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 …

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) reflect the patient’s perspective and are used in rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) routine clinical practice. Patient global assessment (PGA) is one of the most …

Background The 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were
developed to improve the identification of individuals for studies of RA. We aimed to …

We related the histopathologic changes associated with incidental white matter signal
hyperintensities on MRIs from 11 elderly patients (age range, 52 to 82 years) to a descriptive …

Background Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of developing
comorbid conditions. Objectives To evaluate the prevalence of comorbidities and compare their …

Objectives Evidence suggests that B cell-depleting therapy with rituximab (RTX) affects
humoral immune response after vaccination. It remains unclear whether RTX-treated patients …

Postmortem examinations were made of the brains of six patients, 52-63 years old, who
exhibited incidental punctate white matter hyperintensities on MR images before death. Our aim …

Lipoprotein lipase (LPL)-deficient mice have been created by gene targeting in embryonic
stem cells. At birth, homozygous knockout pups have threefold higher triglycerides and …

… their narrative format, which revolves around the story of an ambitious unmarried woman
who defines herself through consumer culture as much as through work or romance, Radner …

Objective Patients and physicians often differ in their perceptions of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
disease activity, as quantified by the patient's global assessment (PGA) and by the …