Objectives Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common class of childhood rheumatic diseases, with distinct disease subsets that may have diverging pathophysiological origins. Both adaptive ...

7 Genetics and Population Health Division, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brsibane, Queensland, Australia 8 School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, ...

1 Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen-Nürnberg and Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany 2 Deutsches Zentrum ...

3 Centre for Public Health, Queens’ University Belfast, Belfast, UK 4 Department of Rheumatology, Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Londonderry, UK 5 Department of Rheumatology, Chapel Allerton Hospital, ...

Objectives To develop a score for assessment of patients' symptoms in primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS): the EULAR SS Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI). Methods Dryness, pain, somatic and mental fatigue ...

Background: Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the efficacy of antagonists to tumour necrosis factor α (TNFα) showed high response percentages in the groups treated with active drugs.

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Objectives: To develop evidence-based European League Against Rheumatism ...

33 Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Tbilisi Hospital #1 and Georgian Scientific-Practical Rheumatology Centre, Tblisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia 34 Dipartimento di ...

Objective: To identify patterns of self-reported health problems relating to dose and duration of glucocorticoid intake in unselected patients with rheumatoid arthritis from routine practice. Methods: ...

Objectives To develop evidence-based recommendations for management of calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD). Methods A multidisciplinary guideline development group of 15 experts, representing 10 ...

Correspondence to Dr Carmen Stolwijk, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), University of ...

Correspondence to Dr Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands; AvdHelm{at}lumc.nl Background ...