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Background/Objectives: Associations between renal function, as measured by the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) or its decline (dGFR), and clinical parameters in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were evaluated using a retrospective...

Background/Objectives: Autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) are complex, heterogeneous, and relapsing–remitting conditions in which early diagnosis, flare prediction, and individualized therapy remain major unmet needs. This review aims to syn...

Introduction: In hemoglobinopathies, the amount of globin synthesis in hemoglobin (Hb) or its structure is altered. Clinical features are related to the rate and kind of structural aberrations. The heterozygous form of the Lepore syndrome resembles m...

Background: Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) cell therapy has revolutionized cancer treatment and is now being explored as a novel approach to treat refractory autoimmune diseases by targeting autoreactive immune components, especially B cell...

Background/Objectives: Sjögren’s disease (SjD) flares are incompletely understood. The patient perspective is critical to closing this gap. This retrospective social media listening (SML) study characterized the flare lexicon within the on...

Aim of the study: This paper focuses on the correlation of nicotine use with chronic lumbar back pain (CLBP). Methods: This is a cross-sectional observational study involving smoker and non-smoker patients with a diagnosis of chronic low back pain (C...

Living with inflammatory arthritis can have a significant impact; early identification, diagnosis and treatment has been shown to improve outcomes. The clinician working in settings where people with undiagnosed inflammatory arthritis may present for...

Background/Objectives: Chronic medical conditions are comorbid with psychological disorders, often attributed to the weight of managing persistent demands associated with debilitating illness. Lifestyle adjustments, physical pain, and costs of health...

Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disorder with significant racial and ethnic disparities in prevalence, disease severity, and outcomes. Cardiovascular complications, including pericarditis, myocarditis, valvular...

Obesity, characterized by excessive or abnormal accumulation of body fat, is associated with a range of metabolic and inflammatory diseases, including osteoarthritis (OA). In obese individuals, adipose tissue expansion—via adipocyte hypertrophy...