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Possible giant cell arteritis symptoms are common in newly diagnosed patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica: results from an incident primary care PMR cohort (2017)
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Masson, W., Muller, S., Whittle, R., Prior, J., Helliwell, T., Mallen, C., & Hider, S. (2017). Possible giant cell arteritis symptoms are common in newly diagnosed patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica: results from an incident primary care PMR cohort. BMC Rheumatology, 1, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41927-017-0007-2

Background: To examine the frequency of possible giant cell arteritis (GCA) symptoms (including headache, temporal/scalp tenderness, jaw claudication and visual symptoms) in newly diagnosed polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) patients in UK primary care. Me... Read More about Possible giant cell arteritis symptoms are common in newly diagnosed patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica: results from an incident primary care PMR cohort.

Association between characteristics of pain and stiffness and the functional status of patients with incident polymyalgia rheumatica from primary care (2017)
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Cawley, A., Prior, J., Muller, S., Helliwell, T., Hider, S., Dasgupta, B., …Mallen, C. (2017). Association between characteristics of pain and stiffness and the functional status of patients with incident polymyalgia rheumatica from primary care. Clinical Rheumatology, 37(6), 1639-1644. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-017-3730-6

This paper aims to examine the relationship between different characteristics of pain and stiffness and the functional status of patients with newly diagnosed polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). Baseline analysis of an inception cohort study was conducted.... Read More about Association between characteristics of pain and stiffness and the functional status of patients with incident polymyalgia rheumatica from primary care.

Gout and subsequent erectile dysfunction: a population-based cohort study from England (2017)
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Abdul Sultan, A., Mallen, C., Hayward, R., Muller, S., Whittle, R., Hotston, M., & Roddy, E. (2017). Gout and subsequent erectile dysfunction: a population-based cohort study from England. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 19, Article 123. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-017-1322-0

BACKGROUND: An association has been suggested between gout and erectile dysfunction (ED), however studies quantifying the risk of ED amongst gout patients are lacking. We aimed to precisely determine the population-level absolute and relative rate of... Read More about Gout and subsequent erectile dysfunction: a population-based cohort study from England.

Des caractéristiques de la goutte associées à la dépression mais pas à l’anxiété en soins primaires : conclusions initiales d’une étude de cohorte prospective (2017)
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Mallen, Prior, Roddy, & Muller. (2017). Des caractéristiques de la goutte associées à la dépression mais pas à l’anxiété en soins primaires : conclusions initiales d’une étude de cohorte prospective. Revue du Rhumatisme, 84(5), 423-429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhum.2017.05.004

Objectifs Déterminer la prévalence de l’anxiété et de la dépression dans le contexte de la goutte, examiner les liens entre certaines caractéristiques de la goutte et ces comorbidités et identifier le rôle de l’allopurinol dans ces relations. Mét... Read More about Des caractéristiques de la goutte associées à la dépression mais pas à l’anxiété en soins primaires : conclusions initiales d’une étude de cohorte prospective.

183. GOUT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF SLEEP APNOEA: A MATCHED COHORT STUDY (2017)
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Blagojevic-Bucknall, M., Mallen, C., Muller, S., Hayward, R., West, S., Choi, H., & Roddy, E. (2017). 183. GOUT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF SLEEP APNOEA: A MATCHED COHORT STUDY. Rheumatology, 56(suppl_2), https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kex062.184

Background: Gout and obstructive sleep apnoea are both common problems in primary care and associated with considerable co-morbidity. Serum uric acid levels are frequently elevated in sleep apnoea patients and one previous cohort study found that peo... Read More about 183. GOUT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF SLEEP APNOEA: A MATCHED COHORT STUDY.

Incident acute pseudogout and prior bisphosphonate use: matched case-control study in the UK-Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2017)
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Roddy, E., Muller, S., Paskins, Z., Hider, S., Blagojevic-Bucknall, M., & Mallen, C. (2017). Incident acute pseudogout and prior bisphosphonate use: matched case-control study in the UK-Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000006177

Oral bisphosphonates are the most commonly used drugs to treat postmenopausal osteoporosis. Acute pseudogout is anecdotally reported to occur following bisphosphonate initiation but empirical data are lacking. We investigated whether treatment with o... Read More about Incident acute pseudogout and prior bisphosphonate use: matched case-control study in the UK-Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Evaluating on-line health information for patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: a descriptive study (2017)
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Vivekanantham, A., Protheroe, J., Muller, S., & Hider, S. (2017). Evaluating on-line health information for patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: a descriptive study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 43 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1416-5

BACKGROUND: The Internet is increasingly used to access health information, although the quality of information varies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the readability, and quality of websites about polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). METHODS: Three... Read More about Evaluating on-line health information for patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: a descriptive study.

Patients' views on the causes of their polymyalgia rheumatica: a content analysis of data from the PMR Cohort Study (2017)
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Tshimologo, M., Saunders, B., Muller, S., Mallen, C. D., & Hider, S. L. (2017). Patients' views on the causes of their polymyalgia rheumatica: a content analysis of data from the PMR Cohort Study. BMJ Open, e014301 -?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014301

OBJECTIVE: To explore primary care polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) patient beliefs about the causes of their PMR. DESIGN: Qualitative content analysis was conducted on patients' written responses to the question of what they thought had caused their PMR... Read More about Patients' views on the causes of their polymyalgia rheumatica: a content analysis of data from the PMR Cohort Study.