Objective To evaluate the frequency of visual manifestations at presentation in an Italian
population‐based cohort of patients with biopsy‐proven giant cell arteritis (GCA), and to …

Objective To determine laboratory parameters that may be useful in identifying polymyalgia
rheumatica (PMR) patients who require long‐term corticosteroid therapy. Methods A …

Background: A reliable alternative to steroids for treating polymyalgia rheumatica has not yet
been identified. Although infliximab has been used occasionally in steroid-resistant cases, …

Objective. Treatment of large-vessel vasculitis (LVV) remains challenging. Patients usually
respond to glucocorticoid (GC) therapy, but often relapse on tapering of the GC dose or after …

Objective. During OMERACT 8, delegates selected patient global assessment (PGA) of
disease as a domain to be evaluated in randomized controlled trials in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). …

Objective To investigate the epidemiology and clinical course of Behçet's disease (BD) over
a 17‐year period in a defined area of northern Italy. Methods All patients with incident BD …

Objective To evaluate the frequency and clinical characteristics of periadventitial small‐vessel
vasculitis (SVV) and isolated vasa vasorum vasculitis (VVV). Methods We identified 455 …

Objective. To identify the clinical features that can help to distinguish between psoriatic
arthritis (PsA) and fibromyalgia (FM). Methods. Our cross-sectional study was carried out in 10 …

This study evaluated the frequency, timing, and characteristics of flares in a large cohort of
Italian patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA) and to identify factors at diagnosis …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the role of -174 G/C promoter polymorphism of interleukin 6 (IL-6) in
the susceptibility to polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). We also investigated whether this …