Sjögren syndrome (SS) is a systemic autoimmune disease that mainly affects the exocrine
glands and usually presents as persistent dryness of the mouth and eyes due to functional …

Objective. Non-infectious aortitis is often refractory to standard immunosuppressive therapy.
Since IL-6 has been implicated in the pathogenesis of aortitis, we assessed the efficacy of …

Introduction We analyzed the prevalence of cardiovascular (CV) disease in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its association with traditional CV risk factors, clinical features of …

We conducted the current study to characterize the clinical presentation of primary Sjögren
syndrome (SS) in a large cohort of Spanish patients and to determine whether epidemiologic, …

Elderly onset rheumatoid arthritis (EORA) has been considered a benign form of rheumatoid
arthritis (RA). However, it most probably encompasses different subsets of patients with …

Objective: In patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), hydroxychloroquine prevents
disease flares and damage accrual and facilitates the response to mycophenolate mofetil …

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

Objective To examine health disparities as a function of ethnicity using data from LUpus in
MInorities, NAture versus nurture (LUMINA), a longitudinal study of patients with systemic …

Objective Venous thrombosis is a relatively frequent and serious complication in systemic
lupus erythematosus (SLE) that has been associated with the presence of antiphospholipid …

Aim: To ascertain the predictive factors of high levels of disease activity in systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE). Patients and methods: Patients with SLE (American College of …