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To support the free and open dissemination of research findings and information on alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. To encourage open access to peer-reviewed articles free for all to view.

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Friday, June 15, 2007


Congratulations to the EULAR Abstract Awardees





On Wednesday, EULAR will present 12 awards to the lead authors of six clinical and six basic science abstracts. This winners were selected by the EULAR scientific programme committee based on the quality of their abstracts’ scientific content. Each winner will receive 1,000 euros.


Henrik Källberg of the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, will receive a clinical science award for his work on the link between alcohol consumption and RA risk. In a population-based, casecontrol study of 1,204 cases and 871 controls, researchers observed that consumption of three or more units per week of alcohol was tied to a decreased RA risk. Additionally, Mr. Källberg noted a dose-dependent relationship: The more alcohol consumed, the lower the RA risk. This protective effect persisted regardless of whether the RA patients were anti- CCP positive RA or anti-CCP negative. The investigators also found smoking and HLA-DRB1 SE alleles modified this link

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