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Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology is a monthly international peer-reviewed journal which has been covering all clinical, experimental and translational aspects of musculoskeletal, arthritic and connective tissue diseases since 1983. The journal includes annual monothematic issues on the following topics:

The monothematic issue on Myositis is also the official organ of the International Myositis Society (iMyoS, https://imyos.org).

Articles submitted on these topics, once accepted are published ahead-of-print online, and subsequently included in the corresponding monothematic issue.

Editor-in-Chief
Stefano Bombardieri, MD

Environmental Rheumatology

LER & CER: Letter to the Editor Rheumatology

Letter to Editor Rheumatology: Commentaries and Controversies (LER) has been an online forum for a stronger voice and a wider audience for critical and dissenting views in rheumatology and related disciplines. It has joined forces with Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology to achieve the deserved wider audience.

Letters can be submitted solely to: https://www.clinexprheumatol.org, please read Authors’ Guidelines.

Page charge

A page charge of €150.00 per printed page will be assessed for all articles published. Letters to the Editor will be charged €300.00. Instructions for payment will be sent to authors along with the proofs. There is no charge for solicited articles.

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The 5 most viewed PDFs in the last 7 days
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From 24/09/2026 to 01/10/2026

CER19735
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Sequential treatment strategies following methotrexate inadequate response in rheumatoid arthritis: a real-world retrospective cohort study

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19670
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Turkish Society for Rheumatology recommendations for topical and systemic treatments in Sjögren's disease

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CER19094
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A novel approach to the clinical assessment of juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome: the Juvenile Fibromyalgia Multidimensional Assessment Report

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CER20018
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Comparing three fibromyalgia screening tools: diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility

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CER19683
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First profiling of the national Swiss Clinical Quality Management giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica registry

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CER20044
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The microbiota-gut-brain axis in fibromyalgia: a scoping review

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The 5 most viewed Abstracts in the last 7 days
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From 24/09/2026 to 01/10/2026

CER20469
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Fifteenth International Congress on Spondyloarthritides

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19672
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Tofacitinib for the treatment of recurrent IgG4-related disease: clinical experience in 7 patients

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CER19773
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Catching up with calcinosis: analysis of clinical characteristics, myositis-specific autoantibodies, and response to therapy in juvenile dermatomyositis

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CER19344
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Anti-neutrophil extracellular trap antibodies in autoimmune rheumatic diseases: a suitable biomarker of thrombosis in systemic lupus erythematosus

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19298
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Overcoming methotrexate intolerance in a paediatric cohort of patients with rheumatic diseases: successful application of a large interval oral split-dose regimen

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CER19564
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Monitoring disease activity in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis: a scoping review

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