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Objective To investigate the risk of incident cognitive disorders in patients with primary Sjögren’s disease (pSjD) using nationwide Korean National Health Insurance Service data.Methods This ...

Background Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) carry a substantial comorbidity load associated with worse prognosis, yet most evidence pertains to long-standing disease. How comorbidities ...

Objectives The pathogenesis of relapses in patients with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) remains ill defined. We aimed to identify whether there are any ...

Objective To examine whether a modified Lupus Low Disease Activity State with a prednisone-equivalent threshold ≤5 mg/day (LLDAS-5) is more strongly associated with lower damage accrual than ...

Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) predominantly affects women of childbearing age and is often associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs). Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) are ...

Objectives Rheumatoid factor (RF) and anticitrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are linked to disease activity, severity and cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Since RA-related ...

Over the last decade, the outlook for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has improved, but there is growing interest in preventing RA by treating individuals in pre-arthritic phases of disease.

Objectives Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a systemic autoimmune disease where infections can trigger relapses. Dental infections, being common and associated with ...

Introduction Patients with rheumatoid (RA) or psoriatic (PsA) arthritis can experience debilitating pain. Methods Post hoc analyses of phase 3, double-blind studies in patients with active disease ...