Correspondence to Dr Sara Monti, Rheumatology, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico S Matteo, Pavia 27100, Italy; sara.saramonti{at}gmail.com Different viral agents are associated with an increased risk of ...

2 Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt - Universität zu Berlin, Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care ...

Study of the genetics of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) began about four decades ago with the discovery of HLA-DRB1. Since the beginning of this century, a number of non-HLA risk loci have been identified ...

We read with interest the paper by Wysenbeeket al about the treatment of staphylococcal septic arthritis in rabbits by intra-articular corticosteroids in addition to antibiotics1 and would like to ...

1 Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands 2 Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, ...

Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) encompasses both radiographic and non-radiographic axSpA. It is a chronic inflammatory disease with a predilection for involving the axial skeleton. The most common ...

The therapeutic management of Sjögren syndrome (SjS) has not changed substantially in recent decades: treatment decisions remain challenging in clinical practice, without a specific therapeutic target ...

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 ...

Objectives No immunomodulatory drug has been approved for primary Sjögren’s syndrome, a systemic autoimmune disease affecting 0.1% of the population. To demonstrate the efficacy of targeting ...

Objective In 2011, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and EULAR endorsed provisional criteria for remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), both Boolean-based and index-based. Based on recent ...

Background Despite treatment according to the current management recommendations, a significant proportion of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remain symptomatic. These patients can be ...

Department of Rheumatology, Tel Aviv “Sourasky” Medical Centre and the “Sackler” Faculty of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv, Israel Correspondence to: Dr O Elkayam, Department of Rheumatology, Tel ...