Takayasu arteritis (TAK) remains a therapeutic challenge, and some patients develop refractory disease despite conventional ...

Objectives Female sex and anticitrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are associated with higher disease activity in ...

Introduction Patients with rheumatoid (RA) or psoriatic (PsA) arthritis can experience debilitating pain. Methods Post hoc analyses of phase 3, double-blind studies in patients with active disease ...

Objective To develop a pragmatic model to predict total knee replacement (TKR) in knee osteoarthritis using non-imaging clinical, genetic and lifestyle data with machine learning (ML)-guided feature ...

Osteoporosis (ie, low bone mineral density) is common in ankylosing spondylitis, related to both systemic inflammation and decreased mobility. Vertebral fracture risk is increased; acute back pain in ...

Objectives To assess the effectiveness of switching biological or targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (b/tsDMARDs) in patients with low-inflammatory difficult-to-treat rheumatoid ...

Objectives To define the elementary ultrasound (US) lesions in giant cell arteritis (GCA) and to evaluate the reliability of the assessment of US lesions according to these definitions in a web-based ...

Objectives Clinical features of Behçet’s disease (BD) exhibit significant variability, not only from patient to patient but also according to gender and geographical region. This study aims to ...

Objectives To evaluate the potential of clinical factors, ultrasound findings, serum autoantibodies, and serum cytokine and chemokine profiles as predictors of clinical outcomes in rheumatoid ...

Objectives To assess the impact of rheumatoid factor (RF) levels and previous inadequate responses/intolerance to tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi-IR) on the efficacy of certolizumab pegol (CZP ...

Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) significantly affects the lungs and heart, and pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a severe manifestation that leads to considerable morbidity and mortality.

Objective Cardiac involvement is a major complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc), with myocardial fibrosis as a hallmark feature. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is used to detect cardiac ...