The digital annular pulleys (DAP) of the hand are specialised fibrous structures that stabilise the flexor tendons. We recently demonstrated that the insertions of the DAP are anatomical entheses, ...

Laura Cuesta-López, Iván Arias-de la Rosa, Jesús Eduardo Martín-Salazar, Antonio Manuel Barranco, Lourdes Ladehesa-Pineda, Miriam Ruiz-Ponce, María Ángeles Puche Larrubia, Carlos Pérez-Sánchez, Pedro ...

Jih-Jin Tsai, Li-Teh Liu, Chun-Hong Chen, et al. COVID-19 outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs. RMD Open 2023;9:e003038. This article has been ...

Objectives To investigate short-term prognosis and prognostic factors for connective tissue disease-associated pneumocystis pneumonia (CTD-PCP) using the Japanese nationwide diagnosis procedure ...

Introduction In the management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), there is a lack of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers. This study assesses the use of serum calprotectin (sCal) as a marker to ...

Objective To study the pathophysiological differences of EGPA and IgG 4-related disease (RD) by clarifying their clinical, pathological and immunological features.Methods Clinical and pathological ...

Objective The expression and experience of sexuality is a key part of an individual’s self-identity, yet it is often overlooked in clinical settings. This study aims to evaluate the impact of ...

In many ways, it may be easier to highlight what rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have in common. They are both common conditions characterised by a spectrum of features or ...

Background Long-term effectiveness of tumour necrosis factor alpha inhibitors (TNFi) has mainly been explored in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the data available on patients with ...

Aim The objective was to examine the prevalence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and its risk factors among patients with RA with diabetes mellitus (RA-DM) and patients with RA ...

Results Exposure to animal dust was associated with an increased risk of RA among both men and women. The OR was 1.2 (95% CI=1.1 to 1.4) for seropositive RA and 1.3 (95% CI=1.1 to 1.5) for ...