15 Department of Radiology. Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands 16 Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands ...
Background Little is known about glucocorticoid-sparing agents in giant cell arteritis (GCA) except for IL-6 inhibition. Secukinumab (SEC) has shown significant improvements in the signs and symptoms ...
Correspondence to Ping-Hsuan Hsieh, Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment, University of Glasgow Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK; p.hsieh.1{at}research.gla.ac.uk ...
Correspondence to Dr Elizabeth R Volkmann, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; evolkmann{at}mednet.ucla.edu ...
Objective: To assess the reliability of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI)-2000 index in routine practice and its ability to capture disease activity as compared with the ...
Background Filgotinib is an oral, selective Janus kinase 1 (JAK1) inhibitor combining a favorable safety profile and clinical efficacy in patients after 4 weeks of dosing with rheumatoid arthritis (RA ...
1 Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany Objectives: Here we ...
Background: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by increased mortality and organ damage accrual. A composite SSc Damage Index was recently developed by the Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium ...
Correspondence to Dr Lang Qin, Reproductive Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Ministry of Education, ...
Dr R M Aspden, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB9 2ZD. OBJECTIVE To determine the material properties of the subchondral bone plate in ...
Animal models of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are widely used for testing potential new therapies for RA. However, the question of which animal model is most predictive of therapeutic efficacy in human ...
Psoriasis is a common chronic, recurrent, immune mediated disease of the skin and joints. It can have a significant negative impact on the physical, emotional, and, psychosocial wellbeing of affected ...