Correspondence to Dr Tristan Maerz, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; tmaerz{at}med.umich.edu Objectives Synovium is acutely affected following joint ...

Objectives Fatigue is a frequent symptom in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and has high impact on quality of life. We explored associations between disease activity and fatigue in patients with early RA ...

Correspondence to Dr Bryant R England, Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA; bryant.england{at}unmc.edu Objectives To compare the onset ...

1 Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Centre/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, ...

Objective Increasing evidence suggests that impaired cartilage is a substantial risk factor for the progression from hyperuricaemia to gout. Since the relationship between cartilage matrix protein and ...

Background Tofacitinib is the first Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitor available in China, and it has significantly improved the efficacy of treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Previous clinical trials ...

Background Spondyloarthritis are a group of chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases that share clinical and imaging characteristics. Sarcopenia is characterized by loss of muscle mass and function ...

2 Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary 4 Department of Genetics, Cell and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary 5 Heart and ...

Background: Methotrexate (MTX) is a key anchor drug for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) management. Its use has been associated with hypersensitivity pneumonitis and diffuse lung disease. Whether MTX ...

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 ...

Objectives Oligoarticular psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is frequent but rarely studied. The objective was to assess the efficacy of apremilast in early oligoarticular PsA. Methods FOREMOST (NCT03747939) ...

1 Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Department of Rheumatology, Nantong, China 2 Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Research Center of Clinical Medicine, Nantong, China Objectives: ...