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Ann Tierney
Researcher at Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Publications - 5
Citations - 185
Ann Tierney is an academic researcher from Glasgow Royal Infirmary. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rheumatoid arthritis & Psychosocial. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 5 publications receiving 174 citations.
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Combination therapy with sulfasalazine and methotrexate is more effective than either drug alone in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with a suboptimal response to sulfasalazine: results from the double‐blind placebo‐controlled MASCOT study
Hilary A Capell,Rajan Madhok,Duncan Porter,Robin Munro,Iain B. McInnes,John Hunter,M. M. Steven,Asad Zoma,E Morrison,Martin Sambrook,Fat Wui Poon,Rosemary Hampson,Fiona McDonald,Ann Tierney,Neil Henderson,Ian Ford +15 more
TL;DR: In this “true-to-life” study, an inexpensive combination of DMARDs proved more effective than monotherapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with a suboptimal response to SASP.
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Brief Report: Predicting Functional Disability: One-Year Results From the Scottish Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Inception Cohort.
Caroline Kronisch,David J. McLernon,James Dale,Caron Paterson,Stuart H. Ralston,David M. Reid,Ann Tierney,John Harvie,Neil McKay,Hilary Wilson,Robin Munro,Sarah Saunders,Ruth Richmond,Derek Baxter,Mike McMahon,Vinod Kumar,John McLaren,Stefan Siebert,Iain B. McInnes,Duncan Porter,Gary J. Macfarlane,Neil Basu +21 more
TL;DR: The Scottish Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (SERA) inception cohort is a multicenter, prospective study of patients with newly presenting RA or undifferentiated arthritis.
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The Scottish Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (SERA) Study: an inception cohort and biobank
James Dale,James Dale,Caron Paterson,Ann Tierney,Stuart H. Ralston,David M. Reid,Neil Basu,John Harvie,Neil McKay,Sarah Saunders,Hilary Wilson,Robin Munro,Ruth Richmond,Derek Baxter,Michael J McMahon,John McLaren,Vinod Kumar,Stefan Siebert,Iain B. McInnes,Duncan Porter +19 more
TL;DR: In routine care, newly diagnosed RA/UA patients experience significant improvements in disease activity, functional ability and health-related quality of life but have high rates of psychiatric symptoms and declining employment rates.
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Impact of anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy on the weight of patients with rheumatoid arthritis
TL;DR: It is observed weight gain was becoming an increasing problem in some of patients with rheumatoid arthritis given anti-TNF therapy, and several patients had raised this concern at review appointments and one even elected to discontinue anti- TNF treatment owing to weight gain.
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Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug withdrawal in patients with stable rheumatoid arthritis.
TL;DR: NSAID withdrawal resulted in improvement in BP without loss of disease control, and there was no significant deterioration in DAS44 or function.