Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is the most common arthritic disease, yet a convincing drug treatment is not available. The current narrative review focuses on integration of scientific evidence and ...

1 Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2 Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands Objectives Methotrexate ...

Objectives To determine whether antecedent sinusitis is associated with incident rheumatic disease. Methods This population-based case–control study included all individuals meeting classification ...

Background Patients with immune-mediated rheumatic diseases (IMRDs) are commonly treated with immunosuppressors and prone to infections. Recently introduced mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines have demonstrated ...

1 Institute of Infectious Diseases, University of Debrecen Faculty of Medicine, Kenézy University Hospital, Debrecen, Hungary Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading cause of the community-acquired ...

Since their first use for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the late 1940s, glucocorticoids (GCs) have been representing a substantial part of the therapeutic arsenal for RA. However, even if GCs ...

Present affiliation The present affiliation of Shangbang Rao is: Candel Therapeutics, Needham, MA, USA Present affiliation The present affiliation of Pieter-Jan Stiers is: AgomAb Therapeutics, Ghent, ...

Objectives To study the characteristics of B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) or Hodgkin lymphoma complicating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to identify RA-related factors associated with their ...

Objectives Secondary prevention of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is generally considered potentially impactful because the entire RA population is believed to experience a symptomatic ‘pre-RA’ phase. We ...

Objectives The objectives of this study are to identify a therapeutic serum level for adalimumab associated with remission and low disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Methods ...

Correspondence to Dr Filippo Fagni; Filippo.Fagni{at}uk-erlangen.de Conclusions Patients with psoriasis presenting with arthralgia show localised signs of resident tissue activation in joints and ...

Objectives Evidence on the current status of gender equity in academic rheumatology in Europe and potential for its improvement is limited. The EULAR convened a task force to obtain empirical evidence ...