Objective Treatment of patients with infliximab, a chimeric monoclonal IgG1 antibody against
tumor necrosis factor, may result in the formation of infliximab‐specific IgG antibodies. This …

Importance High-dose immunosuppressive therapy and autologous hematopoietic stem cell
transplantation (HSCT) have shown efficacy in systemic sclerosis in phase 1 and small …

Objective To update the 2012 EULAR/ERA–EDTA recommendations for the management of
lupus nephritis (LN). Methods Following the EULAR standardised operating procedures, a …

Objective. To assess whether radiologic progres-sion occurs during clinical remission in
patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods. One hundred eighty-seven patients with

Objective Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular
disease (CVD), but longitudinal observations are limited and the precise magnitude is …

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis of the skin and
internal organs that leads to profound disability and premature death. To identify new SSc …

Background: According to widely used criteria (Bohan and Peter criteria, 1975), dermatomyositis
(DM) is differentiated from polymyositis (PM) only by skin changes. More recent criteria …

Objective For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), yearly influenza vaccination is recommended.
However, its efficacy in patients treated with rituximab is unknown. The objectives of …

Background Data are scarce on immunogenicity of COVID-19 vaccines in patients with
autoimmune diseases, who are often treated with immunosuppressive drugs. We aimed to …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by inflammation and an increased risk for
cardiovascular disease (CVD). This study investigates possible associations between CVD and the …