Successful outcome of human pregnancy not only impacts the quality of infant life and well-
being, but considerable evidence now suggests that what happens during fetal development …

Background New onset or worsening of psoriasis has been reported in patients treated with
tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) inhibitors for a variety of rheumatologic conditions. There is …

The utility of measuring salivary cortisol has become increasingly appreciated since the
early 1980s. Salivary cortisol is a measure of active free cortisol and follows the diurnal …

Objective To develop simple, practical criteria for clinical diagnosis of fibromyalgia that are
suitable for use in primary and specialty care and that do not require a tender point …

ContextCarcinoma of the esophagus traditionally has been treated by surgery or radiation
therapy (RT), but 5-year overall survival rates have been only 5% to 10%. We previously …

Objective. To develop a fibromyalgia (FM) survey questionnaire for epidemiologic and
clinical studies using a modification of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology …

Objectives The provisional criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2010
and the 2011 self-report modification for survey and clinical research are widely used for …

Background Effective new therapies are needed for rheumatoid arthritis. Current therapies
target the products of activated macrophages; however, T cells also have an important role …

Background: The selective co-stimulation modulator abatacept demonstrated efficacy for
treating rheumatoid arthritis in early clinical studies. Objective: To evaluate the effects of …

In most species the length of a pregnancy exceeds that of the luteal phase of the ovarian
cycle. The conceptus within the uterus, therefore, is believed to produce a substance or …