The Patient-Reported Outcomes Thermometer–5-Item Scale (5T-PROs): Validation of a New Tool for the Quick Assessment of Overall Health Status in Painful Rheumatic Diseases by Fausto Salaffi, Marco Di Carlo, Marina Carotti, Sonia Farah

“…To investigate the construct validity, reliability (internal consistency and retest reliability), and feasibility of the patient-reported outcomes thermometer–5-item scale (5T-PROs), a new tool to measure overall health status in patients with painful chronic rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), axial spondyloarthritis (axialSpA), and fibromyalgia (FM). …”
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A telephonic survey in patients with systemic lupus erythematosusxs by Reuben Praharsh Kumar, Sandra Manuel, D Elizabeth, Vineeta Shobha

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Integrated analyses uncover new features of atypical memory B cells and novel targets for intervention by Fuli Fan, Shubei Liu, Bin Wang, Xiaojian Song, Wei Wang

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Janus kinase inhibitor treatment for inflammatory diseases: excess or no excess risk of venous thromboembolism? by Yachar Dawudi, Samuel Benarroch, Hélène Helfer, David M. Smadja, Isabelle Mahé

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Inflammatory rheumatic diseases with onset after SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 vaccination: a report of 267 cases from the COVID-19 and ASD group by Laura Massaro, Annamaria Iagnocco, Florenzo Iannone, Corrado Campochiaro, Maria De Santis, Ilaria Cavazzana, Piero Ruscitti, Roberto Giacomelli, Rosario Foti, Lorenzo Dagna, Giovanna Cuomo, Giacomo De Luca, Francesco Caso, Ilenia Di Cola, Clodoveo Ferri, Vincenzo Raimondo, Francesco Ursini, Veronica Brusi, Giuseppe Varcasia, Roberta Pellegrini, Domenico Olivo, Giuseppe Murdaca, Carlo Selmi, Olga Addimanda, Erika Pigatto, Francesca Francioso, Rossella De Angelis, Jacopo Ciaffi, Luana Mancarella, Marcella Visentini, Francesca Motta, Virginia Caira, Alberto Lo Gullo, Caterina Naclerio, Elena Marchetti, Sebastiano Lorusso, Jessica Luppino, Roberta Foti, Massimo Reta

“…Objectives To better define the spectrum of new-onset post-COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 vaccine inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD) from a large multicentric observational study.Methods Consecutive cases of IRD encountered during a 12-month period and satisfying one of the following inclusion criteria: (a) onset of the rheumatic manifestations within 4 weeks from SARS-CoV-2 infection or (b) onset of the rheumatic manifestations within 4 weeks from the administration of one of the COVID-19 vaccines ws recruited.Results The final analysis cohort comprised 267 patients, of which 122 (45.2%) in the post-COVID-19 and 145 (54.8%) in the postvaccine cohort. …”
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Systemic lupus erythematosus in a patient with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: A case report and review of the literature by Chen Sun, Pingyang Han, Juzhen Yan

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Clinical and Serological Findings of Patients with Antiphospholipid Syndrome in Mashhad, Iran, from 2008 to 2018: A Retrospective, Descriptive, Cross-sectional Study by Zahra Rezaieyazdi, Maryam Sahebari, Kianoosh Shahideh, Muhammed Joghatayi, Mandana Khodashahi

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A Rare and Intriguing Case of Wilson's Disease Initially Suspected of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Mandana Khodashahi, Najmeh Mohajeri, Moeid Reza Alipour, Reza Khademi, Nama Mohamadian Roshan, Behzad Aminzadeh, Muhammed Joghatayi

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Obesity and inflammatory arthritis: impact on occurrence, disease characteristics and therapeutic response by Jérémie Sellam, Claire I Daien

“…Knowing the impact of obesity on rheumatic diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis) is thus an important issue. …”
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Cardiovascular disease risk in Korean patients with systemic lupus erythematosus compared to diabetes mellitus and the general population by Jung-Yong Han, Soo-Kyung Cho, Yena Jeon, Gaeun Kang, Sun-Young Jung, Eun Jin Jang, Yoon-Kyoung Sung

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Differences in the response to TNF inhibitors at distinct joint locations in patients with psoriatic arthritis: results from nine European registries by Adrian Ciurea, Seraphina Kissling, Andrea Götschi, Lykke Midtbøll Ørnbjerg, Simon Horskjær Rasmussen, Bálint Tamási, Burkhard Möller, Michael J. Nissen, Bente Glintborg, Anne Gitte Loft, Almut Scherer, René Bräm, Karel Pavelka, Jakub Závada, Joao Madruga Dias, Paula Valente, Bjorn Gudbjornsson, Olafur Palsson, Vappu Rantalaiho, Ritva Peltomaa, Catalin Codreanu, Corina Mogosan, Florenzo Iannone, Marco Sebastiani, Gareth T. Jones, Gary J. Macfarlane, Isabel Castrejon, Ziga Rotar, Brigitte Michelsen, Johan K. Wallman, Irene van der Horst-Bruinsma, Oliver Distler, Mikkel Østergaard, Merete Lund Hetland, Raphael Micheroli, Caroline Ospelt

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Nanoparticles and Inflammation by Ross Stevenson, Axel J. Hueber, Alan Hutton, Iain B. McInnes, Duncan Graham

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Cancer incidence and the influence of immunosuppressive agents in Korean patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a retrospective cohort study by Soo-Kyung Cho, Jung-Yong Han, Yena Jeon, Seung-Hun You, Sun-Young Jung, Eun Jin Jang, Yoon-Kyoung Sung

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Clinical utility of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptid and rheumatoid factor in chronic hepatitis B virus infection by Gokhan Sargin, Altay Kandemir

“…Background: It is necessary to distinguish whether musculoskeletal symptoms are associated with rheumatic diseases or hepatitis virus infection. Rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) may be detected in rheumatic diseases and also during infections. …”
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DC-Based Immunotherapy Combined with Low-Dose Methotrexate Effective in the Treatment of Advanced CIA in Mice by Jun-Eui Park, Jinah Jang, Ji-Hye Choi, Mi-sun Kang, Yun-Ju Woo, Young-Rim Seong, Chan-Bum Choi, Hye-Soon Lee, Sang-Cheol Bae, Yong-Soo Bae

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Long COVID in patients with rheumatologic disease: A single center observational study by Horacio Quinones-Moya, Armando Ocampo-Del Valle, Adolfo Camargo-Coronel, Francisco Javier Jimenez-Balderas, Miriam Berenice Bernal-Enriquez, Pedro Madinabeitia-Rodríguez, Kenia Nahomi Morales-Medino, Cynthia Roque-Ibanez, Mario Raúl Hernandez-Zavala

“…Conclusions: The long COVID syndrome is common in patients with and without rheumatic diseases, and the prevalence of each of these symptoms differs little between these groups. …”
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Meta-analysis of low-concentration atropine eye drops for the management of myopia: Evaluating the limit of 0.05 % concentration by Hua Jiang, Yi Liu

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Memory B cells and their transcriptomic profiles associated with belimumab resistance in systemic lupus erythematosus in the maintenance phase by Takeshi Iwasaki, Takeshi Iwasaki, Hajime Yoshifuji, Koji Kitagori, Shuji Sumitomo, Shuji Akizuki, Ran Nakashima, Hideaki Tsuji, Ryosuke Hiwa, Mirei Shirakashi, Kosaku Murakami, Akira Onishi, Hideo Onizawa, Masao Tanaka, Fumihiko Matsuda, Akio Morinobu, Koichiro Ohmura, Koichiro Ohmura

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Exploring the macro-level, meso-level and micro-level barriers and facilitators to the provision of good quality early inflammatory arthritis (EIA) care in England and Wales by Sam Norton, Cath Taylor, James Galloway, Magdalena Zasada, Mark Yates, Nicola Ayers, Zoë Ide

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Chronic Pain in Inflammatory Arthritis: Mechanisms, Metrology, and Emerging Targets—A Focus on the JAK-STAT Pathway by Fausto Salaffi, Giovanni Giacobazzi, Marco Di Carlo

“…Chronic pain is nowadays considered not only the mainstay symptom of rheumatic diseases but also “a disease itself.” Pain is a multidimensional phenomenon, and in inflammatory arthritis, it derives from multiple mechanisms, involving both synovitis (release of a great number of cytokines) and peripheral and central pain-processing mechanisms (sensitization). …”
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