Issue 12/2017
Content (26 Articles)
Decline of rheumatologic care of nursing home residents with rheumatoid arthritis
Michael Schirmer, Vivienne Lion
Urolithiasis as an extraarticular manifestation of ankylosing spondylitis
Cengiz Korkmaz, Döndü Üsküdar Cansu, John A. Sayer
EQ-5D studies in musculoskeletal and connective tissue diseases in eight Central and Eastern European countries: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis
Zsombor Zrubka, Fanni Rencz, Jakub Závada, Dominik Golicki, Valentina Prevolnik Rupel, Judit Simon, Valentin Brodszky, Petra Baji, Guenka Petrova, Alexandru Rotar, László Gulácsi, Márta Péntek
The role of land and aquatic exercise in ankylosing spondylitis: a systematic review
Ana Zão, Pedro Cantista
Comparison of plasma/serum levels of procalcitonin between infection and febrile disease flare in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis
Li-Na Liu, Peng Wang, Shi-Yang Guan, Xiao-Mei Li, Bao-Zhu Li, Rui-Xue Leng, Hai-Feng Pan
Assessment of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) performance for the diagnosis of anxiety in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Eduardo de Almeida Macêdo, Simone Appenzeller, Lilian Tereza Lavras Costallat
Assessment of reliability, validity, responsiveness and minimally important change of the German Hip dysfunction and osteoarthritis outcome score (HOOS) in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip
Dariusch Arbab, Johannes H. M. van Ochten, Christoph Schnurr, Bertil Bouillon, Dietmar König
The performance of classification criteria for juvenile spondyloarthropathies
Amra Adrovic, Metin Sezen, Kenan Barut, Sezgin Sahin, Cengizhan Acikel, Erkan Demirkaya, Ozgur Kasapcopur
Cyclophosphamide could be a better choice than methotrexate as induction treatment for patients with more severe Takayasu’s arteritis
Ying Sun, Lili Ma, Lingying Ma, Xiufang Kong, Huiyong Chen, Peng Lv, Jiang Lin, Hao Liu, Yan Yan, Zongfei Ji, Chengde Yang, Shengming Dai, Weiguo Wan, Yaohong Zou, Xuejuan Jin, Lindi Jiang
HAQ score is an independent predictor of sustained remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Kyung-Eun Lee, Sung-Eun Choi, Haimuzi Xu, Ji-Hyoun Kang, Dong-Jin Park, Shin-Seok Lee
The influence of fibromyalgia on achieving remission in patients with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis
Fausto Salaffi, Maria Chiara Gerardi, Fabiola Atzeni, Alberto Batticciotto, Rossella Talotta, Antonella Draghessi, Marco Di Carlo, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini
Color Doppler and spectral Doppler ultrasound detection of active sacroiliitis in spondyloarthritis compared to physical examination as gold standard
Concepción Castillo-Gallego, Eugenio De Miguel, Miriam García-Arias, Chamaida Plasencia, Leticia Lojo-Oliveira, Emilio Martín-Mola
Second-line treatment persistence and costs among patients with immune-mediated rheumatic diseases treated with subcutaneous TNF-alpha inhibitors
Johan Dalén, Axel Svedbom, Christopher M. Black, Sumesh Kachroo
Rheumatologic care of nursing home residents with rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison of the year before and after nursing home admission
Andres Luque Ramos, Katinka Albrecht, Angela Zink, Falk Hoffmann
The impact of smoking on disease activity, disability, and radiographic damage in rheumatoid arthritis: is cigarette protective?
Mario Andrés Quintana-Duque, Federico Rondon-Herrera, Enrique Calvo-Paramo, Juan Jose Yunis, Adriana Varela-Nariño, Antonio Iglesias-Gamarra
Meloxicam and risk of myocardial infarction: a population-based nested case–control study
Deepan Dalal, Maureen Dubreuil, Christine Peloquin, Tuhina Neogi, Yuqing Zhang, Hyon Choi, David Felson
Tofacitinib improves atherosclerosis despite up-regulating serum cholesterol in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: a cohort study
Kensuke Kume, Kanzo Amano, Susumu Yamada, Toshikatsu Kanazawa, Hiroyuki Ohta, Kazuhiko Hatta, Kuniki Amano, Noriko Kuwaba
Causes of death, survival and risk factors of mortality in Thai patients with early systemic sclerosis: inception cohort study
Suparaporn Wangkaew, Narawudt Prasertwitayakij, Arintaya Phrommintikul, Saowanee Puntana, Juntima Euathrongchit
Community-based intervention to promote physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis (CIPPA-RA): a study protocol for a pilot randomised control trial
Louise Larkin, Stephen Gallagher, Alexander Fraser, Norelee Kennedy
The multifactorial origin of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in cyclophosphamide-treated lupus patients
Tatjana Zekić, Mirjana Stanić Benić, Ronald Antulov, Igor Antončić, Srđan Novak
Muscular vasculitis confined to lower limbs: description of two case reports and a review of the literature
Alessandra Tripoli, Simone Barsotti, Luca Emanuele Pollina, Alessandra Della Rossa, Rossella Neri, Anna d’Ascanio, Chiara Baldini, Marta Mosca
HAQ score is an independent predictor of sustained remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: methodological issues
Jie Weng, He Wu, Zhiyi Wang
In reply to the letter to the Editor, “HAQ score is an independent predictor of sustained remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis”
Kyung-Eun Lee, Shin-Seok Lee