Background Quantification of the disease burden caused by different risks informs
prevention by providing an account of health loss different to that provided by a disease-by-disease …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Lobular panniculitis, together with polyarthritis and
intraosseous fat necrosis, may occasionally complicate pancreatic disease. This triad is known in …

The prevalence of osteoporosis is expected to increase with the ageing of the world’s population.
This article reviews the epidemiology, risk factors and health burden of osteoporosis. In …

Objective To evaluate the prevalence and type of rheumatic immune-related adverse events
(IRAEs) in patients receiving programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) inhibitors. Methods …

Objective: To analyze the clinical, microbiological, and radiologic features of patients without
drug addiction suffering from spontaneous pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis. Methods: We …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of prior corticosteroid treatment on temporal artery
biopsy (TAB) yield to establish the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). METHODS: …

Data on treatment of glucocorticoid‐induced osteoporosis (GIO) in men are scarce. We
performed a randomized, open‐label trial in men who have taken glucocorticoids (GC) for ≥3 …

Introduction The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 estimated the worldwide health
burden of 291 diseases and injuries and 67 risk factors by calculating disability-adjusted life …

OBJECTIVES: The observed higher incidence of pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis (PVO) may
entail an increasing number of patients with no microbiologic diagnosis. The true incidence …

Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a common systemic autoimmune
disease with a complex genetic inheritance. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have …