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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 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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From 22/04/2026 to 29/04/2026

CER19871
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Novel PET/CT tracers for large-vessel vasculitis: molecular imaging of immune cell recruitment, myeloid activation and vascular remodelling in giant cell arteritis and Takayasu's arteritis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19636
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Turkish Society for Rheumatology recommendations for the diagnosis, follow-up and management of giant cell arteritis

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CER19743
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Combination of rituximab and cyclophosphamide for induction of remission in ANCA-associated vasculitis: the stronger, the better?

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CER19802
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Significance of positive rheumatoid factor in ANCA-associated vasculitis

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CER19429
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Treatment and follow-up of patients with Sjögren's disease associated interstitial lung disease: a case series

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The 5 most viewed Abstracts in the last 7 days
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From 22/04/2026 to 29/04/2026

CER18722
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Gut microbiota dysbiosis exacerbates microscopic polyangiitis via toll-like receptor 7

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19714
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Giant cell arteritis and atherosclerosis: coexistence or causality?

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19743
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Combination of rituximab and cyclophosphamide for induction of remission in ANCA-associated vasculitis: the stronger, the better?

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19802
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Significance of positive rheumatoid factor in ANCA-associated vasculitis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19636
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Turkish Society for Rheumatology recommendations for the diagnosis, follow-up and management of giant cell arteritis

Rheumatology Abstract