Rheumatology

Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome (PSS) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterised by lymphocytic infiltration of exocrine glands and clinically by the presence of sicca symptoms, inflammation of glands (mainly salivary and eye), and auto-antibodies.

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of long-term musculoskeletal disease, and is increasing in prevalence as societies become older. One of the key factors of living well with a disease that spans decades of a patient’s life is to diagnose the condition earlier, long before the disease limits function significantly, or causes disability.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the fastest growing cause of disability worldwide, but, with few proven therapeutic options, it is an underserved condition. With increasingly ageing populations contributing to a rising global prevalence, this unmet need only threatens to worsen in the coming years.

Behavioural interventions and immunologic indicators of health, disease activity, and immune function are discrete subject areas

The sclerodermas are a family of autoimmune rheumatic diseases characterised by activation of the adaptive and innate immune system, genetic and vascular involvement…

Interferons (IFN) are a class of cytokines that are produced in response to pathogenic stimuli.1 The IFN family was divided into three classes: Type I, Type II, and Type III…

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Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of health conditions linked to increased cardiovascular disease. It is found worldwide in increasing…