Psoriasis is a common chronic, recurrent, immune mediated disease of the skin and joints. It can have a significant negative impact on the physical, emotional, and, psychosocial wellbeing of affected ...

a Arthritis and Rheumatism Councils’ Epidemiology Research Unit, The University of Manchester, Manchester , b Industrial and Community Health Research Centre, School of Postgraduate Medicine, ...

Objectives Lupus nephritis (LN) is a frequent complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Severe (proliferative) forms of LN are treated with induction immunosuppressive therapy (IST), ...

4 University College London, Centre for Rheumatology and Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, London, United Kingdom 5 University of Leeds, NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching ...

Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Microbiology, the Netherlands Dr J H Ringrose, Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Centre, AMC L1–160, PO Box ...

Background Malnutrition and inflammation are closely related in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The Prognostic Inflammatory and Nutritional Index (PINI) is a tool assessing the risk of malnutrition-related ...

1 Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA 2 Department of Dermatology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA ...

Dr B Manger, Department of Internal Medicine III, University Erlangen Krankenhausstr 12, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany Newer US techniques, which are currently being evaluated, include colour and power ...

Dr C H M van den Ende, Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Rheumatology, C4-R, Postbox 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands Email:e.vandenende{at}nivel.nl OBJECTIVE To investigate the ...

1 Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Boston, United States of America 2 Boston University School of Public Health, Biostatistics & Epidemiology Data ...

Background: Pyrin is a newly recognised intracellular regulator of inflammation, and mutations in MEFV, the gene encoding pyrin, are the cause of familial Mediterranean fever. Objective: To determine ...