Issue 4/2011
Content (23 Articles)
Polymyositis associated with hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism: two cases and review of the literature
Han Wang, Hong Li, Cui Kai, Juelin Deng
What does it mean to grow up with juvenile idiopathic arthritis? A qualitative study on the perspectives of patients
Leen Eyckmans, Deborah Hilderson, Rene Westhovens, Carine Wouters, Philip Moons
Awareness of Fabry disease among rheumatologists—current status and perspectives
Rolando Cimaz, Severine Guillaume, Max J. Hilz, Gerd Horneff, Bernhard Manger, J. Carter Thorne, Anette Torvin Møller, Nico M. Wulffraat, Johannes Roth
Microalbuminuria in rheumatoid arthritis in the post penicillamine/gold era: association with hypertension, but not therapy or inflammation
Dimitrios Daoussis, Vasileios F. Panoulas, Holly John, Tracey E. Toms, Ioannis Antonopoulos, Gareth Treharne, Peter Nightingale, Karen M. J. Douglas, George D. Kitas
Clinical manifestations of neurological involvement in primary Sjögren’s syndrome
Takahisa Gono, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Kae Takagi, Akiko Tochimoto, Sayumi Baba, Yuko Okamoto, Yuko Ota, Hisashi Yamanaka
Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene mutation frequency is not increased in adults with rheumatic heart disease
Ismail Simsek, Cem Koz, Nurcan Basar, Ismail Sari, Hakan Erdem, Salih Pay, Bunyamin Kisacik, Muhterem Bahce, Ayhan Dinc
Low bone mineral density is related to male gender and decreased functional capacity in early spondylarthropathies
M. A. C. van der Weijden, J. C. van Denderen, W. F. Lems, M. W. Heymans, B. A. C. Dijkmans, I. E. van der Horst-Bruinsma
A comparison of an interferon-gamma release assay and tuberculin skin test in refractory inflammatory disease patients screened for latent tuberculosis prior to the initiation of a first tumor necrosis factor α inhibitor
Arjan J. Kwakernaak, Pieternella M. Houtman, Jan F. L. Weel, Johanna P. L. Spoorenberg, Tim L. T. A. Jansen
Thrombin generation in ankylosing spondylitis
Clément Prati, Evelyne Racadot, Jean-Pierre Cedoz, Daniel Wendling
The determination of matrix metalloproteinase 9 activity and gene expression levels in Behcet’s disease patients with aneurysmal complications
Yasemin Aksoy, Ayse Ercan, Ozlem Dalmizrak, Hande Canpinar, Selda Pelin Kartal Durmazlar, Murat Bayazit
The association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms of NCF2 and systemic lupus erythematosus in Chinese mainland population
Bo Yu, Yuewen Chen, Qi Wu, Ping Li, Yong Shao, Jie Zhang, Qili Zhong, Xi Peng, Hong Yang, Xiaoping Hu, Bancheng Chen, Ming Guan, Jun Wan, Wei Zhang
Methylprednisolone pulse plus mizoribine in children with Henoch–Schoenlein purpura nephritis
Yukihiko Kawasaki, Kazuhide Suyama, Koichi Hashimoto, Mitsuaki Hosoya
Synovial fluid β-endorphin level in avascular necrosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis of the femoral head and knee. A controlled pilot study
Kálmán Toth, István Barna, György Nagy, Karoly Wellinger, Gyöngyi Horvath, Tamas Bender
Gender influence on ocular manifestations and their outcome in Behcet’s Disease. A long-term follow-up of up to 20 years
Fereydoun Davatchi, Farhad Shahram, Hormoz Shams, Abdolhadi Nadji, Cheyda Chams-Davatchi, Massoomeh Akhlaghi, Seyedeh Tahereh Faezi, Farima Ashofteh, Bahar Sadeghi-Abdollahi
Decreased need of large joint replacement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in a specialized Brazilian center
Luciana Pereira Almeida De Piano, Ricardo Prado Golmia, Morton Aaron Scheinberg
Early rheumatoid arthritis—do we really know what it means? Consistency and distribution of MRI findings according to different definitions for early rheumatoid arthritis
Iris Eshed, Eugen Feist, Christian E. Althoff, Marina Backhaus, Gerd R. Burmester, Bernd Hamm, Kay-Geert A. Hermann
Predictors of radiographic severity and functional disability in Turkish patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Döndü Üsküdar Cansu, Cüneyt Çalışır, Ulaş Savaş Yavaş, Timuçin Kaşifoğlu, Cengiz Korkmaz
Predominance of IgG1 and IgG3 subclasses of autoantibodies to peptidylarginine deiminase 4 in rheumatoid arthritis
Wei Wang, Jinming Li
Palmar fasciitis with polyarthritis syndrome in a patient with breast cancer
Kavya Krishna, Abdulraheem Yacoub, Laura F. Hutchins, Patrick M. Kortebein
Cutaneous manifestations of Churg–Strauss syndrome: report of two cases and review of the literature
Laura Bosco, Anna Peroni, Donatella Schena, Chiara Colato, Giampiero Girolomoni
Sarcoid-like granulomatosis in patients treated with anti-TNFα factors. A case report and review of the literature
Theoni Kanellopoulou, Anna Filiotou, Hariklia Kranidioti, Spyridon P. Dourakis
Familial hypophosphatemia: an unusual presentation with low back ache, heel pain, and a limp in a young man, and literature review
Sharon Arthur, Arvind Chopra
Reparative radiological changes of a large joint after adalimumab for rheumatoid arthritis
Shigeki Momohara, Eiichi Tanaka, Takuji Iwamoto, Katsunori Ikari, Hisashi Yamanaka