The management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has significantly improved, but a substantial number of patients still experience ...

Background Pain and fatigue are among the most debilitating symptoms of systemic sclerosis (SSc), severely impairing quality ...

Objectives To evaluate the diagnostic utility of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA)-derived biomarkers in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) and to advance the pathophysiological ...

Objectives (1) To assess the risk of haematological malignancies in individuals with systemic sclerosis (SSc) compared with individuals without SSc; (2) to explore how the risk varies across groups ...

Objectives The optimal duration of glucocorticoid (GC) treatment in lupus nephritis (LN) remains unclear. We examined predictors of GC tapering and discontinuation (D/C), flares during tapering and ...

Background Disappointing outcomes in Sjögren’s disease (SjD) trials underscore the need for reliable, sensitive endpoints. Histological assessment holds promise, but a minimally invasive, repeatable ...

Background Bimekizumab (BKZ), a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits interleukin (IL)-17F in addition to IL-17A, has demonstrated 2-year efficacy in non-radiographic axial ...

Aim To evaluate the reliability and diagnostic performance of artificial intelligence (AI) driven robotic ultrasonography (RUS) compared with human ultrasonography (HUS) performed by a trained ...

Objectives To explore characteristics and treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with invasive fungal infections (IFIs) and to describe infection details and outcome. Methods IFIs ...

Objective Interstitial lung disease (ILD) represents the most common and severe organ manifestation observed in patients diagnosed with connective tissue diseases (CTDs). The aim of this retrospective ...

Objective To summarise the measurement properties of instruments used to assess fatigue in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs). Methods A systematic review (SR) of measurement ...