Objective To investigate the validity, reproducibility, and responsiveness of a simplified
power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) assessment of joint inflammation compared with a …

OBJECTIVE To investigate possible differences in Th1 and Th2 cytokine mRNA expression
in the synovial tissue (ST) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and seronegative …

Objective Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis affecting up to 30% of
patients with psoriasis (Ps). To date, most of the known risk loci for PsA are shared with Ps, and …

Objective To evaluate the impact of comorbidities on physical function in patients with
ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Methods This was a cross‐sectional …

Patients with recurrent or relapsing arthritis are frequently seen in rheumatological practice.
Besides crystal arthritis, the most frequent cause of recurrent arthritis, there are several …

Objectives: To assess the diagnostic usefulness of the systematic analysis of synovial
vascular morphology in various inflammatory, early, and longstanding arthropathies, and to …

… Jaime Calvo-Alén, MD, PhD Indalecio Monteagudo, MD, PhD Georgina Salvador, MD
Tomás R. Vázquez-Rodríguez, PhD Juan V. Tovar-Beltrán, MD Paloma Vela, PhD …

The ARCO study (Study on Adherence of Rheumatoid Arthritis patients to SubCutaneous and
Oral Drugs), a multicenter, non-interventional retrospective study, was primarily designed …

Background Plasma concentrations of lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a)), a lipoprotein with atherogenic
and thrombogenic properties, have a strong genetic basis, although high concentrations of …

The potential influence of two gene polymorphisms, vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) and the
gene encoding collagen type Iα1 (COLIA1) Sp1 polymorphisms, in the reduced bone mass …