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RMD Open
is an open access, peer-reviewed rheumatology journal that publishes original research on rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders and connective tissue diseases ...
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Prevalence of degenerative changes and overlap with spondyloarthritis-associated lesions in the spine of patients from the DESIR cohort
Objectives To describe the prevalence of degenerative changes on MRI and conventional radiographs of the spine in a young population with suspicion of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and assess ...
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Validity of the EULAR recommendations on the use of ultrasound in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis
Objectives The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) recommendations for the use of imaging in large vessel vasculitis establish that an imaging test supported by clinical pretest ...
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Comparison between low disease activity or DAS remission as treatment target in patients with early active rheumatoid arthritis
Objectives To compare outcomes of targeted treatment aimed at either low disease activity or remission in patients with early active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods Five-year outcomes were compared ...
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Association between number and type of different ACPA fine specificities with lung abnormalities in early, untreated rheumatoid arthritis
4 Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated anticitrullinated protein/peptide antibodies ...
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Current Issue
Original research: Long-term evolution of postpartum sacroiliac bone marrow oedema: a 5-year longitudinal follow-up study (4 April, 2025) ...
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Ultrasound quantitative assessment of ventral finger microvasculopathy in systemic sclerosis with Raynaud’s phenomena: a comparative study
Objective To assess the finger vascularity of systemic sclerosis patients with Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP-SSc) using various ultrasound techniques. Results The percent vascular areas and mean vascular ...
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In these pages we hope to provide authors with tools and advice to put together the best possible article. Some instructions are specific to RMD Open; some advice is more general. For technical ...
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Pre-arthritis stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis: from Pathology to Disease Prevention ...
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Correction: Ultrasound assessment of degenerative muscle Sarcopenia: the university of barcelona ultrasound scoring system for Sarcopenia
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Assessment of competences in rheumatology training: results of a systematic literature review to inform EULAR points to consider
Objective To summarise the literature on the assessment of competences in postgraduate medical training. Methods A systematic literature review was performed within a EULAR taskforce on the assessment ...
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Topic Collection
Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease, affecting more than 15% of the world’s adult population. The prevalence of the disease is expected to continue to rise. This disease can lead to ...