Background: The diagnosis of gout in the intercritical phase can be difficult. Objective: To
determine whether synovial fluid analysis allows the diagnosis of intercritical gout. Design: …

Objective To assess the efficacy of tocilizumab (TCZ) in giant cell arteritis (GCA) patients with
refractory disease and/or with unacceptable side effects due to corticosteroids. Methods A …

Objective: Tocilizumab (TCZ) has shown efficacy in clinical trials on giant cell arteritis (GCA).
Real-world data are scarce. Our objective was to assess efficacy and safety of TCZ in …

Objective To evaluate the association between monosodium urate (MSU) crystal deposits in
patients with asymptomatic hyperuricemia and the severity and extension of coronary artery …

The pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has
changed life significantly worldwide. Rheumatologists also had to get used to the new context, …

Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a common systemic autoimmune
disease with a complex genetic inheritance. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have …

Objective. The aim of this study was to establish guidelines for the optimization of biologic
therapies for health professionals involved in the management of patients with RA, AS and PsA…

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by multiple
organ involvement and pronounced racial and ethnic heterogeneity. The aims of the present …

Objectives Gout-associated cardiovascular (CV) risk relates to comorbidities and crystal-led
inflammation. The aim was to estimate the CV risk by prediction tools in new patients with …

Objective Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis affecting up to 30% of
patients with psoriasis (Ps). To date, most of the known risk loci for PsA are shared with Ps, and …