The contribution of genes within the major histocompatability complex to rheumatoid arthritis
has been calculated (Rotter & Landaw 1984). Separate data from hospital‐ and population‐…

Rheumatoid cachexia is under-recognized in clinical practice. The loss of lean body tissue,
which characterizes cachexia, is often compensated for by gain in body fat—so called ‘…

Background Despite the importance of timely management of patients with inflammatory
arthritis (IA), delays exist in its diagnosis and treatment. Objective To perform a systematic …

Background: The aim of this study was to assess the long term outcome of frozen shoulder.
269 shoulders in 223 patients with a diagnosis of primary frozen shoulder were studied. …

Objectives: To assess if smoking status at the time of commencing an anti-TNF-α agent for
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) reduces the likelihood of achieving at least a moderate response on …

Objective To investigate whether antidrug antibodies and/or drug non‐trough levels predict
the long‐term treatment response in a large cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) …

SIR, According to the Department of Health guideline, immunosuppressed patients should
be given influenza vaccination [1]. There are relatively few data about immunization in …

Considerable emphasis is currently being placed on theimmunogenetics of rheumatoid
arthritis (RA). The observation that inherited factors are important in RA is by no means new, …

A total of 231 sibships of the same sex (186 female, 45 male), in which the proband had
classical or definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been selected from rheumatology clinics. …

Background. To compare the core hand and knee examination skills gained by undergraduates
taught either by trained patient educators (PEs) or by doctors. Methods. A total of 50 final …