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AB1529 MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION IN SYNOVIAL FLUID SAMPLES FROM SWOLLEN JOINTS ANALYZED WITH RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

Background Microplastics (MPs) have been identified in different types of tissue, including lung, bowel, placenta and as well in human whole blood [1]. During analysis of synovial fluid samples with ...
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AB1628 THE INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IN ITALY IN THE LAST DECADE

2 Azienda Zero, Veneto Region, Clinical governance Unit, Padua, Italy 3 Azienda Zero, Veneto Region, Epidemiological Department, Padua, Italy 4 Azienda Zero, Veneto Region, Clinical governance Unit, ...
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OP0260 GLOBAL TREND OF THE SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS BETWEEN THE 1950s TO 2020

Background The trend of, and the impact of major organ damage on the short- and longer-term survival of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) globally over the past 60 years have not been ...
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POS0007 KYV-101, A FULLY HUMAN CD19 CAR T CELL GENERATED FROM AUTOIMMUNE PATIENT LYMPHOCYTES, DEMONSTRATES CAR-MEDIATED AND CD19-DEPENDENT ACTIVITY ...

2 Kyverna Therapeutics, Technical Operations, Emeryville, United States of America 3 Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen, University Hospital Erlangen, Internal Medicine 5 – Hematology/Oncology, ...
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Two-week methotrexate discontinuation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis vaccinated with inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: a randomised clinical trial

Correspondence to Eloisa Bonfa, Rheumatology Division, Universidade de Sao Paulo Faculdade de Medicina, Sao Paulo 04746-070, Brazil; eloisa.bonfa{at}hc.fm.usp.br Objective To evaluate the effect on ...
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EULAR definition of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis

Background Despite treatment according to the current management recommendations, a significant proportion of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remain symptomatic. These patients can be ...
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Comparative risk of serious infections among real-world users of biologics for psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis

Correspondence to Dr G Caleb Alexander, Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; galexan9{at}jhmi.edu Objective To examine whether initiation ...
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The 2019 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism classification criteria for IgG4-related disease

Correspondence to Dr John H Stone, Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA; jhstone{at}mgh.harvard.edu IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) can cause ...
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Risk of serious infections in tocilizumab versus other biologic drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a multidatabase cohort study

Objective To investigate the rate of serious bacterial, viral or opportunistic infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) starting tocilizumab (TCZ) versus tumour necrosis factor inhibitors ...
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Improved detection of erosions in the sacroiliac joints on MRI with volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination (VIBE): results from the SIMACT study

Correspondence to Dr Kay-Geert A Hermann, Department of Radiology (CCM), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, 10117, Germany; kgh{at}charite.de Objective To compare the performance of a new ...
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F8: Back to the future: how to mix the old and new treatments for SLE, Sjögren's and APS ...
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Defining conditions where long-term glucocorticoid treatment has an acceptably low level of harm to facilitate implementation of existing recommendations: viewpoints from an ...

3 Amsterdam Rheumatology& Immunology Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 4 Medical Humanities, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ...