Background: Early therapeutic interventions in inflammatory rheumatic diseases have proven successful in inducing drug-free remission. However, such studies are difficult to conduct in axial ...
3 The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, NanNing, China 4 The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, NanNing, China 5 The First Affiliated Hospital of ...
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex inflammatory disease that modifies body composition. Using the dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in RA patients could be a method for body ...
Institute of Medical Informatics and Statistics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany Dr M Both, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Department of Diagnostic ...
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Objectives Cardiac manifestations of neonatal lupus (NL) have been associated with significant morbidity and mortality; however, there is minimal information on long-term outcomes of affected ...
Objectives To develop a score for assessment of patients' symptoms in primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS): the EULAR SS Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI). Methods Dryness, pain, somatic and mental fatigue ...
11 WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Japan Objective The causality and pathogenic mechanism of microbiome composition remain elusive in many diseases, including ...
Objective: To identify patterns of self-reported health problems relating to dose and duration of glucocorticoid intake in unselected patients with rheumatoid arthritis from routine practice. Methods: ...
Dr G Peat, Primary Care Sciences Research Centre, School of Postgraduate Medicine, Keele University, The Medical Institute, Hartshill Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST7 4NY, UKg.m.peat{at}hfac.keele.ac.uk ...
Objective To develop and validate revised classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). Methods Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were recruited into an ...
Background There is considerable practice variation in labelling, diagnosis and treatment of adults with sterile bone inflammation. We developed a expert consensus recommendations on the disease ...