Background: The challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic may represent an overwhelmingly stressful event for ankylosing spondylitis (SpA) patients and impact their treatment adherence. In response to ...
1 Prof Dr Cemil Tascioglu City Hospital, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic, Ä°stanbul, Turkey 2 Prof Dr Cemil Tascioglu City Hospital, Neurology Clinic, Ä°stanbul, Turkey 3 Prof Dr Cemil ...
Objectives To investigate the role of mechanical stress in cartilage ageing and identify the mechanistic association during osteoarthritis (OA) progression. Conclusions FBXW7 is a key factor in the ...
Correspondence to Dr Mariana J Kaplan, Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MA ...
Objectives To report the level and trends of prevalence, incidence and years lived with disability (YLDs) for osteoarthritis (OA) in 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2017 by age, sex and ...
Objective Autoantibodies against antigens carrying distinct post-translational modifications (PTMs), such as citrulline, homocitrulline or acetyllysine, are hallmarks of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The ...
Correspondence to Martin Aringer, Medicine III, University Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden D-01307, Germany; martin.aringer{at}uniklinikum-dresden.de; Dr ...
Objective To investigate the association between baseline disease activity and the occurrence of flares after adalimumab tapering or withdrawal in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in sustained ...
Correspondence to Dr Ki-Jo Kim, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 93, Jungbu-daero, Paldal-gu, ...
Objectives The International League of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria define systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) by the presence of fever, rash and chronic arthritis.
Correspondence to Professor Chunde Bao, Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; baochunde_1678{at}126.com; Professor Liangjing Lu ...
Dr P van Lent, Department of Rheumatology, UMC Nijmegen, Building 850, Geert Grooteplein 26–28, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; P.vanlent{at}reuma.umcn.nl Objective: To study the active involvement of ...