Rheumatology is scientific bimonthly aimed at rheumatologists, orthopaedists and general practitioners. Includes the original articles, observational studies, cross-sectional studies and reviews, including case based reviews, containing analysis of the literature, indicating their significance and innovation. Classic case reports will no longer be accepted as separate articles or letters to the editor. The journal also publishes recommendations, experts’ opinions, letters to the editor, eulogies and reports from national and international meetings and conferences.

Editor-in-Chief: Maria Maślińska

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Temporomandibular joint disorders in seronegative spondyloarthritis: what a rheumatologist needs to know?

Vasiliki Syrmou, Maria Grammatikopoulou, Dimitrios Bogdanos, Konstantinos Mitsimponas

The dichotomy of glucocorticosteroid treatment in immuneinflammatory rheumatic diseases: an evidence-based perspective and insights from clinical practice

Elvis Hysa, Tamara Vojinovic, Emanuele Gotelli, Elisa Alessandri, Carmen Pizzorni, Sabrina Paolino, Alberto Sulli, Vanessa Smith, Maurizio Cutolo

Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry – is it the gold standard, or is bone mineral density everything?

Paweł Żuchowski, Daniel Jeka

COVID-19 prophylaxis, diagnostics, and treatment in patients with rheumatic diseases. The Polish experts panel opinion

Brygida Kwiatkowska, Magdalena Krajewska-Włodarczyk, Bogdan Batko, Maria Maślińska, Marcin Stajszczyk, Jerzy Świerkot, Piotr Wiland, Zbigniew Żuber, Krzysztof Tomasiewicz

Comparison of Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score and Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index tools in assessment of axial spondyloarthritis activity

Katarzyna Wiąk-Walerowicz, Ewa Wielosz

Polymyalgia rheumatica and polymyalgia-like syndromes as adverse events following immunisation with COVID-19 vaccines: a 15 months update

Ciro Manzo, Alberto Castagna, Arvind Nune, Marco Isetta

Peculiarities of clinical signs, course and treatment of musculoskeletal system lesions in post-COVID syndrome

Larysa Voloshyna, Svitlana Smiyan, Oleksandr Voloshyn, Inna Buzdugan, Olga Bukach, Natalia Voloshynovych, Oleksandra Doholich

Influenza – a problem still existing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Lidia Brydak

Burden of disease, pain catastrophizing, and central sensitization in relation to work-related issues in young spondyloarthritis patients

Aicha Ben Tekaya, Hanene Ben Said, Imene Yousfi, Siwar Ben Dhia, Selma Bouden, Leila Rouached, Ines Mahmoud, Rawdha Tekaya, Olfa Saidane, Leila Abdelmoula

Autoimmunity and long COVID in children

Oksana Boyarchuk, Liubov Volianska

Coronary artery lesions in Takayasu arteritis

Marta Dzhus, Halyna Mostbauer

Approach to prediction and receiver operating characteristic analysis of a regression model for assessing the severity of the course Lyme borreliosis in children

Svetlana Nykytyuk, Andriy Sverstiuk, Serhiy Klymnyuk, Dmytro Pyvovarchuk, Yuri Bogdanovich Palaniza

The influence of growth hormone deficiency on bone health and metabolism

Arnika Wydra, Izabella Czajka-Oraniec, Jakub Wydra, Wojciech Zgliczyński

Presence of subclinical giant cell arteritis in patients with morning stiffness of duration less than 45 minutes at the time of diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica

Ciro Manzo, Alberto Castagna, Nicola Veronese, Marco Isetta

Primary hyperparathyroidism: clinical manifestations, diagnosis and evaluation according to the Fifth International Workshop guidelines

Magdalena Kochman

Selected musculoskeletal disorders in patients with thyroid dysfunction, diabetes, and obesity

Nicola Dyrek, Agnieszka Wikarek, Małgorzata Niemiec, Piotr Kocełak

Emotional and cognitive states of geriatric patients during the COVID-19 pandemic – an observational study

Teresa Sadura-Sieklucka, Joanna Szczuka, Tomasz Targowski

Low muscle mass and body composition analysis in a group of postmenopausal women affected by primary Sjögren’s syndrome

Suhel Gabriele Al Khayyat, Paolo Falsetti, Edoardo Conticini, Roberto D’Alessandro, Francesca Bellisai, Stefano Gentileschi, Caterina Baldi, Marco Bardelli, Luca Cantarini, Bruno Frediani

Bilateral rapidly destructive coxopathy in rheumatoid arthritis

Stoimen Dimitrov, Georgi Gerganov, Simona Bogdanova, Svetlana Hristova, Rosina Moraliyska, Svetoslav Dimitrov, Zhaklin Apostolova, Desislava Simeonova, Tanya Shivacheva, Tsvetoslav Georgiev

Indications, response, and side effects of biologic treatment in Behçet’s disease: an 8-year study with follow-up

Saeedeh Shenavandeh, Elham Aflaki, Maryam RastiJahromi, Afshin Haghighi, Mohammad Nazarinia

Assessment of hematologic indices for diagnosis in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus

Gülcan Özomay Baykal, Ebru Oğultekin Vazgeçer, Betül Sözeri

Usefulness of interleukin-1 blockade in autoinflammatory diseases

Alenka Gagro

Impact of acetabular roof’s angle on precision of cup center of rotation reproduction and placement in total hip arthroplasty

Bartosz Maciąg, Dawid Jegierski, Bartłomiej Wilk, Martyna Budzińska, Grzegorz Maciąg, Anna Kupczak, Krystian Żarnovsky, Marcin Łapiński, Tomasz Kordyaczny, Artur Stolarczyk

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Hyperuricemia – consequences of not initiating therapy. Benefits and drawbacks of treatment

Igor Domański, Aleksandra Kozieł, Natalia Kuderska, Paulina Wójcik, Tomasz Dudzik, Łucja Dudzik

Early predictive factors in routine clinical practice for rituximab therapy response in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Evgenija Mihajloska, Aleksandar Dimkovski, Aleksandra Grozdanova, Ana Vasilevska, Dubravka Antova, Zorica Naumovska, Aleksandra Kapedanovska Nestorovska, Zoran Sterjev, Bashkim Osmani, Ljubica Shuturkova

An epidemiological study of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and young adults among COVID-19-positive patients – data from National Inpatient Sample database

Shruti Aggarwal, Jasninder Singh Dhaliwal, Nomesh Kumar, Hemamalini Sakthivel, Raheel Ahmed, Renuka Verma, Kamleshun Ramphul

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Current issue

2/2024 vol. 62

From Editor

Maria Maślińska

Reumatologia 2024;62(2)

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EDITORIAL ARTICLE

Usefulness of interleukin-1 blockade in autoinflammatory diseases

Alenka Gagro

Reumatologia 2024;62(2):71-73

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/reum/188546

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ORIGINAL PAPER

Assessment of hematologic indices for diagnosis in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus

Gülcan Özomay Baykal, Ebru Oğultekin Vazgeçer, Betül Sözeri

Reumatologia 2024;62(2):74-82

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/reum/186826

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Clinical and laboratory profiles of systemic lupus erythematosus patients in a new rheumatology clinic in southwestern Nigeria

Gbenga Joshua Odunlami, Adeola Ajibade, Bolanle Aderonke Omotosho, Muzamil Olamide Hassan, Adeyemi Abiola Adefidipe, Fatai Olatunde Olanrewaju, Ademola Olusegun Enitan, Tajudin Adesegun Adetunji, Olumide Akinniyi Akinyele, Oluyomi Okunola

Reumatologia 2024;62(2):83-93

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/reum/187208

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Level of glial cell derived neurotrophic factor in the blood plasma of rheumatoid arthritis patients and its relationship with alexithymia

Yevhenii Shalkovskyi, Mykola Stanislavchuk

Reumatologia 2024;62(2):94-100

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/reum/187110

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Indications, response, and side effects of biologic treatment in Behçet’s disease: an 8-year study with follow-up

Saeedeh Shenavandeh, Elham Aflaki, Maryam Rasti RastiJahromi, Afshin Borhani Haghighi, Mohammad Ali Nazarinia

Reumatologia 2024;62(2):101-108

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/reum/183467

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The effects of vitamin D supplementation on disease activity and fatigue in Libyan rheumatoid arthritis patients

Sarah Elfituri

Reumatologia 2024;62(2):109-114

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/reum/187391

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Patterns and prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among individuals with rheumatoid arthritis

Ajaz Kariem Khan, Junaid Nabi, Ashaq Hussain Parrey, Prasan Deep Rath, Sanan Lone

Reumatologia 2024;62(2):115-120

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/reum/186975

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Bone turnover markers and muscle decay indicator in patients with proximal femur fracture – a case-control study

Marcin Łapiński, Krystian Żarnovsky, Katarzyna Czarzasta, Bartosz Maciąg, Grzegorz Maciąg, Olga Adamska, Artur Mamcarz, Artur Stolarczyk

Reumatologia 2024;62(2):121-127

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/reum/187096

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ORIGINAL PAPER

Impact of acetabular roof’s angle on precision of cup center of rotation reproduction and placement in total hip arthroplasty

Bartosz Maciąg, Dawid Jegierski, Bartłomiej Wilk, Martyna Budzińska, Grzegorz Maciąg, Anna Kupczak, Krystian Żarnovsky, Marcin Łapiński, Tomasz Kordyaczny, Artur Stolarczyk

Reumatologia 2024;62(2):128-133

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/reum/186724

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CASE-BASED REVIEW

Bilateral rapidly destructive coxopathy in rheumatoid arthritis

Stoimen Dimitrov, Georgi Gerganov, Simona Bogdanova, Svetlana Hristova, Rosina Moraliyska, Svetoslav Dimitrov, Zhaklin Apostolova, Desislava Simeonova, Tanya Shivacheva, Tsvetoslav Georgiev

Reumatologia 2024;62(2):134-141

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/reum/186977

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