Issue 2-3/2010
Challenges for the Autoimmunologist: Yehuda Shoenfeld, MD, FRCP
Content (26 Articles)
Lupus and Pregnancy—15 Years of Experience in a Tertiary Center
Paula Ambrósio, Rita Lermann, Alexandra Cordeiro, Augusta Borges, Isabel Nogueira, Fátima Serrano
Immunogenicity of Anti-TNF-α Agents in Autoimmune Diseases
Nádia Emi Aikawa, Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Clovis Artur Almeida Silva, Eloísa Bonfá
Efficacy and Safety of Anti-Tumour Necrosis Factor in Elderly Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Observational Study
Matteo Filippini, Chiara Bazzani, Ennio Giulio Favalli, Antonio Marchesoni, Fabiola Atzeni, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Francesca Bobbio Pallavicini, Roberto Caporali, Roberto Gorla
Currents Concepts on the Immunopathology of Amyloidosis
Anupama Bhat, Carlo Selmi, Stanley M. Naguwa, Gurtej S. Cheema, M. Eric Gershwin
The Premenstrual Syndrome and Fibromyalgia—Similarities and Common Features
Daniela Amital, Calanit Herskovitz, Leah Fostick, Alysa Silberman, Yariv Doron, Joseph Zohar, Alek Itsekson, Matityahu Zolti, Alan Rubinow, Howard Amital
Predictors of Pregnancy Outcome in Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A Review
Sara De Carolis, Angela Botta, Stefania Santucci, Serafina Garofalo, Carmelinda Martino, Alessandra Perrelli, Silvia Salvi, Sergio Ferrazzani, Leonardo Caforio, Giovanni Scambia
Contemporary Challenges in Mastocytosis
H. David Pettigrew, Suzanne S. Teuber, James S. Kong, M. Eric Gershwin
Antiphospholipid Antibody-Mediated Reproductive Failure in Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Miri Blank, Yehuda Shoenfeld
Mold and Human Health: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff
H. David Pettigrew, Carlo F. Selmi, Suzanne S. Teuber, M. Eric Gershwin
Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors as New Players in Autoimmunity
Rachel Thomas, Torsten Matthias, Torsten Witte
Can Lupus Flares be Associated with Tuberculosis Infection?
F. M. Ribeiro, M. Szyper-Kravitz, E. M. Klumb, G. Lannes, F. R. E. Ribeiro, E. M. M. Albuquerque, Y. Shoenfeld
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Autoimmunity, and Vitamin D
Yinon Shapira, Nancy Agmon-Levin, Yehuda Shoenfeld
Sjögren Syndrome or Sjögren Disease? The Histological and Immunological Bias Caused by the 2002 Criteria
Manuel Ramos-Casals, Pilar Brito-Zerón, Marta Perez-De-Lis, Iratxe Jimenez, Maria-Jose Blanco, Albert Bove, Maria-Jose Soto, Miriam Akasbi, Candido Diaz, Juan Sentís, Antoni Siso
High-Dose Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) Therapy in Autoimmune Skin Blistering Diseases
Norito Ishii, Takashi Hashimoto, Detlef Zillikens, Ralf J. Ludwig
The Pathogenesis of Neural Injury in Animal Models of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Aviva Katzav, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Joab Chapman
Evidence for the Use of Intravenous Immunoglobulins—A Review of the Literature
Shaye Kivity, Uriel Katz, Natalie Daniel, Udi Nussinovitch, Neophytos Papageorgiou, Yehuda Shoenfeld
Sarcoidosis Presenting as “Corset-like” Myelopathy: A Description of Six Cases and Literature Review
Merav Lidar, Amir Dori, Yair Levy, Zvi Lidar, Joab Chapman, Pnina Langevitz
Infectious Aspects and the Etiopathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Michal Kasher Meron, Howard Amital, Daniel Shepshelovich, Ori Barzilai, Maya Ram, Juan-Manuel Anaya, Roberto Gerli, Bizzaro Nicola, Yehuda Shoenfeld
Diagnostic Challenges in Celiac Disease and the Role of the Tissue Transglutaminase–Neo-Epitope
Torsten Matthias, Sascha Pfeiffer, Carlo Selmi, M. Eric Gershwin
Pregnancy and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Review of Clinical Features and Outcome of 51 Pregnancies at a Single Institution
Graziela Carvalheiras, Pedro Vita, Susana Marta, Rita Trovão, Fátima Farinha, Jorge Braga, Guilherme Rocha, Isabel Almeida, António Marinho, Teresa Mendonça, Paulo Barbosa, João Correia, Carlos Vasconcelos
Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Lupus Panniculitis
João Espírito Santo, M. F. Gomes, M. J. Gomes, L. Peixoto, S. C. Pereira, A. Acabado, J. Freitas, G. Vinhas de Sousa