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Ultrasound Reveals Which Anti-CCP Positive Patients Progress to Arthritis
Power Doppler signal on baseline ultrasound exam may well help stratify anti-CCP positive patients with musculoskeletal symptoms but no clinical synovitis, according to data from the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine presented at EULAR 2019.
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EULAR 2019 – Day 3 Report
The third day of EULAR 2019 started with novel biologics, the efficacy of secukinumab in axial psoriatic arthritis, neurologic events with TNF inhibitors from the DANBIO database (OP0261), and neuropathy in SLE (OP0252), but above all this was a big poster day.
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Machine learning in PsA separates phenotypes. (2/2) OP0114. Dr Iain McInnes #EULAR2019 @RheumNow https://t.co/wgCnnTNpYc
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Machine learning in PsA separates phenotypes. (1/2) OP0114. Dr Iain McInnes #EULAR2019 @RheumNow https://t.co/0nUI3eIoZ0
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ANCA can occur with infection such as TB and SBE. If both p and cANCA are + think of cocaine esp with methamizole added. pANCA is more nonspecific and even can occur in IBD. Use clinical judgement. Study of ANCA PR3 (7%) & 0% MPO in TB FRI0649 #EULAR2019 @RheumNow
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Checklists for RA patient ‘screening’: bad. How useful is a routine ANA, even for early RA assessment? This is what happens when you do it on every patient in an early RA clinic... whole lotta false positives. #EULAR2019 OP0323 Mariana Luis from Coimbra, Portugal @RheumNow https://t.co/wa8PzVbais
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This is a nice study but does not address effects on CRITICAL and PATHOGENIC autoantibody production- Prosepctive studies are urgently needed in SLE and AAV among others @GSKUS @Lupusdoc @LupusOrg @LupusResearch @RheumNow @HealioRheum @CCalabreseDO #shingles https://t.co/7yhHmQfphY
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Sorry to have missed this critical session - but feeling better- Closing the gap between pateint and provider is the new horizon in well being as opposed to health All reports of #EULAR2019 are terrific and following on @RheumNow #empathy https://t.co/DUhlRMtrDX
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Analysis from the BSRBR ankylosing spondylitis registry of 2420 AS pts shows that HLA-B27 is associated with an increased risk of anterior uveitis but a decreased risk of psoriasis and IBD. #Eular2019 OP0262 https://t.co/jslLYkMr9Q
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Do you stop #methotrexate in your male patients who wish to conceive? No need to do so according to studies from the past few years: no increase in adverse pregnancy outcomes if paternal exposure. Prof. Monika Ostensen at #EULAR2019 >LA
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Gr8. Tocilizumab in GCA - data we’ve been waiting to see RT @chechitap: #EULAR2019 giacta long term https://t.co/UEFX4fY3Nw
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Shingrix can be give to inflammatory arthritis pts? Collective report from the Brigham & Women’s Hospital looked at the safety of Shingrix given to 300 RA, PsA, etc patient without any reports of H.Zoster and a 4% rate of "flares". #EULAR2019 FRI0068 https://t.co/Wkx5V9vM8r https://t.co/kErMMU97tB
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What’s next in biosimilars? Visit RheumNow to listen to experts discuss this and more in "Therapeutic Update: Biosimilars in Rheumatology," a video series sponsored by Sandoz, Inc. https://t.co/1vmnEJqOSi #sponsored #biosimilars
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Very interesting. Another strike against steroids...? https://t.co/LGz7fKh9hU
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Updated treatment algorithm for extrarenal #Lupus
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JAK system really important for many bodily functions. So the aim is to “turn down the thermostat” without “turning it off” Ernest Choy #EULAR2019 https://t.co/863ktP3CIg
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#EULAR2019 session ‘Getting A Grip on The Comorbidities in Gout’ focused on the complex and variable disease profile patients experience and clinicians treat. Do #gout co-morbidities occur in patterns? Dr Ed Roddy discusses. Abstract SP0061 @RheumNow https://t.co/EHoNdP7iMo
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Baracitinib affects JAK2 more than Tofacitinib. Difference can be seen with lower Hb & higher platelets #EULAR2019 https://t.co/BfzuyZI8f9
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JAKi also helps reduce bone loss #EULAR2019 https://t.co/8JOUp3aJWQ
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This graph is a reminder that over time, the level of Inflammation in RA may reduce with lower symptoms. However, CUMULATIVE inflam leads to increasing damage & disability #EULAR2019 https://t.co/ujhODMOp4E
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