Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National University of Athens, Greece Correspondence to: Professor H M Moutsopoulos Department of Pathophysiology, Medical School, University of ...

Objective X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) is a multifunctional protein with important functions in apoptosis, cellular differentiation and cytoskeletal organisation and is emerging as ...

1 Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain 2 Department of Rheumatology, Hospìtal Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain 3 ...

Objectives Osteolysis and subsequent prosthesis loosening is the most common cause for revision following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or total hip arthroplasty (THA). Hormone replacement therapy ...

1 Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2 Data Coordinating Center, Boston University School of ...

2 Division of Rheumatology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 3 Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, Providence Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada ...

Objectives To develop evidence-based recommendations for management of calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD). Methods A multidisciplinary guideline development group of 15 experts, representing 10 ...

Objectives To report the level and trends of prevalence, incidence and years lived with disability (YLDs) for osteoarthritis (OA) in 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2017 by age, sex and ...

Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, New England Baptist Bone and Joint Institute, Harvard Institutes of Medicine, 4 Blackfan Circle, Room 241, Boston, MA 02115, USA ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of a home based exercise programme, designed to improve quadriceps strength, on knee pain and disability. Methods—191 men and women with knee pain aged 40–80 were ...

4 University of Toronto; Toronto Western Research Institute; Psoriatic Arthritis Program, University Health Network; Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, ...

Objectives To provide the level and trends of prevalence, incidence and disability adjusted life years (DALYs) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in 195 countries from 1990 to 2017 by age, sex, ...