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Points essentiels L’importance de la vitamine D dans le métabolisme osseux est établie de
longue date mais des publications récentes ont rapporté les effets extra-osseux potentiels de …

Objectifs Actualiser sous l’égide de la section os de la Société française de rhumatologie (SFR)
et du groupe de recherche et d’information sur les ostéoporoses (GRIO) en collaboration …

BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence that, in addition to the well-known effects on
musculoskeletal health, vitamin D status may be related to a number of non-skeletal diseases…

Background: Prevalence estimates of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) vary across Europe. Recent
estimates in southern European countries showed a lower prevalence than in northern …

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of spondyloarthropathies (SpAs) in France in a
multiregional representative sample in the year 2001. Methods: A two stage random sample was …

OBJECTIVES: To develop recommendations about identifying the causative organism,
obtaining imaging studies, and selecting pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments …

OBJECTIVES: To update the evidence-based position statement published by the French
National Authority for Health (HAS) in 2006 regarding the pharmacological treatment of …

OBJECTIVES: The French Society of Rheumatology initiated a large national multicenter,
longitudinal and prospective cohort, the so-called “ESPOIR cohort study” in order to set up …

The objective of this study was to describe the hospital incidence rate and the in-patient costs
of three peripheral “osteoporotic” fractures (proximal humerus and hip, distal radius and/or …