Department of Rheumatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland Dr E Murphy, Department of Rheumatology, Education and Research Centre, St Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, ...

The first choice for prevention of corticosteroid osteoporosis is a potent oral bisphosphonate—for example, alendronate or risedronate. Intravenous bisphosphonates should be considered for patients ...

Research Laboratory and Academic Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy Dr M Cutolo, Research Laboratory and Academic Unit of Clinical ...

1 Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2 Department of Rheumatology, St Maartenshospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 3 Department of Medical ...

Correspondence to Professor Lisa K Stamp, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, P.O. Box 4345, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand; lisa.stamp{at}cdhb.health.nz Objectives To determine ...

1 Institute for Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria Departments of Immunology and Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, University Health Network, Canada ...

1 Unit of Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 2 Department of Rheumatology, The Karolinska Institute and Karolinska University ...

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 ...

Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent antigen presenting cells of the immune system. They are important regulators of immune responses by their capacity to induce tolerance or immunity, depending ...

Correspondence to R B M Landewé, Maastricht University Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, PO Box 5800, 6202AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands; r.landewe{at}mumc.nl Objectives: ...

Background In 2001, the European League Against Rheumatism developed and disseminated the first guidelines for musculoskeletal (MS) ultrasound (US) in rheumatology. Fifteen years later, the dramatic ...

2 Azienda Zero, Veneto Region, Clinical governance Unit, Padua, Italy 3 Azienda Zero, Veneto Region, Epidemiological Department, Padua, Italy 4 Azienda Zero, Veneto Region, Clinical governance Unit, ...