Study of the genetics of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) began about four decades ago with the discovery of HLA-DRB1. Since the beginning of this century, a number of non-HLA risk loci have been identified ...

Correspondence to Veerle F A M Derksen, Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, Netherlands; v.f.a.m.derksen{at}lumc.nl If you wish to reuse ...

Objectives Hospitalisation is a risk factor for flares in people with gout. However, the predictors of inpatient gout flare are not well understood. The aim of this study was to develop a prediction ...

Objectives Although shared decision making (SDM) is advocated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment, it is largely unclear when, how and to what extent SDM is applied in routine clinical care of ...

2 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America 3 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Internal ...

Objectives We aim to investigate the genetic basis of a case of late-onset autoinflammatory disease characterised by arthritis, recurrent fever and skin rashes. Methods We performed whole-exome/genome ...

While biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) have transformed outcomes of people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a proportion of patients are refractory to multiple bDMARDs.

Department of Rheumatology, Tel Aviv “Sourasky” Medical Centre and the “Sackler” Faculty of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv, Israel Correspondence to: Dr O Elkayam, Department of Rheumatology, Tel ...

Dr S M Wong, Department of Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, 30–32 Ngan Shing Street, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region China If you wish to reuse any or all of this ...

Objective Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis worldwide, and patients experience a heavy burden of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. The inflammation is caused by the deposition of ...

Correspondence to Mr Xinyu Yang, Xinyu Yang, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, China; cyrillyoung{at}163.com and Dr ...

3 Department of Rheumatology, University of Edinburgh, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 4 Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Section, Alicante ...