Objective To determine mortality and causes of death in a multinational inception cohort of
subjects with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods We quantified mortality as standardized …

Objective To assess the clinimetric properties of a new health‐related quality of life (HRQOL)
instrument, the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II (WHODAS II), …

Objective. To determine if ischaemia is a causal factor in the development of calcinosis in
SSc. Methods. Patients with SSc were assessed yearly. Physicians reported the presence of …

Context Pain and itch are common symptoms reported by patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc;
scleroderma), which can markedly diminish function and health-related quality of life (…

Objective The goal of this study was to determine the sensitivity of the new 2013 classification
criteria for systemic sclerosis (SSc; scleroderma) in an independent cohort of SSc subjects …

We studied the clinical correlations and epitopes of autoantibodies directed to a novel
autoantigen, Bicaudal D (BICD2), in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and reviewed its relationship to …

… exist to assess disease activity in RA, these include subjective factors such as tender joint
count and patient global assessment of disease activity that may be affected by the patient’s …

Hyperglycaemia and/or oxidative stress can cause IgG to be modified by advanced glycation
end products (AGE). Three patients with aggressive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and vasculitis …

… Arthritis was induced in both antalarmin and vehicle treated LEW/N and F344/N rats by
subcutaneous injections at the base of the tail of incomplete Freund’s adjuvant containing 10 mg/…

Objective To screen for potential efficacy and assess feasibility and safety of
dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) as a treatment for Sjögren's syndrome (SS). Methods A 24‐week …