Giant cell arteritis (GCA), also called Horton or granulomatous arteritis, is a large-and
medium-sized blood vessel systemic vasculitis characterized by the granulomatous involvement of …

Increased prevalence of insulin resistance has been observed in patients with rheumatoid
arthritis (RA). High‐grade systemic inflammation is implicated in the development of insulin …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the influence of the TNFA rs1800629 (G>A) polymorphism in the risk
of cardiovascular (CV) disease and subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid …

OBJECTIVE: To establish whether serum uric acid concentration correlates with carotid
intima-media wall thickness (IMT) in a cohort of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients without overt …

Objectives Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are relatively common
inflammatory disorders. Establishing the diagnosis however may be difficult, since so far …

To investigate the epidemiology of systemic sclerosis (SSc) in southern Europe, we assessed
the incidence, prevalence, clinical spectrum, and survival of patients diagnosed with SSc …

We conducted the present study to determine the incidence of disease flares (relapses and
recurrences) in a series of patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA). We …

To further investigate the epidemiology of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in southern
Europe, we assessed the incidence, prevalence, clinical spectrum of the disease, flares, and …

Patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) generally present with cranial ischemic manifestations
that are directly related to vascular involvement. They may also experience strokes in the …

… Salvador3, TR Vázquez-Rodríguez4, JV Tovar-Beltrán5, P. Vela6, F. Maceiras7, S. …
Vázquez-Rodríguez, PhD Juan V. Tovar-Beltrán, MD Paloma Vela, PhD Francisco Maceiras …