The objective of this study was to develop European League Against Rheumatism/American
College of Rheumatology classification criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). …

OBJECTIVE. Wernicke's encephalopathy is an acute neurological syndrome resulting from
thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency. Early recognition is important because timely thiamine …

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. 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 …

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

Objective To develop response criteria for adult dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM).
Methods Expert surveys, logistic regression, and conjoint analysis were used to develop …

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are inflammatory diseases that
typically affect white individuals >50 years. Women are affected ∼2–3 times more often than …

We reviewed 888 temporal artery biopsies (TAB) performed in 871 patients in a single institution
from January 1986 to December 2013. Forty-four biopsies (4.9%) were inadequate, 490 …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the assessments of peripheral joints and enthesitis were
reproducible for both AS and PsA with axial disease, and whether dactylitis assessment is …

Antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD) is a rare clinical condition that is characterized by the
occurrence of a classic clinical triad, encompassing myositis, arthritis, and interstitial lung …