Correspondence to Professor Annette van der Helm-van Mil, Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands; A.H.M.van_der_Helm{at}lumc.nl Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is ...
Background: Glucocorticoids (GC) are the cornerstone of the treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA), but they are associated with several adverse events (AEs).
11 University of Pennsylvania, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America 12 University of Pennsylvania, Division ...
Objectives Evaluation of rituximab and glucocorticoids as therapy to induce remission after relapse in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) in a prospective observational cohort of patients enrolled into ...
Correspondence to Alberto Martini, University of Genoa, Pediatria II, Istituto G Gaslini, Largo Gaslini 5, Genova 16147, Italy; albertomartini{at}ospedale-gaslini.ge.it Juvenile idiopathic arthritis ...
Objective To compare the treatment efficacy and safety of tofacitinib (TOF) versus methotrexate (MTX) in Takayasu arteritis (TAK). Methods Fifty-three patients with active disease from an ongoing ...
Objectives Nerve growth factor (NGF) has emerged as a key driver of pain in osteoarthritis (OA) and antibodies to NGF are potent analgesics in human disease. Here, we validate a novel vaccine strategy ...
Objectives Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a leading cause of global disability with conventional exercise yielding only modest improvements. Here we aimed to investigate the benefits of integrating ...
Objectives Sjögren’s disease (SD) is an autoimmune disease affecting the exocrine glands that is associated with autoantibodies against Ro60/SS-A, anti-Ro52/TRIM21, La/SS-B and others. We examined the ...
Background Despite treatment according to the current management recommendations, a significant proportion of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remain symptomatic. These patients can be ...
Objective Epidemiological studies of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) are crucial for describing the burden to society and the public medical system and for shedding light on aetiology. Previous ...
1 Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2 Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands 3 Institute of Anatomy ...