Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) predominantly affects women of childbearing age and is often associated with ...

Objectives The intrauterine environment may influence childhood immune-mediated disease risk. We investigated whether ...

Objectives The oral microbiome plays a critical role in modulating systemic inflammation, partly through its interactions ...

It is postulated that fibromyalgia reflects a neurobiologically rooted imbalance between overactivated threat systems and ...

Background Approximately 10%–20% of patients with Kawasaki disease (KD) are resistant to intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) ...

Objectives Medication adherence is a key determinant of treatment effectiveness in chronic inflammatory diseases but data in ...

Objectives To assess 52-week safety and efficacy of bimekizumab in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and prior inadequate response/intolerance to tumour necrosis factor inhibitors.

Objectives To obtain an overview of gender equity at European rheumatology conferences. Methods The proportion of women invited as either moderators or speakers to the European Alliance of ...

Background Vascular inflammation persists in temporal artery biopsy (TAB) of giant cell arteritis (GCA) patients even after prolonged glucocorticoid (GC) therapy. We aimed to evaluate the histological ...

The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology recently defined difficult to treat (D2T) rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and provided points to consider in its management. This review summarises the ...

Objective A new adult-onset autoinflammatory syndrome has been described, named VEXAS (Vacuoles, E1 Enzyme, X-linked, Autoinflammatory, Somatic). We aimed to compare the clinical characteristics, the ...

Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) poses a significant global health challenge. This study examined trends in the incidence, prevalence and mortality of RA from 1990 to 2021 at global, regional and ...