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 ...

Background Pain and fatigue are among the most debilitating symptoms of systemic sclerosis (SSc), severely impairing quality ...

Objective: To describe the joint manifestations associated with clonal haematopoiesis and to compare patients with and ...

Correction: Distribution of nailfold videocapillaroscopy parameters in systemic lupus erythematosus and their association with disease activity: an international blinded case-control analysis on ...

Objective Interstitial lung disease (ILD) represents the most common and severe organ manifestation observed in patients ...

Objective To investigate the association between peripheral disease activity and pre-eclampsia, gestational hypertension, preterm birth and fetal growth in women with psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

Background Disappointing outcomes in Sjögren’s disease (SjD) trials underscore the need for reliable, sensitive endpoints. Histological assessment holds promise, but a minimally invasive, repeatable ...

Background Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) has long been debated as an early nonspecific phase/symptom of differentiated connective tissue diseases (dCTD), similarly to interstitial pneumonia ...

Objectives Patients with primary Sjögren’s disease (SjD) have an increased risk of B cell lymphoma. The aim of this study was to determine serum protein biomarkers for lymphoma development and to ...

Objective To summarise the measurement properties of instruments used to assess fatigue in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs). Methods A systematic review (SR) of measurement ...

Objectives The optimal duration of glucocorticoid (GC) treatment in lupus nephritis (LN) remains unclear. We examined predictors of GC tapering and discontinuation (D/C), flares during tapering and ...