December 2020 Editor's Picks

The Journal of Rheumatology's Editor-in-Chief Earl Silverman talks about this month's selection of articles that are most relevant to the clinical rheumatologist. This month’s selections include: Circulating Small Noncoding RNA Biomarkers of Response to Triple Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drug Therapy in White Women With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis by Andrew D. Foers, Alexandra L. Garnham, Gordon K. Smyth, Susanna M. Proudman, Lesley Cheng, Andrew F. Hill, Ken C. Pang and Ian P. Wicks https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.191012 Serum MicroRNA Signature as a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Marker in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis by Sarah M. Wade, Trudy McGarry, Siobhan C. Wade, Ursula Fearon and Douglas J. Veale https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190602 Utility of the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire to Monitor Patient Beliefs in Systemic Vasculitis by Mollie N. Schwartz, Casey A. Rimland, Kaitlin A. Quinn, Marcela A. Ferrada, K. Bates Gribbons, Joel S. Rosenblum, Wendy Goodspeed, Elaine Novakovich and Peter C. Grayson https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190828 Identifying Research Priorities among Patients and Families of Children with Rheumatic Diseases Living in the United States by Colleen K. Correll, Mitali Dave, Anne F. Paul, Vincent Del Gaizo, Suzanne Schrandt, Roushanac S. Partovi and Esi M. Morgan https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190934 Five-year Evolution Patterns of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Patients with Lower-limb Osteoarthritis and Their Sociodemographic and Clinical Correlates by Sarah Bitar, Abdou Y. Omorou, Aurélie Van Hoye, Francis Guillemin and Anne-Christine Rat https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190854 To read the full articles visit www.jrheum.org Music by David Hilowitz