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Annelies Boonen is affiliated with Maastricht University Medical Centre in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the field of medicine, with a strong emphasis on rheumatology. Within this broad area, their work spans several subfields including rheumatology, general health professions, economics and econometrics, immunology, and hematology.

The topics covered in their research involve several specific areas related to musculoskeletal and autoimmune conditions. These include:

  • Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

Boonen has contributed to multiple scientific papers across prominent journals. Some notable recent publications include:

  • "2021 EULAR recommendations regarding lifestyle behaviours and work participation to prevent progression of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases," 2022, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • "An Updated Systematic Review of Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Drugs for Osteoporosis," 2020, PharmacoEconomics
  • "The impact of fracture liaison services on subsequent fractures and mortality: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis," 2021, Osteoporosis International
  • "Efficacy of a tight-control and treat-to-target strategy in axial spondyloarthritis: results of the open-label, pragmatic, cluster-randomised TICOSPA trial," 2021, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • "Cost-effectiveness of Telemedicine-directed Specialized vs Standard Care for Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in a Randomized Trial," 2020, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

The researcher frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • RMD Open
  • Lara D. Veeken
  • Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
  • The Journal of Rheumatology

Boonen collaborates often with peers such as Sofía Ramiro, Casper Webers, Elena Nikiphorou, Désirée van der Heijde, and Uta Kiltz, reflecting a network of co-authorship centered on rheumatology and related areas.

Best Publications

  • Randomised comparison of combined step-down prednisolone, methotrexate and sulphasalazine with sulphasalazine alone in early rheumatoid arthritis

    Maarten Boers;Arco C Verhoeven;Harry M Markusse;Mart Afj van de Laar

  • Ankylosing spondylitis: an overview.

    J Sieper;J Braun;M Rudwaleit;A Boonen

  • COBRA Combination therapy in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: Long-term structural benefits of a brief intervention

    Robert B. M. Landewé;Maarten Boers;Arco C. Verhoeven;Rene Westhovens

  • Low‐dose prednisolone in addition to the initial disease‐modifying antirheumatic drug in patients with early active rheumatoid arthritis reduces joint destruction and increases the remission rate: A two‐year randomized trial

    Björn Svensson;Annelies Boonen;Kristina Albertsson;Désirée van der Heijde

  • Prevalence of extra-articular manifestations in patients with ankylosing spondylitis : a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Carmen Stolwijk;Astrid van Tubergen;Jose Dionisio Castillo-Ortiz;Annelies Boonen

  • Inequities in access to biologic and synthetic DMARDs across 46 European countries

    Polina Putrik;Sofia Ramiro;Tore K Kvien;Tuulikki Sokka

  • Global Prevalence of Spondyloarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis.

    Carmen Stolwijk;Marloes van Onna;Annelies Boonen;Astrid van Tubergen

  • Quality of life and work in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis of working age

    A M J Chorus;H S Miedema;A Boonen;Sj Van Der Linden

  • Telemedicine for management of inflammatory bowel disease (myIBDcoach): a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial

    Marin J de Jong;Andrea E van der Meulen-de Jong;Mariëlle J Romberg-Camps;Marco C Becx

  • Hip involvement in ankylosing spondylitis: epidemiology and risk factors associated with hip replacement surgery

    Bert Vander Cruyssen;Elisa Muñoz-Gomariz;Pilar Font;Juan Mulero

  • TNF-alpha inhibitors for ankylosing spondylitis

    Lara J Maxwell;Jane Zochling;Annelies Boonen;Jasvinder A Singh

  • Large differences in cost of illness and wellbeing between patients with fibromyalgia, chronic low back pain, or ankylosing spondylitis

    A.E.R.C.H. Boonen;R. van den Heuvel;A.M. van Tubergen;M. Goossens

  • Association of baseline levels of markers of bone and cartilage degradation with long-term progression of joint damage in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: the COBRA study.

    Patrick Garnero;Robert Landewé;Maarten Boers;Arco Verhoeven

  • Validity of the work productivity and activity impairment questionnaire - general health version in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

    Wei Zhang;Wei Zhang;Nick Bansback;Annelies Boonen;Adam Young

  • Epidemiology of Spondyloarthritis

    Carmen Stolwijk;Annelies Boonen;Astrid van Tubergen;John D. Reveille

  • The burden of ankylosing spondylitis.

    Annelies Boonen;Sjef M van der Linden

  • Withdrawal from labour force due to work disability in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

    A Boonen;A Chorus;H Miedema;D van der Heijde

  • Employment, work disability, and work days lost in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a cross sectional study of Dutch patients

    A Boonen;A Chorus;H Miedema;D van der Heijde

  • Development of a health index in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (ASAS HI): final result of a global initiative based on the ICF guided by ASAS

    U. Kiltz;D. van der Heijde;A. Boonen;Alarcos Cieza

  • Work status and productivity costs due to ankylosing spondylitis: comparison of three European countries

    A Boonen;D van der Heijde;R Landewé;A Spoorenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Landewé
Robert Landewé University of Amsterdam
Désirée van der Heijde
Désirée van der Heijde Leiden University Medical Center
Maxime Dougados
Maxime Dougados Hôpital Cochin
Peter Tugwell
Peter Tugwell University of Ottawa
Maarten Boers
Maarten Boers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Johan L. Severens
Johan L. Severens Erasmus University Rotterdam
Bruno Fautrel
Bruno Fautrel Université Paris Cité
Laure Gossec
Laure Gossec Sorbonne University
Gerold Stucki
Gerold Stucki University of Lucerne
Walter P. Maksymowych
Walter P. Maksymowych University of Alberta

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