Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease affecting 0.5–1% of the
worldwide population. Whilst predominantly causing chronic pain and inflammation in …

This chapter describes the involvement of the lung in systemic inflammatory joint disease
(IJD) with a particular focus on rheumatoid arthritis, although the topics of pulmonary …

Objective This study explores whether the prognosis of interstitial lung disease in
rheumatoid arthritis (RA-ILD) has improved over time and assesses the potential influence of …

Objectives Guidelines cautioned prescribing of tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) to
patients with rheumatoid arthritis and interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) after reports of new or …

Objective The diagnostic value added by musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) over standard
clinical and laboratory parameters has proved difficult to quantify. The additive contribution …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) immunopathology starts many years before clinical disease
manifests. An early event is the breakdown in B-cell tolerance and the emergence of …

Objective To evaluate rituximab (RTX) in patients with RA-associated bronchiectasis (RA-
BR) and compare 5-year respiratory survival between those treated with RTX and TNF …

Romance novels are defined broadly as fiction focused on a central love story, which is
concluded in an emotionally satisfying and optimistic manner. Romance is one of the most …

This case also highlights the difficulty faced by clinicians in recognising GCA and the
importance of urgent treatment with glucocorticoids. The patient developed GCA during the …

SIR, We are writing with reference to the excellent recent paper by Zamora-Legoff et al. from
the Mayo Clinic on 'Patterns of interstitial lung disease and mortality in rheumatoid …