Objectives The oral microbiome plays a critical role in modulating systemic inflammation, partly through its interactions ...

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

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

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

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

Objective A new adult-onset autoinflammatory syndrome has been described, named VEXAS (Vacuoles, E1 Enzyme, X-linked, Autoinflammatory, Somatic). We aimed to compare the clinical characteristics, the ...

Objective We aimed to compare the incidence of severe infections between mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and other immunosuppressants in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) on maintenance ...

Objective This multicentre randomised controlled trial aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of iguratimod (IGU) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in patients with active primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS ...

Objectives Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is classified as a subtype of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). A recent genome-wide association ...

Objectives To assess clinical effectiveness, safety and in vivo effects on cytokines, chemokines and low-density neutrophils (LDNs) in patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) treated ...

An open access rheumatology journal publishing research on rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders and connective tissue diseases. An official journal of EULAR.

Objective To evaluate chest high-resolution CT (HRCT) images in idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) using both quantitative CT and visual assessment. Methods HRCT images from a single-centre ...