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Clinical Rheumatology

Issue 5/2013

Content (31 Articles)

Review Article

Rheumatic conditions in patients with diabetes mellitus

Ibrahim A. Al-Homood

Review Article

Genistein: the potential for efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis

Jinchao Li, Dong Gang, Xiaowei Yu, Yiping Hu, Ye Yue, Wenxiang Cheng, Xiaohua Pan, Peng Zhang

Review Article

Advances in the diagnosis, assessment and outcome of Takayasu’s arteritis

Fatma Alibaz-Oner, Sibel Zehra Aydin, Haner Direskeneli

Review Article

Foot tendinopathies in rheumatic diseases: etiopathogenesis, clinical manifestations and therapeutic options

A. Frizziero, V. Bonsangue, M. Trevisan, P. R. J. Ames, S. Masiero

Original Article

Perception, consequences, communication, and strategies for handling fatigue in persons with rheumatoid arthritis of working age—a focus group study

Caroline Feldthusen, Mathilda Björk, Helena Forsblad-d’Elia, Kaisa Mannerkorpi

Original Article

Debridement of painful forefoot plantar callosities in rheumatoid arthritis: the CARROT randomised controlled trial

Heidi J. Siddle, Anthony C. Redmond, Robin Waxman, Abigail R. Dagg, Begonya Alcacer-Pitarch, Richard A. Wilkins, Philip S. Helliwell

Original Article

Transfer from paediatric rheumatology to the adult rheumatology setting: experiences and expectations of young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Deborah Hilderson, Leen Eyckmans, Kristien Van der Elst, Rene Westhovens, Carine Wouters, Philip Moons

Original Article

Risk of alanine transferase (ALT) elevation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with methotrexate in a DAS-steered strategy

L. Dirven, N. B. Klarenbeek, M. van den Broek, J. H. L. M. van Groenendael, P. B. J. de Sonnaville, P. J. S. M Kerstens, T. W. J. Huizinga, B. A. C. Dijkmans, W. F. Lems, C. F. Allaart

Original Article

An evaluation of autoimmune antibody testing patterns in a Canadian health region and an evaluation of a laboratory algorithm aimed at reducing unnecessary testing

Ada Man, Kam Shojania, Carmen Phoon, Jason Pal, Monika Hudoba de Badyn, David Pi, Diane Lacaille

Original Article

Clinical and serological features of systemic sclerosis in a Chinese cohort

Jiucun Wang, Shervin Assassi, Gang Guo, Wenzhen Tu, Wenyu Wu, Li Yang, Rong Xiao, Yongqiang Zhao, Haiyan Chu, Jie Liu, Yanyun Ma, Sarah J. Kim, Li Jin, Maureen D. Mayes, Hejian Zou, Xiaodong Zhou

Original Article

Osteomyelitis complicating scleroderma digital ulcers

Dilia Giuggioli, Andreina Manfredi, Michele Colaci, Federica Lumetti, Clodoveo Ferri

Original Article

Severe deficiency of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25-OH-D3) is associated with high disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis

Hans-Jacob Haga, Anne Schmedes, Yusuf Naderi, Alicia Martin Moreno, Elisabeth Peen

Original Article

The relationship between depressive symptoms, illness perceptions and quality of life in ankylosing spondylitis in comparison to rheumatoid arthritis

Thomas Hyphantis, Konstantinos Kotsis, Niki Tsifetaki, Francis Creed, Alexandros A. Drosos, André F. Carvalho, Paraskevi V. Voulgari

Original Article

Leprosy with ANA positive mistaken for connective tissue disease

Guanqun Chao, Lizheng Fang, Chongrong Lu

Original Article

Predictors of medication non-adherence for vasculitis patients

Delesha M. Carpenter, Susan L. Hogan, Robert F. DeVellis

Original Article

Association of cigarette smoking with Chinese ankylosing spondylitis patients in Taiwan: a poor disease outcome in systemic inflammation, functional ability, and physical mobility

Chun-Hsiung Chen, Hung-An Chen, Chin-Li Lu, Hsien-Tzung Liao, Chin-Hsiu Liu, Chang-Youh Tsai, Chung-Tei Chou

Brief Report

The detection of calcium pyrophosphate crystals in sequential synovial fluid examinations of patients with osteoarthritis: once positive, always positive

Christoph Robier, Manfred Neubauer, Karl Fritz, Peter Lippitz, Mariana Stettin, Franz Rainer

Brief Report

Enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium for progressive systemic sclerosis—a prospective open-label study with CT histography for monitoring of pulmonary fibrosis

Joerg C. Henes, Marius Horger, Christopher Amberger, Marc Schmalzing, Gerhard Fierlbeck, Lothar Kanz, Ina Koetter

Brief Report

Low occurrence of digital ulcers in scleroderma patients treated with bosentan for pulmonary arterial hypertension: a retrospective case–control study

F. Cozzi, E. Pigatto, M. Rizzo, M. Favaro, E. Zanatta, S. Cardarelli, L. Riato, L. Punzi

Brief Report

Antibodies to citrullinated peptides in tuberculosis

I. Lima, R. C. Oliveira, A. Atta, S. Marchi, L. Barbosa, E. Reis, M. G. Reis, M. B. Santiago

Case Based Review

Leflunomide-induced DRESS syndrome with renal involvement and vasculitis

Benzeeta Pinto, Varun Dhir, Sabari Krishnan, Ritambhra Nada

Case Based Review

Exposure to abatacept or rituximab in the first trimester of pregnancy in three women with autoimmune diseases

Mario Ojeda-Uribe, Naji Afif, Etienne Dahan, Laetitia Sparsa, Celine Haby, Jean Sibilia, David Ternant, Marc Ardizzone

Case Based Review

Felty's syndrome without rheumatoid arthritis?

AP Rozin, R Hoffman, T Hayek, A Balbir-Gurman

Case Based Review

Early recognition of aortitis of the aorta ascendens with 18F-FDG PET/CT: syphilitic?

H. Balink, A. Spoorenberg, P. M. Houtman, A. Brandenburg, H. J. Verberne

Case Based Review

Crowned dens syndrome: a rare cause of acute neck pain

Mitchell Uh, Catharine Dewar, David Spouge, Kenneth Blocka

Case Based Review

Antisynthetase antibody syndrome: case report and review of the literature

Laura Uribe, Diana Maria Ronderos, Maria Claudia Díaz, Juan Martín Gutierrez, Christina Mallarino, Daniel Gerardo Fernandez-Avila

Case Based Review

Giant iliopectineal bursitis presenting as neuropathy and severe edema of the lower limb: case illustration and review of the literature

Takahiro Iwata, Satoshi Nozawa, Minoru Ohashi, Hiroshi Sakai, Katsuji Shimizu

Letter to Editor

Pre-conceptional exposure to rituximab: comment on the article by Ojeda-Uribe et al.

Roberta Gualtierotti, Francesca Ingegnoli, Pier Luigi Meroni