Objective To determine the effectiveness of a patient-initiated disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD) self-monitoring service for people with rheumatoid (RA) or psoriatic arthritis (PsA) on ...

Eamonn S Molloy, Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; molloye{at}ccf.org Objective ...

1 Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Rehabilitation in Rheumatology, Oslo, Norway 2 Leiden University ...

Objective Low back pain (LBP) is a common musculoskeletal disorder, but it is still unclear which individuals develop it. The authors examined the contribution of genetic factors, lumbar disc ...

Osteoarthritis Research Unit, University of Montreal Hospital Centre, Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Johanne Martel-Pelletier, Osteoarthritis Research Unit, University of Montreal ...

Objectives To evaluate whether meteorological parameters influence disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods We assessed correlations between individual meteorological ...

The increasing prevalence of autoimmune and immune-mediated diseases (AIMDs) underscores the need to understand environmental ...

1 Division of Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA 2 Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, ...

Background Heart-specific inflammation-myocarditis is a common cause of pathological tissue remodelling and heart failure with the phenotype of inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy (iDCM). During the ...

Correspondence to Dr Brigitte Michelsen, Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Service box 416, Kristiansand 4604, Norway; brigitte_michelsen{at}yahoo.no Objective To ...

Division of Immunology, Infection and Inflammation, Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK Correspondence to: Professor F Y Liew Division of Immunology, Infection and ...

Good correlation has been shown between pain scores derived from 4 different rating scales. The correlation was maintained when presentation of the scales was separated by a series of questions and by ...