Issue 2/2013
Content (32 Articles)
IKZF1: a critical role in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus?
Su-juan Hu, Lei-lei Wen, Xin Hu, Xian-yong Yin, Yong Cui, Sen Yang, Xue-jun Zhang
Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) in Japan: a review of the literature
Masakazu Washio, Teruaki Nakano, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Kae Takagi, Chikako Kiyohara, Hiroshi Tsukamoto, Shoji Tokunaga, Takahiko Horiuchi
Erratum to: Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) in Japan: a review of the literature
Masakazu Washio, Teruaki Nakano, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Kae Takagi, Chikako Kiyohara, Hiroshi Tsukamoto, Shoji Tokunaga, Takahiko Horiuchi
Validation of different sets of criteria for the diagnosis of Sjögren’s syndrome in Japanese patients
Hiroto Tsuboi, Shinya Hagiwara, Hiromitsu Asashima, Hisanori Umehara, Atsushi Kawakami, Hideki Nakamura, Hajime Sano, Kazuo Tsubota, Yoko Ogawa, Etsuko Takamura, Ichiro Saito, Hiroko Inoue, Seiji Nakamura, Masafumi Moriyama, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Yoshiya Tanaka, Shintaro Hirata, Tsuneyo Mimori, Isao Matsumoto, Takayuki Sumida
Phase II dose–response study of abatacept in Japanese patients with active rheumatoid arthritis with an inadequate response to methotrexate
Tsutomu Takeuchi, Tsukasa Matsubara, Taisuke Nitobe, Eiichi Suematsu, Syuji Ohta, Shigeru Honjo, Tohru Abe, Ami Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Miyasaka
Erratum to: Phase II dose–response study of abatacept in Japanese patients with active rheumatoid arthritis with an inadequate response to methotrexate
Tsutomu Takeuchi, Tsukasa Matsubara, Taisuke Nitobe, Eiichi Suematsu, Syuji Ohta, Shigeru Honjo, Tohru Abe, Ami Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Miyasaka
Major depressive disorder in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Eri Sato, Katsuji Nishimura, Ayako Nakajima, Hiroshi Okamoto, Mikiko Shinozaki, Eisuke Inoue, Atsuo Taniguchi, Shigeki Momohara, Hisashi Yamanaka
A review of tocilizumab treatment in 122 rheumatoid arthritis patients included in the Tsurumai Biologics Communication Registry (TBCR) Study
Yuichiro Yabe, Toshihisa Kojima, Atsushi Kaneko, Nobuyuki Asai, Tomonori Kobayakawa, Naoki Ishiguro
Significant improvement in MRI-proven bone edema is associated with protection from structural damage in very early RA patients managed using the tight control approach
Junko Kita, Mami Tamai, Kazuhiko Arima, Shin-ya Kawashiri, Yoshiro Horai, Naoki Iwamoto, Akitomo Okada, Tomohiro Koga, Yoshikazu Nakashima, Takahisa Suzuki, Satoshi Yamasaki, Hideki Nakamura, Tomoki Origuchi, Hiroaki Ida, Kiyoshi Aoyagi, Masataka Uetani, Katsumi Eguchi, Atsushi Kawakami
Reexamination of the assessment criteria for rheumatoid arthritis disease activity based on comparison of the Disease Activity Score 28 with other simpler assessment methods
Michio Fujiwara, Yasuhiko Kita
Serum osteoprotegerin concentration is associated with carotid atherosclerotic plaque in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Yu Funakubo Asanuma, Yuki Shimada, Noritsune Kouzu, Kazuhiro Yokota, Kyoichi Nakajima, Kojiro Sato, Yuji Akiyama, Mitsuhiro Isozaki, Ayako Shimbara Mikami, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Toshihide Mimura
Improvement of health status evaluated by Arthritis Impact Measurement Scale 2 (AIMS-2) and Short Form-36 (SF-36) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with tocilizumab
Mie Fusama, Hideko Nakahara, Yoshimasa Hamano, Masayuki Nishide, Keisuke Kawamoto, Takashi Hosokawa, Satoko Nozato, Shinji Higa, Tsuyoshi Igarashi, Eiji Takeuchi, Takanori Kuroiwa, Yasunori Shimaoka, Masao Yukioka, Yasushi Miura, Kayoko Higashi, Taro Kuritani, Keiji Maeda
Elevation of KL-6 serum levels in clinical trials of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a report from the Japan College of Rheumatology Ad Hoc Committee for Safety of Biological DMARDs
Masayoshi Harigai, Akito Takamura, Tatsuya Atsumi, Makoto Dohi, Shintaro Hirata, Hideto Kameda, Hayato Nagasawa, Yohei Seto, Takao Koike, Nobuyuki Miyasaka
A retrospective study of serum KL-6 levels during treatment with biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a report from the Ad Hoc Committee for Safety of Biological DMARDs of the Japan College of Rheumatology
Akito Takamura, Shintaro Hirata, Hayato Nagasawa, Hideto Kameda, Yohei Seto, Tatsuya Atsumi, Makoto Dohi, Takao Koike, Nobuyuki Miyasaka, Masayoshi Harigai
Association between the chemokine receptor 5 delta32 polymorphism and rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis
Young Ho Lee, Sang-Cheol Bae, Gwan Gyu Song
Clinical analysis of 50 children with juvenile dermatomyositis
Takayuki Kishi, Takako Miyamae, Ryoki Hara, Shoko Nakajima, Tomoyuki Imagawa, Masaaki Mori, Shumpei Yokota
Response to hydroxychloroquine in Japanese patients with lupus-related skin disease using the cutaneous lupus erythematosus disease area and severity index (CLASI)
Naoto Yokogawa, Akiko Tanikawa, Masayuki Amagai, Yukihiko Kato, Yoko Momose, Satoru Arai, Hikaru Eto, Takaharu Ikeda, Fukumi Furukawa
Clinical significance of monitoring serum adiponectin levels during intravenous pulse cyclophosphamide therapy in interstitial lung disease associated with systemic sclerosis
Yuri Masui, Yoshihide Asano, Takehiro Takahashi, Sayaka Shibata, Kaname Akamata, Naohiko Aozasa, Shinji Noda, Takashi Taniguchi, Yohei Ichimura, Tetsuo Toyama, Zenshiro Tamaki, Hayakazu Sumida, Koichi Yanaba, Yayoi Tada, Makoto Sugaya, Shinichi Sato, Takafumi Kadono
Is familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) common in patients with negative appendectomy?
Bunyamin Kisacik, Ilhan Karabicak, Mehmet Fatih Erol, Saadet Ozer, Yavuz Pehlivan, Ahmet Mesut Onat, Berna Tirpanci, Ihsan Ertenli
Association between transforming growth factor-α polymorphism and ankylosing spondylitis: a meta-analysis update
Chencheng Wang, Hong Su, Weiwei Chang, Zhiwei Xu, Qin Han, Xiaowei Shan
Risk factors associated with elevated blood cytomegalovirus pp65 antigen levels in patients with autoimmune diseases
Daichi Fujimoto, Aki Matsushima, Miki Nagao, Shunji Takakura, Satoshi Ichiyama
Prevalence of atopic disorders in rheumatic diseases
Saliha Karatay, Kadir Yildirim, Mahir Ugur, Kazim Senel, Akin Erdal, Bekir Durmus, Ozlem Baysal, Zuhal Altay, Aysegul Jale Sarac, Ali Gur, Ozge Ardicoglu, Ayhan Kamanli, Remzi Cevik, Arzu Kaya, Yuksel Ersoy, Kemal Nas, Salih Ozgocmen
Pre-dinner administration increases the efficacy of proton pump inhibitors on refractory GERD symptoms in connective tissue disease patients
Arifumi Iwata, Kei Ikeda, Koichi Hirose, Hiroaki Takatori, Kentaro Takahashi, Yoshie Sanayama, Shigeru Tanaka, Akira Suto, Hiroshi Nakajima
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with an autoantibody to ADAMTS13 complicating Sjögren’s syndrome: two cases and a literature review
Hiroyuki Yamashita, Yuko Takahashi, Hiroshi Kaneko, Toshikazu Kano, Akio Mimori
Coexistence of polymyositis and familial Mediterranean fever
Mami Eguchi, Taiichiro Miyashita, Haruka Shirouzu, Saya Sato, Yasumori Izumi, Atsushi Takeoka, Tadayoshi Ohno, Remi Sumiyoshi, Ayako Nishino, Yuka Jiuchi, Fumiaki Nonaka, Katsumi Eguchi, Atsushi Kawakami, Kiyoshi Migita
A case of adult-onset Still’s disease complicated by thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with retinal microangiopathy and rapidly fatal cerebral edema
Atsushi Masuyama, Hitomi Kobayashi, Yasuyuki Kobayashi, Isamu Yokoe, Yusuke Sugimura, Keiichiro Maniwa, Hiroshi Sato, Tsuyoshi Ishida, Yuki Hatanaka
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis complicated by central nervous system lesions in a patient with dermatomyositis: a case presentation and literature review
Hiroyuki Yamashita, Yuko Matsuki, Arisa Shimizu, Makoto Mochizuki, Yuko Takahashi, Toshikazu Kano, Akio Mimori
Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in pulmonary rheumatoid nodules diagnosed by video-assisted thoracic surgery lung biopsy: two case reports and a review of the literature
Takeshi Saraya, Ryota Tanaka, Masachika Fujiwara, Hitoshi Koji, Miku Oda, Yukari Ogawa, Tomoko Nagatomo, Masato Watanabe, Takuma Yokoyama, Haruyuki Ishii, Hidefumi Takei, Tomoyuki Goya, Hajime Takizawa, Hajime Goto
Successful treatment of osteomalacia caused by renal tubular acidosis associated with Sjögren’s syndrome
Sunao Yamamoto, Yosuke Okada, Hiroko Mori, Shintaro Hirata, Kazuyoshi Saito, Nobuo Inokuchi, Yoshiya Tanaka
Successful treatment of protein-losing enteropathy due to AA amyloidosis with octreotide in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
Jin-Kyeong Shin, Young-Hee Jung, Myoung-Nam Bae, In-Woon Baek, Ki-Jo Kim, Chul-Soo Cho
Infliximab for Behçet disease with aortic involvement: two novel case reports without concurrent use of immunosuppressive agents or corticosteroids
Ryo Rokutanda, Masato Okada, Kenichi Yamaguchi, Taiki Nozaki, Gautam A. Deshpande, Mitsumasa Kishimoto