The International Consensus on Antinuclear Antibody Patterns initiative has reached consensus regarding the clinical relevance of distinct patterns of indirect immunofluorescence assay on HEp-2 cells.
Ultrasound demonstrated better diagnostic capacity than conventional radiography to diagnose calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease.
Ocular symptoms can be the dominant clinical manifestation of rheumatic disease in some cases and knowledge of these relationships can improve the care of both the eye and the joint disease.
A lymphoma diagnosis was associated with focal lung lesions or maximum parotid gland uptake on PET-CT in primary Sjogren syndrome.
A multidisciplinary group of clinicians has developed evidence-based clinical guidelines regarding the vaccination of individuals exposed to immunosuppressive therapies.
Data show that current smoking status was inversely associated with primary Sjogren syndrome.
Data show that the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase delta isoform pathway is active in Sjogren syndrome.
PAH is an under-diagnosed complication of adult-onset Still disease.
Investigators identified risk factors for repeat surgical intervention after initial arthrotomy for presumed septic arthritis of the hip.
Dual antiplatelet therapy may be effective for the prophylaxis of recurrent arterial thrombosis in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome.
