Rheumatology encompasses the evaluation and treatment of a wide array of immune mediated system wide inflammatory diseases as well as the diagnosis and management of non-inflammatory degenerative diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Arthritis & Rheuma
Soliman MM, Ashcroft DM, Watson KD, Lunt M, Symmons DP, Hyrich KL, British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register: Impact of concomitant use of DMARDs on the persistence with anti-TNF therapies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: results from the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics...
There is no established definition forearlyrheumatoid arthritis. Historic criteria for the classification of RA such as the American College of Rheumatology classification criteria are based on patients with long-standing disease. These criteria lack sensitivity in early disease and delaying treatment until...
Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK 6 Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, National Institute for Health Research, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK 7 Rheumatology Department, USL Tuscany Center, San Giovanni di Dio Ho...