Long-term follow-up of differen ...
There is increasing interest in rituximab (RTX) as an alternative to cyclophosphamide (CYC) for remission induction in systemic vasculitis. Recent s ...
Hybrid 18F-FDG PET–MRI of the h ...
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET (18F-FDG PET) is highly sensitive to inflammatory changes within the synovial tissue in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Howeve ...
Methotrexate-induced pulmonary ...
A 45-year-old female with a 4-week history of psoriatic arthritis developed cough, fever, and progressive shortness of breath 2 weeks following init ...
Foot health needs in people wit ...
The vascular and cutaneous alterations evident in systemic sclerosis/scleroderma (SSc) place the foot at risk of ulceration. The UK Podiatry Rheumat ...
Schnitzler's syndrome asso ...
Schnitzler's syndrome (SS) is a rare inflammatory disease of unknown origin characterized by chronic urticaria and monoclonal gammopathy (usually Ig ...
Re-challenge with Etanercept in ...
TNF blockers have rarely been associated with haematological complications; however, there are scattered case reports of marked neutropenia with the ...
Single-center, retrospective an ...
To retrospectively evaluate the efficacy and safety of combination therapy with tacrolimus (TAC) and other disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DM ...
Silent central nervous system i ...
Behçet's disease (BD) is an idiopathic multisystem disorder. Involvement of CNS occurs in 4–48% of cases. This study was designed to evaluate the pr ...
Utility and feasibility of musc ...
The utility of musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSK US) is being extensively explored and evaluated amongst European rheumatologists. However, utilizatio ...
Additive effects of low-level l ...
The subacromial syndrome is the most common source of shoulder pain. The mainstays of conservative treatment are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory dru ...
Yoga for low back pain: a syste ...
It has been suggested that yoga has a positive effect on low back pain and function. The objective of this systematic review was to assess the effec ...
An overview of systematic revie ...
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain condition which is difficult to diagnose and to treat. Most individuals suffering from FM use a variety of compl ...
Single-nucleotide polymorphisms ...
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex immune disease affected by both genetic dispositions and environmental factors. Recently, the polymo ...
Infliximab therapy efficacy and ...
Patients treatedwith infliximab at our centre through a special access programme (initiation group) had longstanding, treatment-resistant rheumatoid ...
Lower gastrointestinal perforat ...
Tocilizumab, a monoclonal antibody targeting the IL-6 receptor, has recently been added to the therapeutic armamentarium against rheumatoid arthriti ...
The expression and distribution ...
CD28/B7 signals have been shown to have the capacity to regulate T cell activation and participate in regulating the development of rheumatoid arthr ...
Inverse correlation of programm ...
Programmed death 1 (PD-1) has been shown to be involved in the negative regulation of the immune response. However, the role of PD-1 in ankylosing ...
Spontaneous skin regression and ...
Skin tightness is a major clinical manifestation of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Importantly for both clinicians and patients, spontaneous regression o ...
Normal autonomic nervous system ...
There is a paucity of knowledge regarding the autonomic nervous system function in patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Therefore, our ...
Predictive value of remission s ...
The objective of this study was to evaluate whether remission status after completion of induction therapy can be used to predict long-term renal ou ...
Comparison of indirect immunofl ...
Indirect immunofluorescence antinuclear antibodies (IIF-ANA) are detected in approximately 90% of scleroderma patients, and the staining pattern cor ...
Reactivity of pulmonary circula ...
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is complicated by pulmonary hypertension and right ventricle (RV) failure in approximately 10% of the patients. Factors inf ...
Malignant lymphomas and autoimm ...
Autoimmune diseases and malignant lymphomas have numerous similarities in their etiology and pathogenesis. Patients with autoimmune disorders have i ...
Usefulness of whole-body fluori ...
The objective of this study is to systematically review the role of positron emission tomography (PET) and PET/computed tomography (PET/CT) with flu ...
Prevalence, co-occurrence, and ...
The aims of this study are to determine prevalence and co-occurrence of musculoskeletal pain (MSP) among shellfish gatherers and its consequences fo ...