Issue 3/2016
Content (43 Articles)
Lights and shadows in autoinflammatory syndromes from the childhood and adulthood perspective
Donato Rigante, Antonio Vitale, Marco Francesco Natale, Luca Cantarini
A meta-analysis to determine the effect of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments on fibromyalgia symptoms comprising OMERACT-10 response criteria
Despoina Papadopoulou, Argyro Fassoulaki, Christos Tsoulas, Ioanna Siafaka, Athina Vadalouca
Ultrasound7 versus ultrasound12 in monitoring the response to infliximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Xiaomei Leng, Weiguo Xiao, Zhonghui Xu, Xiaochun Zhu, Yi Liu, Dongbao Zhao, Huji Xu, Guoqiang Chen, Wei Yu, Jing Lu, Jiakai Wang, Xiaoru Xia, Yongji Li, Yi Zhao, Honghu Tang, Yeqing Shi, Jun Bao, Ling Chen, Li Lin, Ling Zhou, Hongwei Zhang, Yan Zhao
Thirty-day complications in rheumatoid patients following total knee arthroplasty
Julio J. Jauregui, Bhaveen H. Kapadia, Anant Dixit, Qais Naziri, David J. Hip-Flores, Steven F. Harwin, Michael A. Mont
Evaluation of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies may be beneficial in RF-negative juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients
Mihaela Spârchez, Nicolae Miu, Claudia Bolba, Mihaela Iancu, Zeno Spârchez, Simona Rednic
Recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis patients benefit from a treat-to-target strategy: results from the DREAM registry
Laura M. M. Steunebrink, Harald E. Vonkeman, Peter M. ten Klooster, Monique Hoekstra, Piet L. C. M. van Riel, Mart A. F. J. van de Laar
Health-related quality of life assessed by LupusQoL questionnaire and SF-36 in Turkish patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Sibel Yilmaz-Oner, Can Oner, Fatih Mert Dogukan, Toklong Filam Moses, Kubra Demir, Nazar Tekayev, Pamir Atagunduz, Serhan Tuglular, Haner Direskeneli
Influence of MX1 promoter rs2071430 G/T polymorphism on susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus
Suad AlFadhli, Mashael Al-Mutairi, Bader Al Tameemi, Rasheeba Nizam
Vitamin A improve Th17 and Treg regulation in systemic lupus erythematosus
Kusworini Handono, Sevita Nuril Firdausi, Mirza Zaka Pratama, Agustina Tri Endharti, Handono Kalim
Metabolic syndrome in Sjögren’s syndrome patients: a relevant concern for clinical monitoring
Kristopherson Lustosa Augusto, Eloisa Bonfa, Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira, Cleonice Bueno, Elaine Pires Leon, Vilma Santos Trindade Viana, Sandra Gofinet Pasoto
Polyarthritis in primary Sjögren’s syndrome represents a distinct subset with less pronounced B cell proliferation a Dutch cohort with long-term follow-up
E. J. ter Borg, J. C. Kelder
Younger patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome are more likely to have salivary IgG anti-muscarinic acetylcholine receptor type 3 antibodies
K. Jayakanthan, J. Ramya, Santosh Kumar Mandal, P. Sandhya, M. Gowri, Debashish Danda
Association of serum KL-6 levels with interstitial lung disease in patients with connective tissue disease: a cross-sectional study
Ekin Oktay Oguz, Orhan Kucuksahin, Murat Turgay, Mustafa Turgut Yildizgoren, Askin Ates, Nalan Demir, Ozlem Ozdemir Kumbasar, Gulay Kinikli, Nursen Duzgun
Evaluation of serum procalcitonin and C-reactive protein levels as biomarkers of Henoch-Schönlein purpura in pediatric patients
Xu Teng, Yang Wang, Nan Lin, Mei Sun, Jie Wu
Serum C-reactive protein level but not its gene polymorphism is associated with Takayasu arteritis
Yanmei Cheng, Aimin Dang, Naqiang Lv, Qian Gao, Bingwei Chen, Guozhang Liu
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein predicts adverse cardiovascular events in patients with Takayasu arteritis with coronary artery involvement
X. Wang, A. Dang, N. Lv, Q. Liu, B. Chen
Value of whole-body contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography with vessel wall imaging in quantitative assessment of disease activity and follow-up examination in Takayasu’s arteritis
Ying Sun, Lili Ma, Zongfei Ji, Zhuojun Zhang, Huiyong Chen, Hao Liu, Yan Shan, Fuhua Yan, Lindi Jiang
Procoagulant microparticles are increased in patients with Behçet’s disease but do not define a specific subset of clinical manifestations
Juan Carlos Mejía, Thaia Ortiz, Dolors Tàssies, Xavier Solanich, Antonio Vidaller, Ricard Cervera, Joan-Carles Reverter, Gerard Espinosa
Novel markers of endothelial dysfunction and inflammation in Behçet’s disease patients with ocular involvement: epicardial fat thickness, carotid intima media thickness, serum ADMA level, and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio
Murat Yuksel, Abdulkadir Yildiz, Mustafa Oylumlu, Fatih Mehmet Turkcu, Mehmet Zihni Bilik, Aysun Ekinci, Bilal Elbey, Ebru Tekbas, Sait Alan
Sociodemographic profile of children with Kawasaki disease in North India
Jeya Prakash, Surjit Singh, Anju Gupta, Bhavneet Bharti, A. K. Bhalla
Adherence and persistence to urate-lowering therapies in the Irish setting
Bernie McGowan, Kath Bennett, Carmel Silke, Bryan Whelan
Sex differences in characteristics, utilization, and outcomes of patient undergoing total elbow arthroplasty: a study of the US nationwide inpatient sample
Jasvinder A. Singh, Rekha Ramachandran
Depression, anxiety, and quality of life in a large cohort of patients with rheumatic diseases: common, yet undertreated
Panagiota Anyfanti, Eleni Gavriilaki, Athina Pyrpasopoulou, George Triantafyllou, Areti Triantafyllou, Sofia Chatzimichailidou, Eugenia Gkaliagkousi, Spyros Aslanidis, Stella Douma
Comparison of efficacy of kinesiological taping and subacromial injection therapy in subacromial impingement syndrome
Volkan Subaşı, Tuncay Çakır, Zuhal Arıca, Rahime Nur Sarıer, Meral Bilgilisoy Filiz, Şebnem Koldaş Doğan, Naciye Füsun Toraman
Genetic polymorphism of 3′ untranslated region of zeta-chain associated protein kinase 70 kDa in southern Taiwanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Shih-Yao Chen, Ming-Fei Liu, Chrong-Reen Wang
The descriptive epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis in Catalonia: a retrospective study using routinely collected data
F. Fina-Aviles, M. Medina-Peralta, L. Mendez-Boo, E. Hermosilla, J. M. Elorza, M. Garcia-Gil, R. Ramos, B. Bolibar, M. K. Javaid, C. J. Edwards, C. Cooper, N. K. Arden, D. Prieto-Alhambra
The influence of age at disease onset on disease activity and disability: results from the Ontario Best Practices Research Initiative
T. N. Ruban, B. Jacob, J. E. Pope, E. C. Keystone, C. Bombardier, B. Kuriya
Can thyroid volume predict thyroid dysfunction in patients with systemic sclerosis? A prospective cross-sectional study from a tertiary care center in North West India
Pawan Kumar Singh, Shefali Khanna Sharma, Anindita Sinha, Pinaki Dutta
The prevalence of chondrocalcinosis of the symphysis pubis on CT scan and correlation with calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease
Trusha Patel, Lawrence Ryan, Melissa Dubois, Guillermo Carrera, Keith Baynes, Rajeev Mannem, Jennifer Mulkerin, Alexis Visotcky
A comparison between ultrasonographic, surgical and histological assessment of tenosynovits in a cohort of idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome patients
David F. Ten Cate, Nick Glaser, Jolanda J. Luime, King H. Lam, Johannes W. G. Jacobs, Ruud Selles, Johanna M. W. Hazes, Marietta Bertleff
Cutaneous manifestations of patients with relapsing polychondritis: an association with extracutaneous complications
Jun Shimizu, Hiroshi Oka, Yoshihisa Yamano, Kazuo Yudoh, Noboru Suzuki
Mesenteric vasculitis in children with systemic lupus erythematosus
Lampros Fotis, Kevin W. Baszis, Anthony R. French, Megan A. Cooper, Andrew J. White
Severe hyperferritinemia—a clue for severe hepatitis in a patient with adult-onset Still’s disease
Rema Bishara, Yolanda Braun-Moscovici, Amir Dagan, Kohava Toledano, Tarek Saadi, Edmond Sabo, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman
Thrombotic events in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome treated with rivaroxaban: a series of eight cases
Flavio Signorelli, Felipe Nogueira, Vinicius Domingues, Henrique Ataide Mariz, Roger A. Levy
Gorham-Stout disease: radiological, histological, and clinical features of 12 cases and review of literature
Yi Liu, Ding-Rong Zhong, Pei-Ran Zhou, Fang Lv, Dou-Dou Ma, Wei-Bo Xia, Yan Jiang, Ou Wang, Xiao-Ping Xing, Mei Li
Pulmonary Langerhans Histiocytosis: an uncommon cause of interstitial pneumonia in a patient with Sjögren syndrome
Andrés González García, José Luis Callejas Rubio, Raquel Ríos Fernández, Norberto Ortego Centeno
Chikungunya or not, differential diagnosis and the importance of laboratory confirmation for clinical and epidemiological research: comment on the article by Rosario et al.
Jaime Andrés Cardona-Ospina, Felipe Vera-Polania, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
Post-chikungunya chronic arthralgia: a first retrospective follow-up study of 39 cases in Colombia
Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Wilmer Villamil-Gomez, Mara Merlano-Espinosa, Laure Simone-Kleber
Cherry picked case reports are not scientific evidence in the face of large clinical and epidemiological studies
Helen Petousis-Harris, Janine Paynter
Comment on “Tumor necrosis factor-α antagonist therapy for concomitant rheumatoid arthritis and hepatitis C virus infection: a case series study”
Florenzo Iannone, Elisa Gremese, Gianfranco Ferraccioli, Giovanni Lapadula