Rheumatoid Arthritis Caught Early: investigating biological mechanisms preceding chronification of joint inflammation to identify patients prior to presentation of classic chronic arthritis

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Peer reviewed articles (30)

Preventing progression from arthralgia to arthritis: targeting the right patients

Author(s): Hanna W. van Steenbergen, José A. Pereira da Silva, Tom W. J. Huizinga, Annette H. M. van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Nature Reviews Rheumatology, Issue 14/1, 2017, Page(s) 32-41, ISSN 1759-4790
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2017.185

The use of MRI-detected synovitis to determine the number of involved joints for the 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for Rheumatoid Arthritis – is it of additional benefit?

Author(s): Aleid C Boer, Debbie M Boeters, Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2018, Page(s) annrheumdis-2018-213143, ISSN 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213143

Sequence of joint tissue inflammation during rheumatoid arthritis development

Author(s): R. M. ten Brinck, H. W. van Steenbergen, A. H. M. van der Helm–van Mil
Published in: Arthritis Research & Therapy, Issue 20/1, 2018, ISSN 1478-6362
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-018-1756-z

Does psychological stress in patients with clinically suspect arthralgia associate with subclinical inflammation and progression to inflammatory arthritis?

Author(s): Aleid C. Boer, Robin M. ten Brinck, Andrea W. M. Evers, Annette H. M. van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Arthritis Research & Therapy, Issue 20/1, 2018, ISSN 1478-6362
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-018-1587-y

Evaluation of the predictive accuracy of MRI-detected erosions in hand and foot joints in patients with undifferentiated arthritis

Author(s): Debbie M Boeters, Aleid C Boer, Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Issue 78/1, 2018, Page(s) 144-146, ISSN 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213851

Is joint pain in patients with arthralgia suspicious for progression to rheumatoid arthritis explained by subclinical inflammation? A cross-sectional MRI study

Author(s): Leonie E Burgers, Robin M ten Brinck, Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Rheumatology, Issue 58/1, 2018, Page(s) 86-93, ISSN 1462-0324
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/key220

Do musculoskeletal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging identify synovitis and tenosynovitis at the same joints and tendons? A comparative study in early inflammatory arthritis and clinically suspect arthralgia

Author(s): Sarah Ohrndorf, Aleid C. Boer, Debbie M. Boeters, Robin M. ten Brinck, Gerd-R. Burmester, Marion C. Kortekaas, Annette H. M. van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Arthritis Research & Therapy, Issue 21/1, 2019, ISSN 1478-6362
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-019-1824-z

Which patients presenting with arthralgia eventually develop rheumatoid arthritis? The current state of the art

Author(s): Debbie M Boeters, Karim Raza, Annette H M vander Helm-van Mil
Published in: RMD Open, Issue 3/2, 2017, Page(s) e000479, ISSN 2056-5933
DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2017-000479

Are MRI-detected erosions specific for RA? A large explorative cross-sectional study

Author(s): Debbie M Boeters, Wouter P Nieuwenhuis, Hanna W van Steenbergen, Monique Reijnierse, Robert B M Landewé, Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2018, Page(s) annrheumdis-2017-212252, ISSN 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212252

Validity of the rheumatoid arthritis MRI score applied to the forefeet using the OMERACT filter: a systematic literature review

Author(s): Yousra J Dakkak, Désirée M van der Heijde, Monique Reijnierse, Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: RMD Open, Issue 4/2, 2018, Page(s) e000796, ISSN 2056-5933
DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2018-000796

Does information on novel identified autoantibodies contribute to predicting the progression from undifferentiated arthritis to rheumatoid arthritis: a study on anti-CarP antibodies as an example

Author(s): Debbie M. Boeters, Leendert A. Trouw, Annette H. M. van der Helm-van Mil, Hanna W. van Steenbergen
Published in: Arthritis Research & Therapy, Issue 20/1, 2018, ISSN 1478-6362
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-018-1591-2

Depression and anxiety associate with less remission after 1 year in rheumatoid arthritis

Author(s): Aleid C Boer, Tom W J Huizinga, Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Issue 78/1, 2018, Page(s) e1-e1, ISSN 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212867

Does the presence of magnetic resonance imaging-detected osteitis at diagnosis with rheumatoid arthritis lower the risk for achieving disease-modifying antirheumatic drug-free sustained remission: results of a longitudinal study

Author(s): L. E. Burgers, D. M. Boeters, M. Reijnierse, A. H. M. van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Arthritis Research & Therapy, Issue 20/1, 2018, ISSN 1478-6362
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-018-1553-8

Is Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibody-Positive Rheumatoid Arthritis Still a More Severe Disease Than Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibody-Negative Rheumatoid Arthritis? A Longitudinal Cohort Study in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Diagnosed From 2000 Onwar

Author(s): Aleid C. Boer, Annelies Boonen, Annette H. M. van der Helm van Mil
Published in: Arthritis Care & Research, Issue 70/7, 2018, Page(s) 987-996, ISSN 2151-464X
DOI: 10.1002/acr.23497

Development of clinically apparent synovitis: a longitudinal study at the joint level during progression to inflammatory arthritis

Author(s): Robin M ten Brinck, Hanna W van Steenbergen, Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: RMD Open, Issue 4/2, 2018, Page(s) e000748, ISSN 2056-5933
DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2018-000748

What is the additional value of MRI of the foot to the hand in undifferentiated arthritis to predict rheumatoid arthritis development?

Author(s): Y. J. Dakkak, D. M. Boeters, A. C. Boer, M. Reijnierse, A. H. M. van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Arthritis Research & Therapy, Issue 21/1, 2019, ISSN 1478-6362
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-019-1845-7

Difficulties making a fist in clinically suspect arthralgia: an easy applicable phenomenon predictive for RA that is related to flexor tenosynovitis

Author(s): Fenne Wouters, Florus J van der Giesen, Xanthe M E Matthijssen, Ellis Niemantsverdriet, Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Issue 78/10, 2019, Page(s) 1438-1439, ISSN 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215402

Contribution of tenosynovitis of small joints to the symptom morning stiffness in patients presenting with undifferentiated and rheumatoid arthritis

Author(s): AC Boer, DM Boeters, E Niemantsverdriet, AHM van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology, 2020, Page(s) 1-5, ISSN 0300-9742
DOI: 10.1080/03009742.2019.1696404

A search to the target tissue in which RA-specific inflammation starts: a detailed MRI study to improve identification of RA-specific features in the phase of clinically suspect arthralgia

Author(s): Xanthe M. E. Matthijssen, Fenne Wouters, Debbie M. Boeters, Aleid C. Boer, Yousra J. Dakkak, Ellis Niemantsverdriet, Annette H. M. van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Arthritis Research & Therapy, Issue 21/1, 2019, ISSN 1478-6362
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-019-2002-z

Does treatment strategy influence the ability to achieve and sustain DMARD-free remission in patients with RA? Results of an observational study comparing an intensified DAS-steered treatment strategy with treat to target in routine care

Author(s): L. E. Burgers, J. A. van der Pol, T. W. J. Huizinga, C. F. Allaart, A. H. M. van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Arthritis Research & Therapy, Issue 21/1, 2019, ISSN 1478-6362
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-019-1893-z

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Tenosynovitis at the Metatarsophalangeal Joints: An Anatomic and MRI Study of the Forefoot Tendon Sheaths

Author(s): Yousra J. Dakkak, Friso P. Jansen, Marco C. DeRuiter, Monique Reijnierse, Annette H. M. van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Radiology, Issue 295/1, 2020, Page(s) 146-154, ISSN 0033-8419
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2020191725

Reliability of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scoring of the Metatarsophalangeal Joints of the Foot according to the Rheumatoid Arthritis MRI Score

Author(s): Yousra J. Dakkak, Xanthe M.E. Matthijssen, Désirée van der Heijde, Monique Reijnierse, Annette H. van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: The Journal of Rheumatology, 2019, Page(s) jrheum.190258, ISSN 0315-162X
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.190258

Improving the feasibility of MRI in clinically suspect arthralgia for prediction of rheumatoid arthritis by omitting scanning of the feet

Author(s): Aleid C Boer, Fenne Wouters, Yousra J Dakkak, Ellis Niemantsverdriet, Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Rheumatology, 2019, ISSN 1462-0324
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez436

Early intensive treatment normalises excess mortality in ACPA-negative RA but not in ACPA-positive RA

Author(s): Xanthe ME Matthijssen, Tom WJ Huizinga, Ellis Niemantsverdriet, Annette HM van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2019, Page(s) annrheumdis-2019-215843, ISSN 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215843

ACPA-negative RA consists of subgroups: patients with high likelihood of achieving sustained DMARD-free remission can be identified by serological markers at disease presentation

Author(s): Debbie M. Boeters, Leonie E. Burgers, Eric H. Sasso, Tom W. J. Huizinga, Annette H. M. van der Helm – van Mil
Published in: Arthritis Research & Therapy, Issue 21/1, 2019, ISSN 1478-6362
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-019-1902-2

Improvement of symptoms in clinically suspect arthralgia and resolution of subclinical joint inflammation: a longitudinal study in patients that did not progress to clinical arthritis

Author(s): Robin M. ten Brinck, Debbie M. Boeters, Hanna W. van Steenbergen, Annette H. M. van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Arthritis Research & Therapy, Issue 22/1, 2020, ISSN 1478-6362
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-020-2102-9

Does immunological remission, defined as disappearance of autoantibodies, occur with current treatment strategies? A long-term follow-up study in rheumatoid arthritis patients who achieved sustained DMARD-free status

Author(s): Debbie M Boeters, Leonie E Burgers, René EM Toes, Annette van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Issue 78/11, 2019, Page(s) 1497-1504, ISSN 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214868

Window of opportunity in rheumatoid arthritis – definitions and supporting evidence: from old to new perspectives

Author(s): Leonie E Burgers, Karim Raza, Annette H van der Helm - van Mil
Published in: RMD Open, Issue 5/1, 2019, Page(s) e000870, ISSN 2056-5933
DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2018-000870

The relation between physical joint examination and MRI-depicted inflammation of metatarsophalangeal joints in early arthritis

Author(s): Yousra J. Dakkak, Aleid C. Boer, Debbie M. Boeters, Ellis Niemantsverdriet, Monique Reijnierse, Annette H. M. van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Arthritis Research & Therapy, Issue 22/1, 2020, ISSN 1478-6362
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-020-02162-7

The value of the squeeze test for detection of subclinical synovitis in patients with arthralgia suspicious for progression to RA

Author(s): Fenne Wouters, Ellis Niemantsverdriet, Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil
Published in: Rheumatology, 2020, ISSN 1462-0324
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa082