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 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 ...

Despite the high mortality risk, no specific treatment options for cardiac manifestations in systemic sclerosis (SSc) currently exist. We performed a retrospective medical records analysis at our ...

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 Behçet disease (BD) is a complex vasculitis with both autoimmune and autoinflammatory features. Despite specific clinical features, no laboratory tests are available for the diagnosis of BD ...

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 Rheumatoid arthritis elevates cardiovascular disease risk. Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), a regulator of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) metabolism, increases ...

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 ...

Objectives To compare incidence rates of gastrointestinal (GI) perforations between patients with RA and the general population, and between patients treated with tumour necrosis factor inhibitors ...

Objective In MOBILITY (NCT01061736), sarilumab significantly reduced disease activity, improved physical function and inhibited radiographic progression at week 52 versus placebo in patients with ...

Large language models (LLMs) demonstrate potential for automating clinical tasks in rheumatology.1 While initial applications show promise in disease activity scoring and computer-assisted diagnosis, ...

Rituximab (RTX) is the cornerstone of remission induction and maintenance therapy for granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA).1 2 Despite its established role, the ...