rmdopen.bmj4d
Do we need bone mineral density to estimate osteoporotic fracture risk? A 10-year prospective multicentre validation study
Objective Evaluate the performance of FRAX®, with and without bone mineral densitometry (BMD), in predicting the occurrence of fragility fractures over 10 years. Methods Participants aged ≥40 years at ...
rmdopen.bmj6d
Recognising the spectrum of scleromyositis: HEp-2 ANA patterns allow identification of a novel clinical subset with anti-SMN autoantibodies
2 Centre de Référence des Maladies Autoimmunes Rares, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France Objective To describe systemic sclerosis (SSc) with myopathy in patients without classic ...
rmdopen.bmj6d
Influence of sacroiliac joint variation on clinical features of axial spondyloarthritis: a comparative analysis
Objectives Anatomical variation of the sacroiliac (SI) joints is common and specific variants are associated with erosions and bone marrow oedema on imaging. Our investigation aims to evaluate whether ...
rmdopen.bmj5d
Glucocorticoids and chronotherapy in rheumatoid arthritis
It is evident that the morning symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are linked to the circadian abnormal increase in night inflammation, favoured by inadequate cortisol secretion under conditions of ...