Validation of a semi-quantitative method to assess interstitial lung disease severity and progression in systemic sclerosis by standard and low-dose HRCT scans ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

4 Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated anticitrullinated protein/peptide antibodies ...

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 ...

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 ...

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