Issue 8/2014
Content (28 Articles)
Possible novel biomarkers of organ involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus
Dinglei Su, Rui Liu, Xia Li, Lingyun Sun
Vitamin D and systemic lupus erythematosus: state of the art
Laiana Schneider, Amanda Senna Pereira dos Santos, Marcele Santos, Rafael Mendonça da Silva Chakr, Odirlei Andre Monticielo
Ultrasound in systemic sclerosis. A multi-target approach from joint to lung
Marwin Gutierrez, Carlos Pineda, Tomas Cazenave, Marco Piras, Gian Luca Erre, Antonella Draghessi, Rossella De Angelis, Walter Grassi
Increased incidence of liver enzymes abnormalities in patients treated with isoniazid in combination with disease modifying and/or biologic agents
Josiane Bourré-Tessier, Mireia Arino-Torregrosa, Denis Choquette
Responsiveness of the EuroQol EQ-5D and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) in rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving tocilizumab
L. Traki, S. Rostom, L. Tahiri, R. Bahiri, T. Harzy, R. Abouqal, N. Hajjaj-Hassouni
Presence of power Doppler synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis patients with synthetic and/or biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug-induced clinical remission: experience from a Chinese cohort
Yan Geng, Jingjing Han, Xuerong Deng, Zhuoli Zhang
Role of cytolytic impairment of natural killer and natural killer T-cell populations in rheumatoid arthritis
Ashish Aggarwal, Aman Sharma, Archana Bhatnagar
Turkish lupusPRO: cross-cultural validation study for lupus
Arif Kaya, Berna Goker, Elife Senem Cura, Mehmet Engin Tezcan, Abdurrahman Tufan, Rıdvan Mercan, Berivan Bitik, Seminur Haznedaroglu, Mehmet Akif Ozturk, Rachel A. Mikolaitis-Preuss, Joel A. Block, Meenakshi Jolly
Regulatory T cell subsets in children with systemic lupus erythematosus
Azza A. Eltayeb, Douaa M. Sayed, Noha A. Afifi, Maggie A. Ibrahim, Tahra M. Sheref
Clinical and laboratory features of overlap syndromes of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies associated with systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, or rheumatoid arthritis
Lisbeth Aranbicia Aguila, Michelle Remião Ugolini Lopes, Flavia Zon Pretti, Percival Degrava Sampaio-Barros, Fernando Henrique Carlos de Souza, Eduardo Ferreira Borba, Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo
Risk of coronary artery disease in patients with systemic sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Patompong Ungprasert, Prangthip Charoenpong, Praveen Ratanasrimetha, Charat Thongprayoon, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Promporn Suksaranjit
Heart involvement in systemic sclerosis: a combined echocardiographic and scintigraphic study
Charalampos Papagoras, Kerstin Achenbach, Niki Tsifetaki, Spyridon Tsiouris, Andreas Fotopoulos, Alexandros A. Drosos
Clinical course and outcomes of Iranian children with juvenile dermatomyositis and polymyositis
Abdolreza Malek, Seyed-Reza Raeeskarami, Vahid Ziaee, Yahya Aghighi, Mohamad-Hassan Moradinejad
Health-related quality of life and well-being in adults with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy
Imma Armadans-Tremolosa, Albert Selva-O’Callaghan, Bienvenido Visauta-Vinacua, Georgina Guilera, Iago Pinal-Fernández, Miquel Vilardell-Tarrés
Disease activity assessment in ankylosing spondylitis in a Chinese cohort: BASDAI or ASDAS?
Yuen Ling Elaine Au, Woon Sing Raymond Wong, Mo Yin Mok, Ho Yin Chung, Eric Chan, Chak Sing Lau
Survival of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs used as the first antirheumatic medication in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis in Finland. A nationwide population-based register study
Heikki Relas, Hannu Kautiainen, Kari Puolakka, Lauri J. Virta, Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo
Accuracy in detecting knee effusion with clinical examination and the effect of effusion, the patient's body mass index, and the clinician's experience
Alper Murat Ulaşli, Fatima Yaman, Ömer Dikici, Aylin Karaman, Emre Kaçar, Ümit Seçil Demirdal
Experiences of gout-related disability from the patients’ perspective: a mixed methods study
Peter M. ten Klooster, Harald E. Vonkeman, Martijn A. H. Oude Voshaar, Christina Bode, Mart A. F. J. van de Laar
Drug-free holiday in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a qualitative study to explore patients’ opinion
I. M. Markusse, G. Akdemir, T. W. J. Huizinga, C. F. Allaart
Serum nerve grow factor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor profiles in Sjögren’s syndrome concomitant with interstitial lung disease
Yu-Jia Li, Chun-Shu Yang, Lei Lei, Ke-Fei Wu, Ping-Ting Yang, Wei-guo Xiao
Serum amyloid-A in Behçet’s disease
Antonio Vitale, Donato Rigante, Giuseppe Lopalco, Maria Giuseppina Brizi, Francesco Caso, Rossella Franceschini, Rosario Denaro, Mauro Galeazzi, Leonardo Punzi, Florenzo Iannone, Giovanni Lapadula, Antonella Simpatico, Edoardo Marrani, Luisa Costa, Rolando Cimaz, Luca Cantarini
Effect of body shape on tragus-to-wall distance in the normal population
Nihal Ozaras, Meryem Guneser Gulec, Hatice Kubra Asik Celik, Saliha Eroglu Demir, Mustafa Guler
Alveolar haemorrhage in eosinophilic granulomatosis and polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss)
L. Yalakki Jagadeesh, S. R. Sangle, H. Verma, D. D’Cruz
Polyarticular septic arthritis in an 11-year-old child
Raquel Campanilho-Marques, Vas Novelli, Paul A Brogan, Despina Eleftheriou
Two Takayasu arteritis patients successfully treated with rituximab
E. Caltran, G. Di Colo, G. Ghigliotti, R. Capecchi, E. Catarsi, I. Puxeddu, P. Migliorini, A. Tavoni
Cardiac complications of Behcet’s disease
L. Yalakki Jagadeesh, J. Wajed, S. R. Sangle, G. Carr-White, D. P. D’Cruz
Sjögren’s syndrome accompanied with interstitial cystitis: a case report and review of the literature
Dongfeng Liang, Jinshan Lu, Aitao Guo