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 ...
2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (RKU), University of Ulm, Germany 3 Department of Internal Medicine II—Cardiology, University of Ulm, Germany Correspondence to: Dr T Stürmer Department of ...
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 The goals of these studies were to elucidate the inter-relationships of specific anti-nuclear antibody (ANA), complement, and the interferon gene signature (IGS) in the pathogenesis of ...
Objects Although the association of cigarette smoking (CS) with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been established, the impact of CS on anticitrullinated cyclic peptide/protein antibody ...
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 ...
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 ...