Issue 11/2012
Content (17 Articles)
High prevalence of low bone mineral density in patients within 10 years of onset of ankylosing spondylitis: a systematic review
M. A. C. van der Weijden, T. A. M. Claushuis, T. Nazari, W. F. Lems, B. A. C. Dijkmans, I. E. van der Horst-Bruinsma
The promising role of lung ultrasound in systemic sclerosis
A. Delle Sedie, L. Carli, E. Cioffi, S. Bombardieri, L. Riente
Plasma glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) concentration is elevated in rheumatoid arthritis: a case–control study
Glenn A. Jacobson, Stephen J. Ives, Christian Narkowicz, Graeme Jones
Discontinuation of anti-TNF-α therapy in a Chinese cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Cheng-Tao Yang, Chang-Fu Kuo, Shue-Fen Luo, Kuang-Hui Yu
What RA patients expect of their treatment—discussion over the result of our survey
Keiko Funahashi, Tsukasa Matsubara
Serial interferon-γ release assays for screening and monitoring of tuberculosis infection during treatment with biologic agents
Rossana Scrivo, Ilaria Sauzullo, Fabio Mengoni, Giancarlo Iaiani, Anna Rita Vestri, Roberta Priori, Elisa Di Filippo, Manuela Di Franco, Francesca Romana Spinelli, Vincenzo Vullo, Claudio Maria Mastroianni, Guido Valesini
Drug compliance in patients with systemic scleroderma
Lucie Hromadkova, Tomas Soukup, Eva Cermakova, Jiri Vlcek
Fibromyalgia and hysterectomy: the impact on health status and health care costs
Maya S. Santoro, Terry A. Cronan, Rebecca N. Adams, Dhwani J. Kothari
Effect of weight reduction on the quality of life in obese patients with fibromyalgia syndrome: a randomized controlled trial
Mohammed Kamal Senna, Rehab Abd-El Raouf Sallam, Hala Salah Ashour, Mohammed Elarman
A simplified version of Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Fernando A. Sommerfleck, Emilce E. Schneeberger, Emilio E. Buschiazzo, José A. Maldonado Cocco, Gustavo Citera
A safety analysis of oral prednisone as a pretreatment for rituximab in rheumatoid arthritis
J. D. Carter, S. A. Zarabadi, L. R. Ricca, A. McNeil, J. Valeriano-Marcet, F. B. Vasey, A. I. Sebba
Screening for the presence of FMR1 premutation alleles in a Spanish population with fibromyalgia
Loreto Martorell, Mireia Tondo, Ferrán Garcia-Fructuoso, Montserrat Naudo, Cayetano Alegre, Josep Gamez, Jordi Genovés, Pilar Poo
Rheumatoid arthritis in Senegal: a comparison between patients coming from rural and urban areas, in an urban tertiary health care center in Senegal
Fernando Kemta Lekpa, Souhaïbou Ndongo, Joëlle Tiendrebeogo, Awa Cheikh Ndao, Abdikarim Daher, Abdoulaye Pouye, Mamadou Mourtalla Ka, Thérèse Moreira Diop
Pulmonary echography in systemic sclerosis
F. C. Moazedi-Fuerst, P. M. Zechner, N. J. Tripolt, S. M. Kielhauser, K. Brickmann, S. Scheidl, A. Lutfi, W. G. Graninger
An exploration of the inter- and intra-rater reliability of the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index
Jane H. Martindale, Chris J. Sutton, Lynne Goodacre
Early diagnosis and treatment of ankylosing spondylitis in Africa and the Middle East
Bahiri Rachid, Bassel El Zorkany, Ehab Youseif, Mohammed Tikly
Transient osteoporosis of the hip, complete resolution after treatment with alendronate as observed by MRI description of eight cases and review of the literature
Yasser Emad, Yasser Ragab, Nashwa El-Shaarawy, Johannes J. Rasker