BMJ4d
2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Objective To develop and validate revised classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). Methods Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were recruited into an ...
BMJ6d
EULAR evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis
15 Department of Radiology. Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands 16 Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands ...
BMJ6d
Psoriasis rate is increased by the exposure to TNF inhibition in children with JIA
Objective We aimed to investigate the relationship between tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) therapy and the onset of new psoriasis in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) using ...
BMJ5d
The IL1-like cytokine IL33 and its receptor ST2 are abnormally expressed in the affected skin and visceral organs of patients with systemic sclerosis
1 Department of Anatomy, Histology and Forensic Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy 2 Department of Biomedicine, Division of Rheumatology, AOUC, and Excellence Centre for Research, ...
BMJ2d
Efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in patients taking immunosuppressants
Correspondence to Dr Lili Zhao, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; zhaolili{at}med.umich.edu Objectives We intended to assess the effectiveness of all three ...
BMJ7d
Lipoma arborescens co-existing with psoriatic arthritis releases tumour necrosis factor alpha and matrix metalloproteinase 3
Correspondence to Professor Iain B McInnes, Division of Immunology, Infection and Inflammation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow, 120 University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK; ...
BMJ5d
Guidelines for musculoskeletal ultrasound in rheumatology
Dr B Manger, Department of Internal Medicine III, University Erlangen Krankenhausstr 12, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany Newer US techniques, which are currently being evaluated, include colour and power ...
BMJ3d
AB1124 The Importance of the Early Rehabilitation after Total Knee Replacement in Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Background Total knee replacement (TKR) revolutionized management of patients with advanced knee osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, in order to help them overcome pain and functional limitation, ...
BMJ6d
Low-ratio somatic NLRC4 mutation causes late-onset autoinflammatory disease
Objectives We aim to investigate the genetic basis of a case of late-onset autoinflammatory disease characterised by arthritis, recurrent fever and skin rashes. Methods We performed whole-exome/genome ...
BMJ8d
Activation of the STAT1 pathway in rheumatoid arthritis
1 Department of Molecular Cell Biology, VU Medical Centre/VU University Amsterdam, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical ...
BMJ4d
Effect of intensive exercise on patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: a randomised clinical trial
Dr C H M van den Ende, Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Rheumatology, C4-R, Postbox 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands Email:e.vandenende{at}nivel.nl OBJECTIVE To investigate the ...
BMJ12d
Methotrexate: what are the true risks of treatment?
For more than three decades, low-dose methotrexate (MTX) has been the first-line treatment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Even after the introduction of biologics/biosimilars and janus ...