I am a
Home I AM A Search Login

Papers of the Week


Papers: 19 Nov 2022 - 25 Nov 2022


2022 Nov 22


Rheumatology (Oxford)

Disproportionate articular pain is a frequent phenomenon in rheumatoid arthritis and responds to treatment with sarilumab.

Authors

Choy E, Bykerk V, Lee YC, van Hoogstraten H, Ford K, Praestgaard A, Perrot S, Pope J, Sebba A
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 Nov 22.
PMID: 36413080.

Abstract

In some patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), joint pain is more severe than expected based on the amount of joint swelling (referred to as disproportionate articular pain [DP]). We assessed DP prevalence and effects of sarilumab, an interleukin-6 inhibitor, on DP.