The Scientific Basis of Rheumatology: A Decade of Progress

This special collection of reviews - published to mark Arthritis Research & Therapy's 10th anniversary - provides an in depth overview of the current status of basic and clinical research in rheumatology, and focuses particularly on developments in the past decade, during which there has been an explosion of new information in the field. Corporate sponsorship from Schering-Plough and Wyeth has enabled BioMed Central to make these reviews free to access online. No sponsor has had input into the content of the publication or the articles themselves. All published articles have been independently prepared by the authors, and have been subject to the journal's standard peer review process.