Correspondence to Professor Annamaria Iagnocco, Scienze Cliniche e Biologiche, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin 10043, Italy; annamaria.iagnocco1{at}gmail.com Objectives Dactylitis is one of ...

Background Tyrosine kinase 2 (Tyk2) is a member of the JAK family that phosphorylates STAT proteins downstream of the IL-12, IL-23 and the Type I interferon receptor. Tyk2 genetic variants have been ...

Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease with unknown aetiology. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is an environmental factor associated with SLE. EBV maintains latency in ...

Correspondence to Dr Junna Ye, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; yjn0912{at}qq.com; Dr Chengde Yang; ...

Objective: To develop a composite score for measurement of disease activity in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and assess its internal and external validity. Methods: A PMR activity score (AS) was ...

1 Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, United States of America 2 Ocean Medical Center, Brick, United States of America Background: Sleep deprivation and sleep inconsistency have been associated with ...

Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Correspondence to J-Y Wang, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan ...

2 Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 3 Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory Academic Medical Centre, ...

Objectives To determine the clinical profile of Filipino SLE patients as determined using the 2012 Systemic Lupus Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) criteria. Methods We checked which among the SLICC ...

Dr P van Lent, Department of Rheumatology, UMC Nijmegen, Building 850, Geert Grooteplein 26–28, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; P.vanlent{at}reuma.umcn.nl Objective: To study the active involvement of ...

Correspondence to Professor Margreet Kloppenburg, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands; g.kloppenburg{at}lumc.nl Objective Hand osteoarthritis ...