Objectives Lupus nephritis (LN) is a frequent complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Severe (proliferative) forms of LN are treated with induction immunosuppressive therapy (IST), ...

4 University College London, Centre for Rheumatology and Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, London, United Kingdom 5 University of Leeds, NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching ...

Background Malnutrition and inflammation are closely related in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The Prognostic Inflammatory and Nutritional Index (PINI) is a tool assessing the risk of malnutrition-related ...

1 Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA 2 Department of Dermatology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA ...

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and traditional disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are widely used in the treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA), but this is based more upon ...

Dr B Manger, Department of Internal Medicine III, University Erlangen Krankenhausstr 12, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany Newer US techniques, which are currently being evaluated, include colour and power ...

Dr C H M van den Ende, Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Rheumatology, C4-R, Postbox 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands Email:e.vandenende{at}nivel.nl OBJECTIVE To investigate the ...

1 Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Boston, United States of America 2 Boston University School of Public Health, Biostatistics & Epidemiology Data ...

Background: Pyrin is a newly recognised intracellular regulator of inflammation, and mutations in MEFV, the gene encoding pyrin, are the cause of familial Mediterranean fever. Objective: To determine ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the potential relation between cumulative exposure to cigarette smoking in patients with or without rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and a positive family history of the disease.

Correspondence to Dr Rachel O'Mahony, NCC-CC, Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LE, UK; rachel.o'mahony{at}rcplondon.ac.uk Objective To define the effects of ...

Objective: To carry out a critical appraisal of the literature in an attempt to assess the current value of synovial fluid (SF) analysis in the diagnosis of joint disease. Methods: A literature search ...