Background NeceSSity stands for “New Clinical Endpoints in primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: an Interventional Trial based on stratifYing patients”. International consortium involving 25 partners (20 ...

When a year closes and gives way to its successor, it is good to pause for breath to reflect on the achievements of the past and contemplate the prospects for the incoming year. So when looking back ...

Background Attempts to stop glucocorticoids (GC) among lupus patients in long term remission have been successful. Continuing other immunosuppressive (IS) agents indefinitely is currently the norm and ...

Background: Assessment of serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels is of great interest in rheumatology in the diagnosis of infections, including infectious complications during active immunosuppressive ...

22 Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary Objectives To develop EULAR recommendations for screening and prophylaxis of chronic and opportunistic ...

Objective Increasing evidence suggests that impaired cartilage is a substantial risk factor for the progression from hyperuricaemia to gout. Since the relationship between cartilage matrix protein and ...

4 Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitario Lisboa Norte, Universidade de Lisboa, and Centro Académico deMedicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal 5 Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre ...

Correspondence to Professor Daozhang Cai and Dr Xiaochun Bai, Department of Orthopedics, Academy of Orthopedics - Guangdong Province, Orthopedic Hospital of Guangdong Province, The Third Affiliated ...

Background Since the publication of the EULAR recommendations for the management of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) in 2016, several randomised clinical trials ...

Objectives To provide an update of the EULAR rheumatoid arthritis (RA) management recommendations addressing the most recent developments in the field. Methods An international task force was formed ...

Background Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors have been recognized as a potential therapeutic option in ankylosing spondylitis (AS), also known as radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA). 1 ...

Objectives To report the level and trends of prevalence, incidence and years lived with disability (YLDs) for osteoarthritis (OA) in 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2017 by age, sex and ...