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Indian Journal of Rheumatology

Indian Journal of Rheumatology

Published in Association with Indian Rheumatology Association (IRA)
Other Titles in:
Rheumatology

eISSN: 09733701 | ISSN: 09733698 | Current volume: 19 | Current issue: 4 Frequency: Quarterly

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Indian Journal of Rheumatology is an open access, peer reviewed journal which publishes high-quality empirical original research and review articles pertaining to all domains of Rheumatology. Articles are freely accessible online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons license.

It started in 2006 as the official publication of Indian Rheumatology Association and is a quarterly journal. In addition to rheumatology, the journal is also relevant to researchers and professionals from other inter-disciplinary fields such as Nephrology, Pulmonary Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Histopathology.

Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijr.

The Indian Journal of Rheumatology (formerly, Journal of Indian Rheumatology Association) is the official, double-anonymized peer-reviewed publication of the Indian Rheumatology Association (IRA). The Journal is published quarterly (March, June, September, December i.e., 4 issues), Invited supplements focussed on specific topics are published periodically. The Indian Journal of Rheumatology is indexed in Scopus, Embase, ESCI and DOAJ. The journal is circulated amongst bonafide members of IRA along with those who have subscribed the journal. The journal is also available open access on the journal website.

The Journal accepts “original articles” or “brief reports” on clinical, laboratory and basic science research in the field of Rheumatology and “reviews” and “topical reviews” on topics of current interest.  Case reports of exceptional educational value and relevance can be submitted as letter to the editor.

The journal has a focus on topics and issues related to South Asia including the Indian subcontinent such as tropical rheumatology and peculiar scenarios prevalent and needs of these regions. Contributions in these or any other topics related to rheumatology are however welcome from anywhere in the world.

Editor-in-Chief
Aman Sharma Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology wing, Department of Internal Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Emeritus Editor
Vikas Agarwal Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India
Executive Editor
Durga Prasanna Misra Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India
Associate Editors
Suma Balan Professor, Paediatrics, Immunology and Rheumatology, AIMS, Kochi, India
Chengappa KG Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India
Raj Kiran Dudam CARE Hospital, Hyderabad, India
Parashar Ghosh Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India
Mohit Goyal CARE Hospital, Udaipur, India
Rajendra Varaprasad Irlapati Consultant Rheumatologist, Yashoda Hospital, Somajiguda, Hyderabad, India
Amit Kansal Kansal Arthritis & Rheumatology Centre of Excellence (CARE), 88-D, Kitchlu Nagar, Ludhiana, India
Sathish Kumar Professor of Pediatrics, CMC Vellore, India
Pradyot Sinha Mahapatra Associate Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, PGIMER, Kolkata, India
John Mathew Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India
GSRSNK Naidu Associate Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology Wing, Department of Internal Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Prasanta Padhan Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, KIMS, Bhubaneshwar, India
Benzeeta Pinto Consultant Rheumatologist, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, India
Sandhya P St Stephen Hospital, New Delhi, India
Sham Santhanam Consultant Rheumatologist, Kauvery Hospital (Alwarpet), Chennai, India
Padhmadabha Shenoy Medical Director, Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatism Excellence (CARE), Cochin, Kerala, India
Yogesh Preet Singh Assistant Professor, HIMS, Dehradun, India
Vivek Vasudev Professor, Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Army Hospital, Research and Referral, New Delhi, India
Assistant Editors
Aadhaar Dhooria Assistant Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, MGM College and Hospital, Jaipur, India
Adarsh MB Assistant Professor, Medicine, GMC, Kozhikode, India
Aishwarya Gopal Department of Clinical Immunology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
Arghya Chattopadhyay Assistant Professor, NBMC, Siliguri, India
Arnab Pal Professor of Biochemistry, PGIMER, India
Arshid Bashir Center for autoimune diseases and Rheumatology, Srinagar, India
Arti Sharma Nanisha Rheumatology Clinic, New Delhi, India
Ashish Jacob Mathews Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India
Avinash Jain Assistant Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SMS Hospital and Medical College, Jaipur, India
Damodaram P Consultant Rheumatologist, Shubodaya Rheumatology Center, Tirupati, India
Debanjali Sinha Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata, India
Gayatri Ekbote Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune, India
Geetabali Sirkar Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India
Kavitha M Consultant Rheumatologist, Kauvery Hospitals, Chennai, India
Keerthi Talari Consultant Rheumatologist, Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad, India
Kunal Chandwar Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Latika Gupta Department of Rheumatology, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK
H R Madhuri Senior Consultant Rheumatologist, Star hospitals , Hyderabad, India
Mahabaleshwar M Assistant Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, JSS Medical College and Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India
Pankti Mehta Clinical Fellow, Immunology & Rheumatology, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
Phani Kumar D Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad,Telangana, India
Pooja Belani Consultant Rheumatologist, Sterling Hospital, Gandhidham, Kutch, Gujarat, India
Prateek Deo Consultant Rheumatologist and Immunologist, Bansal Hospital, Bhopal, India
Puja Shrivastava Rheumatologist & Immunologist, STAR Clinics, Ahmedabad, India
R Subramanian Consultant Rheumatologist, JSS Hospital, Mysore, India
Rajat Kharbanda Assistant Professor, Clincial Immunology and Rheumatology, SGPGI, Lucknow, India
Rasmi Ranjan Sahoo Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, IMS and SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Rasmi Roongta Senior Resident, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheuamtology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Sakir Ahmed Associate Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, KIMS, KIIT University, Bhubaneshwar, India
Sakshi Mittal Consultatant Rheumatologist, Venkateshwara Hospital, New Delhi, India
Sanat Phatak Rheumatologist, KEM Hospital and Research Center, Pune, India
Saumya Ranjan Tripathy Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, India
Siddharth Jain Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
Sonal Mehra Consultant - Centre for Rheumatology, Arthritis and Spine, Noida & Consultant - Apollo Hospital, Delhi and Noida, India
Subramanian Nallasivan Assistant Professor in Medicine and Rheumatology, Consultant Rheumatologist, Velammal Medical College Hospital and Research Institute Madurai and Rosemary Mission Hospital, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India
Upendra Rathore Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India
Vignesh P Associate Professor, Allergy and Immunology Unit, Advanved Pediatrics Center, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
Vijaya Prasanna Parimi Superspecialist, ESIC Medical College and Superspeciality Hospital, Hyderabad,Telangana, India
Vikas Sharma Assistant Professor, Rheumatology Superspecilaity Cell, Department of Medicine, IGMC, Shimla, India
Vishad Viswanath Medical Director and Consultant Rheumatologist, IRIS, Trivandrum, India
Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Consultant Rheumatologist, Vizag Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Vishakhapatnam, India
Digital and Social Media Committee
Durga Prasanna Misra Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India
Kritika Singh Senior Research Fellow, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SGPGI, Lucknow, India
Debaditya Roy DM Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology Resident, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER), Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Kunal Chandwar Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Panki Mehta Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, KGMU, Lucknow, India
International Editorial Board
Ajay Wanchu Rheumatologist, Adventist Medical Center-Portland, USA
Ajesh Maharaj Department of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Science, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa
Anthony Woolf University of Exeter Medical School, and Plymouth Peninsula Medical and Dental College, and NHS National Institute of Health Research Clinical Research Network Southwest Peninsula, UK
Ashutosh Mangalam Associate Professor, Department of Patholohy, University of IOWA Health Care, Iowa City, USA
Carlo F Selmi Director of the Residency, School of Emergency Medicine, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Chetan Mukhtyar Consultant and Service Director for Rheumatology – Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Deepak Tripathi University of Texas, Health Science Center, USA
Dinesh Khanna Professor of Medicine, University of Medicine, University of Michigan, USA
Ernest Choy Director at Welsh Arthritis Research Network, Cardiff University, UK
George Kitas Consultant Rheumatologist, University of Birmingham, UK and Hygeia Hosiptal Athens, Greece
James T Rosenbaum Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, OHSU, Portland, USA
John H. Stone University at Buffalo, USA
Loïc Guillevin Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, Université Paris-Cité, Paris, France
Mohammad Tikly Professor Emeritus, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Witwatersand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Murray Urowitz Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto and Director of the Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases and the University of Toronto and the Lupus Clinic at the Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto
Nigil Haroon Head, Division of Rheumatology, UHN and Sinai Health, Toronto
Ozgur Kasapcopur Head of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Turkey
Richard A Watts Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Robert John Moots Department of Rheumatology, Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
Rohit Aggarwal Medical Director, Arthritis and Autoimmunity Center, Professor of Medicine, Co-director, UPMC Myositis Center, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Vaidehi R Chowdhary Associate Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology); Clinical Chief, Rheumatology, Allergy, & Immunology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Vinod Chandran Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto & Director, Psoriatic Arthritis Program, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada
National Editorial Board
Amita Aggarwal Professor and Head, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SGPGI, Lucknow, India
Sajal Ajmani Consultant Rheumatologist, Arthritis and Rheumatology Clinic, New Delhi, India
C Balakrishna Section Head - Rheumatology, Consultant - Rheumatology, PD Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, India
D S Bhakuni Director, Rheumatology, Max Hospital, Noida, India
Remesh Bhasi Senior Consultant & Head, Department of Rheumatology, Director of Medical Education & Academics, Director – DNB Programme, Aster MIMS Calicut, India
Ved Chaturvedi  
G D Choudhury Professor of Medicine. Unit Chief, Rheumatology, Command Hospital, Chandimandir, Haryana, India
Abhra Chandra Chowdhury Consultant Rheumatologist, CK Birla Hospital, Kolkata, India
Debashish Danda Director, Institute of Rheumatology, NH Mazumdar Shah Medical Center, Bengaluru, India
MP Das Professor and Head, Medicine, Guwahati Medical College, Guwahati, India
BG Dharmanand Consultant Rheumatologist, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, India
Sunil Dogra Professor, Dermatology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
Lalit Duggal Senior Consultant & Chairman, Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi, India
Sukesh E Iqraa International Hospital and Research Centre, Calicut, India
Alakandu Ghosh Consultant Rheumatologist, Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata, India
Shounak Ghosh Consultant Rheumatologist, Calcutta Medical Research Institute, Kolkata, India
Yojana Gokhale Dr. Gokhale Clinic and Arthritis Center, Mumbai, India
Rajiva Gupta Consultant Rheumatologist, Medanta The Medicity, Gurugram, India
Rohini Handa Senior Consultant Rheumatologist, Apollo Indraprastha Hospitals, New Delhi, India
Binoy J Paul Professor of Medicine and Chief of Rheumatology, KMCT Medical College, Calicut, India
Neeraj Jain Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
Ramesh Jois Consultant Rheumatologist, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, India
Vaijayanti L Joshi Consultant Rheumatologist, CRD, Pune, India
VR Joshi PD Hinduja Hospital Mumbai, India
Shanmuganandan K Professor, Department of Medicine and Rheumatology, Chrompet, Chennai, India
Sanjeeb Kakati Dean, Assam Medical College & Hospital, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, India
Aijaz Karim Khan Clinical Director, A and R Center, Prime Clinics, Srinagar, India
Mahendranath KM Samarpan Health Center, Bengaluru, India
Kavita Krishna Professor and Head, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Bharati Vidyapeeth University Medical College and Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Ashok Kumar Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Uma Kumar Professor & Founder Head, Department of Rheumatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Vikram Londay Associate Professor of Medicine and Incharge Rheumatology HBT Medical College and Dr. RN Cooper Hospital, Mumbai & Consultant Rheumatologist, Criticare Asia Multispeciality Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
Anill Mahajan Senior Consultant, Madaan Hospital and Research Center, Jammu, India
AN Malaviya Consultant Rheumatologist, 'A &R' Clinic and Visiting Senior Consultant, ISIC Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
Saurabh Malaviya Director. OJAS Center for Arthritis and Auto Immune Diseases, Indore, India
Ramnath Misra Dean, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, KIMS, Bhubaneshwar, India
Jayachandran N Professor, Department of Medicine, Calicut Medical College, Calicut, India
Milind Nadkar Professor and Head, Medicine, KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
G Narsimulu Senior Consultant, Rheumatologist, GVN Medical Centre, Hyderabad, India
VS Negi Director, AIIMS, Bilaspur, India
Jyotsna Oak Consultant and Chief, Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, India
V P Pandey Professor and Head, Medicine, Medical College, Indore, India
Sapan Pandya Associate Professor, Rheumatology, Smt NHL Medical College, Ahmedabad, India
Ghanshyam Pangte Director Professor, Department of Medeicine, LHMC, New Delhi, India
Jyoti Ranjan Parida Consultant Rheumatologist, Odisha Arthritis & Rheumatology Care, Bhubaneshwar, India
Pradeepta Sekhar Patro Professor and Head, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, IMS and SUM Hospital, Bhubaneshwar, India
Arul Rajamurugan Associate Professor and Head, Institute of Rheumatology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India
Liza Rajasekhar Professor and Head, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, NIMS, Hyderabad, India
Raja Ramachandran Associate Professor, Nephrology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
PD Rath Senior Director and Head, Rheumatology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, India
Manish Rathi Professor, Department of Nephrology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
R Ravichandran Consultant Rheumatologist, SIMS Hospital Vadapalani, Chennai, India
Vinod Ravindran Consultant Rheumatologist, Calicut, Kerala, India
Rajeshwari S Professor and Head, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SRMC and Hospital, Chennai, India
Renu Saigal Consultant, Rheumatology Clinic, Jaipur, India
Rohini Samant Consulting Rheumatologist, Hinduja Hospital, Mahim, Mumbai and Hinduja Healthcare Surgical Khar, Mumbai, India
Abir Saraswat Consultant Dermatologist, Indushree Skin Clinic, Lucknow, India
Pradip Sarma Senior Consultant Rheumatologist, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Apollo Excel Care Hospital, Guwahati, India
Banwari Sharma Rheumatologist and Immunologist, Niramaya Health Care, Jaipur, India
Vishal Sharma Additional Professor of Gastroenterology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
Vineeta Shobha Professor and Head, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, St John's, Bengaluru, India
Aradhana Singh HOD, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SMS Medical College and Attached Group of Hospitals, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Harpreet Singh University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Surjit Singh Professor and Head, Paediatrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
Sumeet Singla Professor, Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
Fayaz Sofi Professor and Head, Department of Internal Medicine, Founder Head, Division of Rheumatology, SKIMS Srinagar, UT of J& K, India
Saumya Ranjan Tripathy Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, India
Anupam Wakhlu Chief Consultant, Immunology and Rheumatology, Apollomedics Superspeciality Hospital, Lucknow, India
Abhishek Zanwar Consultant Rheumatologist, Poona Superspeciality Clinic, Pune, India
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