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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 Dr Mariana J Kaplan, Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MA ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
OBJECTIVES To analyse survival rates and the causes of death in a systemic sclerosis (SSc) population, and to evaluate the occurrence of fatal malignant neoplasms and their possible association with ...
Correspondence to HW van Steenbergen, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, P O Box 9600, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands; h.w.van_steenbergen{at}lumc.nl Background The phase ...
1 Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RF, UK 2 Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, ...