Objectives Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), along with glucocorticoid use, is associated with cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular safety of glucocorticoids in RA is controversial and may be related to ...

1 Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Medicine, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America 2 The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States ...

Objectives Emerging evidence suggests that the microbiome plays an important role in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). We aimed to test the two-hit model of OA pathogenesis and potentiation in ...

2 Montefiore Medical Center: Einstein Campus, Division of Rheumatology, Bronx, United States of America Background It is known that Hepatitis C (HCV) can cause many extrahepatic manifestations which ...

Background Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is among the mean sources of chronic pain and functional disability which may lead to anxiety and depression. Objectives The aim of this study was to determine ...

1 Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus, Denmark 2 Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus, ...

Background Hypoalbuminemia is associated with worse medical conditions in chronic diseases and surgery outcomes. The concentration of serum albumin in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been ...