Objectives Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) share many clinical manifestations and serological features. The aim of this study was to ...

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of secukinumab in patients with a mucosal and articular Behçet’s phenotype resistant to conventional and biologic treatment. Methods A multicentre ...

Objectives To develop and validate an international set of classification criteria for primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) using guidelines from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the European ...

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 ...

Methods SFs from 38 gouty patients were analysed for white blood cell (WBC) count, percentage of polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs) and levels of interleukin 1β (IL-1β), IL-6, IL-8, tumour necrosis ...

11 WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Japan Objective The causality and pathogenic mechanism of microbiome composition remain elusive in many diseases, including ...

Objective To develop and validate revised classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). Methods Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were recruited into an ...

Correspondence to Professor Daozhang Cai and Dr Xiaochun Bai, Department of Orthopedics, Academy of Orthopedics - Guangdong Province, Orthopedic Hospital of Guangdong Province, The Third Affiliated ...

Correspondence to Ping-Hsuan Hsieh, Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment, University of Glasgow Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK; p.hsieh.1{at}research.gla.ac.uk ...

2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (RKU), University of Ulm, Germany 3 Department of Internal Medicine II—Cardiology, University of Ulm, Germany Correspondence to: Dr T Stürmer Department of ...

Correspondence to Dr Hui Liu, Department of Spine Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China; liuhui58{at}mail.sysu.edu.cn Objective The aim of this ...

A clinical guideline is a document with the aim of guiding decisions based on evidence regarding diagnosis, management and treatment in specific areas of healthcare. Specific to rheumatic and ...