Correspondence to Dr Naotomo Kambe, Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; nkambe{at}kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp Results The study population ...
Background Since the publication of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis (LVV) in 2009, several relevant randomised clinical ...
Correspondence to Dr Zhiqi Zhang, Department of Joint Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou 510080, China; zhzhiqi{at}mail.sysu.edu.cn; Dr Weiming Liao; ...
1 Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupement Hospitalier Pitié–Salpêtrière, French National Referral Center for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Antiphospholipid Antibody ...
Objectives Lupus nephritis (LN) is a frequent complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Severe (proliferative) forms of LN are treated with induction immunosuppressive therapy (IST), ...
Correspondence to Professor Ling Qin, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China; lingqin{at}cuhk.edu.hk; Professor Kingston King-lun Mak, Joint Center for Musculoskeletal Research, Guangzhou ...
Objective Randomised trials of type I anti-CD20 antibodies rituximab and ocrelizumab failed to show benefit in proliferative lupus nephritis (LN). We compared obinutuzumab, a humanised type II ...
Objectives Although T cells have been implicated in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc), a comprehensive study of T-cell-mediated immune responses in the affected skin of patients with ...
Background Gout is the most common cause of an inflammatory arthritis in men elder than 30 years, varies up to 1,7% of the total morbidity. One of the most common complication of chronic gout is gouty ...
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of adding sulfasalazine to leflunomide treatment compared with switching to sulfasalazine alone in patients with RA with an inadequate response to ...
1 Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Department of Medicine, Tai Po, Hong Kong (SAR) 2 The Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, ...
1 University Hospital Tuebingen, Center for Interdisciplinary Rheumatology, Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases (INDIRA) and Department for Internal Medicine II (Hematology, Oncology, Rheumatology and ...