Low-dose prednisone inclusion in a methotrexate-based, tight control strategy for early rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized trial

…, PMJ Welsing, SMM Verstappen… - Annals of internal …, 2012 - acpjournals.org
Background: Treatment strategies for tight control of early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are highly
effective but can be improved. Objective: To investigate whether adding prednisone, 10 mg/…

[HTML][HTML] Work disability remains a major problem in rheumatoid arthritis in the 2000s: data from 32 countries in the QUEST-RA study

…, H Kautiainen, T Pincus, SMM Verstappen… - Arthritis research & …, 2010 - Springer
Introduction Work disability is a major consequence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), associated
not only with traditional disease activity variables, but also more significantly with …

Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses identify novel genetic mechanisms in rheumatoid arthritis

…, T Li, D Plant, A Barton, G Orozco, SMM Verstappen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a highly heritable complex disease with unknown etiology. Multi-ancestry
genetic research of RA promises to improve power to detect genetic signals, fine-…

American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism provisional definition of remission in rheumatoid arthritis for clinical trials

…, D Van Der Heijde, S Verstappen… - Arthritis & …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an increasingly attainable goal, but there
is no widely used definition of remission that is stringent but achievable and could be …

The incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in the UK: comparisons using the 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria and the 1987 ACR classification criteria. Results from …

JH Humphreys, SMM Verstappen, KL Hyrich… - Annals of the …, 2013 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives The development of new classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) calls for
a re-estimation of RA incidence rates. The objectives of this study were to estimate the age …

Anti-TNF therapies and pregnancy: outcome of 130 pregnancies in the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register

SMM Verstappen, Y King, KD Watson… - Annals of the …, 2011 - ard.bmj.com
Objective The British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register (BSRBR) has collected
data on adverse events including pregnancies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with …

2021 EULAR recommendations regarding lifestyle behaviours and work participation to prevent progression of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases

…, F Guillemin, SMM Verstappen - Annals of the …, 2023 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives A European League Against Rheumatism taskforce was convened to review the
literature and develop recommendations on lifestyle behaviours for rheumatic and …

Biologic therapies and pregnancy: the story so far

KL Hyrich, SMM Verstappen - Rheumatology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Biologic therapies have revolutionized treatment outcomes for patients with inflammatory
arthritis. However, there remains a concern regarding their safety during conception, …

Effects of physical exercise and body weight on disease-specific outcomes of people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs): systematic reviews and …

…, MI Zlatković-Švenda, F Guillemin, SMM Verstappen - RMD open, 2022 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Background A European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) taskforce was convened to
develop recommendations for lifestyle behaviours in rheumatic and musculoskeletal …

Using lifestyle factors to identify individuals at higher risk of inflammatory polyarthritis (results from the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer-Norfolk and the …

…, T Marshall, M Lunt, SMM Verstappen… - Annals of the …, 2014 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To investigate the association of lifestyle factors with risk of inflammatory polyarthritis
(IP) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods The European Prospective Investigation of …