The Journal of Rheumatology's Editor-in-Chief Earl Silverman talks about this month's selection of articles that are most relevant to the clinical rheumatologist.
This months selections include:
Economic Burden among Commercially Insured Patients with Systemic Sclerosis in the United States
Zhou Zhou, Yanni Fan, Wenxi Tang, Xinyue Liu, Darren Thomason, Zheng-Yi Zhou, Dendy Macaulay and Aryeh Fischer DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.180445
Effect of Concomitant Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drugs and Methotrexate Administration Route on Biologic Treatment Durability in Rheumatoid Arthritis: OBRI Cohort Results
Arthur N. Lau, J. Carter Thorne, Mohammad Movahedi, Emmanouil Rampakakis, Angela Cesta, Xiuying Li, Sandra Couto, John Sampalis, Claire Bombardier and the OBRI Investigators DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.180486
Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Spondyloarthritis in Japan in Comparison with Other Regions of the World
Mitsumasa Kishimoto, Kazuki Yoshida, Naomi Ichikawa, Hisashi Inoue, Yuko Kaneko, Taku Kawasaki, Kazuo Matsui, Mitsuhiro Morita, Masei Suda, Kurisu Tada, Naoho Takizawa, Naoto Tamura, Atsuo Taniguchi, Yoshinori Taniguchi, Shigeyoshi Tsuji, Yoichiro Haji, Ryo Rokutanda, Haruyuki Yanaoka, Peter P. Cheung, Jieruo Gu, Tae-Hwan Kim, Shue-Fen Luo, Masato Okada, Clementina López Medina, Anna Molto, Maxime Dougados, Shigeto Kobayashi, Désirée van der Heijde and Tetsuya Tomita DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.180412
Pediatric Antibiotic-refractory Lyme Arthritis: A Multicenter Case-control Study Daniel B. Horton, Alysha J. Taxter, Amy L. Davidow, Brandt Groh, David D. Sherry and Carlos D. Rose DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.180775
Ultrasonographic and Clinical Assessment of Peripheral Enthesitis in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis, Psoriasis, and Fibromyalgia Syndrome: The ULISSE Study
Pierluigi Macchioni, Carlo Salvarani, Niccolò Possemato, Marwin Gutierrez, Walter Grassi, Stefania Gasparini, Carlo Perricone, Fabio Massimo Perrotta, Rosa Daniela Grembiale, Caterina Bruno, Cesare Tripolino, Marcello Govoni, Giovanni Ciancio, Ilaria Farina, Roberta Ramonda, Paola Frallonardo, Francesca Desiati, Raffaele Scarpa, Luisa Costa, Alen Zabotti, Salvatore De Vita, Rita Maria D’Attino, Giuliana Gualberti, Rocco Merolla, Umberto di Luzio Paparatti, Raffaella Aldigeri and Antonio Marchesoni DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.171411
To read all the full articles visit www.jrheum.org
Music by David Hilowitz
