Publications
Research
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Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 Mar 22;keac174. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac174. Online ahead of print.
The impact of a csDMARD in combination with a TNF inhibitor on drug retention and clinical remission in axial spondylarthritis.
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35323903
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RMD Open. 2022 Feb;8(1):e001955. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-001955.
Measuring quality of life of patients with axial spondyloarthritis for economic evaluation.
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35177554
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Ann Rheum Dis. 2021 Dec 31; annrheumdis-2021-221490. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221490. Online ahead of print.
Safety of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: results from the EULAR Coronavirus Vaccine (COVAX) physician-reported registry.
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34972811
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Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Dec 23; keab945. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab945. Online ahead of print.
European bio-naïve spondyloarthritis patients initiating TNFi: Time trends in baseline characteristics, treatment retention and response.
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34940840
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Lancet Rheumatol. 2021 Dec;3(12):e855-e864. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(21)00316-7. Epub 2021 Nov 5.
Outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with primary systemic vasculitis or polymyalgia rheumatica from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician registry: a retrospective cohort study.
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34778843
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RMD Open. 2021 Nov; 7(3):e001766. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-001766.
Health-related quality of life and disability in adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: comparison with adult-onset rheumatic diseases.
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34819385
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Clin Rheumatol. 2021 Nov 20. doi: 10.1007/s10067-021-05997-w. Online ahead of print.
Gender differences in clinical features and outcomes of a Portuguese systemic sclerosis cohort.
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34799767
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RMD Open. 2021 Nov; 7(3):e001818. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-001818.
Analysing and reporting of observational data: a systematic review informing the EULAR points to consider when analysing and reporting comparative effectiveness research with observational data in rheumatology.
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34789534
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Ann Rheum Dis. 2021 Nov; 80(11):1410-1418. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-220097. Epub 2021 Jun 3.
Effectiveness and treatment retention of TNF inhibitors when used as monotherapy versus comedication with csDMARDs in 15 332 patients with psoriatic arthritis. Data from the EuroSpA collaboration.
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34083206
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JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Oct 1; 4(10):e2129639. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen. 2021.29639.
Association between tumor necrosis factor inhibitors and the risk of hospitalization or death among patients with immune-mediated inflammatory disease and COVID-19.
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34661663
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Ann Rheum Dis. 2021 Sep;80(9):1137-1146. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-220418. Epub 2021 May 28.
Associations of baseline use of biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs with COVID-19 severity in rheumatoid arthritis: Results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician registry.
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34049860
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Acta Reumatol Port. Jul-Sep 2021; 46(3):257-265.
Ten years of a systemic sclerosis clinic in a tertiary referral centre - insights and future directions.
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34628459
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Ann Rheum Dis. 2021 Sep 6; annrheumdis-2021-221217. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221217. Online ahead of print.
SARS-CoV-2 infection after vaccination in patients with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.
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34489305
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JMIR Med Inform. 2021 Jul 30; 9(7):e26823. doi: 10.2196/26823.
Predicting biologic therapy outcome of patients with Spondyloarthritis: joint models for longitudinal and survival analysis.
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34328435
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Ann Rheum Dis. 2021 Jul; 80(7):930-942. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-219498. Epub 2021 Jan 27.
Factors associated with COVID-19-related death in people with rheumatic diseases: results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry.
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33504483
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Acta Reumatol Port. Jan-Mar 2021; 46(1):7-14.
Association of body mass index with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis disease activity: a Portuguese and Brazilian collaborative analysis.
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33811486
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Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2021 Jan 18. doi: 10.1002/acr.24560. Online ahead of print.
Real-world 6 and 12-month drug retention, remission and response rates of Secukinumab in 2,017 Psoriatic Arthritis patients in 13 European Countries.
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33460531
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Acta Reumatol Port. Oct-Dec 2020; 45(4):245-252.
Remission and low disease activity matrix tools: results in real-world rheumatoid arthritis patients under anti-TNF therapy.
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33420771
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Drugs Aging 2020 Dec; 37(12):899-907. doi: 10.1007/s40266-020-00801-x. Epub 2020 Nov 18.
Safety and effectiveness of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in older patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective cohort study.
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33205322
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Acta Reumatol Port. Jul-Sep 2020; 45(3):177-182.
Early retirement attributed to rheumatoid arthritis and its predictors.
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33139676
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Acta Reumatol Port. Jul-Sep 2020; 45(3):170-176.
Belimumab in the treatment of Portuguese Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients: a real-life multicenter study.
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33139681
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RMD Open. 2020 Sep; 6(3):e001280. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2020-001280.
Drug retention, inactive disease and response rates in 1860 patients with axial spondyloarthritis initiating secukinumab treatment: routine care data from 13 registries in the EuroSpA collaboration.
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32950963
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Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 Sep 1; 59(9):2455-2461. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez656.
Impact of discordance between patient's and evaluator's global assessment on treatment outcomes in 14 868 patients with spondyloarthritis.
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31960053
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Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 Jul 1; 59(7):1640-1650. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez427.
Retention and response rates in 14 261 PsA patients starting TNF inhibitor treatment-results from 12 countries in EuroSpA.
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31665497
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Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2020 May 5; 15(1):110. doi: 10.1186/s13023-020-01381-0.
Reuma.pt/vasculitis - the Portuguese vasculitis registry.
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32370776
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J Rheumatol. 2020 May 1;47(5):690-700. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.181272. Epub 2019 Aug 1.
Real-World Long-Term Effectiveness of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients from the Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register.
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31371659
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Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2020 Feb;50(1):17-24. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2019.06.020. Epub 2019 Jun 28.
Comparative effectiveness of TNF inhibitors and tocilizumab with and without conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in a pan-European observational cohort of bio-naïve patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Pmid:
31280937
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RMD Open. 2020 Jan; 6(1):e001145. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2019-001145.
Eligibility criteria for biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in axial spondyloarthritis: going beyond BASDAI.
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32144137
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BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2019 Dec 30; 19(1):289. doi: 10.1186/s12911-019-1013-7.
AliClu - Temporal sequence alignment for clustering longitudinal clinical data.
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31888660
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Rheumatology (Oxford). 2019 Dec 1;58(12):2221-2229. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez221.
Drug retention of biological DMARD in rheumatoid arthritis patients: the role of baseline characteristics and disease evolution.
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31209481
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Acta Reumatol Port. Oct-Dec 2019; 44(4):281-287.
Loss to follow-up in registries of rheumatic patients treated with biologics: a potential information bias in assessing pharmacovigilance and efficacy outcomes.
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32281966
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Acta Reumatol Port. Oct-Dec 2019; 44(4):266-272.
Biologic therapy use and pregnancy outcomes in women with immune-mediated inflammatory rheumatic diseases.
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32008032
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Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Nov;78(11):1536-1544. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215427. Epub 2019 Aug 20.
Treatment response and drug retention rates in 24 195 biologic-naïve patients with axial spondyloarthritis initiating TNFi treatment: routine care data from 12 registries in the EuroSpA collaboration.
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31431486
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Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Nov;78(11):1545-1549. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215707. Epub 2019 Jul 30.
Do patients with axial spondyloarthritis with radiographic sacroiliitis fulfil both the modified New York criteria and the ASAS axial spondyloarthritis criteria? Results from eight cohorts.
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31362994
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Acta Reumatol Port. 2019 Apr-Jun;44(2):103-113.
Tocilizumab and rituximab have similar effectiveness and are both superior to a second tumour necrosis factor inhibitor in rheumatoid arthritis patients who discontinued a first TNF inhibitor.
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31243259
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Acta Reumatol Port. 2019 Jan-Mar;44(1):57-64.
Predictors and causes of first-line biologic agent discontinuation in rheumatoid arthritis: data from Reuma.pt.
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31249276
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RMD Open. 2018 Nov 5;4(2):e000809. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2018-000809.
Comparative effectiveness of subcutaneous tocilizumab versus intravenous tocilizumab in a pan-European collaboration of registries.
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30488002
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Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Sep;77(9):1276-1282. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212845. Epub 2018 May 5.
Comparative effectiveness of tocilizumab versus TNF inhibitors as monotherapy or in combination with conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis after the use of at least one biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug: analyses from the pan-European TOCERRA register collaboration.
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29730637
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Front Med (Lausanne). 2018 Mar 8; 5:40. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2018.00040.
Common evaluations of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis reach discordant classifications across different populations.
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29662880
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Acta Reumatol Port. 2018 Jan-Mar;43(1):8-9.
Reuma.pt – structure and innovation.
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29602162
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Acta Reumatol Port. 2018 Jan-Mar;43(1):6-7.
Reuma.pt - the start and the purpose.
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29602161
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Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Dec;76(12):2025-2030. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211623. Epub 2017 Aug 19.
Spectrum of lymphomas across different drug treatment groups in rheumatoid arthritis: a European registries collaborative project.
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28822981
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Acta Reumatol Port. 2017 Oct-Dec;42(4):287-299.
Effectiveness of early adalimumab therapy in psoriatic arthritis patients from Reuma.pt - EARLY PsA.
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29342473
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Acta Reumatol Port. 2017 Jul-Sep;42(3):232-239.
Reuma.pt contribution to the knowledge of immune-mediated systemic rheumatic diseases.
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28917219
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Acta Reumatol Port. 2017 Jun;42(Apr-Jun):141-149.
Real-life effectiveness of Golimumab in biologic-naïve patients with rheumatoid arthritis - data from the Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register (Reuma.pt).
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28371797
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Clin Rheumatol. 2017 Apr;36(4):773-779.
Body mass does not impact the clinical response to intravenous abatacept in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Analysis from the "pan-European registry collaboration for abatacept (PANABA).
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27966068
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Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2017 Apr 19;15(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s12969-017-0161-5.
A survey of national and multi-national registries and cohort studies in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: challenges and opportunities.
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28424093
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Front Med (Lausanne). 2017 Mar 1;4:12. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2017.00012. eCollection 2017.149.
Genetic Screening of Mutations Associated with Fabry Disease in a Nationwide Cohort of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients.
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28299312
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Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Feb;76(2):386-391. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209285. Epub 2016 Jun 15.
Risk of invasive melanoma in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with biologics: results from a collaborative project of 11 European biologic registers.
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27307502
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J Rheumatol. 2017 Feb;44(2):162-169.
Rituximab Retreatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Real-life Cohort: Data from the CERERRA Collaboration.
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28089978
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Acta Reumatol Port. 2017 Jan-Mar;42(1):55-65.
Predictors of response to TNF blockers in patients with polyarticular psoriatic arthritis.
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27750274
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RMD Open. 2016 Sep 22;2(2):e000304. eCollection 2016.
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis in adulthood: fulfilment of classification criteria for adult rheumatic diseases, long-term outcomes and predictors of inactive disease, functional status and damage.
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27752356
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EBioMedicine. 2016 Sep;11:302-306. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.08.024. Epub 2016 Aug 18.
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients after Initiation of a New Biologic Agent: Trajectories of Disease Activity in a Large Multinational Cohort Study.
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27558858
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Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Jul;75(7):1336-42. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207760. Epub 2015 Sep 15.
Effectiveness of tocilizumab with and without synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis: results from a European collaborative study.
Pmid:
26374404
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Rheumatol Int. 2016 Jul;36(7):955-60. doi: 10.1007/s00296-016-3450-2. Epub 2016 Mar 15.
Clinical features and long-term outcomes of systemic lupus erythematosus: comparative data of childhood, adult and late-onset disease in a national register.
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26979603
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Arthritis Rheumatol. 2016 Jun 6. doi: 10.1002/art.39772.
Effect of comedication with conventional synthetic DMARDs on TNF inhibitors-retention in patients with spondyloarthritis: A prospective cohort.
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27273894
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Arthritis Rheumatol. 2016 Jun;68(6):1346-52. doi: 10.1002/art.39595.
Association of Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibody Positivity With Better Effectiveness of Abatacept: Results From the Pan-European Registry Analysis.
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26815727
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Rheumatology (Oxford). 2016 Apr;55(4):697-703. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kev398. Epub 2015 Dec 15.
Effectiveness and long-term retention of anti-tumour necrosis factor treatment in juvenile and adult patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: data from Reuma.pt.
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26672905
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Acta Med Port. 2016 Feb;29(2):83-4. doi: 10.20344/amp.7243. Epub 2016 Feb 29.
Reuma.pt - case study.
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27234945
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Arthritis Res Ther. 2016 Feb 16;18:50. doi: 10.1186/s13075-016-0951-z.
Effectiveness of two different doses of rituximab for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in an international cohort: data from the CERERRA collaboration.
Pmid:
26883119
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Rheumatology (Oxford). 2016 Feb;55(2):230-6. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kev297. Epub 2015 Aug 27.
Rituximab done: what's next in rheumatoid arthritis? A European observational longitudinal study assessing the effectiveness of biologics after rituximab treatment in rheumatoid arthritis.
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26316581
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Joint Bone Spine. 2015 Oct;82(5):378-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2015.01.004. Epub 2015 Apr 23.
The weaker sex: Characterization of gender disparities in a nationwide lupus register (Reuma.pt/SLE).
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25921914
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J Immunol Res. 2015;2015:706515. doi: 10.1155/2015/706515. Epub 2015 Oct 4.
Genetic Predictors of Poor Prognosis in Portuguese Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Data from Reuma.pt.
Pmid:
26504858
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Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2015 Aug;67(8):1180-5. doi: 10.1002/acr.22539.
Classification of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics Versus American College of Rheumatology Criteria. A Comparative Study of 2,055 Patients From a Real-Life, International Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Cohort.
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25581417
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Rheumatology (Oxford). 2015 Jun;54(6):1074-9. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keu446. Epub 2014 Nov 27.
The EULAR Study Group for Registers and Observational Drug Studies: comparability of the patient case mix in the European biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug registers.
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25433042
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RMD Open. 2015 Apr 30;1(1):e000040. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2014-000040. eCollection 2015.
The impact of patient heterogeneity and socioeconomic factors on abatacept retention in rheumatoid arthritis across nine European countries.
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26509062
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Biomed Res Int. 2015;2015:279890. Epub 2015 Apr 27.
Comparative Effectiveness of Tocilizumab and TNF Inhibitors in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Data from the Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register, Reuma.pt.
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26000286
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Biomed Res Int. 2015;2015:490295. Epub 2015 Mar 5.
TRAF1/C5 but not PTPRC variants are potential predictors of rheumatoid arthritis response to anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy.
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25834819
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Lupus. 2015 Mar;24(3):256-62. doi: 10.1177/0961203314555172.Epub 2014 Oct 15.
Characterization of damage in Portuguese lupus patients: analysis of a national lupus registry.
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25318970
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Rheumatology (Oxford). 2015 Feb;54(2):286-91. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keu313. Epub 2014 Aug 29.
DAS28, CDAI and SDAI cut-offs do not translate the same information: results from the Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register Reuma.pt.
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25173347
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Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2014 Apr;66(4):585-591. doi: 10.1002/acr.22215.
Using the Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score Based on Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate or C-Reactive Protein Level: Results From the Portuguese Register.
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25354266
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PLoS Genet. 2013 Mar;9(3):e1003394. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003394. Epub 2013 Mar 28.
Genome-wide association study and gene expression analysis identifies CD84 as a predictor of response to etanercept therapy in rheumatoid arthritis.
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23555300
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Rheumatology (Oxford). 2012 Nov;51(11):2020-6. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes184. Epub 2012 Jul 28.
Comparative effectiveness and predictors of response to tumour necrosis factor inhibitor therapies in rheumatoid arthritis.
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22843791
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Acta Reumatol Port. 2011 Jul;36(3):234-242.
Biologicals and switch in rheumatoid arthritis throughout time - are we being more aggressive?
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22116079
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Acta Reumatol Port. 2011 Jan-Mar;36(1):45-56.
Reuma.pt - the rheumatic diseases portuguese register.
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21483280
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Acta Reumatol Port. 2010 Oct-Dec;35(5):456-62.
Assessment of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C- reactive protein (CRP) on rheumatoid arthritis activity prediction.
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21245814
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Acta Reumatol Port. 2010 Apr-Jun;35(2):176-83.
BioRePortAP, an electronic clinical record coupled with a database: an example of its use in a single centre.
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20734541