BMJ17d
Paraspinal tophi
A young adult patient with gout was incidentally found to have a large mass on the right lumbar spine and sacrum during an abdominal CT scan. A subsequent dual-energy CT (DECT) scan confirmed this ...
BMJ10d
Treatment of early oligoarticular psoriatic arthritis with apremilast: primary outcomes at week 16 from the FOREMOST randomised controlled trial
Objectives Oligoarticular psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is frequent but rarely studied. The objective was to assess the efficacy of apremilast in early oligoarticular PsA. Methods FOREMOST (NCT03747939) ...
BMJ5d
Synovial fibroblasts assume distinct functional identities and secrete R-spondin 2 in osteoarthritis
Correspondence to Dr Tristan Maerz, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; tmaerz{at}med.umich.edu Objectives Synovium is acutely affected following joint ...
BMJ2d
POS0449 GENE THERAPY WITH INTERFERENCE miRNAs AS A NEW ALTERNATIVE FOR DISCOID CUTANEOUS LUPUS (DLE)
Background: Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE) represents a chronic and recurrent cutaneous manifestation of Lupus Erythematosus, characterized by a variable course and a pronounced tendency to leave ...
BMJ1d
Kawasaki disease in infants 3 months of age and younger: a multicentre Spanish study
Correspondence to Dr Elisa Fernandez-Cooke, Department of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases, Doce de Octubre University Hospital, Madrid 28041, Spain; elisafcooke{at}gmail.com Kawasaki disease (KD) is a ...
BMJ5d
Axial spondyloarthritis
Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) encompasses both radiographic and non-radiographic axSpA. It is a chronic inflammatory disease with a predilection for involving the axial skeleton. The most common ...
BMJ6d
Machine-learning, MRI bone shape and important clinical outcomes in osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Objectives Osteoarthritis (OA) structural status is imperfectly classified using radiographic assessment. Statistical shape modelling (SSM), a form of machine-learning, provides precise quantification ...
BMJ5d
Inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis: a systematic description of the extent and frequency of acute spinal changes using magnetic resonance imaging
Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly used to detect inflammation in the spine of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Objectives: To detect differentially the presence ...
BMJ5d
Antibodies and B cells recognising citrullinated proteins display a broad cross-reactivity towards other post-translational modifications
Objective Autoantibodies against antigens carrying distinct post-translational modifications (PTMs), such as citrulline, homocitrulline or acetyllysine, are hallmarks of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The ...
BMJ9d
Studies with pain rating scales.
Good correlation has been shown between pain scores derived from 4 different rating scales. The correlation was maintained when presentation of the scales was separated by a series of questions and by ...
BMJ12d
Serum IgG N-glycans act as novel serum biomarkers of ankylosing spondylitis
Correspondence to Professor Liang Liu, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine/ Macau Institute for Applied Research in Medicine and Health, Macau University of Science and ...
BMJ7d
Successful remission with tofacitinib in a patient with refractory Takayasu arteritis complicated by ulcerative colitis
Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is a form of large vessel vasculitis resulting in thickening and stenosis of the large-sized arteries, particularly the aorta and its main branches. Ulcerative colitis (UC) is ...