Issue 1/2008
Content (19 Articles)
Interleukin-17 gene expression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Mika Kohno, Akito Tsutsumi, Hiroto Matsui, Makoto Sugihara, Takeshi Suzuki, Mizuko Mamura, Daisuke Goto, Isao Matsumoto, Satoshi Ito, Toru Suguro, Takayuki Sumida
Effect of estrogen replacement therapy on arthritis and bone mineral density in estrogen-replete rats with collagen-induced arthritis
Takeshi Yoshioka, Hiroshi Hagino, Daisuke Yamasaki, Toru Okano, Ryota Teshima
No changes in infliximab levels in blood stored for preoperative autologous blood donation
Keita Nishimura, Nobuhiro Wakimoto, Jun Sasahara, Naotsugu Nakamura, Chiaki Yanagisawa, Jinju Nishino, Hidekazu Tomiyama, Takashi Matsushita
Efficacy of high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in Japanese patients with steroid-resistant polymyositis and dermatomyositis
Eizo Saito, Takao Koike, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Nobuyuki Miyasaka, Yasuo Ikeda, Masako Hara, Hidehiro Yamada, Tadashi Yoshida, Masayoshi Harigai, Yoichi Ichikawa
Knee deformity in rheumatoid arthritis is closely correlated with generalized osteoporosis
Takahide Kikkawa, Toru Okano, Hiroshi Hagino, Ryoji Otsuki, Hiroshi Katagiri, Ryota Teshima
Severe airflow limitation in two patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: effect of inhalation of anticholinergics
Kimito Kawahata, Masao Yamaguchi, Hiroko Kanda, Akiko Komiya, Ryoichi Tanaka, Makoto Dohi, Yoshikata Misaki, Kazuhiko Yamamoto
Familial Mediterranean fever in three Japanese patients, and a comparison of the frequency of MEFV gene mutations in Japanese and Mediterranean populations
Tomoko Sugiura, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Satoru Fujikawa, Yukiko Hirano, Toru Igarashi, Manabu Kawamoto, Kae Takagi, Masako Hara, Naoyuki Kamatani
A simultaneous onset of organizing pneumonia and rheumatoid arthritis, along with a review of the literature
Shunsuke Mori, Isamu Cho, Yukinori Koga, Mineharu Sugimoto
Multicentric diffuse-type giant cell tumor of the hand
Taketoshi Yasuda, Masahiko Kanamori, Shin Ishizawa, Shigeharu Nogami, Takeshi Hori, Kayo Suzuki, Ryusuke Osada, Tomoatsu Kimura
Successful use of etanercept in the treatment of acute lupus hemophagocytic syndrome
Nobuyuki Takahashi, Taio Naniwa, Shogo Banno
Spontaneous pneumothorax in Wegener's granulomatosis: a case report
Ilhan Sezer, Hilal Kocabas, Meltem Alkan Melikoglu, Bayram Serdar Budak, Irem Hicran Ozbudak, Bulent Butun
Femoral nerve palsy caused by a huge iliopectineal synovitis extending to the iliac fossa in a rheumatoid arthritis case
Masaki Tatsumura, Hajime Mishima, Itsuo Shiina, Yuki Hara, Yasumasa Nishiura, Tomoo Ishii, Naoyuki Ochiai, Wataru Ishii, Takayuki Sumida
Peripheral CD4+ T cells showing a Th2 phenotype in a patient with Mikulicz's disease associated with lymphadenopathy and pleural effusion
Katsuhisa Miyake, Masafumi Moriyama, Kumiko Aizawa, Shuji Nagano, Yasushi Inoue, Atsushi Sadanaga, Hitoshi Nakashima, Seiji Nakamura
A case of lupus nephritis improved after appropriately adjusting the dosage of mizoribine
Yasunori Tsubouchi, Wataru Fukuda, Yutaka Kawahito, Masataka Kohno, Makoto Wada, Hidetaka Ishino, Masahide Hamaguchi, Aihiro Yamamoto, Masatoshi Kadoya, Mikiko Niimi, Toshikazu Yoshikawa
Leflunomide-induced lung injury that developed after its withdrawal, coinciding with peripheral blood lymphocyte count decrease
Takeshi Otsuka, Takako Koyama, Ryoko Ohtani, Hiroaki Niiro, Seiji Yoshizawa, Mine Harada, Shigeko Inokuma
A case of pulmonary asbestosis presenting with temporal arteritis involving multiple medium-sized vessels
Shintaro Hirata, Noboru Hattori, Nobuhisa Ishikawa, Kazunori Fujitaka, Kazuhiko Kumagai, Yasuyuki Taooka, Yoshinori Haruta, Akihito Yokoyama, Nobuoki Kohno
Polymyalgia rheumatica as the manifestation of unclassified aortitis
Hiroshi Kataoka, Tatsuya Atsumi, Toko Hashimoto, Tetsuya Horita, Shinsuke Yasuda, Takao Koike