rmdopen.bmj19h
Prevalence and clinical correlates of rheumatoid factor and anticitrullinated protein antibodies in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy
Objective As rheumatoid factor (RF) and anticitrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs) are not routinely tested in idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM), little is known about their prevalence and ...
rmdopen.bmj21h
Pneumococcal vaccination in autoimmune rheumatic diseases
1 Institute of Infectious Diseases, University of Debrecen Faculty of Medicine, Kenézy University Hospital, Debrecen, Hungary Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading cause of the community-acquired ...
rmdopen.bmj1d
Association between infection and the onset of giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective We aimed to analyse the association between infections and the subsequent risk of giant cell arteritis (GCA) and/or polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) by a systematic review and a meta-analysis of ...
rmdopen.bmj5d
The mSQUASH is a feasible and valid measurement tool to uniformly assess daily physical activity in patients with rheumatic diseases
Background The modified Short QUestionnaire to ASsess Health-enhancing physical activity (mSQUASH) was originally developed and validated in Dutch patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). To ...
rmdopen.bmj4d
Peripheral spondyloarthritis: a neglected entity—state of the art
Peripheral spondyloarthritis (pSpA) refers to a number of seemingly different spondyloarthritis subsets in which psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is the most common, and symptoms of arthritis, enthesitis or ...
rmdopen.bmj8d
DAS28-CRP and DAS28-ESR cut-offs for high disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis are not interchangeable
Background In most patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Disease Activity Score 28-joint count C reactive protein (DAS28-CRP) is lower than DAS28 erythrocyte sedimentation rate (DAS28-ESR), ...
rmdopen.bmj5d
Possible role for IL-40 and IL-40-producing cells in the lymphocytic infiltrated salivary glands of patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome
Objectives Aim of this study was to investigate the expression of interleukin (IL)-40, a new cytokine associated with B cells homoeostasis and immune response, in primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS) and in ...
rmdopen.bmj9d
Transcriptome analysis to decipher the molecular underpinnings of response to treatment in systemic lupus erythematosus
Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease characterised by variable treatment responses. We investigated the transcriptional landscape associated with treatment ...
rmdopen.bmj6d
Glucocorticoids in rheumatoid arthritis: current status and future studies
Since their first use for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the late 1940s, glucocorticoids (GCs) have been representing a substantial part of the therapeutic arsenal for RA. However, even if GCs ...
rmdopen.bmj12d
Identifying flares in rheumatoid arthritis: reliability and construct validation of the OMERACT RA Flare Core Domain Set
Objective To evaluate the reliability of concurrent flare identification using 3 methods (patient, rheumatologist and Disease Activity Score (DAS)28 criteria), and construct validity of candidate ...
rmdopen.bmj9d
Associations of sociodemographic, clinical factors and HLA-B alleles with enthesitis and peripheral arthritis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Objectives Factors associated with peripheral arthritis and enthesitis, especially Achilles tendonitis and plantar fasciitis, were examined in a longitudinal cohort of 1075 patients with ankylosing ...
rmdopen.bmj3d
The H2 blocker famotidine suppresses progression of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in a mouse model
1 Department of Sensory and Motor System Medicine, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Background Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) of the spine ...