Issue 5/2012
Content (26 Articles)
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detection of synovitis and bone lesions of the wrists and finger joints in early-stage rheumatoid arthritis: comparison of the accuracy of plain MRI-based findings and gadolinium-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid-enhanced MRI-based findings
Mami Tamai, Atsushi Kawakami, Masataka Uetani, Aya Fukushima, Kazuhiko Arima, Keita Fujikawa, Naoki Iwamoto, Toshiyuki Aramaki, Makoto Kamachi, Hideki Nakamura, Hiroaki Ida, Tomoki Origuchi, Kiyoshi Aoyagi, Katsumi Eguchi
Circulating CXCL11 and CXCL10 are increased in hepatitis C-associated cryoglobulinemia in the presence of autoimmune thyroiditis
Alessandro Antonelli, Poupak Fallahi, Silvia Martina Ferrari, Marco Sebastiani, Andreina Manfredi, Valeria Mazzi, Silvia Fabiani, Marco Centanni, Santino Marchi, Clodoveo Ferri
Clinical significance of serum growth differentiation factor-15 levels in systemic sclerosis: association with disease severity
Koichi Yanaba, Yoshihide Asano, Yayoi Tada, Makoto Sugaya, Takafumi Kadono, Shinichi Sato
Semiquantitative measurement of aquaporin-4 antibodies as a possible surrogate marker of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders with systemic autoimmune diseases
Yasuhiro Katsumata, Izumi Kawachi, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Takahisa Gono, Hisae Ichida, Masako Hara, Hisashi Yamanaka
NEFA/nucleobindin-2 is a target autoantigen of the anti-Wa antibody and is associated with transfer RNA
Yoshitaka Imura, Yuichiro Shirai, Takaki Nojima, Ran Nakashima, Hajime Yamagata, Kiyomitsu Miyachi, Hajime Yoshifuji, Daisuke Kawabata, Koichiro Ohmura, Takashi Usui, Takao Fujii, Tsuneyo Mimori
A meta-analysis of the association between cytokine gene polymorphisms and systemic sclerosis
Wen-jia Peng, Hai-feng Pan, Jin-hui Tao, Bing-xiang Wang, Man-man Lu, Song Wang, Qian He, Jing Wang
Erratum to: A meta-analysis of the association between cytokine gene polymorphisms and systemic sclerosis
Wen-jia Peng, Hai-feng Pan, Jin-hui Tao, Bing-xiang Wang, Man-man Lu, Song Wang, Qian He, Jing Wang
Whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients with active polymyalgia rheumatica: evidence for distinctive bursitis and large-vessel vasculitis
Hiroyuki Yamashita, Kazuo Kubota, Yuko Takahashi, Ryogo Minaminoto, Miyako Morooka, Kimiteru Ito, Toshikazu Kano, Hiroshi Kaneko, Hiroshi Takashima, Akio Mimoiri
Therapeutic response of patients with adult Still’s disease to biologic agents: multicenter results in Japan
Rie Suematsu, Akihide Ohta, Emi Matsuura, Hiroki Takahashi, Takao Fujii, Takahiko Horiuchi, Seiji Minota, Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo, Toshiyuki Ota, Shuji Takei, Sachiko Soejima, Hisako Inoue, Syuichi Koarada, Yoshifumi Tada, Kohei Nagasawa
Safety and efficacy of long-term etanercept in the treatment of methotrexate-refractory polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis in Japan
Masaaki Mori, Syuji Takei, Tomoyuki Imagawa, Hiroyuki Imanaka, Yasuhito Nerome, Rumiko Higuchi, Yoshifumi Kawano, Shumpei Yokota, Noriko Sugiyama, Hirotoshi Yuasa, Tracey Fletcher, Joseph S. Wajdula
Radiological features and therapeutic responses of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving biological agents: a retrospective multicenter study in Japan
Shunsuke Mori, Hitoshi Tokuda, Fumikazu Sakai, Takeshi Johkoh, Akio Mimori, Norihiro Nishimoto, Sadatomo Tasaka, Kazuhiro Hatta, Hidekazu Matsushima, Shunji Kaise, Atsushi Kaneko, Shigeki Makino, Seiji Minota, Takashi Yamada, Shinobu Akagawa, Atsuyuki Kurashima
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonist therapy-induced psoriasis in Turkey: analysis of 514 patients
Ediz Dalkilic, Emel Bulbul Baskan, Nihan Alkis, Mustafa Gullulu, Mahmut Yavuz, Kamil Dilek, Alpaslan Ersoy, Mustafa Yurtkuran
Progression of cervical instabilities in patients with rheumatoid arthritis 5.7 years after their first lower limb arthroplasty
Kenichi Hirano, Shiro Imagama, Yukiyoshi Oishi, Yasuhide Kanayama, Zenya Ito, Norimitsu Wakao, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Naoki Ishiguro
Simultaneous quantitative analysis of the expression of CD64 and CD35 on neutrophils as markers to differentiate between bacterial and viral infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Sho Mokuda, Osamu Doi, Kiyoshi Takasugi
Validation of an Italian version of the functional index for hand osteoarthritis (FIHOA)
Filippo Gandini, Chiara Giannitti, Giovanni Fattore, Nicola Giordano, Mauro Galeazzi, Antonella Fioravanti
Hyperostosis around the bilateral acetabulum associated with hypoparathyroidism
Shintaro Iwai, Tamon Kabata, Toru Maeda, Yoshitomo Kajino, Kyo-ichi Ogawa, Kazunari Kuroda, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
A case of catastrophic antiphospholipid antibody syndrome complicated with systemic lupus erythematosus, double positive for anti-cardiolipin/β2 glycoprotein I and anti-phosphatidylserine/prothrombin autoantibodies
Eri Hirakawa, Kazuyoshi Saito, Shintaro Hirata, Tatsuya Atsumi, Takao Koike, Yoshiya Tanaka
Aortitis in a patient with psoriatic arthritis
Abdurrahman Tufan, M. Engin Tezcan, Arif Kaya, Rıdvan Mercan, Yusuf Oner, Mehmet Akif Ozturk
Development of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis in a patient with Graves’ disease independent of anti-thyroid drug therapy
Nasim Ahmed Khan, Manisha Singh
Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa associated with HLA-B39-positive undifferentiated spondyloarthritis in a Japanese patient
Hiromasa Nakano, Seido Ooka, Tomohiko Shibata, Hitoshi Ogawa, Hiroshi Ito, Yukiko Takakuwa, Kumiko Tonooka, Akihiko Maeda, Yoshioki Yamasaki, Tomofumi Kiyokawa, Hiroko Nagafuchi, Hidehiro Yamada, Shoichi Ozaki
An immunoglobulin G4-related disease mimicking postoperative lung cancer recurrence
Seshiru Nakazawa, Kimihiro Shimizu, Tetsuhiro Nakano, Seiichi Kakegawa, Jun Atsumi, Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara, Junko Hirato, Izumi Takeyoshi
Good response to infliximab in a patient with deep vein thrombosis associated with Behçet disease
Shuzo Yoshida, Tohru Takeuchi, Ayaka Yoshikawa, Takuro Ozaki, Yohei Fujiki, Kenichiro Hata, Shigeki Makino, Toshiaki Hanafusa
A case of adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD)-like manifestations abruptly developing during confirmation of a diagnosis of metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma
Ryo Inoue, Takashi Kato, Fae Kim, Ichiro Mizushima, Tomomi Murata, Hiroshi Yoshino, Mitsuhiro Kawano, Masakazu Yamagishi
The new model of sick building syndrome: inclusion in ASIA or Shoenfeld’s syndrome
Eitan Israeli