Background Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) has long been debated as an early nonspecific phase/symptom of ...

Objectives Patients with primary Sjögren’s disease (SjD) have an increased risk of B cell lymphoma. The aim of this study was ...

Background Data on cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are scarce. This study aimed to determine the ...

Background Hand involvement is an early manifestation of systemic sclerosis (SSc), culprit of diagnosis and classification, and recognised major driver of disability. Impairment of hand function ...

Objectives A few studies on antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) treatments have shown the therapeutic efficacy of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF). However, the ...

Objectives To investigate the reliability of elevated titres of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) and to identify a cut-off titre in discriminating between ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAV) ...

Objectives Patients with connective tissue diseases can develop interstitial lung disease (ILD), leading to a progressive fibrosing ILD (PF-ILD) phenotype in some cases. We aimed to investigate the ...

Objective Glucocorticoids (GC) are a cornerstone in treating antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies-associated vasculitides (AAV), however, they add to morbidity and mortality. To date, GC toxicity in ...

Effect of mAb-3C on LCWE-induced vasculitis. Mice were injected intraperitoneally with PBS (n=7) or LCWE (n=14). After 2 weeks, LCWE-treated mice were further divided into two groups: no treatment ...

It is evident that the morning symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are linked to the circadian abnormal increase in night inflammation, favoured by inadequate cortisol secretion under conditions of ...

Objectives Multiple discontinuations of biologic (b-) or targeted synthetic (ts-) disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) may indicate difficult-to-treat disease. We aimed to assess the ...

Music therapy is recognised as a complementary or alternative therapy for osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia, but playing music can have health repercussions for musicians in the field of rheumatology.