Correspondence to Dr Jörg H W Distler, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Erlangen, Erlangen D-91054, Germany; joerg.distler{at}uk-erlangen.de Objectives Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is ...
Background: Establishing a transition program is important in bridging the gap between pediatric and adult healthcare especially in patients with chronic diseases. The Division of Pediatric ...
Objectives To determine the relationship between synovial versus skin transcriptional/histological profiles in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ...
2 Rheumatology Department, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands 3 Rheumatology Department, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands Background The ...
1 Department of Health Promotion and Education, Maastricht University, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht, The Netherlands 2 Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Garcia de ...
1 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands 2 Department of Rheumatology, Maasland Hospital Sittard, The Netherlands 3 ...
Background: Janus Kinases (JAK) are tirosin-kinases that can promote cytokine production in immune and hematopoietic cells. The JAK-2 (V617F) mutation is the most frequently detected mutation in ...
Background: Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a multidimensional chronic disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, cognitive dysfunction, depressive episodes ...
Correspondence to Dr Pernille Bøyesen, Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Box 23 Vinderen, N-0319 Oslo, Norway; pernilleboyesen{at}gmail.com Objectives To determine whether MRI and ...
Objectives Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a severe, life-threatening complication of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) and adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD). The objective of ...
Objectives Ultrasound of temporal and axillary arteries may reveal vessel wall inflammation in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). We developed a ultrasound scoring system to quantify the extent ...