Correspondence to Dr Laura C Cappelli, Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA; lcappel1{at}jhmi.edu Objective We sought to investigate the long-term outcomes of ...

Sicca features are the central clinical manifestations of Sjögren’s syndrome (SS), but recent studies have confirmed that primary SS has a systemic expression, including extraglandular manifestations.

Objectives To investigate the role of mechanical stress in cartilage ageing and identify the mechanistic association during osteoarthritis (OA) progression. Conclusions FBXW7 is a key factor in the ...

1 University of Manchester, Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Manchester, United Kingdom 2 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester, ...

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is considered to be a benign disease by some, while others think it is a more serious illness which required similar treatment to giant cell arteritis (GCA). The progress ...

Objectives To report the level and trends of prevalence, incidence and years lived with disability (YLDs) for osteoarthritis (OA) in 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2017 by age, sex and ...

Correspondence to HW van Steenbergen, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, P O Box 9600, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands; h.w.van_steenbergen{at}lumc.nl Background The phase ...

Background: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) usually impaired range of motions (ROMs), especially hand and wrist active ROMs (AROMs), thus influencing their ability to perform daily activities ...

1 V. A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis, Moscow, Russian Federation 2 V. A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, medical and social ...

Correspondence to Martin Aringer, Medicine III, University Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden D-01307, Germany; martin.aringer{at}uniklinikum-dresden.de; Dr ...

Objective To investigate the association between baseline disease activity and the occurrence of flares after adalimumab tapering or withdrawal in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in sustained ...

Background: Chronic low back pain (LBP), the leading symptom of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and undifferentiated axial spondyloarthritis (SpA), precedes the development of radiographic sacroiliitis, ...