITH ROTATOR CUFF DISEASE: HOW EFFECTIVE ARE THE SEROLOGICAL MARKERS FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS? Org: Tissues Engineering, Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Unit, Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy, Clinical Pathology, National Institute of Rehabilitation, Mexico City, Mexico,
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ANTI-NR2 ANTIBODIES AND PRIMARY ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME: A PRELIMINARY STUDY Org: IRCCS-Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Internal Medicine, University Milan, Milan, Italy,
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AUTOANTIBODY AND DISEASE SUBSET CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS ENTERED INTO THE DUO REGISTRY FOR SCLERODERMA ASSOCIATED DIGITAL ULCERS Org: Actelion Pharmaceuticals AG, Allschwil, Switzerland,
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ASSOCIATION OF ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS SUSCEPTIBILITY SNPS FROM RECENT GWAS IN A CANADIAN PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS COHORT Org: Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, Newfound Genomics Inc., St. John's, Canada,
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BAFF-R EXPRESSION ON NAÏVE AND MEMORY B CELLS: RELATIONSHIP WITH RELAPSE IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA) FOLLOWING B CELL DEPLETION THERAPY Org: Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal, Center for Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Rheumatology, Gregorio Maranon Hospital, Madrid, Spain,
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AUDIT OF MANAGEMENT OF THE ACUTE HOT SWOLLEN JOINT AT A UK DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL Org: General Medicine, Milton Keynes General Hospital, Milton Keynes, Cardiovascular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, Rheumatology, Society of Patients with Rheumatism, Cracow, Poland, Microbiology, Milton Keynes General Hospital, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom,
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A THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY OF THE DOSE ESCALATION OF INFLIXIMAB (IFX) IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS: RESULTS FROM THE RISING STUDY Org: Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Osaka, Department of Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe, Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan,
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AN INTRA-ARTICULAR INJECTION OF ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS TYPE 5 RESULTS IN LIMITED BIODISTRIBUTION TO OTHER ORGANS IN RATS WITH ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS Org: Arthrogen, Amsterdam, Netherlands, AMC/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands,
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ASSESSMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL HAND INVOLVEMENT IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS USING ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND PLAIN RADIOGRAPHY Org: Department of Rheumatology, Istituto Gaetano Pini, Department of Internal Medicine, Istituto Auxologico IRCCS, Institute of Medical Statistics and Biometry, University of Milan, Milano, Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Radiological Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy,
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A TWO YEAR SURVEY ON TREATMENT OUTCOME OF CORE DECOMPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH AVN Org: Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Shahid Sadughi Medical University, Yazd, Internal Medicine Residency, Orthopedic Surgery, Shahid Sadughi Medical University, Yazd, Iran, Islamic Republic Of,
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ACHIEVEMENT OF A PATIENT ACCEPTABLE SYMPTOM STATE (PASS) AND OF A MINIMUM CLINICALLY IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT (MCII) WITH ETANERCEPT IN ADVANCED ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: RESULTS OF A DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY (SPINE) Org: Descartes University, Paris, France, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, Lapeyronie Hospital, Montpellier, Medical Center, Avignon, France,
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ADVERSE EVENTS TO ANTI-TNF TREATMENT AS REASONS FOR DISCONTINUATION OR SWITCH OF BIOLOGICS: A SINGLE-CENTER STUDY.LPHA Org: Emergency Clinical County Hospital Cluj, Rheumatology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, University of Medicine and Pharmacy ``Iuliu Hatieganu'', Cluj-Napoca, Romania,
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A NEW BIOCHEMICAL MARKER OF CARTILAGE DEGRADATION: MEASUREMENT OF MMP-DERIVED TYPE II COLLAGEN FRAGMENTS IN HUMAN AND SERUM Org: Nordic Bioscience,
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE PTPN22 C1858T POLYMORPHISM AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: A META-ANALYSIS Org: Rheumatology, Korea University Medicial Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of,
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A PILOT STUDY OF 10 PATIENTS MEASURING HIGH AND LOW FIELD MRI FINDINGS AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES ON PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS TREATED WITH ABATACEPT Org: ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATIC DISEASE SPECIALTIES, AVENTURA, BOCA RADIOLOGY GROUP, BOCA RATON, United States,
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A POTENTIAL ROLE OF CHONDROITIN SULFATE ON BONE IN OSTEOARTHRITIS: INHIBITION OF PROSTAGLANDIN E2 AND MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES SYNTHESIS IN INTERLEUKIN-1B-STIMULATED OSTEOBLASTS Org: University Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, Institut de Recherche Pierre Fabre, Toulouse, Department of Rheumatology, AP-HP Hopital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France,
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A NEW HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING PROTOCOL DETECTS MARKED DIFFERENCES IN THE T- AND B-CELL RECEPTOR REPERTOIRES BETWEEN BLOOD AND SYNOVIAL TISSUE OF AN RA-PATIENT Org: Dept. of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Dept. of Clin. Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Lab for Genome Analysis, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands,
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AUGMENTATION INDEX IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS TREATED WITH INFLIXIMAB Org: Section of Rheumatology, General Hospital Linz, Linz, Austria,
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AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS – THE FIRST EXPERIENCES FROM HUNGARY Org: Institute of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, Institute of Medicine, 3rd Dept of Internal Medicine, Institute of Medicine, 2nd Dept of Internal Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary,
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ADDITIONAL EFFECTS OF MUD-BATH THERAPY ON FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME AND SYNOVIAL VASCULARIZATION ASSESSED BY CEUS IN PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS PATIENTS TREATED WITH ANTI-TNF AGENTS Org: Rheumatology unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Radiology Department, University of Padova, Padova, Italy,
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ASSESSMENT OF RESPONSES OF QUANTIFERON-TB GOLD AND TUBERCULIN SKIN TEST IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Rheumatology, Society of Patients with Rheumatism, Cracow, Poland, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitόria, Brazil,
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ADALIMUMAB SURVIVAL TIME IN SPONDYLOARTHRITIS Org: Rheumatology Department, Gregorio Marañon General University Hospital, Madrid, Spain,
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ARE THE CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GOUT CHANGING OVER TIME? Org: Research laboratory and Academic Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy,
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A STRONG HERITABILITY OF ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS THROUGH SEVERAL GENERATIONS Org: Centre for Rheumatology Research, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, United Kingdom, deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland,
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A POSITIVE BASELINE MRI OF THE SACROILIAC JOINTS IN PATIENTS WITH EARLY INFLAMMATORY BACK PAIN PREDICTS PERSISTENCE OF MRI ACTIVITY IN HLA-B27 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS Org: Rheumatology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, Rheumatology, Univerisity Hospital Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands, Radiology, University hospital Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, Rheumatology, Laurentius Hospital, Roermond, Radiology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands,
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ASSESSMENT OF ENTHESITIS IN MOROCCAN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Org: Rheumatology, El Ayachi Hospital, Sale, Morocco, El Ayachi hospital, Sale, Morocco,
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ASSESSMENT OF THE LONG TERM EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT PHYSIOTHERAPY PROGRAMS OF REHABILITATION FOR PATIENTS WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME Org: Department of Rehabilitation, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, Department of Rheumatology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland,
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AGE ADJUSTED BONE MINERAL DENSITY AT THE HIP BUT NOT LUMBAR SPINE IS ASSOCIATED WITH RADIOGRAPHIC DAMAGE IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Rheumatology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Infection and Immunity, University of Sheffield, Metabolic Bone Centre, Radiology, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom,
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ABERRANT B LYMPHOCYTE HOMEOSTASIS IN AUTOIMMUNE HUMAN SPLEEN AND PERIPHERAL BLOOD AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS IN MANAGEMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES Org: Rheumatology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Rheumatology, Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center, Disparities and Molecular Medicine School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, United States,
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ABSTRACT TITLE: ULTRASOUND SONO QUIZ Org: Reumatologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Instituto Poal, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer, Spain,
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ASSESSMENT OF THE ANTI – TUMOUR NECROSIS FACTOR α (TNFα) THERAPY REQUIREMENTS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA) Org: Institute Rheumatology RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation,
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AUTONOMIC COMPUTERIZED REGISTRATION OF PHYSICAL FUNCTIONING BY RA PATIENTS IN THE OUT PATIENT CLINIC Org: LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, Bronovo Hospital, The Hague, Groene Hart Hospital, Gouda, Netherlands,
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ALLELIC VARIANTS OF GENES INVOLVED IN THE REPONSE TO RENAL INJURY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IN LUPUS PATIENTS Org: Clinical Immunology and Internal Medicine Department, Nephrology Department, Porto Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal, Laboratory of Hypertension and Genomic, Laboratory of Autoimmunity and Vascular Inflammation, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy,
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A NOVEL ASSAY TO DETECT HUMAN ANTI-ADALIMUMAB ANTIBODIES IN THE PRESENCE OF HIGH DRUG LEVELS REVEALS IMMUNOGENICITY IN A MAJORITY OF ADALIMUMAB TREATED RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS Org: Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Jan van Breemeninstitute, Amsterdam, Netherlands,
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A2A AND A3 ADENOSINE RECEPTORS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS Org: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pharmacology Section, University of Ferrara, Rheumatology Unit, Department of clinical and experimental medicine, University of Ferrara and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Sant'Anna, Ferrara, Italy,
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN OSTEOPOROSIS AND HYPERTENSION: THE ROLE OF A LOW DIETARY CALCIUM INTAKE Org: Rheumatology, Gaetano Pini Institute, Milan, Italy,
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ACUTE LOWER GI PERFORATION WITH SEPTIC MULTIORGAN FAILURE UNDER ANTI-IL6 THERAPY OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA) – CASE REPORT Org: KH Bernau, Rheumazentrum Nord-Brandenburg, Bernau, Anaesthesiol.& Emergency Medicine Dept., Klinikum Barnim, Eberswalde, Germany,
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ARE PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES (PROS) COMPARABLE AMONG PATIENTS FROM DIFFERENT ECONOMIC/SOCIO-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS? Org: JKL CENTR HOSP, Jyvaskyla, Finland, Medcare Oy, Äänekoski, Finland, Dpt of Immunology, Lucknow, India, Univ of Ancona, Ancona, Italy, Kenyatta Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya,
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A NOVEL CCR1 ANTAGONIST CCX354-C FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: CHEMOCENTRYX, Mountain View, CA, United States,
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ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL AND ULTRASONOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN PATIENTS WITH GOUT AFTER ONE YEAR OF TREATMENT Org: Hospital Universitario la Paz, Madrid, Spain,
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AN ANTI-IL-6R NANOBODY® WITH A COMPETITIVE PHARMACOLOGICAL PROFILE FOR THERAPEUTIC USE IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Ablynx NV, Zwijnaarde, Belgium,
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A QUALITY OF LIFE STUDY OF NORWEGIAN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS PATIENTS COMPARED TO THE GENERAL POPULATION Org: Depatment of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway,
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ANTIBODIES IN PATIENTS WITH SPONDYLOARTHRITIS: ASCA AND ANCA Org: Rheumatology Department, Gregorio Marañon General University Hospital, Madrid, Spain,
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ASSESSING ANGIOGENESIS WITHIN THE TEMPORAL ARTERY WALL IN GIANT CELL ARTERITIS: CONTROVERSIES AND CLINICAL ASSOCIATIONS IN A NEW COHORT Org: Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, University of Leeds, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, Department of Histopathology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom,
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ANALYSIS OF 347 PATIENTS WITH UVEITIS IN A LARGE IBEROAMERICAN COHORT OF SPONDYLOARTHRITIS – THE RESPONDIA GROUP Org: RESPONDIA, São Paulo, Brazil, RESPONDIA, Mexico City, Mexico, RESPONDIA, Tucuman, Argentina, RESPONDIA, Santiago, Chile, RESPONDIA, Lisboa, Portugal,
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A RANDOMISED DOUBLE-BLIND PLACEBO CONTROLLED TRIAL ON THE EFFECTS OF INCREASED DOSE RITUXIMAB IN PATIENTS WITH INITIAL INCOMPLETE DEPLETION – THE EXTENDED TREATMENT WITH RITUXIMAB IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (EXTRRA) TRIAL Org: NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, Section of Musculoskeletal Disease, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom,
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ARTHRODESIS OF THE FIRST MTP JOINT PROVIDE BETTER RESULTS IN MAINTENANCE OF HALLUX VALGUS ANGLE THAN RESECTION IN THE SAME PATIENT FOR RHEUMATOID FOREFOOT DEFORMITY Org: Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Medical School, Orthopaedics & Rheumatology, Higashi Sumiyoshi Morimoto Hospital, Rheumatosurgery, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan,
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ASSOCIATION OF A FUNCTIONAL POLYMORPHISM IN THE MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-12 (MMP-12) PROMOTER REGION WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS IN AN ITALIAN POPULATION Org: Anatomy, Histology and Forensic Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, Biomedicine, Division of Rheumatology; Anatomy, Histology and Forensic Medicine; Human Pathology and Oncology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, Medical and Surgical Critical Care, University of Florence, Florence, Internal Medicine and Public Health, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pisa, Pisa,
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ARE THE REVISED AMERICAN-EUROPEAN CONSENSUS CRITERIA TOO STRINGENT FOR PRIMARY SJOGREN SYNDROME (PSS) – THE EXPERIENCE ON A LARGE MONOCENTRIC COHORT OF PSS PATIENTS Org: Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy,
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ASSESSING ORGAN INVOLVEMENT AND CURRENT SYMPTOMS AS INDICATORS FOR DISEASE PROGRESSION IN A 2500 PATIENT COHORT Org: Dermatology, Cologne University Hopsital, Köln, Dermatology and Venerology, Cologne University Hopsital, Cologne, Rheumatology, Rheumaklinik Aachen, Aachen, Rheumatology, Johanniter Hospital, Treuenbrietzen, Rheumatology, Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen,
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ANOTHER PAIN IN THE NECK; TWO CASES OF SEPTIC DISCITIS Org: Rheumatology, Poole Hospital NHS Trust, Poole, United Kingdom, Rheumatology, Society of Patients with Rheumatism, Cracow, Poland, Radiology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, United Kingdom,
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ANTINUCLEAR AND ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: ASSOCIATIONS WITH CLINICAL AND DEMOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS Org: Department of Rheumatology and Internal Diseases, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, Department of Neurology, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland,
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AQUA EXERCISE - A NEW APPROACH TO PREVENTION IN DANISH SWIMMING POOLS Org: THE DANISH RHEUMATISM ASSOCIATION, Gentofte, Denmark,
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ADIPOKINES IN SYSTEM SCLEROSIS AND OTHER CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES Org: Int Med and Rheumatology, Kerckhoff-Klinik, University of Gießen, Bad Nauheim, Germany, Cattedra di Rheumatologia, Sapienzia Università di Roma, Rome, Italy, Ctr Exp Rheum, Univ Hosp Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, Int Med/Pneumology, Int Med/Gastroenterology, University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany,
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ANALYSIS OF HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN (HLA) IN FOUR JAPANESE PATIENTS WITH ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS (SWEET'S SYNDROME) Org: Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan,
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ASSOCIATION OF IL10.G MICROSATELLITE POLYMORPHISM WITH THE RISK OF AS Org: Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rheumatology, University Hospital Sveti Duh, Zagreb, Croatia, Klinik Innere Medizin IV (Rheumatologie, Klin. Immunologie), HSK Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany, Div. of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia,
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ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND HEALTH CONDITION PERCEPTION IN RHEUMATOLOGIC PATIENTS Org: Rheumatology unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Ospedale San Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy,
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A PHASE I/II STUDY EVALUATING THE SAFETY, PHARMACOKINETICS AND CLINICAL RESPONSE OF TOCILIZUMAB FOR SUBCUTANEOUS ADMINISTRATION IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Chugai Clinical Research Center Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan,
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ANALYSIS OF COMPLICATIONS AFTER TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATIC DISEASES Org: orthopaedic department, Institute of Rheumatology RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation,
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A NUMERICAL DEFICIENCY IN NATURAL KILLER T CELLS IN CORRELATION WITH DISEASE ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS Org: Rheumatology, Laboratory Medicine Program, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Research Institute of Medical Sciences and Medical Research Center for Gene Regulation, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea, Republic Of,
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ACPA–IL-6 AS THE BEST BIOMARKERS TO DIFFERENTIATE EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS FROM UNDIFFERENTIATED ARTHRITIS: ANALYSIS OF THE DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE Org: Rheumatology Division, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy,
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ANTIRESORBTIVE OSTEOPOROSIS TREATMENT BASED ON FRAX TOOL ASSESSMENT RESULTS Org: Internal Medicine, State Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Chisinau, Moldova, Republic of,
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ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AND THE USE OF TNF-INHIBITORS IN AUSTRIA Org: Drug Reimbursement Department, Main Association of Austrian Sickness Funds, Vienna, Behandlungsökonomie, Burgenländische Gebietskrankenkasse, Eisenstadt, Austria,
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BAFF EXPRESSION ON THE SURFACE OF RA SYNOVIAL FIBROBLASTS (RASFIB) FACILITATES B CELL RESPONSES TO IL-15 Org: Rheumatology, Hospital la Paz, Madrid, Spain,
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A PATIENT WITH 4 DIFFERENT TYPES OF REFRACTORY GOUT Org: Hospital General Universitario, Alicante, Spain,
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A PATIENT WITH RA WHO HAS FAILED DMARD - WHAT NEXT? Org: Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland,
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ABERRANT THERMAL CHANGE IN FINGERS AFTER COLD EXPOSURE IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES PATIENTS Org: Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo, Department of Laboratory, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan,
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ASSESSMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS IN PSORIASIS WITH AND WITHOUT ARTHRITIS: CORRELATION WITH DISEASE SEVERITY Org: Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Zagreb Medical University, Zagreb, Croatia, Dermatology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt,
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ASSOCIATION OF TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-B (TGF-B) 869CC POLYMORPHISM WITH BONE EROSIONS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: AN ULTRASONOGRAPHIC STUDY Org: Reumatologia, Dipartimento di Clinica e Terapia Medica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Cattedra di Reumatologia, DPMSC, Università degli Studi di Udine, Udine, Italy,
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AUTOANTIBODY PROFILING IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS: ADVANTAGES OF A MULTIPARAMETRIC DETECTION SYSTEM Org: Institute of experimental Immunology, EUROIMMUN AG, Luebeck, Germany, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia,
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ASSOCIATION OF FAS-670 A/G PROMOTER POLYMORPHISM WITH PRIMARY SJÖGREN'S SYNDROME Org: Biología Molecular y Genόmica, IIRSME, Universidad de Guadalajara, Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General de Occidente, Guadalajara, Mexico,
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ADENOVIRUS-MEDIATED IKBA SUPER-REPRESSOR GENE TRANSFER INHIBITS NF-KAPPAB ACTIVATION AND SUPPRESSES INFLAMMATION AND BONE DESTRUCTION IN COLLAGEN-INDUCED ARTHRITIS Org: Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Internal Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea, Republic Of,
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A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW TO APPRAISE THE QUALITY OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS STUDIES OF BIOLOGIC AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: General Internal Medicine, AT and EC, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States,
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ADULT STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE Org: Rheumatology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland,
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ARTHRITIS AND ARTHRALGIA IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE Org: Pharmacology Department, Medical University of Wrocław, Department of Rheumatology and Internal Diseases, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, Gastroenterology Department, University Hospital, Gastroenterology Department, Department of Rheumatology and Internal Disease, Medical University of Wrocław, wroclaw, Poland,
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ANAKINRA TREATMENT PRIOR TO STEROIDS IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED SYSTEMIC ONSET JIA; CHANGING THE BIOLOGY? Org: Pediatric Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany,
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ACUPUNCTURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN - AN EFFECTIVE BUT UNSCIENTIFIC THERAPY? Org: Institut of General Practice, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany,
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ASSOCIATION OF PTPN22 GENE POLYMORPHISM IN PATIENTS WITH SLE– OWN OBSERVATIONS Org: Department of Rheumatology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, Laboratory Diagnostics and Molecular Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland,
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A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF THE UTILITY OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY TO GUIDE LOCAL STEROID INJECTION IN THE PAINFUL SHOULDER Org: DalCor Pharmaceuticals, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland, HiberCell, Estavayer-le-lac,
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ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME-RELATED FEATURES IN PATIENTS WITH SJÖGREN SYNDROME PRESENTING WITH STROKE/MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION Org: Sjögren Syndrome Research Group (AGAUR), Laboratory of Autoimmune Disease Josep Font, IDIBAPS, Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clinic I Provincial, Barcelona, Internal Medicine, Hospital Meixoeiro, Vigo, Rheumatology Unit, Hospital 9 de Octubre, Valencia, Primary Care Research Group, IDIBAPS, Centre dAssistència Primària, ABS, Les Corts, Internal Medicine, ICMID, Hospital Clinic I Provincial, Barcelona, Spain,
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AQUATIC EXERCISES VERSUS LAND BASED EXERCISES IN THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS Org: University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara, Romania,
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ACTIVITY PACING: AN OFTEN USED BUT POORLY UNDERSTOOD NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Rheumatology, St Georges Healthcare Trust, London, Research and Development, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands,
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ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF TNF RECEPTOR 2 Org: Dpt. of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Center of Molecular Medicine, Austrian Academy of Science, Vienna, Austria,
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ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE (ASDAS): DEFINING CRITERIA FOR DISEASE ACTIVITY STATES AND IMPROVEMENT SCORES Org: Centocor Inc, Malvern, PA, United States,
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ANTI-HNRNP AUTOANTIBODIES DETECTED IN INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC DISEASES IN USE TO CLOSE THE SENSITIVITY GAP LEFT BY RHEUMATOID FACTOR AND ANTI CCP IN EARLY RA Org: Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Humboldt University and Free University, Berlin, Germany, Department of Immunobiology, Yale,University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States, Academic Department of Rheumatology in the Division of Immunology, Infection and Inflammatory Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom,
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ACTIVITY LIMITATIONS AND COPING STRATEGIES IN PATIENTS WITH HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS Org: Rheumatology, University Hospital of Trondheim, Trondheim, Rheumatology, National Resource Center for Rehabilitation in Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway,
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN URIC ACID AND INFLAMMATION IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Rheumatology Research Group, College of Medical & Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Department of Rheumatology, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, United Kingdom,
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ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS SUSPENSIONS IN A COHORT OF PATIENTS Org: Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain,
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ARE THERE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS DUE TO METHOTREXATE HEPATIC TOXICITY? Org: Rheumatology, Hospital Infante D. Pedro, Aveiro, Rheumatology, Hospital de Faro, Faro, Portugal,
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ASSESSING KNOWLEDGE: RECENT ADVANCES IN ON-LINE KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK SYSTEMS Org: Medical Education Unit, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom,
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A RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED, MULTICENTER PHASE III STUDY OF THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF RITUXIMAB (RTX) MONOTHERAPY VERSUS THE BEST AVAILABLE TREATMENT (BAT) IN PATIENTS WITH MIXED CRYOGLOBULINEMIA SYNDROME (MC) Org: Rheumatology Clinic, Udine, Internal Medicine, Pordenone, Nephrology Unit, Brescia, Internal Medicine, Bologna, Internal Medicine, Novara,
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AN EVALUATION OF ADHERENCE TO THE BRITISH SOCIETY OF RHEUMATOLOGY GUIDELINES FOR MANAGEMENT OF SEPTIC ARTHRITIS Org: Department of Rheumatology, University hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, United Kingdom,
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A POTENTIAL ROLE FOR THE AUTO-ANTIGEN HNRNP-A2 IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF AN INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS MODEL Org: Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, INSERM U 844, CentreHospitalier Universitaire St. Eloi, Montpellier, France,
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A REVIEW ON GASTROINTESTINAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR ADVERSE EVENTS OF NSAIDS IN CHILDREN CLINICAL TRIALS (RCTS) Org: Department of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands,
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CIGARETTE SMOKING AND HLA-DRB1 SHARED EPITOPE AND ANTI-CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PROTEIN ANTIBODIES Org: Reumatology, La Paz Hospital, Reumatology, Infanta Sofía Hospital, Immunology, La Paz Hospital, Madrid, Parasitology and Biomedicine, Lόpez Neira (CSIC), Granada, Spain,
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ANTIBODIES ANTI-CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDES AS MARKERS OF EROSIVE ARTHRITIS IN ANTI-SYNTHETASE SYNDROME Org: Division of Rheumatology, University and IRCCS Foundation Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy,
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ASSOCIATION OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AND MYASTHENIA GRAVIS. A SERIES OF 17 CASES Org: Departement of Internal Medicine, Groupe hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France,
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ATHEROPROTECTIVE NATURAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE INCREASE DURING TNF-BLOCKADE THERAPY BUT DECREASE DURING RITUXIMAB TREATMENT IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - A ONE-YEAR STUDY Org: Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada, Division of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden,
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AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION INTERNATIONAL SCLERODERMA TRIAL Org: Newcastle University, Hopital Saint-Louis, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel,
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AN EVENT-LEVEL ANALYSIS OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION INTERVALS FOR INFLIXIMAB IN THE TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Stony Brook University, New York, S2 Statistical Solutions, Inc., Cincinnati, University of Colorado Boulder, Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc., Horsham, United States,
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ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF PTPN22 GENE POLYMORPHISMS IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS Org: Instituto de Parasitologia y Biomedicina Lopez-Neyra CSIC, Granada, Spain, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, United States, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, Hospital Valle de Hebron, Barcelona, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain,
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ANDROGENS PROTECT SALIVARY GLAND CELLS FROM EXTRINSIC AND INTRINSIC APOPTOSIS Org: Clinical Department, University of Helsinki, Department of Medicine/Invärtes Medicin, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland,
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ADALIMUMAB PLUS METHOTREXATE VS. METHOTREXATE MONOTHERAPY FOR EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: 26-WEEK RESULTS (FIRST PHASE) FROM THE 78-WEEK OPTIMA STUDY Org: Abbott Laboratories, Abbott GmbH & Co., KG, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, University of California San Diego,
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ASSOCIATION OF FCGR2A WITH SUSCEPTIBILITY TO GIANT CELL ARTERITIS: A REPLICATION STUDY Org: Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds, Southend University Hospital, Southend, Harrogate District Hospital, Harrogate, York Hospital, York, Dewsbury Hospital, Dewsbury,
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AN OVERVIEW OF THE NURSE LED CLINIC AND THE POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE EARLY ACCESS TO CARE Org: Acumen Pharmaceuticals, University of Leeds, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds General Infirmary,
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ANTITNF-A IN PATIENTS WITH EITHER RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS OR SPONDYLARTHRITIS AND CONCURRENT CRONIC HEPATITIS C: A RETROSPECTIVE RECORD REVIEW ON SAFETY Org: Rheumatology Unit, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy,
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ACUTE TRANVERSE MYELITIS IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS DURING THE ACUTE STAGE OF THE DISEASE: DEMOGRAPHICS, DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT Org: Rheumatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, United States, Medicine, Saad Specialist Hospital, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Internal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, United States,
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ANANALYSIS OF EFFECT OF BOSENTAN ON RAYNAUD'S PHENOMENON IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE-RELATED PAH PATIENTS USING A BIO-PLEX CYTOKINE ARRAY Org: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy, and Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Dermatology, Department of Cardiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan,
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B CELL LIPID PRESENTATION CONTROLS THE HOMEOSTASIS AND IMMUNOREGULATORY FUNCTION OF INKT CELLS IN HEALTHY CONTROLS BUT NOT IN SLE PATIENTS. ANALYSIS OF A COHORT OF PATIENTS BEFORE AND AFTER RITUXIMAB TREATMENT Org: Adult Rheumatology, Windeyer Institute of Molecular Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom,
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ASSOCIATION OF THE MIF -794CATT PROMOTER POLYMORPHISM WITH THE INFLAMMATORY STATUS IN RA PATIENTS FROM WESTERN MEXICO Org: Instituto de Investigaciόn en Reumatología y del Sistema Músculo Esquelético, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, Instituto de Investigaciόn en Genética Molecular, Universidad de Guadalajara, Ocotlán, Mexico,
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AN UPDATE OF THE DUTCH PHYSICAL THERAPY GUIDELINE ON HIP AND KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS (HKOA) Org: Dept of Rheumatology, Leids University Medical Center, Leiden, Centre for Evidence Based Physiotherapy, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, Dept of Rheumatology and Dept of Orthopaedics, Leids University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands,
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ABATACEPT INHIBITS THE GENERATION OF ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T FOLLICULAR HELPER CELLS AND SUPPRESSES B CELL RESPONSES AND THE BREACH OF SELF-TOLERANCE IN VIVO Org: Bristol Myers Squibb Co. Research and Development, University of Glasgow,
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AN AUDIT OF DOCUMENTATION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS Org: Rheumatology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland,
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ACCURACY OF COMPOSITE SCORES IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS REMISSION EVALUATION, AS COMPARED WITH ULTRASONOGRAPHY Org: Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain,
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ANALYSIS OF CYTOKINE MRNA PROFILES OF SORTED RA SYNOVIAL FLUID CELL POPULATIONS REVEALS B CELLS AS A MAJOR SOURCE OF RANKL Org: University Of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom,
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ALARMINS S100A8 AND S100A9 SKEW CHONDROCYTES TOWARDS A CARTILAGE BREAKDOWN PHENOTYPE Org: Rheumatology, University Medical Centre St.Radboud, Nijmegen, Netherlands, Immunology, UKM, Muenster, Germany,
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ARE SERONEGATIVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS TRULY SERONEGATIVE? Org: Rheumatology Dept, UHW, Cardiff, United Kingdom,
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A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF AN AEROBIC TRAINING IN THE MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS FIBROMYALGIA PATIENTS Org: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania,
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A REPLICATION STUDY CONFIRMS THE INFLUENCE OF MIF POLYMORPHISMS IN THE CLINICAL EXPRESSION OF SCLERODERMA Org: Cellular Biology and Immunology, IPB Lόpez-Neyra (CSIC), Granada, Rheumatology, Hospital Valle de Hebron, Barcelona, Rheumatology, Hospital Doce de Octubre, Madrid, Internal Medicine, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Immunology, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada,
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AMELIORATION OF COLLAGEN INDUCED ARTHRITIS FOLLOWING PD-1L ADMINISTRATION: IS PD-1/PD-1L AN ADDITIONAL THERAPEUTIC TARGET FOR RA? DATA FROM HUMAN AND MURINE STUDIES Org: University Hospital of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University and Institutet, Karolinska, Sweden,
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A SYSTEMIC JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS (JIAS) COHORT ANALYSIS Org: Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain,
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ANGIOTENSIN AND ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS (PBMCS) FROM HEALTHY DONORS AND SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS (SSC) PATIENTS Org: German Rheumatism Research Centre, Pathophysiology of Rheumatic Inflammation, Berlin, Germany, Charité University Hospital,
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ACUTE SERUM AMYLOID A (A-SAA) INDUCES RA INFLAMMATION VIA TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2 (TLR2) Org: Rheumatology, St Georges Healthcare Trust, London, Obesity Research Group, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, Dublin, Ireland,
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A20 DEFICIENCY IN MYELOID CELLS TRIGGERS MURINE EROSIVE ARTHRITIS Org: Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, VIB, Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Rega Institute, Leuven, Infinity Lab, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried,
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A TISSUE-SPECIFIC NF-KAPPA B INHIBITOR: NEW PROSPECTS IN THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY JOINT DISEASES Org: Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen, Med. Departement III, Nikolaus Fiebiger Centre, Erlangen, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Frankfurt, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Molecular & Optical Live Cell Imaging, Göttingen, University of Münster, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen, Medical Departement III, Erlangen,
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AN AUDIT OF DISEASE MODIFYING ANTI-RHEUMATIC THERAPY (DMARD) USE IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS FOR OUR LOCAL POPULATION AT MIDLAND REGION OF IRELAND Org: Department of Rheumatology, Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore, Ireland,
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APPLICATION OF ESSG, AMOR, ASAS CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA AND AN ENTHESIS ULTRASONOGRAPHY INDEX IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPICIOUS OF EARLY SPONDYLOARTHRITIS Org: Rheumatology, Society of Patients with Rheumatism, Cracow, Poland, Radiology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain,
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ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN PATIENTS WITH SPONDYLOARTHRITIS AND PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS AND RELATIONSHIP WITH HEART DISEASE Org: Rheumatology & Rehabilitation, BHRUT, Queen Mary's Medical School, London, United Kingdom,
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ABATACEPT INFLUENCES PROPORTIONS AND FUNCTION OF MONOCYTES IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA) Org: Devisio of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria,
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ANTI-RNA POLYMERASE III ANTIBODIES AND SCLERODERMA RENAL CRISIS: EVALUATION OF A FRENCH COHORT Org: Internal Medicine Department VI, Immunology laboratory, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris, France,
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ACTIVATED IL-1 SYSTEM IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OF RA PATIENTS AND CORRELATIONS WITH FATIGUE SEVERITY Org: Dep of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Dep of Clinical Neuroscience, MR Center, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Karolinska Institute, Dep of Anaesthesiology and Intensive therapy, Danderyd Hospital, Dep of Clinical Neuroscience, Neuroimmunology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden,
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ACCURACY OF ULTRASOUND IN ACHILLES EROSION DETECTION IN EARLY SPONDILOARTHRITIS Org: Reumatology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain,
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ADOLESCENTS WITH JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS: WHO CARES AFTER THE AGE OF 16? Org: Division of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Center for Health Services and Nursing Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Pediatric Rheumatology Unit - Children's Institute, Rheumatology, Department of Musculoskeletal Sciences, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium,
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AN AUDIT OF BEHÇET'S SYNDROME RESEARCH: A 10-YEAR SURVEY Org: Medical Student, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States,
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ASSESSMENT OF A HAND POSITIONING AID TO IMPROVE MEASUREMENTS OF JOINT SPACE NARROWING AND BONE DAMAGE IN HAND RADIOGRAPHS Org: Medical Physics Department, Rheumatology Department, Ziekenhuisgroep Twente, Hengelo, Signals and Systems Group, EEMCS Faculty, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands,
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ABATACEPT (CTLA4-IG) MODULATES BOTH NAIVE AND EFFECTOR T CELL RESPONSES IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden,
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AN INTRODUCTION ON CHINESE REGISTRY OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS: PRELIMINARY DATA FROM CSTAR (CHINESE SLE TREATMENT AND RESEARCH GROUP) Org: Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China,
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ANALYSIS OF THE OCCURRENCE AND SEVERITY OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN GOUT PATIENTS Org: Rheumatology, Jesang hospital, Seongnam-si, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of,
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ANTI-CCP ANTIBODIES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGES TO DIAGNOSIS OR MANAGEMENT AS A RESULT OF THEIR MEASUREMENT Org: Rheumatology Department, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, United Kingdom,
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ACRAL HYPEREMIA DECREASES FOREARM BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN PATIENTS WITH ACROCYANOSIS Org: Division Of Rheumatology, Department Of Internal Medicine, Toho University School Of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Clinical Nuclear Medicine, Renji Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey,
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ASDAS PERFORMANCE IN DAILY CLINICAL PRACTICE. AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY MINIMAL DISEASE ACTIVITY EQUIVALENT TO BASDAI SCORE EQUAL TO 4 Org: Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, BHRUT, London, United Kingdom,
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ABERRANT T CELL RESPONSES IN HUMAN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) ARE REGULATED BY MIR-21 AND ITS TARGET GENE PDCD4 Org: Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States,
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ALTERED EXPRESSION OF JUNCTIONAL ADHESION MOLECULES IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS (SSC) Org: Biomedicine, Division of Rheumatology; Anatomy, Histology and Forensic Medicine; Human Pathology and Oncology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, Anatomy, Histology and Forensic Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy,
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ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL FEATURES OF MENINGITIS IN KOREAN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS Org: Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of,
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ARE RESULTS OF RCTS WITH ANTI-TNF GENERALISABLE TO DAILY CLINICAL PRACTICE?: MODIFIERS OF THE RESPONSE TO ANTI-TNF IN THE DUTCH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS MONITORING (DREAM) REGISTRY Org: Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Rheumatology, Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Rheumatology, TweeStedenZiekenhuis, Tilburg, Rheumatology, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands,
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ASSESSMENT OF UVEITIS IN DIAGNOSING SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES Org: Russian medical Academy of postgraduite education, Institute of Ophthalmology, Institute of Rheumathology, Moscow, Russian Federation,
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ADULT-ONSET STILL DISEASE: A COLOMBIAN COHORT STUDY Org: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia,
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ANTI-C1Q AUTOANTIBODIES IN LUPUS PATIENTS TARGET OXIDATIVELY-MODIFIED C1Q Org: Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, Barts and The London Medical School, University College London, London, United Kingdom,
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ANTI-SA-ANTIBODIES: PROGNOSTIC VALUE IN EARLY ARTHRITIS COMPARED TO ANTI-CCP AND ANTI-MCV Org: Schwerpunkt für Rheumatologie, Klinische Immunologie und Osteologie, Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Düsseldorf, EUROIMMUN AG, Lübeck, Germany,
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ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS OF LOW- AND HIGH-DOSE ATORVASTATIN THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: A.L. Myasnikov Research Institute of Clinical Cardiology, Russian Cardiology Scientific and Clinical complex, Federal Agency on High Medical Technologies, Rheumatology Institute RAMS, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences,
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ANALYSIS OF VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IN INDIA Org: Rheumatology, SRI Deepti Rheumatology Centre, Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India,
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AUTO-INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS- HOW MANY ARE THERE IN 2010? Org: Pediatric Rheumatology Unit - Children's Institute, CEREMAIA, Bicêtre Hospital, AP-HP, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France, Bicetre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France,
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ADVERSE EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF BIOLOGICAL THERAPIES IN SYSTEMIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES: PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN 311 PATIENTS (BIOGEAS REGISTRY) Org: Laboratory of Autoimmune Diseases "Josep Font" IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Internal Medicine, Hospital Meixoeiro, Vigo, Internal Medicine, Hospital Carlos Haya, Málaga, Internal Medicine, Hospital San Cecilio, Granada, Internal Medicine, Hospital de Cruces, Bizkaia,
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ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME-ASSOCIATED NEPHROPATHY IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS: PREVALENCE, CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND RENAL FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME Org: Department of Autoimmune Diseases, ICMiD, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Department of Pathology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain,
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ASAS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE EVALUATION OF NSAID INTAKE IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS CLINICAL STUDIES/TRIALS Org: Descartes University, Paris, France, Alberta University, Rheumatic Unit Disease, alberta, Canada, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, General Hospital, mexico, Mexico, Charity Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany,
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AQUATIC EXERCISE FOR PATIENTS WITH KNEE OR HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS Org: Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark,
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ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC SCLERODERMA Org: Hospital Therapy Department, Saratov State Medical University, Saratov, Russian Federation,
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ANTI-CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODIES: BEYOND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Rheumatology Section, Hospital de Sagunto, Sagunto, Spain, Immunology LIRAD-BST, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain,
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AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION ON THE USE OF TOCILIZUMAB (ROACTEMRA®) WITH METHOTREXATE IN THE TREATMENT OF ADULTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE ACTIVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WHO HAVE FAILED TO RESPOND ADEQUATELY TO AN ANTI-TNF DRUG IN SCOTLAND Org: Healthcare Management, Roche Products Limited, Global Health Economics and Pricing, Genentech, THEMA Research Ltd,
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ASSESSMENT OF SEXUAL LIFE IN WOMEN WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS Org: Rheumatology, Society of Patients with Rheumatism, Cracow, Poland, Gynecology and Obstetrics, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil,
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ADOPTIVE TRANSFER OF LONG-LIVED PLASMA CELLS FROM NZB/W MICE CAUSES IMMUNE COMPLEX NEPHRITIS IN RECIPIENT RAG1-/- MICE Org: Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin - ein Institut der Leibnitz-Gemeinschaft, Rheumatology and Clin Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany,
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AGE AND LOW LEVELS OF CIRCULATING VITAMIN D ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IMPAIRED INNATE IMMUNE FUNCTION AND CIRCULATING CYTOKINE DISREGULATION Org: Rheumatology, Society of Patients with Rheumatism, Cracow, Poland, Immunology and Combinations, GlaxoSmithKline, Endocrinology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain,
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AN ANALYSIS OF THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF ETANERCEPT IN JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS Org: Paediatrics/Paediatric Rheumatology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Paediatrics/Paediatric Rheumatology, Emma Children's Hospital AMC, Amsterdam, Paediatrics/Paediatric Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Paediatrics/Paediatric Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden,
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AN INNOVATIVE METHOD FOR RHEUMATOLOGY TEACHING: THE BLOG Org: Clinical Medicine and Rheumatology, Univeristy Campus Bio Medico, Programa de Educação Tutorial-PET, Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil,
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ANALYSIS OF THE LONG TERM EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT PHYSIOTHERAPY PROGRAMS OF REHABILITATION FOR PATIENTS WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME Org: Department of Rehabilitation, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, Department of Rheumatology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland,
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ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS ASSOCIATED WITH TAKAYASU ARTERITIS Org: Rheumatology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey,
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ANTI IL-17A THERAPY INHIBITS BONE LOSS IN TNF MEDIATED MURINE ARTHRITIS BY MODULATION OF T CELL BALANCE Org: Rheumatology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, Rheumatology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands,
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APPLIANCE OF A HEALTH CARE REFORM IN CHILE OFFERING MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA) Org: Hospital Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile,
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ASSESSMENT OF RESPONSE TO ETANERCEPT TREATMENT IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: USEFULNESS OF THE 12-JOINT SIMPLIFIED POWER DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHIC METHOD AND CORRELATION WITH CLINICAL AND LABORATORY PARAMETERS Org: Sezione di Reumatologia, Dipartimento di Clinica e Terapia Medica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy,
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ASSESSMENT OF ACTIVITY IN CHILDREN WITH ENTHESITIS RELATED ARTHRITIS USING BATH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX Org: Immunology & Rheumatology, Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
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APPLICATION OF A DIAGNOSTIC IMMUNOENZIMATIC ASSAY TO DETERMINE PSORIASIN (S100A7) LEVELS IN SALIVA OF PATIENTS AFFECTED BY SCLERODERMA (SSC) AND OTHER RHEUMATIC DISEASES Org: Department of Internal medicine №1, Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy,
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ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS: CORRELATIONS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR RISK SCORES Org: Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ``Dr. Carol Davila'' Central University Emergency Military Hospital, ``Carol Davila'' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, ``Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu'' Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest, Romania,
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ARTERIAL STIFFNESS AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Org: Hospital Therapy Department, Saratov State Medical University, Saratov, Russian Federation,
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ASSOCIATION OF COLONOSCOPIC FINDINGS AND CLINICAL SYMPTOMS OF INTESTINAL INVOLVEMENT IN BEHCET'S DISEASE AND ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Org: Internal Medicine, Eulji University, Daejeon, Internal Medicine, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyeongju, Internal Medicine, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea, Republic Of,
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ANGIOGENIC POTENTIAL OF HMECS IS DRIVEN BY HIF-2A OVERCOMING THE EFFECTS OF HIF-1A Org: Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum (DRFZ), an Institute of the Leibniz Association, Chronic inflammation in Childhood, Berlin, Germany, Department for Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Charite University Hospital Berlin, Berlin Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies, Berlin Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Center of Muscoloskeletal Surgery, Charite University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany,
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ASSESSMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS USING A WHOLE-BODY MRI-PROTOCOL Org: Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Unit, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forli, Italy, department of internal medicien II, Internal Medicine II, Eberhard-Karls-University Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany,
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AUTOANTIBODY SIGNATURE IS ASSOCIATED TO SOME MUSCLE HISTOPATHOGICAL FINDINGS IN IMMUNE-MEDIATED MYOPATHIES Org: Division of Rheumatology, University of Padova, Padova, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Division of Rheumatology, University of Siena, Siena, Division of Rheumatology, Ospedale Niguarda "Cà Granda", Milano, Directorate for Medicine Evaluation and Pharmacovigilance, Ministry of Health, National Centre of Epidemiology, National Institute of Health, Roma, Italy, Clinical Neurology Section, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, Unit of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockolm, Sweden, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy,
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ASSOCIATION OF INSULIN RESISTANCE WITH BONE MINERAL DENSITY AND BODY COMPOSITION IN PREMENOPAUSAL PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS Org: Department of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Department of Food Science, National Chia-yi University, Chia-yi, Taiwan,
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ANTIBODY PENETRATION INTO CARTILAGE: FUNCTIONAL READOUT IN A CARTILAGE EXPLANT MODEL Org: BioScience, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States, Astrazeneca R&D Charnwood, MedImmune, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
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AROUND 60% OF PATIENTS WITH LONG-STANDING ACTIVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA) TREATED WITH RITUXIMAB REACH A PATIENT ACCEPTABLE SYMPTOM STATE (PASS) WITHIN 12 WEEKS, BUT THE RELATION WITH DISEASE ACTIVITY IS NOT DIRECT: DATA FROM THE SMART TRIAL Org: Rochester Regional Health System, Hôpital Cochin, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Hôpital Bois Guillaume, Hôpital Lyon Sud - HCL,
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ANTI-INFLAMMATORY COMPLEXES INHIBIT THE DEVELOPMENT COLLAGEN-INDUCED ARTHRITIS Org: University of Glasgow, University of California San Diego,
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ANTI-PM/SCL ANTIBODIES IN PATIENTS WITH CLINICAL SIGNS OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE BUT LACK OF SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION AND ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODIES. AN INDEPENDENT EARLY INDICATOR OF LATENT DISEASE? Org: Division of Rheumatology, Med. Poliklinik, University of Munich, Munich, Germany,
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ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODIES IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: PREDICTORS OF NO RESPONSE TO ANTI-TNF ALPHA TREATMENT? Org: Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, Badalona, Spain, Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain,
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ASSESSMENT OF ARTERIAL STIFFNESS AFTER 24 WEEKS OF ABATACEPT THERAPY IN 17 PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Rheumatology, Society of Patients with Rheumatism, Cracow, Poland, Cardiology, CHU Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France,
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN T-CELL CHANGES INDUCED BY B-CELL DEPLECTION WITH RITUXIMAB AND THE CLINICAL ACTIVITY IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS Org: Unitat de Reumatologia., Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, Institut de Recerca, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Departament de Reumatologia, Hospital Dos de Maig, Servei d'Inmunologia, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain,
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APOLIPOPROTEIN E POLYMORPHISMS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: IMPACT ON INFLAMMATION Org: Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley, United Kingdom,
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ASSESSING FOR THE METABOLIC SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH GOUT Org: Rheumatology, Worthing Hospital, Worthing, Rheumatology, East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, Rheumatology, Kingston Hospital, Kingston, Rheumatology, Frimley Park Hospital, Frimley, Rheumatology, St George's Hospital, London,
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SERUM URIC ACID AND LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN PATIENTS WITH PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS Org: Rheumatology, Society of Patients with Rheumatism, Cracow, Poland, Cardiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, Craiova, Romania,
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BAFF/APRIL LEVELS IN PATIENTS AFFECTED BY SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AND SJOGREN SYNDROME Org: Clinical Medicine and Rheumatology, University Campus Bio Medico, Rome, Italy,
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ASSOCIATION OF KIKUCHI-FUJIMOTO DISEASE WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERITHEMATOSUS AND PRIMARY SJÖGREN SYNDROME. ARE THEY RELATED? Org: Thrombosis and Vasculitis Unit-Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Pathology Department, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain,
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B CELL DEPLETION THERAPY BASED ON RITUXIMAB IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: University College London Hospitals,
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ARE OCHRONOTIC SYNOVIOCYTES AND CHONDROCYTES ABLE TO PRODUCE OCHRONOTIC PIGMENT? Org: Rheumatology Unit-Department of Clinica Medicine and Immunological Sciences, Policlinico le Scotte-Siena, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, siena, Italy,
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ASSAY DEVELOPMENT FOR PRECISE MEASUREMENT OF DISEASE ACTIVITY SERUM BIOMARKERS Org: Crescendo Bioscience, South San Francisco, CA, United States,
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ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF SKELETAL MANIFESTATIONS IN GAUCHER'S DISEASE Org: Rheumatology, Society of Patients with Rheumatism, Cracow, Poland, Internal medicine, APHM, Internal medicine, Saint Joseph Hospital, Rheumaology, APHM, Marseille, France,
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ASSOCIATION OF SERUM MARKERS WITH CLINICAL RESPONSE MEASURES IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS TREATED WITH GOLIMUMAB, A HUMAN ANTI-TNF ALPHA MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY Org: Centocor Research & Development, Inc, Malvern, Centocor Research & Development, Inc/U of Penn, Malvern/Phila, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, United States of America, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States,
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ASSOCIATION OF FAM167A(C8ORF13)-BLK AND TNFSF4 GENE VARIANTS WITH PRIMARY SJÖGREN'S SYNDROME Org: Medical sciences, Uppsala university, Uppsala, Rheumatology clinic, Lund university, Malmö, Sweden, Broegelmann research laboratory, The Gade institute, Bergen, Norway, Rheumatology clinic, University hospital, Linköping, Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden,
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ANTIBODIES TO CITRULLINATED ANTIGENS IN JIA. ARE THEY RELEVANT IN CLINICAL PRACTICE? Org: Rheumatology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom,
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ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN EARLY PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS (EPSA) Org: Department of Biomedicine, DENOThe Centre, Department of Dermatology, University of Florence, Florence, Laboratory of Decision Engineering for Health Care Delivery Department of Electronics, Informatics and Systems, University of Calabria, Cosenza, Department of Phychiatry, University of Florence, Florence, Italy,
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ASSOCIATION OF IL-23 RECEPTOR (IL-23R) VARIANTS WITH PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS (PSA) AND ITS CLINICAL MANFESTATIONS IN NORTHERN ITALIAN POPULATION Org: Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy,
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ASYMPTOMATIC HYPERURICEMIA: ULTRASONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS Org: Diplomado en ecografía musculoesquelética y articular, Universidad Nacional Autόnoma de Mexico, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitaciόn, México, Mexico, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología ``Ignacio Chávez'', Mexico City, Mexico,
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ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT INVOLVEMENT IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Atatürk Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey,
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ARE THERE DIFFERENT FORMS OF FATIGUE EXPERIENCE IN RA AND LINKS TO PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS? Org: Psychology & Communication of Health & Risk, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands,
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ASSESSMENT AND REHABILITATION IN PATIENT WITH HYPEROSTOSIS DIFFUSE DISEASE AND ABNORMAL METABOLIC STATUS Org: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania,
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ASSOCIATION OF DDR1 POLYMORPHISMS WITH ADULT ONSET STILL'S DISEASE IN KOREAN POPULATION Org: Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ulsan University, Ulsan, Korea, Republic Of,
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AVASCULAR NECROSES OF BONE AND THROMBOSES IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS WITH AND WITHOUT ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES Org: Department of Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases, Department of Clinical Researches and International Contacts, Traumatological -Orthopedic Department, Scientific Research Institute of Rheumatology of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation,
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ASSESSMENT OF A THERAPEUTIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM TREATED BY BIOTHERAPY Org: CHR Metz Thionville, Metz, France,
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ASSESSMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES IN PATIENTS WITH LOCALIZED SCLERODERMA USING A WHOLE-BODY MRI-PROTOCOL Org: Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Unit, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forli, Italy, Internal Medicine II, Dermatology, Eberhard-Karls-University Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany,
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AUTOANTIBODIES PROFILE IN SLE PATIENTS VACCINATED AGAINST INFLUENZA: ARE THERE ANY SAFETY CONCERNS? Org: Department of Conective Tissue Diseases, Institute of Rheumatology, Influenza Center, National Institute of Public Health, National Institute of Hygiene, Department of Microbiology and Serology, Institute of Rheumatology, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Institute of Rheumatology, Warsaw, Poland,
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ATLANTO-EPISTROPHIC MRI INVOLVEMENT IN EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: A FOLLOW-UP STUDY Org: Division Of Rheumatology, Department Of Internal Medicine, Toho University School Of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Institute of Radiology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy,
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CLINICAL FEATURES AND INFLAMMATORY GENE SNPS IN APS Org: Internal Medicine, University Milan, Milan, Italy, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy, Health Sciences University Antalya Research and Training Hospital, University Pavia, Pavia, University Brescia, Brescia, Italy,
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ASSOCIATION OF INTERLEUKIN-1 BETA POLYMORPHISM WITH BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN RUSSIAN WOMEN WITH POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS Org: Institute Rheumatology, Moscow, Russian Federation,
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AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION FOR SEVERE SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS: LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP ANALYSIS OF IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION Org: Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, National Hospital Organization, Omuta Hospital, Omuta, Japan,
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN RENAL FUNCTION AND RENAL AMYLOID DEPOSITS AREA IN REACTIVE AMYLOIDOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: DIVISION OF CLINICAL NEPHROLOGY AND RHEUMATOLOGY, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Department of Medical Technology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan,
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B-CELL DEPLETION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: SEARCHING FOR SEROLOGIC AND CLINICAL BASELINE FACTORS THAT COULD PREDICT LONG-TERM EFFICACY Org: Division of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy,
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ASSOCIATION STUDY OF CANDIDATE GENES FOR KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS IN KOREA Org: Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, Medical Research Center for Gene Regulation, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Department of Preventive Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea, Republic Of,
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B. ROLE OF AGONISTIC AUTOANTIBODIES DIRECTED TO THE ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 AND THE ENDOTHELIN-1 TYPE A RECEPTORS IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS Org: Med. Klinik m.S. Rheumatologie/Klin. Immunologie, Med. Klinik m.S. Nephrologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Charité-Berlin, Berlin, Germany,
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AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION (ASCT) FOR SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS (SSC) – AN OPTION AND ITS LIMITATIONS; A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE Org: University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany,
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ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT INVOLVEMENT IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Org: Internal Medicine Department, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Islamic Republic Of,
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BAKER'S CYSTS IN OSTEOARTHRITIS AND INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS - PREVALANCE AND DIAGNOSIS Org: Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, MHAT ``Health'', Medical Section ``Palmed'', Department of Rheumatology, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria,
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BIOCOMPATIBILITY AND PERSISTENCE OF COMPONENTS OF HYLASTAN SGL-80, A NON-AVIAN HA VISCOSUPPLEMENT, IN A GUINEA PIG INTRA-ARTICULAR INJECTION MODEL Org: Drug and Biomaterial R&D, Genzyme, Framingham, MaaT Pharma, Manufacturing Technical Support,
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BEHCET DISEASE: CAN IT GO TOWARD A BURNING OUT? Org: Rheumatology, Prato Hospital, Prato, Italy,
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BIOLOGIC DISEASE-MODIFYING DRUG TREATMENT PATTERNS AND ASSOCIATED COSTS FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS Org: Analysis Group, Inc., Global Health Outcomes, MERCK & CO., INC, Whitehouse Station, Eli Lilly and Company,
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BASIC MRI TECHNICAL ISSUES AND HOW TO INTERPRET AND USE THE DIFFERENT MR IMAGE TYPES Org: Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada,
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BETA-CHEMOKINES (CCL2) AND ALPHA-CHEMOKINES (CXCL10) EXPRESSION IN COLTURED FIBROBLASTS FROM PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS: MODULATION BY PPAR-GAMMA AGONISTS Org: Internal Medicine, Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Modena, Italy,
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BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS INCLUDED IN ASSESS, A MULTICENTER PROSPECTIVE 5-YEAR COHORT OF 400 PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY SJÖGREN'S SYNDROME Org: CHU Strasbourg, Strasbourg, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, Rheumatology, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, CHU Brest, Brest,
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BERLIN'S CRITERIA FOR INFLAMMATORY BACK PAIN (IBP): DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC BACK PAIN AND ONSET UNDER THE AGE OF 50 YEARS FROM THE COMMUNITY Org: Rheumagology Department, Hospital General de Mexico, ABC Medical Center, Mexico, Mexico,
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BELIMUMAB, A BLYS-SPECIFIC INHIBITOR, REDUCES DISEASE ACTIVITY AND SEVERE FLARES IN SEROPOSITIVE SLE PATIENTS: BLISS-76 STUDY Org: The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Rheuma Zentrum Favoriten, Vienna, Austria, David Geffen School of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai–UCLA, West Hollywood, CA, United States, Inst of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, OMRF, Oklahoma City, OK,
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BASELINE CTX-II PREDICTS STRUCTURAL BONE LOSS IN VERY EARLY INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS Org: LIMM Section of Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, INSERM, Lyon, France,
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BASELINE DEMOGRAPHIC AND DISEASE-STATE VARIABLES THAT MAY PREDICT A BETTER RESPONSE TO ETANERCEPT IN SUBJECTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: ASCEND Org: VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, United States of America,
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BEST PRACTICE EXAMPLE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL: NURSE Org: Rheumatology, Academic Rheumatology, Bristol, United Kingdom,
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BIG VICTORIES OF THE LITTLE ``HOPE'' WORK OF RUSSIAN RHEUMATOLOGY PATIENT'S ORGANIZATION Org: RRA ``Hope'', Moscow, Russian Federation,
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BIOLOGICAL DRUGS SAFETY FOR DIFFERENT AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES DURING PREGNANCY Org: Rheumatology, Valme University Hospital, Seville, Spain,
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BASELINE PREDICTORS OF RESPONSE TO ANTI-TNF TREATMENTS Org: Eli Lilly and Company, University of Rochester Medical School, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, NYU School of Medicine,
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BELIMUMAB, A BLYS-SPECIFIC INHIBITOR, SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AUTOANTIBODIES AND NORMALIZED LOW COMPLEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH SEROPOSITIVE SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE): BLISS-52 STUDY Org: UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, St Petersburg Region Clinical Hospital, St Petersburg, Russian Federation, SC Sf Maria, Bucharest, Romania, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea, Republic Of,
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BASELINE STEADY-STATE MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL PHARMACOKINETICS ENABLE PREDICTION OF CLINICAL FLARES OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS Org: Pharmacyclics, Internal Medecine, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, CHU de Bordeaux, France,
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BASIC CALCIUM PHOSPHATE CRYSTALS INDUCE IL-1B SECRETION IN VITRO THROUGH ACTIVATION OF THE NALP3 INFLAMMASOME Org: DAL, Department of Rheumatology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland, INSERM UMR-S 606, Hospital Lariboisière, Paris Diderot University, Paris, France, Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland,
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BASIC MRI TECHNICAL ISSUES AND HOW TO INTERPRET AND USE THE DIFFERENT MR IMAGE TYPES Org: Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada,
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BENEFIT OF LONG-TERM ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT ON RECENT REACTIVE ARTHRITIS Org: Rheumatology, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, Rheumatology, CHU Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France,
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BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF STRONTIUM RANELATE COMPARED TO ALENDRONATE ON BONE MICROSTRUCTURE – A 2-YEAR STUDY Org: University Hospital, Genève, Switzerland, Charite Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, Rangueil Hospital, Toulouse, France, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland,
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BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF MASSIVE WEIGHT LOSS ON SYMPTOMS, JOINT BIOMARKERS AND SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION IN OBESE PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS Org: Rhumatologie, Hopital Lariboisiere, Nutrition, Hopital la Pitié, Paris, INSERM Research unit 664, Lyon, Hopital Lariboisiere, Hopital Hotel-Dieu, Paris,
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BETTER RESULTS ARE ACHIEVED WITH SWITCHING DIRECTLY TO BIOLOGICS THAN SWITCHING VIA DMARD COMBINATIONS IN RA PATIENTS WHO HAVE FAILED METHOTREXATE AS THEIR INITIAL DMARD: REAL LIFE DATA FROM NOR-DMARD Org: Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Lillehammer Hospital for rheumatic diseases, Lillehammer, Norway, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Buskerud Central Hospital, Drammen, Norway,
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BIOLOGIC DISEASE-MODIFYING ANTI-RHEUMATIC DRUG TREATMENT PATTERNS AND ASSOCIATED CLINICAL OUTCOMES Org: Global Statistical Sciences, Global Health Outcomes, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, Division of Rheumatology, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, United States,
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BIOLOGICAL AGENTS IN INACTIVE HBSAG CARRIERS WITH INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS: A ROLE OF PROPHYLACTIC ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT Org: Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, Department of Gastroenterology, AHEPA Unversity Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece,
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BEING AN OUTPATIENT WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND SELF-EFFICACY. A FOCUS GROUP STUDY ON PATIENTS' EXPERIENCES FROM A SHORT COURSE AND ONE OF THREE DIFFERENT OUTPATIENT SETTINGS Org: King Christian X's Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, University of Southern Denmark, Gråsten, Research Unit of Nursing, Institute of Clinical Research, Research Department, King Christian X's Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark,
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BILAG-MEASURED IMPROVEMENT IN MODERATELY AND SEVERELY AFFECTED BODY SYSTEMS IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) BY EPRATUZUMAB: RESULTS FROM EMBLEM™, A PHASE IIB STUDY Org: UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA,
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BIOLOGIC REGISTER: EXPERIENCE WITH IMPLEMENTATION AND FIRST PRACTICAL OUTCOMES Org: Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Center of Rheumatology, São Paulo, Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal, Brasilia, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Artrocenter Clínica Médica LTDA, Taubaté,
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BELIMUMAB, A BLYS-SPECIFIC INHIBITOR, REDUCED DISEASE ACTIVITY, FLARES, AND STEROID USE IN PATIENTS WITH SEROPOSITIVE SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE): BLISS-52 STUDY Org: St Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines, St Petersburg Region Clinical Hospital, St Petersburg, Russian Federation, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of, Saludcoop, Bogota, Colombia, SC Colentina, Bucharest, Romania,
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BELIMUMAB, A BLYS-SPECIFIC INHIBITOR, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED PHYSICAL FUNCTIONING, FATIGUE, AND OTHER HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE (HRQOL) MEASURES IN PATIENTS WITH SEROPOSITIVE SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE): BLISS-52 STUDY Org: SC Colentina, Bucharest, Romania, Hospital Britanico, Buenos Aires, HIGA San Martin, La Plata, Argentina, Monash Medical Center, Clayton, Australia, FOSCAL, Bucamaranga, Colombia,
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BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF ANAKINRA IN ADULT ONSET STILL'S DISEASE (AOSD). AN OPEN, RANDOMIZED, MULTICENTER STUDY Org: Department of Rheumatology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, Department of Medicine, Rauma Hospital, Rauma, Finland, Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Rheumatology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Department of Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland,
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BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF ONE YEAR ETANERCEPT TREATMENT ON THE LIPID PROFILE IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - ETRA STUDY Org: Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Institute, Amsterdam, Rheumatology, VU medical centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands,
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BIOLOGICS USE IN SLE IN 5 CENTERS - DATA FROM THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRY FOR BIOLOGICS IN SLE (IRBIS) Org: Rheumatology, The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Rheumatology, University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States, Rheumatology, Health Sciences Center, Halifax, Canada, Clinical Epidemiology, The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden,
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BIOLOGICAL AGENTS: SALVAGE THERAPY FOR COLCHICINE RESISTANT PATIENTS IN FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER Org: Pediatric Rheumatology and Nephrology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey,
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BIOPSY TECHNICS OF SALIVARY GLANDS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF SJÖGREN SYNDROME Org: Federal University of Espirito Santo, Vitόria, Brazil,
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BIOLOGICS SERVICE – WHERE DOES THE TIME GO? AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF NURSE TIME ALLOCATION Org: Rheumatology, Cannock Chase Hospital, Cannock, Rheumatology, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, Rheumatology, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, Rheumatology, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital, West Bromwich, Rheumatology, Walsall Manor Hospital, Walsall,
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BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE INFLUENCE OF RHEUMATIC DISORDERS ON MAJOR LIFE CHANGING DECISIONS Org: Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Centre for Socioeconomic Research, Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom,
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BETTER MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS (BOA) Org: Dept of orthopaedics, Lund University, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund, R&D department, Spenshult Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Oskarström, Sweden,
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BIMODAL MORTALITY IN WEGENER'S GRANULOMATOSIS: RESULTS FROM THE UK GENERAL PRACTICE RESEARCH DATABASE Org: The University of Oxford, Oxford, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Adenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom,
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BIOLOGIC AGENTS HAVE BETTER SAFETY PROFILE IN CZECH PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS COMPARED TO RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS: RESULTS FROM THE ATTRA REGISTRY Org: Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Institute of Biostatics and Analyses, Brno, Czech Republic,
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BIOLOGIC REGISTER IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY: SAFETY IS DIFFERENT FROM EUROPEAN REGISTRIES? THE BIOBADABRASIL FIRST RESULTS Org: Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Centro de Reumatologia de Osasco, Osasco, Hospital de Base do Dristrito Federal, Brasilia, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Artrocenter Clínica Médica LTDA, Taubaté,
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BLIND OR ULTRASOUND-GUIDED CORTICOSTEROIDS INJECTIONS AND SHORT TERM RESPONSE IN SUBACROMIAL IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME: A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE BLINDED, PROSPECTIVE STUDY Org: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, Department of Radiology, Sisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey,