Objective The primary objective was to assess sex differences in long-term functional deterioration and permanent work ...

Objective Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a heterogenous group of conditions with substantial morbidity but ...

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic pathway of patients affected by large vessel vasculitis (LVV) and to determine factors ...

Objective Recent advances in giant cell arteritis (GCA) management aim to reduce glucocorticoid (GC). We described changes in ...

Background Adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) is a systemic autoinflammatory disorder lacking a gold-standard diagnostic ...

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare, heterogeneous, systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease characterised by vasculopathy, ...

Objective Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are increasingly recognised for benefits beyond glycaemic ...

Adenosine deaminase 2 deficiency (DADA2) is an inborn error of immunity leading to systemic vasculitis, haematological manifestations, immune deficiency and/or autoimmunity. We report the case of a 26 ...

Objectives Patients with primary Sjögren’s disease (SjD) have an increased risk of B cell lymphoma. The aim of this study was to determine serum protein biomarkers for lymphoma development and to ...

Objectives Rheumatoid factor (RF) and anticitrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are linked to disease activity, severity and cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Since RA-related ...

Objective Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) commonly develop lupus nephritis (LN), the most frequent severe organ manifestation of this systemic autoimmune disease. Using serum and ...

Background Non-synovial inflammation as detected by MRI is characteristic in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) with potentially high diagnostic value. Objective The objective is to describe inflammatory ...