3 Competence Centre for Clinical Research, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden 4 Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, Skane University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Sweden Introduction ...

Introduction In a previous phase, 12 draft definitions for clinically important worsening in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) were selected, of which 3 were based on absolute changes in Ankylosing ...

Background: Comprehensive multisystem clinical assessment using the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity score (BVAS) is widely used in therapeutic studies of systemic vasculitis. Extensive use suggested a ...

Objectives Osteolysis and subsequent prosthesis loosening is the most common cause for revision following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or total hip arthroplasty (THA). Hormone replacement therapy ...

Correspondence to Jenny Brouwer, Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus MC, Room no. Na-609, PO Box 2040, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands; j.brouwer.1{at}erasmusmc.nl Objectives Many female rheumatoid ...

4 Centro Académico Clínico Egas Moniz, Centro de Investigação em Reumatologia de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal 5 Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Unidade de ...

Objectives We investigated whether local joint swelling recurs in the same joints over time in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are treated to target. Methods Patients with newly diagnosed ...

Background There is emerging evidence that the development and progression of osteoarthritis (OA) is associated with inflammation. C reactive protein (CRP), a systemic marker for inflammation, may be ...

Department of Rheumatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland Dr E Murphy, Department of Rheumatology, Education and Research Centre, St Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, ...

Objective To describe the associations between infrapatellar fat pad (IPFP) signal intensity alteration at baseline and knee symptoms and structural changes in older adults. Methods A total of 874 ...

Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent antigen presenting cells of the immune system. They are important regulators of immune responses by their capacity to induce tolerance or immunity, depending ...

1 Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China 2 Academy of Mircobial Ecology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China 1 Ministry of ...