The Journal of Rheumatology's Editor-in-Chief Earl Silverman discusses this month's selection of articles that are most relevant to the clinical rheumatologist. This month’s Editor’s Picks spotlight interview is with Dr. Ibrahim Almaghlouth.

This month’s selections also include:

Almaghlouth, et al: Propensity Score Methods in Rare Disease: A Demonstration Using Observational Data in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200254

Faye, et al: Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients With Autoimmune Disease and COVID-19: A Matched Cohort Study From New York City - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200989

Grosse, et al: Evaluation of Bone Erosions in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Ultrasound Score for Erosions Versus the Modified Sharp/van der Heijde Score for Erosions - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200286

Liew, et al: Cardiovascular Risk Scores in Axial Spondyloarthritis Versus the General Population: A Cross-sectional Study - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200188

van Leeuwen, et al: Association Between Centromere- and Topoisomerase-specific Immune Responses and the Degree of Microangiopathy in Systemic Sclerosis - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.191331

To read the full articles visit www.jrheum.org.

Music by David Hilowitz