Issue 8/2021
Content (46 Articles)
Interferon-directed therapies for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus: a critical update
Yashaar Chaichian, Vibeke Strand
Prevalence and predictors of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in systemic sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Xin Feng, Xiao-Qing Li, Zheng Jiang
Efficacy and safety of interleukin-17A inhibitors in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Peng Wang, Shuo Zhang, Binwu Hu, Weijian Liu, Xiao Lv, Songfeng Chen, Zengwu Shao
Rheumatology-led pregnancy clinic: men perspective
Yasser El Miedany, Deborah Palmer
Ankylosing spondylitis risk factors: a systematic literature review
Mark C. Hwang, Lauren Ridley, John D. Reveille
Mayan alleles of the HLA-DRB1 major histocompatibility complex might contribute to the genetic susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus in Mexican patients from Tapachula, Chiapas
Rafael Garcia-Silva, Susana Hernandez-Doño, Jeniffer Patricia Román-Amparo, Ma Guadalupe Trujillo-Vizuet, Blanca Aurora Mena-Vela, Andrea Rizo-Pinto, José Manuel Pérez Tirado, José Hiram Cetina-Díaz, Pedro Bulos-Rodríguez, Julio Granados, Jesús Sepúlveda-Delgado
Four-year follow-up of atherogenicity in rheumatoid arthritis patients: from the nationwide Korean College of Rheumatology Biologics Registry
Hong Ki Min, Hae-Rim Kim, Sang-Heon Lee, Kichul Shin, Hyoun-Ah Kim, Sung-Hwan Park, Seung-Ki Kwok
Association of P2X7 receptor genetic polymorphisms and expression with rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility in a sample of the Iranian population: a case-control study
Gholamreza Bahari, Farhad Tabasi, Mohammad Hashemi, Zahra Zakeri, Mohsen Taheri
Validation of Sinhala version of Psoriasis Epidemiology Screening Tool
Achala Liyanage, S. Verni, G. Liyanage, V. De Silva, J. Akarawita, C. Gunasekera, J. Rubasinghe, S. Imafuku, S. Lekamwasam
Frequency, pattern, and associations of generalized osteoarthritis among Nigerians with knee osteoarthritis
Akpabio Akpabio, Richard Akintayo, Abubakar Yerima, Hakeem Olaosebikan, Emaediong Akpan-Ekpo, Udeme Ekrikpo, Ndanyongmong Akpan, Olufemi Adelowo
Comparison of the effects of baricitinib and tocilizumab on disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a propensity score matching analysis
Shuji Asai, Nobunori Takahashi, Tomonori Kobayakawa, Atsushi Kaneko, Tatsuo Watanabe, Takefumi Kato, Tsuyoshi Nishiume, Hisato Ishikawa, Yutaka Yoshioka, Yasuhide Kanayama, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Yuji Hirano, Masahiro Hanabayashi, Yuichiro Yabe, Yutaka Yokota, Mochihito Suzuki, Kenya Terabe, Naoki Ishiguro, Shiro Imagama, Toshihisa Kojima
Investigating the relationship between the severity of periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study
Egle Punceviciene, Adomas Rovas, Alina Puriene, Kristina Stuopelyte, Dalius Vitkus, Sonata Jarmalaite, Irena Butrimiene
Comparing symptoms, treatment patterns, and quality of life of ankylosing spondylitis and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis patients in the USA: findings from a patient and rheumatologist Survey
Theresa Hunter, David Sandoval, Nicola Booth, Elizabeth Holdsworth, Atul Deodhar
Patient characteristics and minimal disease activity in psoriatic arthritis: a transcontinental comparison
Sibel Bakirci, Gizem Ayan, Ummugulsum Gazel, Ilaria Tinazzi, Dilek Solmaz, Esen Kasapoglu, Umut Kalyoncu, Sibel Zehra Aydin
Quality of life and its relation to periarticular bone changes in psoriatic patients with or without joint involvement
Shimaa Badr, Mowaffak M. Saad, Abdelmoneim Helal, Hamdy Koraym, Manal Tayel, Ihab Reda, Khaled Matrawy, Yousra Hisham Abdel Fattah
Efficacy of mycophenolate mofetil versus cyclophosphamide in systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Xinyu Ma, Rui Tang, Mei Luo, Zhuotong Zeng, Yaqian Shi, Bingsi Tang, Rong Xiao
Real world utilization of the myositis autoantibody panel
Mithu Maheswaranathan, Andrew Johannemann, Jason J. Weiner, Ryan Jessee, Amanda M. Eudy, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber
Characterization of visual manifestations and identification of risk factors for permanent vision loss in patients with giant cell arteritis
Hussein Baalbaki, Darya Jalaledin, Catherine Lachance, Guillaume Febrer, Maxime Rhéaume, Jean-Paul Makhzoum
Evaluation of the international severity score for FMF (ISSF) scores in Turkish children diagnosed with FMF: a single-center experience
Fatih Mehmet Akif Özdemir, Nesrin Gülez, Balahan Makay
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey: first report from the Eastern Mediterranean
Yasemin Ozsurekci, Sibel Gürlevik, Selman Kesici, Ummusen Kaya Akca, Pembe Derin Oygar, Kubra Aykac, Dilek Karacanoglu, Ozlem Sarıtas Nakip, Sare Ilbay, Ban Katlan, İlker Ertugrul, Ali Bülent Cengiz, Ozge Basaran, Burcu Ceylan Cura Yayla, Jale Karakaya, Yelda Bilginer, Benan Bayrakci, Mehmet Ceyhan, Seza Ozen
Synovial fluid analysis for the enhanced clinical diagnosis of crystal arthropathies in a tertiary care institution
Yessica Zamudio-Cuevas, Gabriela Angélica Martínez-Nava, Karina Martínez-Flores, Lucio Ventura-Ríos, Janitzia Vazquez-Mellado, Pedro Rodríguez-Henríquez, Carlos Pineda, Rafael Franco-Cendejas, Carlos Alberto Lozada-Pérez, Javier Fernández-Torres
Identification of abnormally methylated–differentially expressed genes and pathways in osteoarthritis: a comprehensive bioinformatic study
Linli Zheng, Weishen Chen, Guoyan Xian, Baiqi Pan, Yongyu Ye, Minghui Gu, Yinyue Ma, Ziji Zhang, Puyi Sheng
Efficacy and safety of weekly vitamin D3 in patients with fibromyalgia: 12-week, double-blind, randomized, controlled placebo trial
Luis Iván Lozano-Plata, David Vega-Morales, Jorge Antonio Esquivel-Valerio, Mario Alberto Garza-Elizondo, Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado, Karina Silva-Luna, Griselda Serna-Peña, Janeth Sifuentes-Ramírez, Alfredo de Jesús Garza-Guerra, Raúl Díaz-Niño de Rivera
Soluble inflammatory mediators of synoviocytes stimulated by monosodium urate crystals induce the production of oxidative stress, pain, and inflammation mediators in chondrocytes
Alberto López-Reyes, Daniel Medina-Luna, Mónica Santamaría-Olmedo, Karina Martínez-Flores, Yessica Zamudio-Cuevas, Javier Fernández-Torres, Gabriela Angélica Martínez-Nava, Anell Olivos-Meza, Carmen Camacho-Rea, Mercedes Fernández-Moreno, Francisco J. Blanco, Carlos Pineda
Effect of plasma exosomes on endothelial cell tight junction proteins in SLE patients with immune thrombocytopenia
Jing Dong, Liqin Wang, Lei Zhao, Lin Pan, Yuanyuan Zhang
Synovial fluid analysis with leukocyte esterase reagent strip test
Sarah Khaleche, Esther Ebstein, Lucie Demaria, Marine Forien, Philippe Dieudé, Sébastien Ottaviani
Corticosteroids are the major contributors to the risk for serious infections in autoimmune disorders with severe renal involvement
Bogdan Obrișcă, Alexandra Vornicu, Roxana Jurubiță, Camelia Achim, Raluca Bobeică, Andreea Andronesi, Bogdan Sorohan, Vlad Herlea, Alexandru Procop, Constantin Dina, Gener Ismail
Identification of hub genes and therapeutic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Bo Wu, Yang He, Dan Yang, Ru-xi Liu
The clinical and laboratory features associated with cancer in patients with primary biliary cholangitis: a longitudinal survey–based study
Sainan Bian, Li Wang, Yunyun Fei, Suying Liu, Hua Chen, Fengchun Zhang
Sexual and mental health of woman suffering from selected connective tissue diseases: an original paper
Michał Wiśniewski, Lidia Zabłocka-Żytka
A maternal death due to the intracerebral hemorrhage caused by antiphospholipid syndrome: a case report
Bijan Keikhaei, Najmieh Saadati, Mohammad-Reza Mahmoudian-Sani, Mehran Varnaseri
Analysis of the clinical characteristics of arthritis with renal disease caused by a NPHS2 gene mutation
Duomei Shi, Yu Zhang, Dawei Liu, Li Xu, Xuemei Tang
Pulmonary amyloidosis and cystic lung disease in primary Sjögren’s syndrome: a case report and literature review
Haiyun Li, Yuewu Lu
ANCA-associated vasculitis in a patient with enteropathic spondylarthritis: a case report and literature review
Francisca Guimarães, Daniela Santos-Faria, Soraia Azevedo, Joana Ramos Rodrigues, Joana Leite Silva, Diogo Esperança-Almeida, Bárbara Ribeiro, Raquel Vaz, Filipa Teixeira, José Tavares-Costa, Carmo Afonso, Daniela Peixoto
Post-COVID-19 arthritis: a case report and literature review
M. Gasparotto, V. Framba, C. Piovella, A. Doria, Luca Iaccarino
Rheumatology and psychiatry: allies in times of COVID-19
Claudia Elera-Fitzcarrald, Jeff Huarcaya-Victoria, Graciela S. Alarcón, Manuel F. Ugarte-Gil
Juvenile dermatomyositis with gingival vasculopathy
Hiba Khan, Pankti Mehta, Latika Gupta
Synchronous skin lesions in mother and baby with neonatal lupus erythematosus
Adrian Y. S. Lee, Alvin H. K. Tan, Catriona Brennan, Dimitra Beroukas, Tom P. Gordon, Jing J. Wang
Preeclampsia in primary antiphospholipid syndrome is associated with fetal losses and limb ischemia
Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Maria Betania Pereira Toralles, Maria Isabel Figueiredo Sousa, Thelma Larocca Skare
HLA-subtypes B*27 and ankylosing spondylitis features comments on Fellahi’s article “Are early onset of disease and uveitis affected by HLA- subtypes B*27 in ankylosing spondylitis?”
Samy Slimani, Wafa Hamdi, Kawtar Nassar
Comparative effectiveness of mycophenolate mofetil versus cyclophosphamide in systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease
Konstantinos Gkiouras, Maria G. Grammatikopoulou, Theodora Simopoulou, Zoe Daniil, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos
Thyroid disorders in familial Mediterranean fever: think about AA amyloidosis!
Hélène Vergneault, Rim Bourguiba, Samuel Ardois, Anael Dumont, Léa Savey, Gilles Grateau, Sophie Georgin-Lavialle
Retraction Note: Effects of alendronate on metacarpal and lumbar bone mineral density, bone resorption, and chronic back pain in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis
Jun Iwamoto, Tsuyoshi Takeda, Yoshihiro Sato, Mitsuyoshi Uzawa
Retraction Note: Comparison of the effect of alendronate on lumbar bone mineral density and bone turnover in men and postmenopausal women with osteoporosis
Jun Iwamoto, Tsuyoshi Takeda, Yoshihiro Sato, Mitsuyoshi Uzawa
Editorial Expression of Concern: Experience with alendronate treatment for 7 years among Japanese men with osteoporosis or osteopenia and clinical risk factors for fractures
Jun Iwamoto, Mitsuyoshi Uzawa
Correction to: Challenging issues in rheumatology: thoughts and perspectives
Nathan Lim, Leanna Wise, Richard S. Panush