The EULAR Sjögren's syndrome (SS) disease activity index (ESSDAI) is a systemic disease activity index that was designed to measure disease activity in patients with primary SS. With the growing use ...

2 Centre de Référence des Maladies Autoimmunes Rares, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France Objective To describe systemic sclerosis (SSc) with myopathy in patients without classic ...

Introduction Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disease characterised by thrombosis (arterial, venous or small vessel) or obstetrical events and persistent antiphospholipid antibodies ...

Introduction Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Tofacitinib monotherapy was previously shown to inhibit structural damage, reduce clinical ...

Relapses and late complications remain a concern in giant cell arteritis (GCA). Monitoring strategies are required to effectively tailor treatment and improve patients’ outcomes. Current monitoring of ...

Introduction Colchicine, commonly used in gout flare, is contraindicated in severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) (estimated glomerular filtration rate <30 mL/min). However, in this context, there are ...

Objectives One-fifth of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) recipients experience a suboptimal outcome. Incorporation of patients’ preferences in TKA assessment may improve outcomes. We determined the ...

Objectives A 24-hour urine protein (24hUP) is a key measurement in the management of lupus nephritis (LN); however, trajectories of 24hUP in LN is poorly defined. Methods Two LN cohorts that underwent ...

Objective To investigate sex differences in spinal radiographic progression in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Methods AxSpA patients in the Swiss Clinical Quality Management cohort with available ...

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 ...

Background The effectiveness of intra-articular hyaluronic acid (IAHA) injection for knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is debated. Objectives To evaluate the effect of IAHA for patients with KOA by analysing ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) associated arthritis is a subgroup of spondyloarthritis (SpA) that has suffered from lack of recognition in rheumatology clinical and research circles for over 100 ...