OBJECTIVES: To conduct a systematic review of incidence and prevalence studies of
rheumatoid arthritis (RA), based on the 1987 revised American College of Rheumatology (ACR) …

Objective Descriptive epidemiological studies of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in the general
population were very limited until the year 2000. Recently, several incidence and prevalence …

Primary Sjögren syndrome (SS) is very rare in childhood. We collected a series of primary
paediatric SS cases from different centres. A data collection form was prepared and sent to …

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) α inhibitors are an essential therapeutic option for several
inflammatory diseases, like rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthropathies and inflammatory bowel …

ER aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) customizes antigenic peptide precursors for MHC class I
presentation and edits the antigenic peptide repertoire. Coding single nucleotide …

Objective Symptoms of psychological distress, including anxiety and depressive symptoms,
and illness perceptions are important in determining outcome in patients with rheumatic …

OBJECTIVES: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disorder with many genetic
factors predisposing to disease susceptibility. MicroRNAs are a new discovered class of …

The spondyloarthritides (SpA) are a group of idiopathic inflammatory diseases affecting the
axial and/or peripheral skeleton. Recent evidence points towards an increased mortality and …

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a complex systemic rheumatological disease which often
causes severe disability and impaired quality of life (QoL). We searched the PubMed/MEDLINE …

… Markatseli MD b , Paraskevi V. Voulgari MD b , Kyriaki A. Boki MD c , Ioannis Papadopoulos
MD d , Loukas Settas MD e , Dimitrios Zisopoulos MD e f , Fotini N. Skopouli MD g , Alexios …