Objectives To assess the sensitivity to change of ultrasound halo features and their association
with disease activity and glucocorticoid (GC) treatment in patients with newly diagnosed …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has raised numerous questions among patients with
immune-mediated inflammatory diseases regarding potential reciprocal effects of COVID-19 …

Imaging has a central role in the diagnosis, management, and follow-up of patients with axial
spondyloarthritis (axSpA). For the early diagnosis of axSpA, magnetic resonance imaging …

Recent studies have shown that people who are immunocompromised may inadvertently play
a role in spurring the mutations of the virus that create new variants. This is because some …

Objective. To assess longterm effectiveness of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) in patients
with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) registered in the Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register, …

Purpose of Review To provide an updated review on epidemiology, clinical manifestations,
diagnostic assessment, treatment, and prognosis of localized vasculitis, following the 2012 …

Background The vasculitides are a group of rare diseases with different manifestations and
outcomes. New therapeutic options have led to the need for long-term registries. The …

Introduction Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is typically characterized by focal bone overgrowth
and also by systemic bone loss. We hypothesize that the increased osteoproliferation found …

Non-infectious uveitis (NIU) is a group of sight-threatening diseases that generates significant
burden for the healthcare systems due to its adverse outcomes, irreversible structural …

Inhaled corticosteroids are generally considered safe and do not usually lead to systemic
adverse events since their plasma concentrations are low due to hepatic metabolism by the …