OBJECTIVE: To describe the physical and psychosocial outcome in patients with juvenile
rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), compared with subjects in the general population, and to determine …

Objective To compare the clinical, functional, and radiographic outcomes in patients with
enthesitis‐related arthritis (ERA) with those in patients with other subtypes of juvenile idiopathic …

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a common, highly heritable, inflammatory arthritis for which
HLA-B*27 is the major genetic risk factor, although its role in the aetiology of AS remains …

Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified hundreds of susceptibility genes,
including shared associations across clinically distinct autoimmune diseases. We …

Objective. Elevated levels of IL-17A have been detected in the inflamed synovium of RA
patients, and murine arthritis models deficient in IL17A have shown reduced inflammation. Our …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterised by migration of activated phagocytes and other
leukocytes into synovial and periarticular tissue. Activated oxygen species and other …

Objective To determine the frequency of low bone mineral content (BMC) and low bone
mineral density (BMD) as long‐term complications in adolescents with early‐onset juvenile …

Objective To explore early changes and predictors of bone mass in children with juvenile
idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in order to identify patients who will develop bone mass reductions. …

The association of endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 2 (ERAP2) with ankylosing
spondylitis (AS) was recently described in the large International Genetics of AS Consortium …

In 30 patients with diagnosed fibromyalgia, the CSF level of immunoreactive substance P (SP)
was investigated. Compared to normal values (9.6 ± 3.2 fmol/ml), all the patients had …