Objectives The objectives are to evaluate variation in systemic disease activity (European Alliance of Associations For ...

Objectives The objective of this study was to investigate the role of infections in the pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease.

Objective Interleukin (IL)-40 is a new cytokine related to immune system function and malignancies. Recently, an association of IL-40 with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and externalisation of neutrophil ...

1 Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands 2 Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Objectives Although current ...

Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a complex overlap disease with features of different autoimmune connective tissue diseases (CTDs) namely systemic sclerosis, poly/dermatomyositis and systemic ...

Objectives This post hoc analysis assessed speed, magnitude and maintenance of pain improvement in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) receiving baricitinib, baricitinib and methotrexate ...

Objective The European League Against Rheumatism recommends implementing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessments for patients with inflammatory joint diseases (IJDs) into clinical practice. Our ...

Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is the most common arthritic disease, yet a convincing drug treatment is not available. The current narrative review focuses on integration of scientific evidence and ...

Objective To assess the burden of illness of people with fibromyalgia (FM) and their spouses compared with selected match populations in Denmark. Methods Population-based, cohort case-control study ...

Reactive arthritis (ReA) is typically preceded by sexually transmitted disease or gastrointestinal infection. An association has also been reported with bacterial and viral respiratory infections.

Background This study aims to evaluate the long-term trend of prevalence and DALY (disability-adjusted life-year) rate on the age, period and cohort (APC) of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China ...

It is believed that therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most effective and beneficial within a short time frame around RA diagnosis. This insight has caused a shift from research in patients ...