Revista Brasileira De Reumatologia

The Brazilian Journal of Rheumatology (BJR) is owned and published by the Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia and publishes manuscripts focusing on subjects related to the rheumatology field, after analysis by the Editorial Board and peer-review. The BJR is published bimonthly and is indexed on Web of Science , PUBMED/MEDLINE, Lilacs (Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde), Scopus, index Copernicus and Scielo (Scientific Electronic Library Online) databases. After submitting a manuscript, the author (s) assumes responsibility for the scientific content and declare that the material neither has been published previously nor is being considered for publication elsewhere. The manuscript has to be original and has to be approved by all authors. Accepted manuscripts constitute a property of the BJR. All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without prior permission. Submitted manuscripts will be analyzed only if rigorously compliant with the rules specified below.