Some of the articles being published during the severe acute respiratory syndrome–coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2 pandemic highlight a link between severe forms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the ...

Background Multidisciplinary collaboration is defined as a collective work involving multiple disciplines and is common in clinical care and research. Our aim was to describe current clinical and ...

Objectives Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a severe extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objectives of this study were to estimate mortality rate in patients with RA-ILD ...

Objective The objectives of this study were: (1) to describe burden of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and trends from 1990 to 2019 using the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study (GBD) ...

Objectives To identify specific metabolomic profiles associated with gout flares in people with gout. Methods Participants with gout were sequentially enrolled. In cross-sectional analysis, data were ...

Introduction The age at the onset of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) can influence the trajectory of the disease. We aimed to clarify how age at the visit 6 months after the onset as a continuous ...

Objectives Using Mendelian randomisation (MR), we examined whether childhood body size affects risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), gout and ...

Background Secukinumab efficacy and retention data are emerging in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) in real-world settings. However, limited data are available on the predictive factors ...

Objective To quantify longitudinal development of disease activity, organ damage, patient-reported outcomes, and myositis autoantibody profiles in patients with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) after ...

Objectives Extra-articular manifestations (EAMs) are important systemic features of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), which may influence the choice of tumour necrosis factor-inhibitor (TNFi). We ...

Objective To determine distinct patterns of patients with autoimmune diseases harbouring anti-Ku antibodies and their respective prognosis.Methods Anti-Ku-positive patients were retrieved through four ...

Introduction Glucocorticoids are still a mainstream of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment. Reducing glucocorticoids should be attempted in all patients. However, choosing the right tapering strategy ...