Background Since the publication of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis (LVV) in 2009, several relevant randomised clinical ...

Objectives Ultrasound of temporal and axillary arteries may reveal vessel wall inflammation in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). We developed a ultrasound scoring system to quantify the extent ...

Objectives Clinical heterogeneity is a cardinal feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Hallmark SSc autoantibodies are central to diagnosis and associate with distinct patterns of skin-based and ...

Institute of Biophysics and Informatics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic O Kryštůfková, Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Na Slupi 4, 120 00 ...

Background The primary cilium is a microtubule-based, polarized, antenna structure that emanates from the cell surface of most mammalian cell types. It serves as a sensor that mediates reactions to ...

Objective Dactylitis is a hallmark of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) where flexor tenosynovitis is common. This study explored the microanatomical basis of dactylitis using high-resolution MRI (hrMRI) to ...

5 Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 6 Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 7 Section of ...

Background An important but often insufficient aspect of care in people with inflammatory arthritis (IA) is empowering patients to acquire a good understanding of their disease and building their ...

Objective: To develop a composite score for measurement of disease activity in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and assess its internal and external validity. Methods: A PMR activity score (AS) was ...

Background The trend of, and the impact of major organ damage on the short- and longer-term survival of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) globally over the past 60 years have not been ...

Objective To compare the presence of head, neck and upper extremity symptoms in patients with Takayasu’s (TAK) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) and their association with vascular inflammation assessed ...

1 Department of Pediatric Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2 Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center ...