Objective: To analyse the durability of the responses after haematopoietic stem cell
transplantation (HSCT) for severe systemic sclerosis (SSc) and determine whether the high …

OBJECTIVE: To study the incidence of inflammatory joint diseases in a defined population
in Finland. METHODS: We collected data for the year 2000 on a population of 87,000 …

… ML-R was the principal investigator and study centre coordinator. The administrative board
of the study consisted of ML-R, TM, MK, MJK, OK-S and RL. LL evaluated the radiographs. …

Objective To evaluate the evolution of functional and clinical outcomes over 11 years in
patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) initially treated with a combination of 3 disease‐…

Objective: To assess the intra-reader and inter-reader reliabilities of interpreting ultrasonography
by several experts using video clips. Method: 99 video clips of healthy and rheumatic …

Objective YKL-40, a chitinase-like glycoprotein associated with inflammation and tissue
remodeling, is produced by joint tissues and recognized as a candidate auto-antigen in …

Rheumatic diseases do not usually cluster in time and space. It has been proposed that
environmental exposures may initiate autoimmune responses. We describe a cluster of …

Objectives: To describe a cohort of Finnish juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients, to
recognize those young adults who are at risk of becoming socially restricted by their long-term …

Objective: To study the prevalence of different serotypes of Chlamydia trachomatis antibodies
and the incidence of C. trachomatis-induced reactive arthritis (ReA) among patients with …

Biological therapy for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) has led to improved disease control
beyond that of conventional treatments. International recommendations encourage clinicians …