Background Since the publication of the EULAR recommendations for the management of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) in 2016, several randomised clinical trials ...

Objectives Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) share many clinical manifestations and serological features. The aim of this study was to ...

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of secukinumab in patients with a mucosal and articular Behçet’s phenotype resistant to conventional and biologic treatment. Methods A multicentre ...

26 University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Rheumatology Unit, Modena, Italy 27 University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Rheumatology Unit, Modena, Italy 28 University Hospital of Parma, Internal ...

15 Department of Radiology. Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands 16 Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands ...

Objectives To develop and validate an international set of classification criteria for primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) using guidelines from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the European ...

1 Center of Clinical Epidemiology, Hôpital Hotel Dieu; INSERM U738, Université Paris-René Descartes, Paris, France Objectives To validate the two recently developed disease activity indexes for ...

1 Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Objectives Millions of patients worldwide are treated with therapeutic ...

A clinical guideline is a document with the aim of guiding decisions based on evidence regarding diagnosis, management and treatment in specific areas of healthcare. Specific to rheumatic and ...

Methods SFs from 38 gouty patients were analysed for white blood cell (WBC) count, percentage of polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs) and levels of interleukin 1β (IL-1β), IL-6, IL-8, tumour necrosis ...

Correspondence to Professor Daozhang Cai and Dr Xiaochun Bai, Department of Orthopedics, Academy of Orthopedics - Guangdong Province, Orthopedic Hospital of Guangdong Province, The Third Affiliated ...

Background Since the publication of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis (LVV) in 2009, several relevant randomised clinical ...