Correspondence to Professor Margreet Kloppenburg, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands; g.kloppenburg{at}lumc.nl Objective Hand osteoarthritis ...
Objectives This work aimed to resolve the conflicting reports on Prevotellaceae abundance in the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to observe structural, functional and temporal changes in ...
1 Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Cleveland, OH, United States of America 2 Clinical Communications and Patient Advocacy, Editas Medicine, Medical Affairs, ...
Correspondence to Dr Jörg H W Distler, Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, ...
Objectives To determine if disease duration and number of prior disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) affect response to therapy in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Correspondence to Professor Daozhang Cai and Dr Xiaochun Bai, Department of Orthopedics, Academy of Orthopedics - Guangdong Province, Orthopedic Hospital of Guangdong Province, The Third Affiliated ...
Background We no longer consider Osteoarthritis (OA) as a degenerative disease, but rather as a multifactorial disorder in which low grade, chronic inflammation has a central role. In addition, ...
Background In addition to joint damage, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) confers a higher risk of several comorbidities, including changes in body composition with reduced muscle mass and strenght ...
Correspondence to Dr Zhiqi Zhang, Department of Joint Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou 510080, China; zhzhiqi{at}mail.sysu.edu.cn; Dr Weiming Liao; ...
Objectives Antitumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy has revolutionised treatment of several chronic inflammatory diseases, including spondyloarthritis (SpA). However, TNF inhibitors (TNFi) are not ...
Correspondence to Professor Annette van der Helm-van Mil, Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands; A.H.M.van_der_Helm{at}lumc.nl Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is ...