Objectives The objectives are to evaluate variation in systemic disease activity (European Alliance of Associations For ...

Objectives The objective of this study was to investigate the role of infections in the pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease.

Objectives This post hoc analysis assessed speed, magnitude and maintenance of pain improvement in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) receiving baricitinib, baricitinib and methotrexate ...

3 Interdepartmental Research Center of Systemic Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Diseases, Rheumatology Unit, Policlinico Le Scotte, University of Siena, Siena, Italy Blau syndrome (BS) and early-onset ...

The therapeutic window of opportunity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is often referred to. However, some have questioned whether such a period, in which the disease is more susceptible to ...

Background This study aims to evaluate the long-term trend of prevalence and DALY (disability-adjusted life-year) rate on the age, period and cohort (APC) of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China ...

Objective Environmental air pollution has been associated with disruption of the immune system at a molecular level. The primary aim of the present study was to describe the association between ...

1 Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands 2 Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Objectives Although current ...

Objective Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is defined by the association of thromboembolic and/or obstetrical clinical manifestations and the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies. The objective of ...

Objective Interleukin (IL)-40 is a new cytokine related to immune system function and malignancies. Recently, an association of IL-40 with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and externalisation of neutrophil ...

Objective To assess the burden of illness of people with fibromyalgia (FM) and their spouses compared with selected match populations in Denmark. Methods Population-based, cohort case-control study ...

Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is the most common arthritic disease, yet a convincing drug treatment is not available. The current narrative review focuses on integration of scientific evidence and ...