Arthritis: From Diagnosis to Treatment
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 796
Special Issue Editors
2. Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, National Institute for Health Research, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK
Interests: rheumatoid arthritis; psoriatic arthritis; imaging; ultrasound; DMARDs; differential diagnosis
2. Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, National Institute for Health Research, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK
Interests: preclinical and early rheumatoid arthritis (RA); RA prevention; ultrasound and MRI; palindromic rheumatism; mucosal autoimmunity and RA; clinical trials in RA
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to our upcoming Special Issue on inflammatory arthritis. Inflammatory arthritis, including conditions like rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), affects millions of people worldwide, causing pain and a reduced quality of life.
Despite important advancements in arthritis research, significant challenges remain, particularly in the early diagnosis of these conditions and the development of personalized treatments tailored to individual patients. This Special Issue aims to address these issues by focusing on innovative diagnostic methods, such as advanced imaging techniques, and a deeper understanding of disease mechanisms. It will also explore cutting-edge treatments, including disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), biologics, and targeted therapies.
A key goal of this Special Issue is to improve how healthcare professionals differentiate between similar types of arthritis, enabling quicker and more accurate diagnoses, and to better assess the extra-articular manifestations of these diseases.
By encouraging contributions from researchers across the globe, this Special Issue hopes to gather innovative ideas that can enhance arthritis care. Ultimately, the goal is to provide patients with faster diagnoses and more effective, tailored treatments, closing gaps in current medical approaches and improving overall outcomes for those living with inflammatory arthritis.
We look forward to your valuable contributions!
Dr. Andrea Di Matteo
Dr. Kulveer Mankia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- rheumatoid arthritis
- psoriatic arthritis
- imaging
- ultrasound
- DMARDs
- differential diagnosis
- difficult to treat rheumatoid arthritis
- prevention
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