Delays in recognition and manag ...
Prompt institution of corticosteroids (CS) can prevent devastating neuro-ophthalmic complications (NOC) in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). ...
Interleukin-6 promoter polymorp ...
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a multifunctional cytokine with an important pathophysiological role in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The polymorphism ...
Early rheumatoid arthritis—do w ...
This study aims to characterize patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) based on different definitions of early RA (disease duration, fulfillm ...
Takayasu’s arteritis progressio ...
Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a rare granulomatous vasculitic disease that affects the aorta and its major branches. Recent studies have suggested th ...
Tennis leg—a new variant of an ...
This syndrome, while common, is not well recognised in the rheumatology literature. We describe two cases, one classical and one unusual with ultras ...
Low doses of etanercept can be ...
This study aims to explore the effectiveness of low dose of etanercept (ETN) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) who achieve a good control ...
Is anti-TNF switching in refrac ...
Still’s disease (SD) is a rare chronic inflammatory disease characterized by polyarthritis, systemic symptoms, and elevated inflammatory markers. Of ...
Iron status during anti-TNF the ...
Patients with active juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) have frequently low haemoglobin (Hgb) due to inflammation and/or iron deficiency. The aim o ...
Infrapatellar bursitis in child ...
Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) may infrequently present with localized anterior knee pain or swelling, in addition to generalize ...
Extreme hypercomplementemia in ...
Elevated levels of complement components, C3 and C4, are often seen in inflammatory diseases. They are generally not thought to be responsible for o ...
Predictors of radiographic seve ...
The objective of this study is to investigate the association between clinical and laboratory prognostic factors, radiographic severity, and functio ...
What are we doing about septic ...
This study aims to determine the current practices and beliefs of United Kingdom (UK)-based rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons (OS) in managing ...
Effective treatment of Kimura’s ...
Kimura’s disease (KD) is a rare, benign, chronic inflammatory disease which typically presents as persisting or recurring tumor-like lesions in the ...
Outcome of patients with serone ...
The objective of the study is to evaluate the outcome of patients with seronegative spondyloarthritis continuing on sulphasalazine (SSZ) and methotr ...
Wasabi nose: an underreported c ...
Wasabi nose, a term used to describe the nasopharyngeal discomfort experienced during cyclophosphamide infusions, is a rare phenomenon, previously ...
Spondyloarthritis in women: dif ...
The aim of this study is to assess the gender differences in spondyloarthritides (SpAs) in terms of disease onset, clinical presentation, and the Ba ...
Increased serum IL-17 and IL-23 ...
Interleukin 17 (IL-17) is a Th17 cytokine associated with inflammation, autoimmunity, and defense against some bacteria; it has been implicated in m ...
Brown tumor of the cervical spi ...
Brown tumors (BT) are benign focal bone lesions that may appear in the context of primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism (HPT). Involvement of th ...
Predominance of IgG1 and IgG3 s ...
Analysis of IgG subclass distribution of antibodies may provide insights into the mechanisms driving antibody production. Here, we have first determ ...
Relapsing polychondritis and fa ...
Relapsing polychondritis (RP) and familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) are systemic inflammatory disorders with seemingly distinct genetic and pathoph ...
Infliximab for patients with ne ...
This study aims to report the therapeutic effects of anti-tumor necrotic factor antibody, infliximab, for treatment of neuro-Behcet"s disease (NBD) ...
Liver autoantibodies in patient ...
Association between autoimmune liver diseases and scleroderma has been described. The purpose of this study was to study the prevalence of antimitho ...
Early onset systemic lupus eryt ...
Juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus is a rare multisystemic autoimmune disease with variable clinical manifestations, and disease onset before 16 ...
Charcot arthropathy of the knee ...
The diagnosis of Charcot arthropathy in the knee is rare. However, there is an increasing number of diabetic patients, and they are living longer du ...
Palmar fasciitis with polyarthr ...
Palmar fasciitis and polyarthritis syndrome (PFPAS) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome often associated with ovarian and pancreatic cancers, and rare ...