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Rheumatism

MedGen UID:
48447
Concept ID:
C0035435
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Disease, Rheumatic; Diseases, Rheumatic; Rheumatic Disease; Rheumatic Diseases
SNOMED CT: Rheumatism (396332003); Locomotor pain disorder (396332003); Musculoskeletal pain disorder (396332003)

Definition

Disorders of connective tissue, especially the joints and related structures, characterized by inflammation, degeneration, or metabolic derangement. [from MeSH]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Fanouriakis A, Tziolos N, Bertsias G, Boumpas DT
Ann Rheum Dis 2021 Jan;80(1):14-25. Epub 2020 Oct 13 doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218272. PMID: 33051219
Wallace ZS, Naden RP, Chari S, Choi H, Della-Torre E, Dicaire JF, Hart PA, Inoue D, Kawano M, Khosroshahi A, Kubota K, Lanzillotta M, Okazaki K, Perugino CA, Sharma A, Saeki T, Sekiguchi H, Schleinitz N, Stone JR, Takahashi N, Umehara H, Webster G, Zen Y, Stone JH; American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism IgG4-Related Disease Classification Criteria Working Group
Arthritis Rheumatol 2020 Jan;72(1):7-19. Epub 2019 Dec 2 doi: 10.1002/art.41120. PMID: 31793250
Macfarlane GJ, Kronisch C, Dean LE, Atzeni F, Häuser W, Fluß E, Choy E, Kosek E, Amris K, Branco J, Dincer F, Leino-Arjas P, Longley K, McCarthy GM, Makri S, Perrot S, Sarzi-Puttini P, Taylor A, Jones GT
Ann Rheum Dis 2017 Feb;76(2):318-328. Epub 2016 Jul 4 doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209724. PMID: 27377815

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Aringer M, Johnson SR
Rheum Dis Clin North Am 2021 Aug;47(3):501-511. Epub 2021 Jun 10 doi: 10.1016/j.rdc.2021.04.011. PMID: 34215376
Wallace ZS, Naden RP, Chari S, Choi HK, Della-Torre E, Dicaire JF, Hart PA, Inoue D, Kawano M, Khosroshahi A, Lanzillotta M, Okazaki K, Perugino CA, Sharma A, Saeki T, Schleinitz N, Takahashi N, Umehara H, Zen Y, Stone JH; Members of the ACR/EULAR IgG4-RD Classification Criteria Working Group
Ann Rheum Dis 2020 Jan;79(1):77-87. Epub 2019 Dec 3 doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-216561. PMID: 31796497
Wallace ZS, Naden RP, Chari S, Choi H, Della-Torre E, Dicaire JF, Hart PA, Inoue D, Kawano M, Khosroshahi A, Kubota K, Lanzillotta M, Okazaki K, Perugino CA, Sharma A, Saeki T, Sekiguchi H, Schleinitz N, Stone JR, Takahashi N, Umehara H, Webster G, Zen Y, Stone JH; American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism IgG4-Related Disease Classification Criteria Working Group
Arthritis Rheumatol 2020 Jan;72(1):7-19. Epub 2019 Dec 2 doi: 10.1002/art.41120. PMID: 31793250
Mankia K, Emery P
Nat Rev Rheumatol 2019 Nov;15(11):687-695. Epub 2019 Oct 8 doi: 10.1038/s41584-019-0308-5. PMID: 31595059
Aletaha D, Neogi T, Silman AJ, Funovits J, Felson DT, Bingham CO 3rd, Birnbaum NS, Burmester GR, Bykerk VP, Cohen MD, Combe B, Costenbader KH, Dougados M, Emery P, Ferraccioli G, Hazes JM, Hobbs K, Huizinga TW, Kavanaugh A, Kay J, Kvien TK, Laing T, Mease P, Ménard HA, Moreland LW, Naden RL, Pincus T, Smolen JS, Stanislawska-Biernat E, Symmons D, Tak PP, Upchurch KS, Vencovský J, Wolfe F, Hawker G
Arthritis Rheum 2010 Sep;62(9):2569-81. doi: 10.1002/art.27584. PMID: 20872595

Diagnosis

Narváez J
Med Clin (Barc) 2020 Dec 11;155(11):494-501. Epub 2020 Jun 23 doi: 10.1016/j.medcli.2020.05.009. PMID: 32586673
Wallace ZS, Naden RP, Chari S, Choi H, Della-Torre E, Dicaire JF, Hart PA, Inoue D, Kawano M, Khosroshahi A, Kubota K, Lanzillotta M, Okazaki K, Perugino CA, Sharma A, Saeki T, Sekiguchi H, Schleinitz N, Stone JR, Takahashi N, Umehara H, Webster G, Zen Y, Stone JH; American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism IgG4-Related Disease Classification Criteria Working Group
Arthritis Rheumatol 2020 Jan;72(1):7-19. Epub 2019 Dec 2 doi: 10.1002/art.41120. PMID: 31793250
Groot N, de Graeff N, Avcin T, Bader-Meunier B, Brogan P, Dolezalova P, Feldman B, Kone-Paut I, Lahdenne P, Marks SD, McCann L, Ozen S, Pilkington C, Ravelli A, Royen-Kerkhof AV, Uziel Y, Vastert B, Wulffraat N, Kamphuis S, Beresford MW
Ann Rheum Dis 2017 Nov;76(11):1788-1796. Epub 2017 Jun 19 doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210960. PMID: 28630236
Zhang W, Doherty M, Bardin T, Barskova V, Guerne PA, Jansen TL, Leeb BF, Perez-Ruiz F, Pimentao J, Punzi L, Richette P, Sivera F, Uhlig T, Watt I, Pascual E
Ann Rheum Dis 2011 Apr;70(4):563-70. Epub 2011 Jan 7 doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.139105. PMID: 21216817
Aletaha D, Neogi T, Silman AJ, Funovits J, Felson DT, Bingham CO 3rd, Birnbaum NS, Burmester GR, Bykerk VP, Cohen MD, Combe B, Costenbader KH, Dougados M, Emery P, Ferraccioli G, Hazes JM, Hobbs K, Huizinga TW, Kavanaugh A, Kay J, Kvien TK, Laing T, Mease P, Ménard HA, Moreland LW, Naden RL, Pincus T, Smolen JS, Stanislawska-Biernat E, Symmons D, Tak PP, Upchurch KS, Vencovský J, Wolfe F, Hawker G
Arthritis Rheum 2010 Sep;62(9):2569-81. doi: 10.1002/art.27584. PMID: 20872595

Therapy

Brito-Zerón P, Retamozo S, Kostov B, Baldini C, Bootsma H, De Vita S, Dörner T, Gottenberg JE, Kruize AA, Mandl T, Ng WF, Seror R, Tzioufas AG, Vitali C, Bowman S, Mariette X, Ramos-Casals M
RMD Open 2019;5(2):e001064. Epub 2019 Oct 28 doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2019-001064. PMID: 31749986Free PMC Article
Ward MM, Deodhar A, Gensler LS, Dubreuil M, Yu D, Khan MA, Haroon N, Borenstein D, Wang R, Biehl A, Fang MA, Louie G, Majithia V, Ng B, Bigham R, Pianin M, Shah AA, Sullivan N, Turgunbaev M, Oristaglio J, Turner A, Maksymowych WP, Caplan L
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2019 Oct;71(10):1285-1299. Epub 2019 Aug 21 doi: 10.1002/acr.24025. PMID: 31436026Free PMC Article
Mücke M, Phillips T, Radbruch L, Petzke F, Häuser W
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2018 Mar 7;3(3):CD012182. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012182.pub2. PMID: 29513392Free PMC Article
Aggarwal R, Rider LG, Ruperto N, Bayat N, Erman B, Feldman BM, Oddis CV, Amato AA, Chinoy H, Cooper RG, Dastmalchi M, Fiorentino D, Isenberg D, Katz JD, Mammen A, de Visser M, Ytterberg SR, Lundberg IE, Chung L, Danko K, García-De la Torre I, Song YW, Villa L, Rinaldi M, Rockette H, Lachenbruch PA, Miller FW, Vencovsky J; International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies Group and the Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation
Ann Rheum Dis 2017 May;76(5):792-801. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211400. PMID: 28385805Free PMC Article
Vincent FB, Saulep-Easton D, Figgett WA, Fairfax KA, Mackay F
Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2013 Jun;24(3):203-15. Epub 2013 May 15 doi: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2013.04.003. PMID: 23684423Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Müller F, Taubmann J, Bucci L, Wilhelm A, Bergmann C, Völkl S, Aigner M, Rothe T, Minopoulou I, Tur C, Knitza J, Kharboutli S, Kretschmann S, Vasova I, Spoerl S, Reimann H, Munoz L, Gerlach RG, Schäfer S, Grieshaber-Bouyer R, Korganow AS, Farge-Bancel D, Mougiakakos D, Bozec A, Winkler T, Krönke G, Mackensen A, Schett G
N Engl J Med 2024 Feb 22;390(8):687-700. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2308917. PMID: 38381673
Zhou P, Wang S, Yan Y, Lu Q, Pei J, Guo W, Yang X, Li Y
Front Public Health 2023;11:1176669. Epub 2023 Jul 20 doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1176669. PMID: 37546300Free PMC Article
Li P, Zhang C, Gao S, Zhang Y, Liang X, Wang C, Zhu T, Li W
J Med Internet Res 2023 Jul 17;25:e46298. doi: 10.2196/46298. PMID: 37459155Free PMC Article
Guan SY, Zheng JX, Sam NB, Xu S, Shuai Z, Pan F
Autoimmun Rev 2023 Aug;22(8):103361. Epub 2023 May 23 doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2023.103361. PMID: 37230312
Lange E, Kucharski D, Svedlund S, Svensson K, Bertholds G, Gjertsson I, Mannerkorpi K
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2019 Jan;71(1):61-70. doi: 10.1002/acr.23589. PMID: 29696812Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Smith V, Herrick AL, Ingegnoli F, Damjanov N, De Angelis R, Denton CP, Distler O, Espejo K, Foeldvari I, Frech T, Garro B, Gutierrez M, Gyger G, Hachulla E, Hesselstrand R, Iagnocco A, Kayser C, Melsens K, Müller-Ladner U, Paolino S, Pizzorni C, Radic M, Riccieri V, Snow M, Stevens W, Sulli A, van Laar JM, Vonk MC, Vanhaecke A, Cutolo M; EULAR Study Group on Microcirculation in Rheumatic Diseases and the Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium Group on Capillaroscopy
Autoimmun Rev 2020 Mar;19(3):102458. Epub 2020 Jan 10 doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2020.102458. PMID: 31927087
Mankia K, Emery P
Nat Rev Rheumatol 2019 Nov;15(11):687-695. Epub 2019 Oct 8 doi: 10.1038/s41584-019-0308-5. PMID: 31595059
Shiboski CH, Shiboski SC, Seror R, Criswell LA, Labetoulle M, Lietman TM, Rasmussen A, Scofield H, Vitali C, Bowman SJ, Mariette X; International Sjögren's Syndrome Criteria Working Group
Arthritis Rheumatol 2017 Jan;69(1):35-45. Epub 2016 Oct 26 doi: 10.1002/art.39859. PMID: 27785888Free PMC Article
Kay J, Upchurch KS
Rheumatology (Oxford) 2012 Dec;51 Suppl 6:vi5-9. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes279. PMID: 23221588
Aletaha D, Neogi T, Silman AJ, Funovits J, Felson DT, Bingham CO 3rd, Birnbaum NS, Burmester GR, Bykerk VP, Cohen MD, Combe B, Costenbader KH, Dougados M, Emery P, Ferraccioli G, Hazes JM, Hobbs K, Huizinga TW, Kavanaugh A, Kay J, Kvien TK, Laing T, Mease P, Ménard HA, Moreland LW, Naden RL, Pincus T, Smolen JS, Stanislawska-Biernat E, Symmons D, Tak PP, Upchurch KS, Vencovský J, Wolfe F, Hawker G
Arthritis Rheum 2010 Sep;62(9):2569-81. doi: 10.1002/art.27584. PMID: 20872595

Recent systematic reviews

Mücke M, Phillips T, Radbruch L, Petzke F, Häuser W
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2018 Mar 7;3(3):CD012182. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012182.pub2. PMID: 29513392Free PMC Article
Dejaco C, Ramiro S, Duftner C, Besson FL, Bley TA, Blockmans D, Brouwer E, Cimmino MA, Clark E, Dasgupta B, Diamantopoulos AP, Direskeneli H, Iagnocco A, Klink T, Neill L, Ponte C, Salvarani C, Slart RHJA, Whitlock M, Schmidt WA
Ann Rheum Dis 2018 May;77(5):636-643. Epub 2018 Jan 22 doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212649. PMID: 29358285
Kowal-Bielecka O, Fransen J, Avouac J, Becker M, Kulak A, Allanore Y, Distler O, Clements P, Cutolo M, Czirjak L, Damjanov N, Del Galdo F, Denton CP, Distler JHW, Foeldvari I, Figelstone K, Frerix M, Furst DE, Guiducci S, Hunzelmann N, Khanna D, Matucci-Cerinic M, Herrick AL, van den Hoogen F, van Laar JM, Riemekasten G, Silver R, Smith V, Sulli A, Tarner I, Tyndall A, Welling J, Wigley F, Valentini G, Walker UA, Zulian F, Müller-Ladner U; EUSTAR Coauthors
Ann Rheum Dis 2017 Aug;76(8):1327-1339. Epub 2016 Nov 9 doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209909. PMID: 27941129
Richette P, Doherty M, Pascual E, Barskova V, Becce F, Castañeda-Sanabria J, Coyfish M, Guillo S, Jansen TL, Janssens H, Lioté F, Mallen C, Nuki G, Perez-Ruiz F, Pimentao J, Punzi L, Pywell T, So A, Tausche AK, Uhlig T, Zavada J, Zhang W, Tubach F, Bardin T
Ann Rheum Dis 2017 Jan;76(1):29-42. Epub 2016 Jul 25 doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209707. PMID: 27457514
Götestam Skorpen C, Hoeltzenbein M, Tincani A, Fischer-Betz R, Elefant E, Chambers C, da Silva J, Nelson-Piercy C, Cetin I, Costedoat-Chalumeau N, Dolhain R, Förger F, Khamashta M, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Zink A, Vencovsky J, Cutolo M, Caeyers N, Zumbühl C, Østensen M
Ann Rheum Dis 2016 May;75(5):795-810. Epub 2016 Feb 17 doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208840. PMID: 26888948

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