Issue 3/2006
Content (39 Articles)
Systematic review of a marine nutriceutical supplement in clinical trials for arthritis: the effectiveness of the New Zealand green-lipped mussel Perna canaliculus
Christopher S. Cobb, Edzard Ernst
A positive correlation between homocysteine and brachial–ankle pulse wave velocity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Tim K. Tso, Hui-Yu Huang, Chen-Kang Chang, Wen-Nan Huang
Hypermobility in women with fibromyalgia syndrome
Demet Ofluoglu, Osman Hakan Gunduz, Evren Kul-Panza, Zeynep Guven
Diastolic function abnormalities in active rheumatoid arthritis evaluation by conventional Doppler and tissue Doppler: relation with duration of disease
Şakir Arslan, Engin Bozkurt, Refik Ali Sari, Mustafa Kemal Erol
Serum lipid profile in fibromyalgia women
Gulcan Gurer, Omer Faruk Sendur, Cavidan Ay
Relationship of Q angle and joint hypermobility and Q angle values in different positions
Omer Faruk Sendur, Gulcan Gurer, Tuncay Yildirim, Emine Ozturk, Ali Aydeniz
Aortic valve insufficiency in patients with chronic rheumatic diseases
Paavo Uusimaa, Maija-Liisa Krogerus, Juhani Airaksinen, Markku Linnaluoto, Osmo Tervonen, Markku Hakala
A study on vascular endothelial growth factor and endothelin-1 in patients with extra-articular involvement of rheumatoid arthritis
Anna Kuryliszyn-Moskal, Piotr Adrian Klimiuk, Stanisław Sierakowski, Mariusz Ciolkiewicz
Lipid peroxidation and trace elements in systemic sclerosis
Mohammed Tikly, Kalavati Channa, Penny Theodorou, Mairam Gulumian
Incidence and clinical correlation of anticentromere antibody in Thai patients
Krisaree Pakunpanya, Oravan Verasertniyom, Monchand Vanichapuntu, Prapaporn Pisitkun, Kitti Totemchokchyakarn, Kanokrat Nantiruj, Suchela Janwityanujit
Quality of life and life satisfaction in patients with Behçet's disease: relationship with disease activity
Hatice Bodur, Pınar Borman, Yıldız Özdemir, Çiðdem Atan, Gülcan Kural
Tryptophan degradation increases with stage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Katharina Schroecksnadel, Christiana Winkler, Christian Duftner, Barbara Wirleitner, Michael Schirmer, Dietmar Fuchs
A novel approach of local corticosteroid injection for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome
George S. Habib, Samih Badarny, Hanna Rawashdeh
Circulating auto-antibodies against nuclear and non-nuclear antigens in primary Sjögren's syndrome
Norma Nardi, Pilar Brito-Zerón, Manuel Ramos-Casals, Sira Aguiló, Ricard Cervera, Miguel Ingelmo, Josep Font
Prior anti-dsDNA antibody status does not predict later disease manifestations in systemic lupus erythematosus
Loes van den Berg, Hans Nossent, Ole Rekvig
Evaluating the Korean version of the Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Shin-Seok Lee, Mi-Jeong Park, Hyun-Jeong Yoon, Yong-Wook Park, In-Hyae Park, Kyeong-Soo Park
Wegener's granulomatosis: clinical and laboratory results of a university hospital study of 20 patients from Turkey
Zeynep Ozbalkan, Sedat Kiraz, M. Akif Ozturk, A. Ihsan Ertenli, Sule Apras, Meral Calguneri
Behçet's disease in Lebanon: clinical profile, severity and two-decade comparison
Ayad Hamdan, Wissam Mansour, Imad Uthman, Abdel Fattah Masri, Fouad Nasr, Thurayya Arayssi
Relationship between serum levels of macrophage migration inhibitory factor and the activity of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides
Heidemarie Becker, Christian Maaser, Eva Mickholz, Anke Dyong, Wolfram Domschke, Markus Gaubitz
Ultrasound detection of entheseal insertions in the foot of patients with spondyloarthropathy
Pınar Borman, Suha Koparal, Seçil Babaoğlu, Hatice Bodur
Topical lidocaine helps reduce pain of digital ulcers in systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
Salih Ozgocmen, Arzu Kaya, Basak Kandi Coskun
Arthritis preceding acute biphenotypic leukemia
H. R. Kim, J. H. Hong, C. H. Yoon, S. H. Lee, S. H. Park, H. Y. Kim
Systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma presenting as pulmonary intersticial fibrosis
David Vañó Sanchis, Gregorio Arranz Garcia, Pablo Javier Marchena Yglesias
Rheumatoid lung nodulosis and osteopathy associated with leflunomide therapy
Alexander Rozin, Mordechai Yigla, Luda Guralnik, Zohar Keidar, Euvgeni Vlodavsky, Michael Rozenbaum, Abraham Menahem Nahir, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman
The symptomatic effects of intra-articular administration of hylan G-F 20 on osteoarthritis of the hip: clinical data of 6 months follow-up
Alberto Migliore, Sandro Tormenta, Luis Severino Martin Martin, Francesca Iannessi, Umberto Massafra, Emilia Carloni, Danilo Monno, Andrea Alimonti, Mauro Granata
Dramatical improvement of chemoresistant bone lymphoma with rituximab
Lahsen Achemlal, Mohamed Mikdame, Abderrazak Nouijai, Ahmed Bezza, Abdellah El Maghraoui
High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin infusion in polyarteritis nodosa
Yoshihide Asano, Hironobu Ihn, Takeo Maekawa, Takafumi Kadono, Kunihiko Tamaki
Hypertrophic pachymeningitis and undifferentiated connective tissue disease: a case report and review of the literature
Christos E. Lampropoulos, Mollyza Zain, Wajanat Jan, Ali Nader-Sepahi, Ian H. Sabin, David P. D' Cruz
Magnetic resonance imaging in the differential diagnosis between polymyalgia rheumatica and elderly onset rheumatoid arthritis
Massimiliano Parodi, Giacomo Garlaschi, Enzo Silvestri, Marco A. Cimmino
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in systemic sclerosis. A report of two cases
I. Moyssakis, D. P. Papadopoulos, G. Anastasiadis, P. Vlachoyannopoulos
Transient global amnesia in a patient with high and persistent levels of antiphospholipid antibodies
Norberto Ortego-Centeno, José Luis Callejas-Rubio, Miguel Guerrero Fernández, Miguel Gómez Camello
Inflammatory sternal metastasis heralding lung cancer: two cases
Claude Bachmeyer, Benjamin Langman, Firouze Kazerouni, Abdel Charoud, Miette Mougeot-Martin
Shrinking lung syndrome as a presenting manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus in a female Kuwaiti
Haneen Adel Al-Raqum, Sukhbir Singh Uppal, Moudi Al-Mutairy, Rakesh Kumari
Coexistence of IgA nephropathy and undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy in a female patient
Masayuki Matsuda, Akio Suzuki, Hiroshi Miyagawa, Seiichiro Shimizu, Shu-ichi Ikeda
A case of cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa manifested by spiking high fever, arthralgia and macular eruption like adult-onset Still's disease
Takashi Kato, Kenji Fujii, Tomoe Wakabayashi, Atsushi Tanaka, Yuji Hidaka
Nonepisodic angioedema with eosinophilia: a report of two cases and a review of the literature
Masayuki Matsuda, Tomohisa Fushimi, Akinori Nakamura, Shu-ichi Ikeda
Catastrophic thromboses and severe thrombocytopenia during heparin therapy in a patient with anti-phospholipid syndrome
Lior Zeller, Yaniv Almog, Ahron Tomer, Shaul Sukenik, Mahmoud Abu-Shakra
Lethal acute respiratory distress syndrome during anti-TNF-α therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
Christian Zimmer, Martin Beiderlinden, Jürgen Peters
Follicular bronchiolitis, an unusual cause of haemoptysis in giant cell arteritis
Edward Roddy, Greg Summers, Zia Chaudry, Rod Bateman