Objective To describe the disease course after the cessation of infliximab in early rheumatoid arthritis patients with disease activity score (DAS)-steered treatment and to identify predictors of ...

Objectives To estimate the incidence and prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in the UK over the period 1999–2012. Methods A retrospective cohort study using the Clinical Practice Research ...

Objectives: To determine whether calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals can be found in the synovial fluid of non-inflamed joints in patients with CPPD related arthropathy; if so, to ...

Very recently Durez et al convincingly demonstrated that tumour necrosis factor blockade is, in comparison with glucocorticoid pulse therapy, promising, improving not only clinical measures of disease ...

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a granulomatous vasculitis of large and medium-sized arteries that occurs in individuals aged ≥50 years.1 A recent study suggested that the age at incidence of GCA may be ...