Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and its sequela, rheumatic heart disease (RHD), have largely
disappeared from high-income countries. However, in New Zealand (NZ), rates remain …

Background Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of developing
comorbid conditions. Objectives To evaluate the prevalence of comorbidities and compare …

Thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) or Buerger's disease is a segmental inflammatory,
thrombotic occlusive peripheral vascular disease with unknown aetiology that usually …

Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common autoimmune disease in the
word, affecting 1% of the population. Long-term prognosis in RA was greatly improved …

Introduction The prevalence of cardiometabolic diseases has increased in Latin American
and the Caribbean populations (LACP). To identify gene-lifestyle interactions that modify the …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is considered to be a systemic autoimmune disease that induces
systemic complications and progressive disability. It affects a large number of people. RA …

Immunogenetic host factors are associated with susceptibility or protection to tuberculosis
(TB). Strong associations of HLA class II genes with TB are reported. We analyzed the HLA …

Objective Inflammatory response plays an important role in Parkinson disease (PD).
Previous studies have reported an association between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) …

Methods Twenty-two patients with spondyloarthritis, recruited consecutively via the
spondyloarthritis service of the Universidade Pontifícia Católica de Campinas, São Paulo …

To explore the genetic association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the coding
region of the NOTCH4, exon 3 C+ 1297T and exon 5 A+ 3063G, in a case–control analysis …