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    From 1 September, rheumatology services must begin entering patients with a confirmed diagnosis of Connective Tissue Disease (CTD) or Systemic Vasculitis int…

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    • From 1 Sep, rheumatology services must enter patients with confirmed diagnosis of Connective Tissue Disease/Systemic #Vasculitis into the National Early Inflammatory Arthritis Audit. Dr Liz Price and Dr @lanyon_peter discuss the significance https://t.co/EOeIVVGLz6 #NEIAA #CTD https://t.co/OfQrrJ6x4X

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    JavaScript Error JavaScript has been disabled on your browser. You must enable it to continue. Here’s how to enable JavaScript in the following browsers: Internet Explorer From the Tools menu, select Options Click the Content tab Select Enable JavaScript Firefox From the Tools…

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    • Borderline or Weak Positive Autoantibodies in Line Immunoblots How should rheumatologists deal with them? https://t.co/PoPQzwypOx #CTD #Rheum #myositis https://t.co/OufdDMY9iM

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    09 May 2023 In the second of our five-part blog series, we speak to Dr Rizwan Rajak, who has been a rheumatology consultant for 10 years but has always had an interest in education. Rizwan also holds many educational roles which helps our specialty and general medicine trainees. From being a programme director for the rheumatology diploma and master’s…

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    • Dr. Rizwan Rajak explores how our #CTD course enhances clinical practice, boosts confidence, and explores treatment options for connective tissue disorders. Dive into expert insights and read the full blog post here: https://t.co/NLA8YeeSJh https://t.co/f90lObeZNR

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    Objective To characterise associations between individual nailfold capillary aberrations with autoantibodies in a cross-sectional study on children and adults with Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP). Methods Consecutive children and adults with RP and without previously known connective tissue disease (CTD) systemically underwent nailfold capillaroscopy and laboratory tests for the presence of…

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    • 🖐️ Is there any difference in #raynaudsphenomenon between adults & children without previously known #CTD? 👉 Check this study out: https://t.co/RvAJHt9Ffq Nailfold capillary aberrations matched with positive #ANA in 75% of adults 👩 👨 64% of children 👧👦 https://t.co/KlOAVPOO6Q

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    This post will be funded by the £30M NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) in Inflammation and will specifically focus on the Arthritis theme within the Centre. The overarching aim of the Arthritis theme is to improve clinical outcomes for those with, and at risk of developing, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), childhood arthritis and Sjogren’s syndrome (SjS) by developing diagnostic tests,…

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    • Are you a #trainee in #rheum? Exciting Research Fellow posts are available with the Rheumatology Research Group, @unibirmingham. Successful candidates will work across a range of cutting-edge clinical trials and cohort studies in arthritis and #CTD. https://t.co/Qyj5WWofkg https://t.co/DZhUHSw9eX

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    Objective Primary immune thrombocytopaenia (ITP) is highly heterogeneous. ANA-positive primary ITP may resemble the preclinical stage of connective tissue diseases (CTDs), but is still considered primary ITP due to a controversial CTD risk assessment in this group. The objective of this study was to clarify the risk of CTD in ANA-positive patients with primary ITP. Methods We performed a…

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    • This week in @Lupus_SM Dr. Liu and other propose a prediction model which might assist #clinicians in identifying individual patients with primary #ITP at high risk of #CTD especially in the first 4yrs after the first established ITP diagnosis. #SLE #Lupus https://t.co/p6mbmQu8d6

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    Objective Non-pharmacological interventions support patients with connective tissue diseases to better cope with and self-manage their diseases. This study aimed to map existing evidence on non-pharmacological interventions in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), systemic sclerosis (SSc) and mixed connective tissue diseases regarding content, feasibility and potential suitability in…

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    • What is the evidence on #nonpharmacological interventions for #connective tissue #diseases #CTD? ✅based on #physical exercise, #counselling & #education ✅focus: #physical function & capacity 🔴no evidence in mixed CTD 🔗https://t.co/FTU24mjSEf 👨‍⚕️@FerreiraRJO @EduardoJFSantos https://t.co/nkwvykNPht