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ArticleCurrent rheumatology reports2008

Remission in psoriatic arthritis.

Kurt de Vlam, Rik J U Lories

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Article in Current rheumatology reports, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
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  4. Is remission a more realistic goal in psoriatic arthritis?Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2011
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Remission makes its way to rheumatology.Arthritis research & therapy · 2010
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kurt de VlamUniversity Hospitals Leuven, Division of Rheumatology, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. kurt.devlam@uzleuven.be
Rik J U Lories
KU Leuven · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease associated with psoriasis that can lead to joint deformity and disability. PsA has a low likelihood of clinical remission and cure. For a long time, therapeutic options for PsA patients have been unsatisfactory, but the introduction of anti-tumor necrosis factor agents have markedly improved articular and cutaneous signs and symptoms. The efficacy of tumor necrosis factor blockers also raised the bar for treatment goals in PsA. Remission may now be an attainable outcome in the treatment paradigm. At this time, specific tools to define PsA remission are not available. New assessments to define remission must be developed and incorporated into clinical trials and longitudinal registries.

Indexed as

Arthritis, PsoriaticFemaleHumansMaleRemission InductionTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Identifiers

PMID18662510
OpenAlexW1986317024

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