Objective Environmental air pollution has been associated with disruption of the immune system at a molecular level. The primary aim of the present study was to describe the association between ...

Objective To identify the best evidence on the efficacy of treatment interventions for inclusion body myositis (IBM) and to describe their safety. Methods Systematic review of randomised controlled ...

Objective Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is characterised by widespread pain and is associated with mood disorders such as depression as well as poor sleep quality. These in turn have been linked to ...

Objective Sjögren’s disease (SjD) is a chronic exocrine disorder typified by inflammation and dryness, but also profound fatigue, suggesting a pathological basis in cellular bioenergetics. In healthy ...

The International Myositis Classification Criteria Project consortium, the Euromyositis register and the Juvenile Dermatomyositis Cohort Biomarker Study and Repository (JDRG) (UK and Ireland).

Objectives To assess vaccine effectiveness (VE) and safety of the recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) in adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods This retrospective study using ...

Objective The rheumatoid arthritis impact of disease (RAID) questionnaire comprises seven patient-important domains of disease impact (pain, function, fatigue, sleep disturbance, emotional well-being, ...

Background We aimed to update the 2018 systematic literature review on the efficacy and safety of treatments for hand osteoarthritis (OA), which was based on 126 studies. Methods We performed a ...

Objectives To better define the spectrum of new-onset post-COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 vaccine inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD) from a large multicentric observational study. Methods Consecutive ...

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Objective Cellular ageing of the immune system has been suggested to play a role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis ...

Objectives To describe diagnostic framework classification, treatment patterns and outcomes in Kawasaki disease-associated macrophage activation syndrome (KD-MAS) using a single-centre cohort and a ...