Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other inflammatory joint disorders (IJD) have
increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk compared with the general population. In 2009, the …

Objective The original European League Against Rheumatism recommendations for
managing fibromyalgia assessed evidence up to 2005. The paucity of studies meant that most …

It has recently emerged that endothelial dysfunction is an early step in the development of
atherosclerosis and is mainly characterised by a reduction in the bioavailability of nitric oxide. …

Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances and
functional symptoms. The etiopathogenesis, diagnostic criteria and classification criteria of …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is currently defined by the American College of Rheumatology as a “heterogeneous
group of conditions that leads to joint symptoms and signs which are associated …

Pericarditis is the most common cardiac abnormality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
patients, but lesions of the valves, myocardium and coronary vessels may all occur. In the …

Objective To develop recommendations for cardiovascular risk (CVR) management in gout,
vasculitis, systemic sclerosis (SSc), myositis, mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD), …

Objective The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 1990 fibromyalgia classification
criteria are based on the presence of widespread pain and tenderness. In 2010, new criteria …

PURPOSE: We studied survival rate, prognostic factors, and causes of death in patients with
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), particularly focusing on the influence of disease …

Objective: Serum thyroglobulin (Tg) is the marker of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC)
after total thyroidectomy, but its value is limited by the interference of anti-Tg antibodies (TgAb)…