Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a group of diseases characterised by systemic involvement of small-to-medium vessels with necrotising inflammation that, by ...

Objectives We estimated the association between occupational exposures to five different organic dusts: wood, animal, paper, textile and flour dust and the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ...

Patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have a higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) compared to the general population ...

The digital annular pulleys (DAP) of the hand are specialised fibrous structures that stabilise the flexor tendons. We recently demonstrated that the insertions of the DAP are anatomical entheses, ...

D N A of gut microbiota can be found in synovium of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. This finding could result from the translocation of still alive bacteria from gut to joints through blood, ...

Objectives To compare a bDMARD mode of action cycle vs swap treatment strategy in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) or axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) after first tumour necrosis factor ...

Objectives A reduced adrenal reserve-associated cortisol production relative to the enhanced needs of chronic inflammation ( disproportion principle) has been observed in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We ...

Objectives The Cardiovascular Safety of Febuxostat or Allopurinol in Patients with Gout (CARES) trial suggested a higher risk of cardiovascular (CV) death from febuxostat than from allopurinol.

Objectives Guidelines advise to test for anti–Sjögren's-syndrome-related antigen A (anti-SSA) and anti–Sjögren's-syndrome-related antigen B (anti-SSB) antibodies in all patients with rheumatoid ...

Objectives Interleukin (IL)-17 signalling has been shown to be a key regulator of disease in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) with several IL-17 blockers currently clinically approved. Despite this, the ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterised by a chronic inflammatory condition of the joints, but the comorbidities of RA predominantly contribute to the reduced lifespan associated with this disease.

Aim This study aimed to (1) determine the intraobserver and interobserver reliability of ultrasonographic measurement of muscle thickness (MT) and cross-sectional area (CSA) of the rectus femoris and ...