Issue 2/2012
Content (31 Articles)
Vitamin D and its emerging role in immunopathology
Muhammad Haroon, Oliver FitzGerald
Is continuation of anti-tumor necrosis factor-α therapy a safe option for patients who have developed pulmonary mycobacterial infection?
Shunsuke Mori, Mineharu Sugimoto
Infliximab therapy efficacy and persistence at a Canadian academic centre despite a change in access procedure
Cheryl Barnabe, Susan G. Barr, Liam Martin
Malignant lymphomas and autoimmunity—a single center experience from Hungary
László Váróczy, Edit Páyer, Zsuzsanna Kádár, Lajos Gergely, Zsófia Miltényi, Ferenc Magyari, Péter Szodoray, Árpád Illés
Resistin and visfatin: are they valuable enough to be the differential diagnosis in familial Mediterranean fever with acute appendicitis?
Bunyamin Kisacik, Mehmet Fatih Erol, Gulsen Yilmaz, Fatma Meric Yilmaz, Yuksel Maras, Umut Kalyoncu, Omer Karadag, Sedat Kiraz, Ihsan Ertenli, Meral Calguneri
Color duplex ultrasonography of temporal arteries: role in diagnosis and follow-up of suspected cases of temporal arteritis
Hisham M. Habib, Ashraf A. Essa, Ayman A. Hassan
Gender-specific risk factors for incident gout: a prospective cohort study
Jiunn-Horng Chen, Wen-Ting Yeh, Shao-Yuan Chuang, Yi-Ying Wu, Wen-Harn Pan
Salivary immunoglobulin A in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with focus on dental caries: a cross-sectional study
Meheriar Chopra, Sameer Jadhav, Anuradha Venugopalan, Vivek Hegde, Arvind Chopra
Single-center, retrospective analysis of efficacy and safety of tacrolimus as a second-line DMARD in combination therapy and the risk factors contributing to adverse events in 115 patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Michihiro Ogasawara, Naoto Tamura, Michiaki Kageyama, Shin Onuma, Makio Kusaoi, Shoko Toyama, Fumio Sekiya, Ran Matsudaira, Masuyuki Nawata, Kurisu Tada, Masakazu Matsushita, Kazuo Kempe, Hirofumi Amano, Shinji Morimoto, Ken Yamaji, Yoshinari Takasaki
Comparable efficacy of standardized Ayurveda formulation and hydroxychloroquine sulfate (HCQS) in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA): a randomized investigator-blind controlled study
Arvind Chopra, Manjit Saluja, Girish Tillu, Anuradha Venugopalan, Gumdal Narsimulu, Rohini Handa, Lata Bichile, Ashwinikumar Raut, Sanjeev Sarmukaddam, Bhushan Patwardhan
The expression and distribution of immunomodulatory proteins B7-H1, B7-DC, B7-H3, and B7-H4 in rheumatoid synovium
Guoning Guo, Yongjun Shang, Guoyan Zhu, Xiaoren Bao, Shiwei Xu, Yongwen Chen
Prevalence, co-occurrence, and predictive factors for musculoskeletal pain among shellfish gatherers
Beatriz Rodríguez-Romero, Salvador Pita-Fernández, Isabel Raposo-Vidal, Teresa Seoane-Pillado
Gender and disease features in Moroccan patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Yousra Ibn Yacoub, Bouchra Amine, Assia Laatiris, Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni
Quantitative analysis of vascularization in the finger joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis using three-dimensional volumetric ultrasonography with power Doppler
Tsuneo Watanabe, Masao Takemura, Masao Sato, Ayako Sekine, Daisuke Fukuoka, Mitsuru Seishima, Katsuji Shimizu, Toshio Matsuoka
Clinical significance of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome
Ming-Han Chen, Liang-Tsai Hsiao, Ming-Huang Chen, Chang-Youh Tsai, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Chung-Tei Chou
The efficacy of tramadol/acetaminophen combination tablets (Ultracet®) as add-on and maintenance therapy in knee osteoarthritis pain inadequately controlled by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)
Kyung-Su Park, Jin-Jung Choi, Wan-Uk Kim, June-Ki Min, Sung-Hwan Park, Chul-Soo Cho
Re-evaluation of 129 patients with systemic necrotizing vasculitides by using classification algorithm according to consensus methodology
Sevil Kamali, Bahar Artim-Esen, Burak Erer, Lutfiye Ozdener, Ahmet Gul, Lale Ocal, Orhan Aral, Murat Inanc
Rheumatoid factor and antibodies against citrullinated peptides in Moroccan patients with rheumatoid arthritis: association with disease parameters and quality of life
Yousra Ibn Yacoub, Bouchra Amine, Assia Laatiris, Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni
Expression of human tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Chao Wang, Li-Li Chen, Hai-Feng Pan, Rui-Xue Leng, Wei-Zi Qin, Dong-Qing Ye
Portuguese version of the bath indexes for ankylosing spondylitis patients: a cross-cultural adaptation and validation
F. M. Pimentel-Santos, T. Pinto, H. Santos, A. Barcelos, I. Cunha, J. C. Branco, P. L. Ferreira
Health-related quality of life in women with fibromyalgia: clinical and psychological factors associated
Ricardo Pereira Campos, Maria Isabel Rodríguez Vázquez
Evaluating factors influencing screening for pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis: does disparity between available guidelines influence clinical practice?
John D. Pauling, Neil J. McHugh
Omega-3 fatty acids in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: effect on cytokines (IL-1 and TNF-α), disease activity and response criteria
Tamer Gheita, Sahar Kamel, Neveen Helmy, Nabila El-Laithy, Amira Monir
Safety of immunomodulatory therapy in patients with bronchiectasis associated with rheumatic disease and IBD: a retrospective and cohort analysis
Pieter C. Goeminne, Patrick Verschueren, Hans Scheers, Lieven J. Dupont
What is the ability of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies determination in synovial fluid in discriminating rheumatoid arthritis from non-rheumatoid arthritis patients? A Tunisian cross-sectional study
Dalila Mrabet, Lilia Laadhar, Héla Sahli, Béchir Zouari, Slim Haouet, Houria Lahmar, Sondes Makni, Slaheddine Sellami
The initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosis with aplastic anemia successfully treated with rituximab
Gholam-Hossein Alishiri, Amin Saburi, Noushin Bayat, Ali-Reza Saadat, Ehsan Saburi
Primary biliary cirrhosis in a rheumatoid arthritis patient treated with rituximab, a case-based review
Joaquim Polido-Pereira, Ana Maria Rodrigues, Helena Canhão, Fernando Saraiva, José Alberto Pereira da Silva, João Eurico Fonseca
Relapsing polychondritis associated with hepatitis C virus infection
Iman Hemmati, Eric Yoshida, Kam Shojania
Development of lepromatous leprosy following etanercept treatment for arthritis
Charalampos Lydakis, Despina Ioannidou, Irini Koumpa, Elpida Giannikaki, Evaggelos Thalassinos, Eleni Krasoudaki, Spiros Miyakis
New evidence for roles of antinucleosome antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus
De-Guang Wang, Li Hao, Hai-Feng Pan, Dong-Qing Ye
Erratum to: Health-related quality of life in women with fibromyalgia: clinical and psychological factors associated
Ricardo Pereira Campos, Maria Isabel Vázquez Rodríguez