Objective. To investigate the correlation between ultrasound (US) B-lines and high-resolution
computed tomography (HRCT) findings in the assessment of pulmonary fibrosis (PF) in …

The frenetic development of imaging technology—both hardware and software—provides
exceptional potential for investigation of the lung. In the last two decades, CT was exploited for …

Objective To evaluate the 8‐year survival of the first tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) in
patients with axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) or psoriatic arthritis (PsA), identify the predictive …

Objective. In this multicentre study, we aimed to evaluate the capacity of a computer-assisted
automated QCT method to identify patients with SSc-associated interstitial lung disease (…

Objective To develop a new composite disease activity score for gout and provide its first
validation. Methods Disease activity has been defined as the ongoing presence of urate …

To investigate the utility of an open-source Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine
viewer software—OsiriX—to assess pulmonary fibrosis (PF) in patients with systemic …

Introduction Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by a complex etiopathogenesis
encompassing both host genetic and environmental -infectious/toxic- factors responsible for …

Objective There is still a great deal to learn about the influence of sex in systemic sclerosis (SSc).
In this respect, national registries provide large and homogeneous patient cohorts for …

Objective. Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a severe multiple-organ disease characterised by
unpredictable clinical course, inadequate response to treatment, and poor prognosis. National …

Background: Tofacitinib (TOFA) was the first Janus kinase inhibitor (JAKi) to be approved for
the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, data on the retention rate of TOFA …