Objective To determine the safety and efficacy of 3 clinically relevant vaccines in patients
with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods We studied 73 consecutive SLE patients …

Objective To evaluate the frequency of arthropathy and osteoporosis in genetic
hemochromatosis (GH) and to quantify potential risk factors for these 2 conditions. Methods …

Background The inflammatory contribution to type 2 diabetes (T2D) has suggested new
therapeutic targets using biologic drugs designed for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). On this basis, we …

Objective. To determine whether patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with
cyclosporin A (CsA) and methotrexate (MTX) in combination for 12 months show a lower rate of …

Objective To determine whether cyclosporin A (CyA) is a useful option in the treatment of
adult onset Still's disease (ASD). Methods Low dose CyA was given to 6 patients with chronic …

Iron overload is frequently present in patients with thalassemia intermedia, and it becomes
evident mainly after the second and third decades of life. The degree of the iron load is …

… Enrolled patients (n = 277) are depicted in black, the remaining psoriatic subjects followed
up in the clinic (n = 933) are depicted in grey. Topical therapies are corticosteroids or vitamin …

S ir, As a result of the introduction of new disease‐modifying anti‐rheumatic drugs (DMARDs)
for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), patients with refractory RA tend to be treated …

Objective. This study aimed to: i) perform an ultrasonographic (US) evaluation of the lacrimal
glands (LGs) in healthy subjects in order to define the sonographic elementary lesions …

Objective. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term survival rate of
Methotrexate (MTX) in the peripheral joint involvement of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in a setting of …