Objective To determine distinct patterns of patients with autoimmune diseases harbouring anti-Ku antibodies and their respective prognosis.Methods Anti-Ku-positive patients were retrieved through four ...

Mader R, Verlaan JJ, Eshed I, et al. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH): where we are now and where to go next. RMD Open 2017;3:e000472. The fourth author of this article should be cited ...

Objectives To identify predictors of remission and disease activity patterns in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using individual participant data (IPD) from clinical trials. Methods Phase II ...

Objectives To update the evidence on imaging for diagnosis, monitoring and outcome prediction in large vessel vasculitis (LVV) to inform the 2023 update of the European Alliance of Associations for ...

Despite the high mortality risk, no specific treatment options for cardiac manifestations in systemic sclerosis (SSc) currently exist. We performed a retrospective medical records analysis at our ...

Objectives To identify specific metabolomic profiles associated with gout flares in people with gout. Methods Participants with gout were sequentially enrolled. In cross-sectional analysis, data were ...

Background The International Map of Axial Spondyloarthritis (IMAS) is a global initiative aimed to assess the impact and burden of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and identify the unmet needs from the ...

Objectives Extra-articular manifestations (EAMs) are important systemic features of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), which may influence the choice of tumour necrosis factor-inhibitor (TNFi). We ...

It is believed that therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most effective and beneficial within a short time frame around RA diagnosis. This insight has caused a shift from research in patients ...

Background Multidisciplinary collaboration is defined as a collective work involving multiple disciplines and is common in clinical care and research. Our aim was to describe current clinical and ...

Objective To examine the performance of the new 2022 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/EULAR giant cell arteritis (GCA) classification criteria for diagnosis in routine clinical care. Methods ...

Objective In utero exposure of the fetus to Ro/La autoantibodies may lead to congenital heart block (CHB). In the mother, these autoantibodies are associated with activation of the type I interferon ...