A young adult patient with gout was incidentally found to have a large mass on the right lumbar spine and sacrum during an ...

Study of the genetics of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) began about four decades ago with the discovery of HLA-DRB1. Since the beginning of this century, a number of non-HLA risk loci have been identified ...

4 Dr Fakhry-Al Mouhawis Hospital, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia Correspondence to: Dr M Kamel, Dr Fakhry-Al Mouhawis Hospital, PO Box 251, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia; mkamel56 ...

Objectives To determine the relationship between synovial versus skin transcriptional/histological profiles in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ...

Correspondence to Lisa Ehlers, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin 10117, Germany; lisa.ehlers{at}charite.de Giant cell arteritis (GCA) ...

Background: Although disease-specific health status measures are available for ankylosing spondylitis (AS), no instrument exists for assessing quality of life (QoL) in the condition. Objective: To ...

Objectives Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a severe, life-threatening complication of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) and adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD). The objective of ...

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 ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate secular trends in the incidence and prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Japan. METHODS The incidence and prevalence of RA were determined in a longitudinal population ...

1 Clinical Epidemiology Research Unit, Hospital Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico 2 Internal Medicine Department, Centro Médico Nacional Instituto ...