Abstract Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) continue to undergo arthroplasty to relieve pain and restore lost function caused by joint damage, despite improvements in disease-modifying therapy. The widespread use of…
Abstract Patients with rheumatoid arthritis are predisposed to systemic bone loss, and they are at an increased risk of fractures. Although there are similarities in the patient demographics between rheumatoid…
Abstract As more patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) achieve remission or low disease activity, strategies such as tapering and withdrawal of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are being investigated. In…
Abstract That individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have, on average, higher rates of events related to atherosclerotic vascular disease is now well documented and accepted. However, optimal ways to identify…
Abstract Fertility is impaired in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which is related to disease activity and the use of certain medication. During pregnancy, disease activity usually improves, but…
Abstract Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity often remains difficult to define and to quantify. As a result, numerous techniques to estimate clinical activity have been developed and are in clinical…
Abstract Established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic state with more or less joint damage and inflammation, which persists after a phase of early arthritis. Autoimmunity is the main determinant…
Abstract There is increasing consensus that periodic monitoring of disease activity status in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients to achieve and maintain remission, or at least low disease activity (LDA), the…
Abstract Although the use of corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents such as cyclophosphamide and mycophenolate has led to reduced mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), there is a need for development…
The authors regret that the following sentence on page 300 is inaccurate due to incorrect citations, “There is a suggestion, from the results presented in the primary studies, that the…
