Autoantibody tests have been used extensively in diagnosis and follow-up of patients in
rheumatology clinics. Immunofluorescent antinuclear antibody test using HEp-2 cells is still …

Autoimmune rheumatic diseases are a cluster of heterogeneous disorders that share some
clinical symptoms such as pain, tissue damage, immune deregulation, and the presence of …

Introduction Autoantibodies and clinical manifestations in polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM)
are affected by both genetic and environmental factors. The high prevalence of DM and …

Aims The EuroMyositis Registry facilitates collaboration across the idiopathic inflammatory
myopathy (IIM) research community. This inaugural report examines pooled Registry data. …

Objectives The objective of this study was to compare the results obtained from different assays
for the detection of anti-Mi-2 antibodies, which are important markers in the diagnosis of …

… ‐Máquez BT, Muñoz‐Gómez A, González‐López L, Gámez‐Nava JI, Salazar‐Páramo M,
Dávalos‐Rodríguez I, Petri MH, Zuñiga‐Tamayo D, Vargas‐Ramírez R, Vázquez‐Del Mercado …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of methotrexate (MTX) compared with placebo
in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHODS: This 24 week, double bind…

Objective. To evaluate whether serum titers of second-generation anticyclic citrullinated
peptide antibodies (anti-CCP2) are associated with the severity and extent of interstitial lung …

To investigate the association of sICAM-1 and sVCAM-1 with ICAM1 721G> A and VCAM1
1238G> C polymorphisms and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) clinical activity, sixty RA patients and …

Methods This observational cross-sectional study recruited 44 patients, from August to
December 2017, who were diagnosed with SLE according to the Systemic Lupus International …