Resilience can be an important factor in health promotion. The aim of the present study was
to carry out a review of the literature in the Pubmed and PsycINFO databases, using the …

Jaccoud arthropathy (JA) was initially described in patients with rheumatic fever and later in
several other rheumatologic conditions, particularly systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In …

The purpose of this study was to review and evaluate systematically the scientific evidence
on the relationship between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), human papillomavirus (…

Background In adults with active lupus nephritis, the efficacy and safety of intravenous
belimumab as compared with placebo, when added to standard therapy (mycophenolate mofetil …

Background Type I interferons are involved in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
pathogenesis. In a phase 2 trial, anifrolumab, a human monoclonal antibody to type I interferon …

Kikuchi-Fujimoto’s disease (KFD) or histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis is a benign and
self-limited disease, of unknown aetiology, which affects mainly young women. It presents with …

Objective Enrollment of patients of Black African ancestry with systemic lupus erythematosus
(SLE) in phase II and phase III of the belimumab trials was not reflective of the racial …

Osteonecrosis is a progressive clinical condition with significant morbidity, which primarily
affects weight-bearing joints and is characterized by the death of the bone, or part of it, …

The objective was to investigate the frequency of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptides (CCP)
antibodies in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), utilizing a new “third …

Chloroquine (CQ), a 4-aminoquinoline drug, has been largely used for the treatment of
rheumatoid arthritis and other connective tissue diseases. Besides the well-known retinal toxicity, …