BMJ

Hormone replacement therapy and mid-term implant survival following knee or hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis: a population-based cohort study

Objectives Osteolysis and subsequent prosthesis loosening is the most common cause for revision following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or total hip arthroplasty (THA). Hormone replacement therapy ...
BMJ

Points to consider: EULAR–UEMS standards for the training of European rheumatologists

Correspondence to Professor Christopher J Edwards, Musculoskeletal Research Unit, NIHR Southampton Clinical Rsearch Facility, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK; cedwards{at}soton.ac.uk ...
BMJ

An Assessment in SpondyloArthritis International Society (ASAS)-endorsed definition of clinically important worsening in axial spondyloarthritis based on ASDAS

Introduction In a previous phase, 12 draft definitions for clinically important worsening in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) were selected, of which 3 were based on absolute changes in Ankylosing ...
BMJ

Sustained efficacy of the monoclonal anti-interleukin-1 beta antibody canakinumab in a 9-month trial in Schnitzler's syndrome

1 Department of Dermatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2 Department of Dermatology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences (NCMLS), Nijmegen, The ...
BMJ

OP0015 THE ROLE OF MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CANDIDATE CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA FOR ANTISYNTHETASE SYNDROME: ANALYSIS FROM ...

4 Centro Académico Clínico Egas Moniz, Centro de Investigação em Reumatologia de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal 5 Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Unidade de ...
BMJ

Joint inflammation tends to recur in the same joints during the rheumatoid arthritis disease course

Objectives We investigated whether local joint swelling recurs in the same joints over time in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are treated to target. Methods Patients with newly diagnosed ...
BMJ

Circulating C reactive protein in osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background There is emerging evidence that the development and progression of osteoarthritis (OA) is associated with inflammation. C reactive protein (CRP), a systemic marker for inflammation, may be ...
BMJ

Signal intensity alteration in the infrapatellar fat pad at baseline for the prediction of knee symptoms and structure in older adults: a cohort study

Objective To describe the associations between infrapatellar fat pad (IPFP) signal intensity alteration at baseline and knee symptoms and structural changes in older adults. Methods A total of 874 ...
BMJ

Validated measurement of periarticular bone mineral density at the knee joint by dual energy x ray absorptiometry

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, ...
BMJ

Table of contents

The multiple rheumatological faces of PsA (or PsA is more than just poly-arthritis? - Consequences for management in daily practice) ...
BMJ

Real-life use of the PEXIVAS reduced-dose glucocorticoid regimen in granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis

3 Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques (CRESS), Unité Inserm 1153, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France ...
BMJ

Exaggerated neutrophil extracellular trap formation in Kawasaki disease: a key phenomenon behind the outbreak in western countries?

Correspondence to Dr Kiyomi Mizugishi, Department of Hematology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; kiyomim{at}kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp KD is a multisystem vasculitis that primarily affects ...