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 ...

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 two generations of anti-cyclic citrullinated protein (CCP) antibodies as a diagnostic marker of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and as a predictor of future development of RA in ...

Correspondence to Professor Gabriela Riemekasten, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein—Campus Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, Lübeck 23538, Germany; ...

Objectives To describe short-term (up to 12 months) and long-term (up to 7 years) damage in patients with newly diagnosed antineutrophil-cytoplasm antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV). Methods Data ...

1 Renal Institute of Birmingham, School of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medicine and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Objective To contrast the effect of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Correspondence to: Dr M Wada, Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Fukui Medical University, Shimoaizuki 23, Matsuoka-cho, 910–1193, Fukui, Japan; mwada{at}do.mitene.ac.jp Objective: To test the ...

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Objectives: To identify the main causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) during a 5-year period and to determine clinical and immunological parameters with ...

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