Background: Systemic vasculitis presents with numerous widespread manifestations.
Various diseases can masquerade as systemic vasculitis (1). It is crucial to carefully …

Background: Patients with lupus nephritis (LN) face 9x higher risk of premature
cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to patients with systemic lupus without nephritis …

Objective To examine the effect of sildenafil in patients with Raynaud's phenomenon (RP)
secondary to limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc). Methods In this double‐blind …

DISCUSSION In summary, this open study suggests that the secondary addition of MTX to
etanercept produced a marked improvement among patients who had had an inadequate …

Background Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common entrapment neuropathy,
which can be diagnosed by history, physical examinations and electrodiagnosis …

Background Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an autoimmune rheumatic disease (ARD)[1]. PsA
have excessive cardiovascular risk (CVR) because of systematic inflammation that triggers …

Renal involvement is not frequent in Behçet's syndrome (BS) and consists of occasional
reports of patients having glomerulonephritis, 1 IgA nephropathy2 and renal amyloidosis. 3 …

Objective. To evaluate the efficacy of tadalafil as add-on therapy in secondary RP resistant
to vasodilators. Methods. Patients with scleroderma and MCTD having four or more RP …

Objective To compare the efficacy and tolerability of losartan, an antagonist of angiotensin II
receptor type 1, with nifedipine for the treatment of primary and secondary Raynaud's …

DISCUSSION Raynaud's disease of the tongue may occur in patients with connective tissue
disease, 2, 3 or in patients without underlying disease. 4 Symptoms include dysarthria …