rmdopen.bmj3d
Systemic disease activity measured with ESSDAI varies largely over 5 years in a prospective, longitudinal cohort of patients with Sjögren’s disease
Objectives The objectives are to evaluate variation in systemic disease activity (European Alliance of Associations For Rheumatology (EULAR) Sjögren’s Syndrome Disease Activity Index (ESSDAI)) over ...
rmdopen.bmj4d
Impact of Sjögren’s disease on quality of sexual life using the Qualisex score
15 Université Paris-Sud, Center for Immunology of Viral Infections and Auto-immune Diseases (IMVA), Institut pour la Santé et la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) UMR 1184, Université Paris-Saclay, Le ...
rmdopen.bmj5d
Predictive value of myositis antibodies: role of semiquantitative classification and positivity for more than one autoantibody
Objectives We assessed the positive predictive value (PPV) of 17 myositis antibodies for having a diagnosis of myositis and other myositis-spectrum conditions (interstitial lung disease (ILD), ...
rmdopen.bmj13d
Spondyloarthritis in inflammatory bowel disease cohorts: systematic literature review and critical appraisal of study designs
To critically appraise study designs evaluating spondyloarthritis (SpA) phenotypes in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A systematic literature review of PubMed, Ovid, Scopus, Cinahl, ...
rmdopen.bmj14d
Towards secondary prevention of early knee osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is the most common arthritic disease, yet a convincing drug treatment is not available. The current narrative review focuses on integration of scientific evidence and ...
rmdopen.bmj15d
Feasibility of cardiovascular disease risk assessments in rheumatology outpatient clinics: experiences from the nationwide NOCAR project
Objective The European League Against Rheumatism recommends implementing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessments for patients with inflammatory joint diseases (IJDs) into clinical practice. Our ...
rmdopen.bmj22d
Role of synovial fibroblast subsets across synovial pathotypes in rheumatoid arthritis: a deconvolution analysis
Objectives To integrate published single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data and assess the contribution of synovial fibroblast (SF) subsets to synovial pathotypes and respective clinical ...
rmdopen.bmj23d
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Original research: Reliability of the OMERACT Giant cell arteritis Ultrasonography Score (OGUS): results of a patient-based exercise involving experts and non-experts in vascular ultrasonography (2 ...
rmdopen.bmj24d
Autoinflammatory granulomatous diseases: from Blau syndrome and early-onset sarcoidosis to NOD2-mediated disease and Crohn's disease
3 Interdepartmental Research Center of Systemic Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Diseases, Rheumatology Unit, Policlinico Le Scotte, University of Siena, Siena, Italy Blau syndrome (BS) and early-onset ...
rmdopen.bmj24d
Associations of infection burden with Kawasaki disease in a population-based setting during 30 years
Objectives The objective of this study was to investigate the role of infections in the pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease.
rmdopen.bmj24d
New pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-40 is produced by activated neutrophils and plays a role in the early stages of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis
Objective Interleukin (IL)-40 is a new cytokine related to immune system function and malignancies. Recently, an association of IL-40 with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and externalisation of neutrophil ...
rmdopen.bmj25d
Current view on the pathogenic role of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis
Epidemiological findings suggest a potential role for anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis. ACPA-positive RA is associated with unique genetical and ...