Objective A panel of antibodies against three antigens, University Hasselt (UH)-rheumatoid arthritis (RA).305, 318 and 329, has been associated with lack of response to first-line therapy in the Care ...

Neuropathic pain is a devastating type of pain that significantly reduces the quality of life of affected people.

Objective To present updated integrated safety analyses of bimekizumab in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) or psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Methods Safety data pooled from six phase IIb/III ...

Background Psoriatic disease has a complex effect on bone metabolism, resulting in both pathological bone formation and bone resorption. However, microstructural changes in cortical and trabecular ...

Objective Autoimmune rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), have recently been associated with an increased risk of cancer, particularly head and neck cancer (HNC). This study aimed ...

Background Remission and low-disease activity are recommended targets in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), yet many ...

is an open access, peer-reviewed rheumatology journal that publishes original research on rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders and connective tissue diseases ...

Objective To assess the impact of medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) and fibre on health-related quality of life (QOL), morning stiffness and pain in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Methods A ...

Objectives To define the elementary ultrasound (US) lesions in giant cell arteritis (GCA) and to evaluate the reliability of the assessment of US lesions according to these definitions in a web-based ...

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) include the main subgroups polymyositis (PM), dermatomyositis (DM), inclusion body myositis (IBM) and juvenile DM (JDM). The mentioned subgroups are ...

Objectives Patients with primary Sjögren’s disease (SjD) have an increased risk of B cell lymphoma. The aim of this study was to determine serum protein biomarkers for lymphoma development and to ...

Background This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of avacopan versus a prednisone taper in the subgroup of patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (granulomatosis ...