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"All roads lead to Rome" ventricular tachycardia due to right ventricle involvement in autoimmune and non-autoimmune disease

scientific article published on 22 February 2014

"Joining the dots" for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: personal perspectives of health care from a qualitative study.

scientific article

'All singing from the same hymn sheet': healthcare professionals' perceptions of developing patient education material about the cardiovascular aspects of rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published in December 2009

'Extra information a bit further down the line': rheumatoid arthritis patients' perceptions of developing educational material about the cardiovascular disease risk.

scientific article published in December 2009

A double-blind controlled study comparing sulphasalazine with placebo in rheumatoid factor (RF)-negative rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article

A killer mocking bird

scientific article published on 22 May 2009

A methodological approach to non-invasive assessments of vascular function and morphology

scientific article

A randomized controlled trial of a cognitive behavioural patient education intervention vs a traditional information leaflet to address the cardiovascular aspects of rheumatoid disease.

scientific article published in September 2012

A randomized placebo-controlled trial of methotrexate in psoriatic arthritis

scientific article published on February 17, 2012

Aberrant reactive oxygen and nitrogen species generation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA): causes and consequences for immune function, cell survival, and therapeutic intervention.

scientific article published on March 2010

Acute hydrocortisone administration reduces cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity and heart rate variability in young men

scientific article published on 12 September 2018

Adverse effects of intravenous lignocaine therapy in fibromyalgia syndrome

scientific article

An assessment of back pain and the prevalence of sacroiliitis in sarcoidosis

scientific article published in January 2005

Anemia is associated with mortality following endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm

scientific article published on 09 April 2012

Anti-TNFα therapy may lead to blood pressure reductions through improved endothelium-dependent microvascular function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 28 April 2011

Anti-TNFα therapy transiently improves high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and microvascular endothelial function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot study.

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Anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha therapy improves insulin sensitivity in normal-weight but not in obese patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article published on 5 July 2012

Anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy in ankylosing spondylitis. A need for guidelines

scientific article published on 01 March 2003

Apolipoprotein E gene polymorphisms are strong predictors of inflammation and dyslipidemia in rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 15 December 2011

Are lipid ratios less susceptible to change with systemic inflammation than individual lipid components in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?

scientific article published on 3 August 2010

Arrhythmogenic Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: A Challenge for Cardio-Rheumatology

scientific article published on 10 December 2019

Arterial hypertension assessed "out-of-office" in a contemporary cohort of rheumatoid arthritis patients free of cardiovascular disease is characterized by high prevalence, low awareness, poor control and increased vascular damage-associated "white c

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Assessing patient, carer and healthcare professional education provided by the Birmingham Arthritis Resource Centre (BARC)

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Association between corrected QT interval and inflammatory cytokines in rheumatoid arthritis

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Association between seven single nucleotide polymorphisms involved in inflammation and proteolysis and abdominal aortic aneurysm

scientific article published on 7 March 2014

Association of interleukin-6 (IL-6)-174G/C gene polymorphism with cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the role of obesity and smoking

scientific article published on 6 September 2008

Association of physical inactivity with increased cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article published in April 2009

Association of serum uric acid with cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 21 July 2007

Association of the TRAF1/C5 locus with increased mortality, particularly from malignancy or sepsis, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on January 2009

Associations between asymmetric dimethylarginine, homocysteine, and the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism (rs1801133) in rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article published on 24 November 2015

Associations of obesity with modifiable risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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Asymmetric dimethylarginine as a surrogate marker of endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular risk in patients with systemic rheumatic diseases.

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Asymmetric dimethylarginine is not associated with subendocardial viability ratio in Rheumatoid Arthritis

scientific article published on 10 January 2014

Atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis Versus Diabetes

scientific article published on 16 July 2009

Authorship problems in scholarly journals: considerations for authors, peer reviewers and editors

scientific article

Autonomic function and rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review

scientific article

Avoidance of unhealthy fattening: a longstanding proposal

scientific article published on 19 October 2006

B-type natriuretic peptide in rheumatic diseases: a cardiac biomarker or a sophisticated acute phase reactant?

scientific article published on 28 February 2012

Best peer reviewers and the quality of peer review in biomedical journals

scientific article published on August 1, 2012

Biologic therapies and systemic bone loss in rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article published on 29 March 2013

Biomarkers in systemic sclerosis-related pulmonary arterial hypertension

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

Biomedical journal editing: elements of success

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

Blockade of tumour necrosis factor-alpha in rheumatoid arthritis: effects on components of rheumatoid cachexia.

scientific article published in December 2007

Breast cancer therapy and cardiovascular risk: focus on trastuzumab

scientific article

Bronchial MALT lymphoma in longstanding rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 25 January 2005

Burden of disease in treated rheumatoid arthritis patients: going beyond the joint

scientific article published on 27 September 2013

C-reactive protein polymorphism rs3091244 is associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm

scientific article published on 15 October 2013

CMR feature tracking in cardiac asymptomatic systemic sclerosis: Clinical implications

scientific article published on 21 August 2019

Can cardiovascular magnetic resonance prompt early cardiovascular/rheumatic treatment in autoimmune rheumatic diseases? Current practice and future perspectives

scientific article published on 07 March 2018

Can suppression of inflammation by anti-TNF prevent progression of subclinical atherosclerosis in inflammatory arthritis?

scientific article published on June 2014

Cancer risk in systemic sclerosis: identifying risk and managing high-risk patients

scientific article published on 05 November 2020

Cardiac Tissue Characterization and Imaging in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases

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Cardiac and muscular involvement in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: noninvasive diagnostic assessment and the role of cardiovascular and skeletal magnetic resonance imaging.

scientific article published on January 2014

Cardiac involvement in antiphospholipid syndrome: The diagnostic role of noninvasive cardiac imaging

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Cardiac tissue characterization and the diagnostic value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in systemic connective tissue diseases

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

Cardiorespiratory fitness levels and their association with cardiovascular profile in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study

scientific article

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Identifies High-Risk Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Normal Echocardiograms and Provides Incremental Prognostic Value

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

Cardiovascular co-morbidity in early rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article published on February 2009

Cardiovascular comorbidity in rheumatic diseases

scientific article published on 18 August 2015

Cardiovascular disease and psychological morbidity among rheumatoid arthritis patients.

scientific article published on 2 November 2004

Cardiovascular disease assessment in rheumatoid arthritis: a guide to translating knowledge of cardiovascular risk into clinical practice

scientific article published on 07 March 2014

Cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis: state of the art and future perspectives

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Cardiovascular education for people with rheumatoid arthritis: what can existing patient education programmes teach us?

scientific article published on 09 July 2011

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in asymptomatic patients with connective tissue disease and recent onset left bundle branch block

scientific article published on 04 December 2013

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging pattern at the time of diagnosis of treatment naïve patients with connective tissue diseases

scientific article published on February 2017

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging pattern in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases and ventricular tachycardia with preserved ejection fraction

scientific article published on 25 October 2018

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in rheumatology: Current status and recommendations for use.

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Cardiovascular risk assessment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis using carotid ultrasound B-mode imaging

scientific article published on 28 August 2020

Cardiovascular risk factors and not disease activity, severity or therapy associate with renal dysfunction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 10 March 2009

Cardiovascular risk factors in women with primary Sjögren's syndrome: United Kingdom primary Sjögren's syndrome registry results

scientific article published in May 2014

Cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes: how does it compare and when does it start?

scientific article published on 30 March 2011

Cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis: assessment, management and next steps

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Cigarette smoking associates with body weight and muscle mass of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional, observational study.

scientific article published on 20 May 2008

Cigarette smoking significantly increases basal metabolic rate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published in January 2008

Circulating levels of TNF-like cytokine 1A correlate with the progression of atheromatous lesions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 26 March 2013

Classical cardiovascular disease risk factors associate with vascular function and morphology in rheumatoid arthritis: a six-year prospective study.

scientific article published on January 2013

Clinical outcome of ultrasound-guided steroid injections for chronic shoulder pain.

scientific article published on 18 January 2013

Clinical queries addressed in patients with systemic autoimmune diseases. Can cardiovascular magnetic resonance give the final solution?

scientific article published in January 2014

Clinical remission following treatment with tumour necrosis factor-alpha antagonists is not accompanied by changes in asymmetric dimethylarginine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 20 July 2012

Cluster headache or giant cell arteritis?

scientific article published on November 20, 2008

Colchicine as an anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective agent.

scientific article published on 04 August 2015

Combined Brain-Heart Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Patients with Cardiac Symptoms: Hypothesis Generating Insights from a Cross-sectional Study

scientific article published on 06 February 2020

Combined brain and heart magnetic resonance imaging in systemic vasculitides: fiction or real need?

Comment on: Delay in presentation to primary care physicians is the main reason why patients with rheumatoid arthritis are seen late by rheumatologists

scientific article published on 07 March 2008

Comorbidity burden in systemic sclerosis: beyond disease-specific complications

scientific article published on 12 July 2019

Comparison of the effects of exercise and anti-TNF treatment on cardiovascular health in rheumatoid arthritis: results from two controlled trials

scientific article published on 12 November 2018

Comprehensive Approach to Open Access Publishing: Platforms and Tools

scientific article published on 15 July 2019

Conflicts of interest in biomedical publications: considerations for authors, peer reviewers, and editors.

scientific article published on December 2013

Could IL-6 inhibition prevent exercise-induced fat loss in RA?

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Cumulative inflammation associates with asymmetric dimethylarginine in rheumatoid arthritis: a 6 year follow-up study

scientific article published on 03 September 2014

Current understanding and future perspectives of brain-heart-kidney axis in psoriatic arthritis

scientific article published on 27 June 2020

Derangement of hemostasis in rheumatoid arthritis: association with demographic, inflammatory and metabolic factors

scientific article published on 15 May 2013

Development and initial validation of a heart disease knowledge questionnaire for people with rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article published on 22 April 2009

Development and initial validation of the vasculitis damage index for the standardized clinical assessment of damage in the systemic vasculitides

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Diffuse, subendocardial vasculitis. A new entity identified by cardiovascular magnetic resonance and its clinical implications

scientific article published on 04 May 2013

Disease activity and low physical activity associate with number of hospital admissions and length of hospitalisation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article published on 29 June 2011

Disease assessment and management of the vasculitides

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Distribution of effusion in knee arthritis as measured by high-resolution ultrasound

scientific article published on 24 April 2012

Diversity, value and limitations of the journal impact factor and alternative metrics

scientific article published on 23 December 2011

Dyslipidaemia in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Role of Inflammation, Drugs, Lifestyle and Genetic Factors

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

EULAR evidence-based recommendations for cardiovascular risk management in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other forms of inflammatory arthritis

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Edema and fibrosis imaging by cardiovascular magnetic resonance: how can the experience of Cardiology be best utilized in rheumatological practice?

scientific article published on 23 January 2014

Educating science editors: is there a comprehensive strategy?

scientific article published on December 2014

Excellence in Rheumatology 2012 25-28 January Madrid

scientific article published on 01 February 2012

Excess recurrent cardiac events in rheumatoid arthritis patients with acute coronary syndrome

scientific article published on 3 August 2005

Factors associated with parasympathetic activation following exercise in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study

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Fostering autonomous motivation, physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness in rheumatoid arthritis: protocol and rationale for a randomised control trial

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Free radicals and redox signalling in T-cells during chronic inflammation and ageing

scientific article published in October 2011

Galectin-2 (LGALS2) 3279C/T polymorphism may be independently associated with diastolic blood pressure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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Heart failure imaging patterns in systemic lupus erythematosus. Evaluation using cardiovascular magnetic resonance

scientific article published on 12 July 2014

Heart involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: multimodality imaging and the emerging role of cardiac magnetic resonance

scientific article published on 17 June 2013

Homocysteine from endothelial cells promotes LDL nitration and scavenger receptor uptake

scientific article published on 15 November 2005

Hypertension in rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article published on 08 May 2008

Hypertension is not a disease of the left arm: a difficult diagnosis of hypertension in Takayasu's arteritis

scientific article published on 01 August 2001

Imaging Patterns of Cardiovascular Involvement in Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Evaluated by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

scientific article published in January 2015

Imaging modalities for the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis.

scientific article published on 07 February 2012

Immunodeficiencies associated with sulphasalazine therapy in inflammatory arthritis

scientific article published on December 1, 1991

Impaired renal function is associated with mortality and morbidity after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

scientific article published on 14 May 2013

Importance of standardized methodology to comparisons between studies of rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular disease: Comment on the article by Giles et al

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

In vivo microvascular and macrovascular endothelial function is not associated with circulating dimethylarginines in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective analysis of the DRACCO cohort

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Increase in systemic vascular resistance during acute mental stress in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with high-grade systemic inflammation

scientific article published on 11 September 2007

Increased levels of antibodies to cytokeratin 18 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ischaemic heart disease.

scientific article published on April 2004

Individualised aerobic and resistance exercise training improves cardiorespiratory fitness and reduces cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 15 November 2012

Individualised exercise improves endothelial function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article published on 31 July 2013

Inflammation, carotid intima-media thickness and atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 16 January 2008

Inflammatory arthritis as a novel risk factor for cardiovascular disease

scientific article published on 28 July 2012

Influence of acetylator status on sulphasalazine efficacy and toxicity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 01 January 1992

Interrelated reduction of chemerin and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 serum levels in rheumatoid arthritis after interleukin-6 receptor blockade

scientific article published on 10 June 2014

Interview with Professor George D. Kitas, Chair of Excellence in Rheumatology

scientific article published on October 1, 2011

Intra-articular corticosteroid injection in osteoarthritis of the knee and hip: factors predicting pain relief--a systematic review

scientific article published on 29 January 2013

Inverted BMI rather than BMI is a better proxy for percentage of body fat

scientific article published on 17 August 2011

Is There a Brain/Heart Interaction in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Seronegative Spondyloartropathies? A Combined Brain/Heart Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reveals the Answer

scientific article published on 19 June 2020

Is there a place for cardiovascular magnetic resonance conditional devices in systemic inflammatory diseases?

scientific article published on 15 February 2016

Lack of an association of GNB3 C825T polymorphism and blood pressure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published in July 2009

Lack of association between glucocorticoid use and presence of the metabolic syndrome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study.

scientific article published on 17 December 2008

Lack of association between polymorphisms of thrombogenic genes and disease susceptibility in rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article published on 31 March 2012

Large vessel vasculitis in a patient with acute Q-fever: A case report

scientific article published on 31 July 2014

Long-term exposure to medium-dose glucocorticoid therapy associates with hypertension in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article published in January 2008

Lymphotoxin 252A>G polymorphism is common and associates with myocardial infarction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 29 January 2008

Mean platelet volume in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the effect of anti-TNF-α therapy

scientific article published on 12 January 2010

Mean platelet volume: a link between thrombosis and inflammation?

scientific article published on January 2011

Measurement of sedentary time and physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis: an ActiGraph and activPAL™ validation study

scientific article published on 29 May 2020

Measuring fatigue among women with Sjögren's syndrome or rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison of the Profile of Fatigue (ProF) and the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI).

scientific article published in March 2008

Measuring the positive psychological well-being of people with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional validation of the subjective vitality scale

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Meeting the needs of children who have parents with chronic inflammatory musculoskeletal diseases

scientific article published on 23 June 2010

Microalbuminuria in rheumatoid arthritis in the post penicillamine/gold era: association with hypertension, but not therapy or inflammation.

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Molecular and cellular pathways as treatment targets for biologic therapies in systemic sclerosis

scientific article published on January 2015

Multicenter Cross-sectional Study of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Greece: Results from a cohort of 2.491 patients

scientific article published on 19 March 2018

Multidisciplinary bibliographic databases

scientific article published on September 2013

Multimodality imaging and the emerging role of cardiac magnetic resonance in autoimmune myocarditis

scientific article published on May 19, 2012

Multiple lead spinal cord stimulation for chronic mechanical low back pain: a comparative study with intrathecal opioid drug delivery

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Myocardial ischaemia without obstructive coronary artery disease in rheumatoid arthritis: hypothesis-generating insights from a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 26 November 2012

Myocardial stress perfusion-fibrosis imaging pattern in sarcoidosis, assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

scientific article published on 16 January 2014

Neuropathic pain in osteoarthritis: a review of pathophysiological mechanisms and implications for treatment.

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New resting energy expenditure prediction equations for patients with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 27 February 2008

Obesity as an independent predictor of outcome after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

scientific article published on 28 December 2013

Obesity in rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on October 19, 2010

Obstructive sleep apnoea as a cause of fatigue in ankylosing spondylitis

scientific article published in February 2003

Open access: changing global science publishing.

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Osteoarthritis pain has a significant neuropathic component: an exploratory in vivo patient model.

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Patient education on cardiovascular aspects of rheumatoid disease: an unmet need

scientific article published on 22 August 2007

Patient evaluation of a novel patient education leaflet about heart disease risk among people with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 6 May 2011

Perceived Barriers, Facilitators and Benefits for Regular Physical Activity and Exercise in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Review of the Literature

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Performance of four current risk algorithms in predicting cardiovascular events in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 3 January 2014

Plagiarism in the Context of Education and Evolving Detection Strategies

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Platelet function and antiplatelet therapy in cardiovascular disease: implications of genetic polymorphisms

scientific article published in July 2011

Platelet function in rheumatoid arthritis: arthritic and cardiovascular implications.

scientific article published on February 2011

Platelets in rheumatoid arthritis: exploring the anti-inflammatory and antithrombotic potential of TNF inhibitors.

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Polymorphisms of the endothelin-1 gene associate with hypertension in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on July 2008

Predatory Publishing Is a Threat to Non-Mainstream Science

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Prediction of cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis: performance of original and adapted SCORE algorithms.

scientific article published on 17 February 2015

Predictors of asymmetric dimethylarginine levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the role of insulin resistance

scientific article published on 14 January 2013

Predictors of fatigue over 1 year among people with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published in August 2008

Predictors of medication adherence in people with rheumatoid arthritis: studies are necessary but non-validated measures of medication adherence are of concern

scientific article published on 21 June 2005

Predictors of new atherosclerotic carotid plaque development in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a longitudinal study

scientific article published on March 5, 2012

Preserving the Integrity of Citations and References by All Stakeholders of Science Communication

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Prevalence and associations of hypertension and its control in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 17 August 2007

Prevalence and predictors of ocular manifestations of RA: is there a need for routine screening?

scientific article published on 01 June 2007

Prevalence of risk factors for statin-induced myopathy in rheumatoid arthritis patients.

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Primed and naive helper T cells in labial glands from patients with Sjogren's syndrome

scientific article published on 01 January 1991

Prolonged QTc interval predicts all-cause mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: an association driven by high inflammatory burden

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Promoting transparent and accurate reporting of research studies in rheumatology: Endorsement of reporting guidelines in rheumatology journals

scientific article published on March 5, 2013

Prospects of using cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the identification of arrhythmogenic substrate in autoimmune rheumatic diseases

scientific article published on 24 July 2018

Pseudo-infarction pattern in diffuse systemic sclerosis. Evaluation using cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

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Psychological well-being across 1 year with rheumatoid arthritis: coping resources as buffers of perceived stress.

scientific article published on September 2007

Publishing Ethics and Predatory Practices: A Dilemma for All Stakeholders of Science Communication

scientific article (publication date: August 2015)

Purification of human blood eosinophils by negative selection using immunomagnetic beads

scientific article published on 01 August 1989

Qualitative methodologies I: asking research questions with reflexive insight.

scientific article published in September 2007

Quantitative flow cytometry for the analysis of T cell receptor Vbeta chain expression

scientific article published on 01 May 1999

Randomised controlled trial of a home-based physical activity intervention in breast cancer survivors

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Randomised, double-blind controlled trial by dose reduction of implanted intrathecal morphine delivery in chronic non-cancer pain

scientific article published on 31 July 2013

Reactions to disability in patients with early versus established rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on January 2004

Redefining overweight and obesity in rheumatoid arthritis patients.

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Relationship between dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase gene variants and asymmetric dimethylarginine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 27 August 2014

Research in Musculoskeletal Care: the Dudley interdisciplinary experience

scientific article published on 01 June 2007

Researcher and Author Impact Metrics: Variety, Value, and Context.

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Researcher and Author Profiles: Opportunities, Advantages, and Limitations.

scientific article published on November 2017

Rewarding peer reviewers: maintaining the integrity of science communication

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Rheumatoid arthritis is sufficient to cause atheromatosis but not arterial stiffness or hypertrophy in the absence of classical cardiovascular risk factors

scientific article published on 11 March 2015

Rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility genes associate with lipid levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article published on 11 March 2011

Rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease and physical exercise: a systematic review.

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Rheumatoid arthritis: Testing the inflammation-insulin resistance link in clinical trials

scientific article published on 19 November 2013

Rheumatoid arthritis: an autoimmune disease with female preponderance and cardiovascular risk equivalent to diabetes mellitus: role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

scientific article published on January 2014

Rheumatoid arthritis: is it a coronary heart disease equivalent?

scientific article published on July 2011

Rheumatoid cachexia and cardiovascular disease.

scientific article published on 20 July 2010

Rheumatology patient preferences for timing and location of out-patient clinics.

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Risk assessment for coronary heart disease in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis

scientific article published in January 2004

Rosuvastatin-Induced Carotid Plaque Regression in Patients With Inflammatory Joint Diseases: The Rosuvastatin in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis and Other Inflammatory Joint Diseases Study

scientific article published in July 2015

Scientific Hypotheses: Writing, Promoting, and Predicting Implications

scientific article published on 25 November 2019

Second-line agents in myositis: 1-year factorial trial of additional immunosuppression in patients who have partially responded to steroids

scientific article published on 27 November 2014

Self-correction in biomedical publications and the scientific impact

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Serum samples that have been stored long-term (>10 years) can be used as a suitable data source for developing cardiovascular risk prediction models in large observational rheumatoid arthritis cohorts

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Serum uric acid is independently associated with hypertension in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article published on 25 October 2007

Short-term effects of rituximab on flow-mediated dilatation may be mediated by intravenous glucocorticoids: comment on the article by Gonzalez-Juanatey et al.

scientific article published in June 2009

Sleep disruption frequency in rheumatoid arthritis: perceived stress predicts poor outcome over one year.

scientific article published in March 2007

Specialist Bibliographic Databases.

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Spinal cord stimulation in Buerger's disease

scientific article published on December 2002

Statement on Publication Ethics for Editors and Publishers

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Statin treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: comment on the editorial by Ridker and Solomon

scientific article published in January 2010

Statin use in rheumatoid arthritis in relation to actual cardiovascular risk: evidence for substantial undertreatment of lipid-associated cardiovascular risk?

scientific article published on 23 October 2009

Strategies for implementation of guideline recommended cardiovascular risk management for patients with rheumatoid arthritis: results from a questionnaire survey of expert rheumatology centers

scientific article published on 22 February 2020

Subclinical Atherosclerosis Is Not Accelerated in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis with Low Disease Activity: New Data and Metaanalysis of Published Studies

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Subclinical atherosclerosis in systemic sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis: a comparative matched-cohort study

scientific article published on 08 August 2020

Subclinical femoral atheromatosis in rheumatoid arthritis: comparable prevalence to diabetes mellitus in a case-control study

scientific article published on 04 July 2012

Subclinical peripheral arterial disease in rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 12 May 2010

Subjective and objective levels of physical activity and their association with cardiorespiratory fitness in rheumatoid arthritis patients

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Sulphasalazine in psoriatic arthritis: a double-blind placebo-controlled study.

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Suprarenal graft fixation in endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair is associated with a decrease in renal function

scientific article published on 11 May 2012

Symmetric Dimethylarginine Is Not Associated with Cumulative Inflammatory Load or Classical Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A 6-Year Follow-Up Study

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Symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) serum levels in rheumatoid arthritis: correlations with insulin resistance and disease activity scores

scientific article published on 13 March 2015

Systematic and open identification of researchers and authors: focus on open researcher and contributor ID

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Systematic review of the predictors of statin adherence for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Systemic autoimmune diseases, anti-rheumatic therapies, COVID-19 infection risk and patient outcomes

scientific article published on 11 July 2020

T-cell functional defects in rheumatoid arthritis: intrinsic or extrinsic?

scientific article published on August 1988

Tackling ischaemic heart disease in rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 01 May 2003

Target organ damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the role of blood pressure and heart rate

scientific article published on 31 August 2009

The Additive Value of Femoral Ultrasound for Subclinical Atherosclerosis Assessment in a Single Center Cohort of 962 Adults, Including High Risk Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

scientific article published on 31 July 2015

The Doubled-Edged Sword of T1-Mapping in Systemic Sclerosis-A Comparison with Infectious Myocarditis Using Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

scientific article published on 24 May 2020

The Journal Impact Factor: Moving Toward an Alternative and Combined Scientometric Approach.

scientific article published on February 2017

The Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio as an Inflammatory Marker in Rheumatic Diseases

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

The Pressure to Publish More and the Scope of Predatory Publishing Activities

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The association between functional and morphological assessments of endothelial function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study

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The association between microvascular and macrovascular endothelial function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study.

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The autoimmune-associated genetic variant PTPN22 R620W enhances neutrophil activation and function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and healthy individuals

scientific article published on 24 March 2014

The common-sense model of self-regulation of health and illness: how can we use it to understand and respond to our patients' needs?

scientific article published on 19 April 2007

The effects of a home-based physical activity intervention on cardiorespiratory fitness in breast cancer survivors; a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 26 July 2017

The effects of exercise on cardiovascular disease risk factors and cardiovascular physiology in rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 04 December 2019

The effects of the spleen tyrosine kinase inhibitor fostamatinib on ambulatory blood pressure in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: results of the OSKIRA-ABPM (ambulatory blood pressure monitoring) randomized trial.

scientific article published on 4 September 2014

The health and life experiences of mothers with rheumatoid arthritis: a phenomenological study

scientific article published on 01 December 2007

The impact of anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy for rheumatoid arthritis on the use of other drugs and hospital resources in a pragmatic setting

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

The impact of inflammation on metabolomic profiles in patients with arthritis

scientific article published on August 2013

The inter-operator variability in measuring waist circumference and its potential impact on the diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome

scientific article published on 01 July 2008

The kinetics of interaction between lymphocytes and magnetic polymer particles

scientific article published on 01 September 1989

The rationale for comparative studies of accelerated atherosclerosis in rheumatic diseases

scientific article published on 01 July 2010

The relationship of medical, demographic and psychosocial factors to direct and indirect health utility instruments in rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article published on 3 February 2006

The role of exercise in the management of rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

The role of inflammation and cardiovascular disease risk on microvascular and macrovascular endothelial function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study

scientific article published on May 17, 2012

The role of inflammation, the autonomic nervous system and classical cardiovascular disease risk factors on subendocardial viability ratio in patients with RA: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study.

scientific article published on 28 November 2012

The role of multimodality imaging in the evaluation of Takayasu arteritis.

scientific article published on 22 August 2012

The significance of vascular inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on October 1994

Three months of moderate-intensity exercise reduced plasma 3-nitrotyrosine in rheumatoid arthritis patients

scientific article published on 10 April 2014

Transforming growth factor-beta1 869T/C, but not interleukin-6 -174G/C, polymorphism associates with hypertension in rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 23 December 2008

Translating patient education theory into practice: developing material to address the cardiovascular education needs of people with rheumatoid arthritis.

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Treatment of psoriatic arthritis with sulphasalazine: a one year open study.

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Treatment patterns and achievement of the treat-to-target goals in a real-life rheumatoid arthritis patient cohort: data from 1317 patients

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Underweight and obese states both associate with worse disease activity and physical function in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article published on 19 December 2008

Updated Editorial Guidance for Quality and Reliability of Research Output

scientific article published on 16 August 2018

Upgrading instructions for authors of scholarly journals

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Use of a corporate needs assessment to define the information requirements of an arthritis resource centre in Birmingham: comparison of patients' and professionals' views

scientific article published on 24 August 2004

Use of methotrexate therapy is not associated with decreased prevalence of metabolic syndrome - authors' response

Validation of a novel ELISA for measurement of MDA-LDL in human plasma.

scientific article published in September 2003

Well-being in rheumatoid arthritis: the effects of disease duration and psychosocial factors

scientific article published in May 2005

What predicts obesity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis? An investigation of the interactions between lifestyle and inflammation

scientific article published on 27 October 2009

Writing a narrative biomedical review: considerations for authors, peer reviewers, and editors.

scientific article published on 29 July 2011

‘Compliance’ is futile but is ‘concordance’ between rheumatology patients and health professionals attainable?

scientific article published in January 2006

‘Concealing the Evidence’: The Importance of Appearance Concerns for Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

scientific article published in August 2006