Correspondence to Dr Murray Urowitz, Center for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Lupus Clinic, Toronto, ON M5T2S8, Canada; ...

Good correlation has been shown between pain scores derived from 4 different rating scales. The correlation was maintained when presentation of the scales was separated by a series of questions and by ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of the individual components of physiotherapy in subjects with anterior knee pain. METHODS An observer blind, prospective, factorial design randomised controlled ...

Mycophenolate is the mainstay of treatment for many organ and life-threatening manifestations of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD). In contrast to most patients with RMD, those taking ...

1 Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands 2 Departments of Rheumatology and Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Centre 3 Department of Immunohaematology ...

Objective: To further assess the construct validity of the three European Scleroderma Study Group (EScSG) preliminary activity indices for systemic sclerosis (SSc): for SSc as a whole, for diffuse SSc ...

Objectives Interferon-γ (IFNγ) is the pivotal mediator in murine models of primary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (pHLH). Given the similarities between primary and secondary HLH (sec-HLH), ...

1 Department of Rheumatology, University College London Hospitals, Arthur Stanley House, 40-50 Tottenham Street, London W1T 4NJ, UK 2 Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London Hospitals ...

Academic Rheumatology, Clinical Sciences Building, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, UK Correspondence to: Dr Edward Roddy Academic Rheumatology, Clinical Sciences Building, Nottingham City ...

3 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM CJF 96-02, IFR30), Purpan School of Medicine, University of Toulouse III, Toulouse, France 4 Department of Electrical Energy, ...

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of inflammation in subjects with chronic painful knee osteoarthritis (OA), as determined by the presence of synovitis or joint effusion at ultrasonography (US); ...

Primary Care Sciences Research Centre, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, UK Correspondence to: G Peat Primary Care Sciences Research Centre, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5 BG, UK; ...