Issue 1/2014
Content (24 Articles)
Rheumatologists’ opinions towards complementary and alternative medicine: A systematic review
Rebecca Grainger, Jennifer Walker
Joint and bone assessment in hand osteoarthritis
Roberta Ramonda, Paola Frallonardo, Estella Musacchio, Stefania Vio, Leonardo Punzi
Factors associated with methotrexate dosing and therapeutic decisions in veterans with rheumatoid arthritis
Bernard Ng, Adeline Chu
High rate of disease remission in moderate rheumatoid arthritis on etanercept therapy: data from GISEA, the Italian biologics register
Florenzo Iannone, Elisa Gremese, Gaia Gallo, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Costantino Botsios, Francesco Trotta, Stefania Gasperini, Mauro Galeazzi, Silvano Adami, Fabrizio Cantini, Marco Sebastiani, Roberto Gorla, Antonio Marchesoni, AnnaRita Giardina, Rosario Foti, Angiola Mele, Eleonora Bruschi, Gianluca Bagnato, Gian Luca Erre, Giovanni Lapadula
Clinical efficacy of abatacept compared to adalimumab and tocilizumab in rheumatoid arthritis patients with high disease activity
Nobunori Takahashi, Toshihisa Kojima, Atsushi Kaneko, Daihei Kida, Yuji Hirano, Takayoshi Fujibayashi, Yuichiro Yabe, Hideki Takagi, Takeshi Oguchi, Hiroyuki Miyake, Takefumi Kato, Naoki Fukaya, Hisato Ishikawa, Masatoshi Hayashi, Seiji Tsuboi, Yasuhide Kanayama, Daizo Kato, Koji Funahashi, Hiroyuki Matsubara, Yosuke Hattori, Masahiro Hanabayashi, Shinya Hirabara, Kenya Terabe, Yutaka Yoshioka, Naoki Ishiguro
Tocilizumab for the treatment of adult-onset Still’s disease: results from a case series
Paola Cipriani, Piero Ruscitti, Francesco Carubbi, Ilenia Pantano, Vasiliki Liakouli, Onorina Berardicurti, Roberto Giacomelli
Death causes and pathogens analysis of systemic lupus erythematosus during the past 26 years
Yunyun Fei, Xiaochun Shi, Fengying Gan, Xuemei Li, Wen Zhang, Mengtao Li, Yong Hou, Xuan Zhang, Yan Zhao, Xiaofeng Zeng, Fengchun Zhang
R–R interval variation and sympathetic skin response in systemic lupus erythematosus
Aslan Tekatas, Süleyman Serdar Koca, Demet Deniz Tekatas, Feyza Aksu, Yüce Dogru, Omer Nuri Pamuk
Noninvasive evaluation of cardiac autonomic modulation in children with primary Raynaud’s phenomenon: a controlled study
Mehmet Burhan Oflaz, İbrahim Ece, Ayşe Esin Kibar, Şevket Ballı, Demet Alaygut, Ahmet Sami Guven, Fatih Bolat, Fatma Duksal, Ömer Cevit
Relationship between body composition and both cardiovascular risk factors and lung function in systemic sclerosis
Paola Caramaschi, Domenico Biasi, Cristian Caimmi, Giovanni Barausse, Davide Gatti, Marcello Ferrari, Sara Pieropan, Dania Sabbagh, Silvano Adami
Serum endothelin-1 and NT-proBNP, but not ADMA, endoglin and TIMP-1 levels, reflect impaired right ventricular function in patients with systemic sclerosis
Michał Ciurzyński, Piotr Bienias, Katarzyna Irzyk, Maciej Kostrubiec, Zbigniew Bartoszewicz, Maria Siwicka, Anna Stelmaszczyk-Emmel, Elżbieta Górska, Urszula Demkow, Piotr Pruszczyk
Acute gouty arthritis complicated with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction is independently associated with short- and long-term adverse non-fatal cardiac events
Kuan-Liang Liu, Hsin-Fu Lee, Shing-Hsien Chou, Yen-Chen Lin, Chia-Pin Lin, Chun-Li Wang, Chi-Jen Chang, Lung-An Hsu
Intra-articular methylprednisolone acetate injection at the knee joint and the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis: a randomized controlled study
George Habib, Adel Jabbour, Suheil Artul, Geries Hakim
Central nervous system angiitis: a series of 31 patients
Guillaume Geri, David Saadoun, Rémy Guillevin, Sophie Crozier, Catherine Lubetzki, Karima Mokhtari, Zahir Amoura, Bertrand Wechsler, Du Le Boutin, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau, Yves Samson, Patrice Cacoub
Modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Björn Sundström, Gunnar Johansson, Ingegerd Johansson, Solveig Wållberg-Jonsson
Anti-TNF therapy in patients with HBV infection—analysis of 87 patients with inflammatory arthritis
Hua Ye, Xue-wu Zhang, Rong Mu, Lin-kai Fang, Jie-ruo Gu, Jin Lin, Jin-feng Du, Jin-wei Chen, Yi-jia Chen, Li-jun Wu, Xue-feng Pang, Zhan-guo Li
Two-year clinical and radiologic follow-up of early RA patients treated with initial step up monotherapy or initial step down therapy with glucocorticoids, followed by a tight control approach: lessons from a cohort study in daily practice
D. De Cock, G. Vanderschueren, S. Meyfroidt, J. Joly, R. Westhovens, P. Verschueren
Three-dimensional versus two-dimensional ultrasonographic assessment of peripheral enthesitis in spondylarthritis
Oriane Mérot, Pascale Guillot, Yves Maugars, Benoit Le Goff
Survey about tolerance of the AS03-adjuvanted H1N1 influenza vaccine in children with rheumatic diseases
C. Sengler, M. Niewerth, T. Kallinich, A. Nimtz-Talaska, M. Haller, H.-I. Huppertz, K. Minden
Septic arthritis of the sterno-clavicular joint as a cause of dysphagia: a report of two cases and review of literature
Abhishek Kumar Das, Puneet Monga
IgG4-related membranous nephropathy with high blood and low urine IgG4/IgG ratio: a case report and review of the literature
Xiao-li Li, Tie-kun Yan, Hong-fen Li, Peng-cheng Xu, Jun-ya Jia, Li Wei, Wen-ya Shang, Shan Lin
Improved clinical control of a challenging case of Behçet’s disease with rituximab therapy
Barbara Hong Zhao, Anna Elfiky Oswald
Avoidance behavior towards physical activity in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia: the fear for post-exertional malaise
Jo Nijs, Mari Lundberg