CurrentRheuma Weekly: 26 October – 1 November 2026
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Osteoarthritis Cartilage
RMD Open
JAMA
Rituximab vs Azathioprine for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis Maintenance Therapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Randomized controlled trialVasculitis & PMR
Also selected
J Rheumatol
Bimekizumab-Treated Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis Maintained Stringent Clinical Responses Over 3 Years: Phase 3 and Open-Label Extension Results
Secondary analysisSpondyloarthritis & PsA
J Rheumatol
J Rheumatol
J Rheumatol
J Rheumatol
Prevalence of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis and Gout among Alaska Native/American Indian Peoples in Alaska
Research articleAcross diseases
Semin Arthritis Rheum
Associations between pharyngitis, tonsillitis, and incident rheumatic diseases
Case-control studyRA
Semin Arthritis Rheum
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis is associated with reduced lung function independent of structural lung abnormalities
Research articleSpondyloarthritis & PsA
Joint Bone Spine
Normal Creatine Kinase in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: Disease Characteristics and Outcomes
Secondary analysisMyositis
Joint Bone Spine
RMD Open
Assessing vasculitis in Takayasu arteritis by ultrasound: results of OMERACT patient-based reliability exercises
Research articleVasculitis & PMR
Rheumatology (Oxford)
Osteoporos Int
Fractures and mortality prediction by opportunistic screening of osteoporosis
Diagnostic or prognostic studyOsteoporosis
Osteoporos Int
Hospitalisation and subsequent fracture risk—a national matched cohort study in Denmark
Cohort studyOsteoporosis
Rheumatology (Oxford)
Ann Rheum Dis
Lupus Sci Med
Effect of upadacitinib and ABBV-599 on biomarkers in SLE: results from the phase 2 SLEek study
Randomized controlled trialLupus & APS
Rheumatology (Oxford)
Lupus Sci Med
Ann Rheum Dis
Interleukin 4-receptor-α blockade in localised scleroderma: a phase 2 proof-of-concept study
Randomized controlled trialSystemic sclerosis
Lancet Rheumatol
Rheumatology (Oxford)
Machine learning improves 10-year prediction of atherosclerotic plaque progression and cardiovascular events in systemic lupus erythematosus
Diagnostic or prognostic studyLupus & APS
Lupus
Performance of the systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity score (SLE-DAS) in daily clinical practice: A prospective study of 125 patients in India
Diagnostic or prognostic studyLupus & APS
Rheumatology (Oxford)
Rheumatology (Oxford)
Rheumatology (Oxford)
Osteoarthritis Cartilage
Rheumatology (Oxford)
Osteoporos Int
Osteoporos Int
Ann Rheum Dis
Rheumatology (Oxford)
Risk stratification of severe infections after remission induction therapy in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy: a multicentre MYKO study
Diagnostic or prognostic studyMyositis
Osteoarthritis Cartilage
Rheumatology (Oxford)
Arthritis Rheumatol
The development and validation of a new diagnostic sonographic enthesitis score for psoriatic arthritis: Diagnostic Ultrasound Enthesitis Tool ( DUET )
Diagnostic or prognostic studySpondyloarthritis & PsA
Osteoporos Int
Clinical role and timing of osteoporosis evaluation and treatment after distal radius fracture: a scoping review
Research articleOsteoporosis
Arthritis Rheumatol
Arthritis Res Ther
Rheumatology (Oxford)
RMD Open
RMD Open
Ann Rheum Dis
International recommendations for the use of imaging in the diagnosis and assessment of polymyalgia rheumatica
Guideline or statementVasculitis & PMR
Ann Rheum Dis
Performance of MRI-based synthetic CT for detecting spinal new bone formation in patients with inflammatory arthritis and healthy controls: a comparison with MRI, CT, and radiography
Diagnostic or prognostic studySpondyloarthritis & PsA
Rheumatology (Oxford)
Joint Bone Spine
Sleep Disorders in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Meta-analysisSystemic sclerosis
Osteoporos Int
The role of the CYP1A1 gene in long-term glucocorticoid-related adverse effects
Research articleOsteoporosis
Ann Rheum Dis
A CCL20+ macrophage subpopulation is the major producer of TNF in axial spondyloarthritis synovium and is driven by CD40L and a myeloid autocrine circuit
Research articleSpondyloarthritis & PsA
Clin Exp Rheumatol
Behçet's disease and pregnancy: retrospective study and updated review of the literature
Cohort studyVasculitis & PMR
Lupus Sci Med
Development and validation of the SLE Disease Activity Questionnaire (SLEDAQ)
Diagnostic or prognostic studyLupus & APS
Clin Exp Rheumatol
Exploring the faecal miRNA profile in familial Mediterranean fever patients and the role of miR-21-5p in inflammatory pathways associated with FMF pathogenesis
Case-control studyAutoinflammatory & rare
RMD Open
Clin Exp Rheumatol
Invisible neuropsychiatric burden in Behçet's disease without central nervous system involvement: a phenotype-based comparison
Cross-sectional studyVasculitis & PMR
Ann Rheum Dis
Kidney spatial multiomics mapping decodes scleroderma renal crisis
Cohort studySystemic sclerosis
Clin Exp Rheumatol