Issue 3/2009
Content (18 Articles)
Clinical interpretation of antinuclear antibody tests in systemic rheumatic diseases
Minoru Satoh, Monica Vázquez-Del Mercado, Edward K. L. Chan
Efficacy of mizoribine pulse therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who show a reduced or insufficient response to infliximab
Masanobu Horikoshi, Satoshi Ito, Mizue Ishikawa, Naoto Umeda, Yuya Kondo, Hiroto Tsuboi, Taichi Hayashi, Daisuke Goto, Isao Matsumoto, Takayuki Sumida
Power Doppler ultrasonography of symptomatic rheumatoid arthritis ankles revealed a positive association between tenosynovitis and rheumatoid factor
Takeshi Suzuki, Eiichi Tohda, Keiko Ishihara
A significantly impaired natural killer cell activity due to a low activity on a per-cell basis in rheumatoid arthritis
Toshiyuki Aramaki, Hiroaki Ida, Yasumori Izumi, Keita Fujikawa, Mingguo Huang, Kazuhiko Arima, Mami Tamai, Makoto Kamachi, Hideki Nakamura, Atsushi Kawakami, Tomoki Origuchi, Naoki Matsuoka, Katsumi Eguchi
Sixty percent of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Japan have used dietary supplements or health foods
Shoichiro Ikuyama, Emiko Imamura-Takase, Shoji Tokunaga, Motohiro Oribe, Junji Nishimura
Prevalence of joint replacement surgery in rheumatoid arthritis patients: cross-sectional analysis in a large observational cohort in Japan
Jinju Nishino, Sakae Tanaka, Toshihiro Matsui, Toshihito Mori, Keita Nishimura, Yoshito Eto, Atsushi Kaneko, Koichiro Saisho, Masayuki Yasuda, Noriyuki Chiba, Yasuhiko Yoshinaga, Yukihiko Saeki, Atsuhito Seki, Shigeto Tohma
Leukocytapheresis (LCAP) decreases the level of platelet-derived microparticles (MPs) and increases the level of granulocytes-derived MPs: a possible connection with the effect of LCAP on rheumatoid arthritis
Kunihiko Umekita, Toshihiko Hidaka, Shiro Ueno, Ichiro Takajo, Yasufumi Kai, Yasuhiro Nagatomo, Akira Sawaguchi, Tatsuo Suganuma, Akihiko Okayama
A combination of biochemical markers of cartilage and bone turnover, radiographic damage and body mass index to predict the progression of joint destruction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs
Jun Hashimoto, Patrick Garnero, Désirée van der Heijde, Nobuyuki Miyasaka, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Shinichi Kawai, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Hideki Yoshikawa, Norihiro Nishimoto
Lupus antibodies to the HMGB1 chromosomal protein: epitope mapping and association with disease activity
Ayako Hayashi, Hiroko Nagafuchi, Ichiaki Ito, Koichi Hirota, Michiteru Yoshida, Shoichi Ozaki
Time of initial appearance of renal symptoms in the course of systemic lupus erythematosus as a prognostic factor for lupus nephritis
Yuko Takahashi, Tetsuya Mizoue, Akitake Suzuki, Hiroyuki Yamashita, Junwa Kunimatsu, Kenji Itoh, Akio Mimori
The role of heme oxygenase-1 in systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Akitaka Takahashi, Masaaki Mori, Takuya Naruto, Shoko Nakajima, Takako Miyamae, Tomoyuki Imagawa, Shumpei Yokota
Pattern of ankylosing spondylitis in an Iranian population of 98 patients
Mohammad Ali Nazarinia, Fariborz Ghaffarpasand, Hamid Reza Heiran, Zahra Habibagahi
Ankylosing enthesitis associated with up-regulated IFN-γ and IL-17 production in (BXSB × NZB) F1 male mice: a new mouse model
Yasuharu Abe, Mareki Ohtsuji, Naomi Ohtsuji, Qingshun Lin, Hiromichi Tsurui, Susumu Nakae, Toshikazu Shirai, Katsuko Sudo, Sachiko Hirose
A case of lung tuberculosis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated with infliximab after antituberculosis chemoprophylaxis with isoniazid
Yuji Hirano, Toshihisa Kojima, Yasuhide Kanayama, Hisato Ishikawa, Naoki Ishiguro
Pharmacokinetic study and Fcγ receptor gene analysis in two patients with rheumatoid arthritis controlled by low-dose infliximab
Shinichiro Nishio, Tatsuhiro Yamamoto, Kaichi Kaneko, Nahoko Tanaka-Matsumoto, Sei Muraoka, Makoto Kaburaki, Yoshie Kusunoki, Kenji Takagi, Shinichi Kawai
A Japanese case of Behçet’s disease complicated by recurrent optic neuropathy involving both eyes: a third case in the English literature
Yuki Nanke, Shigeru Kotake, Mari Goto, Masao Matsubara, Hiroshi Ujihara
Hydralazine-induced autoimmune disease: comparison to idiopathic lupus and ANCA-positive vasculitis
Naoto Yokogawa, Frederick B. Vivino
Immediate reduction of white blood cell count after tocilizumab administration was observed in some cases
Ryuji Nagamine, Weijia Chen, Toshihiko Hara, Keiichi Kondo, Yoichi Sugioka