Background Despite treatment according to the current management recommendations, a significant proportion of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remain symptomatic. These patients can be ...

Background The effects of fish oil (FO) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have not been examined in the context of contemporary treatment of early RA. This study examined the effects of high versus low ...

1 Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Rheumatology Research Group, MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, ...

Correspondence to Dr Carmen Stolwijk, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), University of ...

6 Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 7 Bristol NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Objective To develop and validate revised ...

Objectives: To develop a new index for disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis (ASDAS) that is truthful, discriminative and feasible, and includes domains/items that are considered relevant by ...

Correspondence to Dr Kay-Geert A Hermann, Department of Radiology (CCM), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, 10117, Germany; kgh{at}charite.de Objective To compare the performance of a new ...

Correspondence to Eloisa Bonfa, Rheumatology Division, Universidade de Sao Paulo Faculdade de Medicina, Sao Paulo 04746-070, Brazil; eloisa.bonfa{at}hc.fm.usp.br Objective To evaluate the effect on ...

Objective To investigate the rate of serious bacterial, viral or opportunistic infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) starting tocilizumab (TCZ) versus tumour necrosis factor inhibitors ...

Objectives This meta-analysis investigates the efficacy of tumour necrosis factor α (TNFα) blockers versus placebo for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and non-radiographic axial ...

Objectives Recent observational studies have highlighted the beneficial role of dairy ingestion in gout prevention. The aims of this study were to determine the acute effects of milk ingestion on ...

F8: Back to the future: how to mix the old and new treatments for SLE, Sjögren's and APS ...