Objective The objective of this study is to assess the association between childhood exposure to pets and farm animals and ...

Objective We explored associations between endogenous oestrogens, coronary atherosclerosis and cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We interrogated whether these relationships varied by ...

Background and aim Juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis (JIAU) is a potentially blinding condition beginning in ...

Objectives To identify in a genetically susceptible population individuals at higher risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using a classification approach combining known epidemiological risk ...

Objectives Activated synovial fibroblasts play a key role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Positron emission tomography-CT (PET-CT) using 68g allium-labelled fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI ...

Real-world data are increasingly available to investigate ‘real-world’ safety and efficacy. However, since treatment in observational studies is not randomly allocated, confounding by indication may ...

Diagnosis made with an imaging technique is the result of two mainly sequential, variously and closely intertwined processes: image acquisition and image interpretation. These two processes may be ...

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 ...

Background Pain and fatigue are among the most debilitating symptoms of systemic sclerosis (SSc), severely impairing quality of life (QoL). Pharmacological management is often inadequate, and evidence ...

The management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has significantly improved, but a substantial number of patients still experience persistent disease activity, leading to the concept of ‘difficult-to-treat ...