Objectives To develop a score for assessment of patients' symptoms in primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS): the EULAR SS Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI). Methods Dryness, pain, somatic and mental fatigue ...

Background: Although disease-specific health status measures are available for ankylosing spondylitis (AS), no instrument exists for assessing quality of life (QoL) in the condition. Objective: To ...

Background EULAR recommendations for treatment for Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) were last updated in 2017, based on literature up to the end of 2014. The treatment recommendations are among the most cited ...

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has historically been considered a milder rheumatic disease not yielding significant clinical damage. However, recent studies have shown that PsA can be deforming and ...

Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis and one in which pathogenesis and risk factors are best understood. One of the treatment objectives in current guidelines is ‘cure’. However, audits show ...

Only a minority of patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) can be weaned-off glucocorticoids (GC) using conventional treatment strategies. The development of biological ...

Background: Gout is increasingly common disease in China. Dotinurad is a novel, selective urate reabsorption inhibitor, which reduces serum uric acid levels by selective inhibition of the urate ...

Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are the two most common forms of arthritis with a prevalence of 1% and 0.5% in Europe. Physical activity exerts a major influence on ...