Objectives: To describe the impact of musculoskeletal pain (MP); to compare management of MP by the population and by primary care physicians; and to identify misconceptions about treatment. Methods: ...
Background GCA is an inflamatory vasculitis affecting medium and large-sized arteries, that can result in arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy. C-reactive protein (CRP) level and erythocyte ...
Correspondence to Dr Mariana J Kaplan, Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MA ...
Correspondence to Dr Zachary Scott Wallace, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology and Clinical Epidemiology Program, Mongan Institute, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General ...
Objective To develop and validate revised classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). Methods Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were recruited into an ...
Background Since the publication of the EULAR recommendations for the management of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) in 2016, several randomised clinical trials ...
Dr C H M van den Ende, Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Rheumatology, C4-R, Postbox 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands Email:e.vandenende{at}nivel.nl OBJECTIVE To investigate the ...
1 Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany 2 FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg ...
4 Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitario Lisboa Norte, Universidade de Lisboa, and Centro Académico deMedicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal 5 Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre ...
Background Total knee replacement (TKR) revolutionized management of patients with advanced knee osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, in order to help them overcome pain and functional limitation, ...
Dr G K Meenagh, Department of Rheumatology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BA, UKgarymeenagh{at}yahoo.co.uk If you wish to reuse any or all of ...
3 University of Sfax, Laboratory of Biochimie, Hedi Chaker Hospital Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia 4 Hedi Chaker Hopital, Laboratory of Biochimie, Sfax, Tunisia 5 Habib Bourguiba Hopital, Laboratory of Histology ...