ContextGlucosamine and chondroitin preparations are widely touted in the lay press as
remedies for osteoarthritis (OA), but uncertainty about their efficacy exists among the …

Background Self-management programs have been widely reported to help patients
manage symptoms and contain utilization of health care resources for several chronic …

Objective A novel rodent model and a recent randomized trial of hyperuricemic adolescents
with hypertension suggest a pathogenetic role of uric acid in hypertension, but it remains …

Background: While factors affecting the course of knee osteoarthritis are mostly unknown,
lesions on bone scan and mechanical malalignment increase risk for radiographic …

Importance Synovitis is common and is associated with progression of structural
characteristics of knee osteoarthritis. Intra-articular corticosteroids could reduce cartilage …

Objective To reevaluate the efficacy and safety of adjunctive low‐dose methotrexate (MTX)
in giant cell arteritis (GCA). Methods An individual patient data meta‐analysis of 3 …

ContextIntra-articular hyaluronic acid is a US Food and Drug Administration–approved
treatment for knee osteoarthritis (OA); however, its efficacy is controversial. ObjectiveTo …

When adjusted values are needed, more predictors can be added to the right side of the
regression equation above, along with corresponding regression coefficients (). In this case …

Objective To quantify by meta‐analysis the genetic effect of the HLA–B5 or HLA–B51 (HLA–
B51/B5) allele on the risk of developing Behçet's disease (BD) and to look for potential effect …

Objective Although bone marrow lesions (BMLs) are powerful predictors of joint space loss
as visualized on radiographs, the natural history of these lesions, their relationship to …