OBJECTIVE: A survey was performed in 5 European countries (France, Germany, Italy,
Portugal, and Spain) to estimate the prevalence of fibromyalgia (FM) in the general population. …

PURPOSE: Studies on mortality associated with systemic sclerosis have been limited by
small sample sizes. We aimed to obtain large-scale evidence on survival outcomes and …

… The M protein is the most abundant component of the viral envelope. The M protein … The
M protein gives the shape of the virus and promotes the membrane curvature and the virus …

Objective The 1980 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria for
systemic sclerosis (SSc) lack sensitivity for early SSc and limited cutaneous SSc. The present …

Objective Remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an increasingly attainable goal, but there
is no widely used definition of remission that is stringent but achievable and could be …

Objective Recurrent digital ulcers are a manifestation of vascular disease in patients with
systemic sclerosis (SSc; scleroderma) and lead to pain, impaired function, and tissue loss. We …

The aim was to update the 2009 European League against Rheumatism (EULAR)
recommendations for the treatment of systemic sclerosis (SSc), with attention to new therapeutic …

Background A phase 2 trial of tocilizumab showed preliminary evidence of efficacy in systemic
sclerosis. We assessed skin fibrosis and systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung …

Importance High-dose immunosuppressive therapy and autologous hematopoietic stem cell
transplantation (HSCT) have shown efficacy in systemic sclerosis in phase 1 and small …

Objective. The 1980 American College of Rheuma-tology (ACR) classification criteria for
systemic sclerosis (SSc) lack sensitivity for early SSc and limited cutaneous SSc. The present …