Issue 6/2010
Content (21 Articles)
Etanercept (ETN) with methotrexate (MTX) is better than ETN monotherapy in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis despite MTX therapy: a randomized trial
Hideto Kameda, Yukitaka Ueki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Shouhei Nagaoka, Toshihiko Hidaka, Tatsuya Atsumi, Michishi Tsukano, Tsuyoshi Kasama, Shunichi Shiozawa, Yoshiya Tanaka, Tsutomu Takeuchi
Assessment of the validity of the 28-joint disease activity score using erythrocyte sedimentation rate (DAS28-ESR) as a disease activity index of rheumatoid arthritis in the efficacy evaluation of 24-week treatment with tocilizumab: subanalysis of the SATORI study
Norihiro Nishimoto, Nobuhiro Takagi
Elevated level of serum cystatin-C concentration is a useful predictor for myelosuppression induced by methotrexate for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Taichi Hayashi, Satoshi Ito, Daisuke Goto, Isao Matsumoto, Takayuki Sumida
Comparison of low-field dedicated extremity magnetic resonance imaging with articular ultrasonography in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Masanobu Horikoshi, Takeshi Suzuki, Makoto Sugihara, Yuya Kondo, Hiroto Tsuboi, Takeaki Uehara, Maasa Hama, Kaoru Takase, Shigeru Ohno, Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo, Yuri Yoshida, Akira Sagawa, Kei Ikeda, Toshiyuki Ota, Isao Matsumoto, Satoshi Ito, Takayuki Sumida
Etanercept response in patients with rheumatoid arthritis after secondary loss of efficacy of infliximab
Hiroaki Matsuno
Common MEFV mutation analysis in 36 Iranian patients with familial Mediterranean fever: clinical and demographic significance
Ali Bidari, Banafsheh Ghavidel-Parsa, Hossein Najmabadi, Elham Talachian, Majid Haghighat-Shoar, Behrooz Broumand, Babak Ghalehbaghi
Neutrophil CD64 expression as a diagnostic marker for local infection and crystal-induced arthritis
Toru Doi, Tsuyoshi Miyazaki, Jinju Nishino, Sakae Tanaka, Toshihiro Matsui, Akiko Komiya, Seizo Yamamoto, Fumiaki Tokimura, Toshihito Mori, Keita Nishimura, Narutaka Katoh, Jun Hasegawa, Yasunori Omata, Takashi Matsushita, Shigeto Tohma
Better short-term clinical response to etanercept in Chinese than Caucasian patients with active ankylosing spondylitis
Chung-Tei Chou, Chang-Youh Tsai, Tung-Hua Liang, Te-Ming Chang, Chen-Hung Lai, Cheng-Chung Wei, Kun-Hung Chen, Shih-Chang Lin, Chia-Li Yu, Lieh-Bang Liou, Shue-Fen Luo, Chyou-Shen Lee, Yin-Tzu Hsue, Chung-Ming Huang, Jiunn-Hong Chen, Ning-Sheng Lai, He-Hsiung Cheng, Tien-Tsai Cheng, Han-Ming Lai, Wen-Chan Tsai, Jeng-Hsien Yen, Ling-Ying Lu, Chung-Pei Chang
Evaluation of quality of life in relation to anxiety and depression in primary Sjögren’s syndrome
Vedat Inal, Gul Kitapcioglu, Gonca Karabulut, Gökhan Keser, Yasemin Kabasakal
Use of infliximab in a patient with pyoderma gangrenosum and rheumatoid arthritis
Masahiro Tada, Takeshi Nakanishi, Chika Hirata, Tadashi Okano, Yuko Sugioka, Shigeyuki Wakitani, Hiroaki Nakamura, Tatsuya Koike
Development of myeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated renal vasculitis in a patient receiving treatment with anti-tumor necrosis factor-α
Daigoro Hirohama, Junichi Hoshino, Eiko Hasegawa, Masayuki Yamanouchi, Noriko Hayami, Tatsuya Suwabe, Naoki Sawa, Fumi Takemoto, Yoshifumi Ubara, Shigeko Hara, Kenichi Ohashi, Kenmei Takaichi
Successful treatment of chronic lupus myocarditis with prednisolone and mizoribine
Satoru Akazawa, Kunihiro Ichinose, Tomoki Origuchi, Shin-ya Kawashiri, Naoki Iwamoto, Keita Fujikawa, Toshiyuki Aramaki, Makoto Kamachi, Kazuhiko Arima, Mami Tamai, Hideki Nakamura, Hiroaki Ida, Atsushi Kawakami, Katsumi Eguchi
Organizing pneumonia in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated with etanercept
Hiroyuki Sakaida, Yuko Komase, Tamiko Takemura
Pericarditis and pleuritis associated with human parvovirus B19 infection in a systemic lupus erythematosus patient
Mariko Seishima, Yoshinao Shibuya, Kana Watanabe, Genichi Kato
An attack of acute neuro-Behçet’s disease during the course of chronic progressive neuro-Behçet’s disease: report of two cases
Toshimichi Matsui, Takashi Ishida, Toshihiro Tono, Takuhiro Yoshida, Shun-ichi Sato, Shunsei Hirohata
Acupuncture needle-associated prosthetic knee infection after total knee arthroplasty
Arata Nakajima, Ryutaku Kaneyama, Hitoshi Watanabe, Masazumi Murakami, Koichi Nakagawa, Yasuchika Aoki, Masashi Yamazaki, Teruo Furufu, Toru Suguro
Etanercept-induced necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis in two patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Kayoko Kaneko, Toshihiro Nanki, Tadashi Hosoya, Fumitaka Mizoguchi, Nobuyuki Miyasaka
Time–concentration profile of serum etanercept in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis after treatment discontinuation before orthopedic surgery
Keiichiro Nishida, Kenzo Hashizume, Yasutaka Kadota, Masamitsu Natsumeda, Ryuichi Nakahara, Taichi Saito, Tomoko Kanazawa, Kazuhiko Ezawa, Toshihumi Ozaki
Male presenting with bilateral ankle arthritis? Request a chest X-ray!
João Figueira-Coelho, Paula Mendonça