rmdopen.bmj6d
Assessing the sensitivity to change of the OMERACT ultrasound structural gout lesions during urate-lowering therapy
Objectives To evaluate the sensitivity to change of ultrasound structural gout lesions, as defined by the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) ultrasound group, in patients with gout during ...
rmdopen.bmj11d
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.bmj1d
Risk for infections with glucocorticoids and DMARDs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Immunomodulatory therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) carries risk for infectious complications. Understanding the risks of different therapeutic options is essential for making treatment decisions ...
rmdopen.bmj10d
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.bmj6d
Anti-RNP positivity in primary Sjögren’s syndrome is associated with a more active disease and a more frequent muscular and pulmonary involvement
1 Department of Rheumatology, AP-HP, Paris-Sud University Hospitals, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Hospital, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France 2 INSERM U1184, Center for Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune ...
rmdopen.bmj11d
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. Methods The investigation was a nationwide epidemiological case-control study, ...
rmdopen.bmj10d
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.bmj27d
Ehlers-Danlos syndromes: state of the art on clinical practice guidelines
Objective To report the effort of the European Reference Network for Rare and Complex CONnective tissue and musculoskeletal diseases NETwork working group on Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) and related ...
rmdopen.bmj23d
Triple jump for the optimal management of psoriatic arthritis: diet, sleep and exercise – a review
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a complex, multiform and chronic inflammatory disease characterised by the association of arthritis and psoriasis combined with other related conditions and comorbidities.
rmdopen.bmj20d
Mixed connective tissue disease: state of the art on clinical practice guidelines
Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a complex overlap disease with features of different autoimmune connective tissue diseases (CTDs) namely systemic sclerosis, poly/dermatomyositis and systemic ...
rmdopen.bmj18d
Efficacy of BAFF inhibition and B-cell depletion in non-obese diabetic mice as a spontaneous model for Sjögren’s disease
Introduction The therapeutic interest of targeting B-cell activating factor (BAFF) in Sjögren’s disease (SjD) can be suspected from the results of two phase II clinical trials but has not been ...
rmdopen.bmj22d
Impact of baseline C-reactive protein levels on the response to secukinumab in ankylosing spondylitis: 3-year pooled data from two phase III studies
Objective To evaluate the magnitude of response to secukinumab treatment over 3 years in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) grouped by baseline C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in a pooled study ...