Objective: To develop a composite score for measurement of disease activity in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and assess its internal and external validity. Methods: A PMR activity score (AS) was ...

Objectives Emerging evidence suggests that the microbiome plays an important role in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). We aimed to test the two-hit model of OA pathogenesis and potentiation in ...

Background An important but often insufficient aspect of care in people with inflammatory arthritis (IA) is empowering patients to acquire a good understanding of their disease and building their ...

1 Wonkwang University Medical School, Internal Medicine, Iksan, Korea, Rep. of (South Korea) 2 Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Internal Medicine, Jeonju, Korea, Rep. of (South Korea) ...

Background Hypoalbuminemia is associated with worse medical conditions in chronic diseases and surgery outcomes. The concentration of serum albumin in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been ...

1 Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus, Denmark 2 Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus, ...

Background The trend of, and the impact of major organ damage on the short- and longer-term survival of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) globally over the past 60 years have not been ...

Objectives: To investigate dynamics of B-cell subsets in SLE patients treated with or without BLM, with a focus on assessing MBC characteristics. Results: By employing HS flowcytometry, we established ...

1 The Artic University of Norway, Department of Health Science, Tromsø, Norway 2 University Hospital of North Norway, Department of Rheumatology, Tromsø, Norway 3 UiT, The Artic University of Norway, ...

Objectives MAXIMISE (Managing AXIal Manifestations in psorIatic arthritis with SEcukinumab) trial was designed to evaluate the efficacy of secukinumab in the management of axial manifestations of ...

Background Despite treatment according to the current management recommendations, a significant proportion of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remain symptomatic. These patients can be ...

Aims Treating to low disease activity is routine in rheumatoid arthritis, but no comparable goal has been defined for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We sought to define and validate a Lupus Low ...