41 St. Joseph's Health Care London and University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Objective The 1980 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria for systemic sclerosis ...

Background Since the publication of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis (LVV) in 2009, several relevant randomised clinical ...

Background The SELENA flare index (SFI) has functioned well in clinical and clinical trial settings (1), but has the limitation that it classifies only severe versus combined mild/moderate flares.

Background Dermatomyositis (DM) is a rare, multi-system idiopathic inflammatory myopathy characterized by skin rash and muscle weakness that is often accompanied by pain and fatigue. Other ...

Background Dysmenorrhea, defined as menstrual pain, is one of the common chronic pelvic pain problems associated with mussculoskeletal symptoms. 1 Dysmenorrhea is considered as a lower abdominal or ...

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) flares remain poorly understood at a mechanistic level and have been difficult to study because of their sporadic nature. BIO-FLARE (BIOlogical Factors that Limit ...