Objective. The Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) has developed recommendations
for the pharmacological management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with traditional and …

Objective A single‐nucleotide polymorphism in the PTPN22 gene encoding the lymphoid
protein tyrosine phosphatase (Lyp) has recently been identified as a functional variant …

Objective. The Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) and the Spondyloarthritis Research
Consortium of Canada (SPARCC) have collaborated to update the recommendations for …

Objective. To systematically identify and examine reports of sex-stratified pain measurements
in patients with inflammatory arthritis. Methods. Data sources included PubMed (1950 to …

Objective. To characterize the practicing rheumatologist workforce, the Canadian Rheumatology
Association (CRA) launched the Stand Up and Be Counted workforce survey in 2015. …

Background The referral of patients with positive anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) tests has been
criticized as an inappropriate use of medical resources. The utility of a positive ANA test in a …

Objective. To develop system-level performance measures for evaluating the care of
patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA), including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis, …

Background An adolescent with a chronic condition must prepare for transition from the
pediatric to the adult health care system. Ideally, transition is a purposeful and coordinated …

Objectives The purpose of this study is to estimate the prevalence of comorbidities among
people with osteoarthritis (OA) using administrative health data. Design Retrospective cohort …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether rheumatologists experienced in psoriatic arthritis (PsA)
assess peripheral and axial involvement in the same way and to consider core clinical …