Issue 5/2013
Content (30 Articles)
Anti-M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antibodies in patients with Sjögren’s syndrome
Takayuki Sumida, Hiroto Tsuboi, Mana Iizuka, Hiromitsu Asashima, Isao Matsumoto
The Japanese version of the modified ACR Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia and the Fibromyalgia Symptom Scale: reliability and validity
Chie Usui, Kotaro Hatta, Satoko Aratani, Naoko Yagishita, Kenya Nishioka, Teruhisa Kanazawa, Kenji Itoh, Yoshihisa Yamano, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Toshihiro Nakajima, Kusuki Nishioka
CC chemokine receptor 5 polymorphism in Italian patients with giant cell arteritis
Giulia Pazzola, Luigi Boiardi, Bruno Casali, Enrico Farnetti, Davide Nicoli, Nicolò Pipitone, Ilaria Padovano, Andrea Caruso, Mariagrazia Catanoso, Carlo Salvarani
CC motif chemokine ligand 13 is associated with rheumatoid arthritis pathogenesis
Ayako Yamaguchi, Kazuhisa Nozawa, Maki Fujishiro, Mikiko Kawasaki, Fujihiko Suzuki, Kenji Takamori, Hideoki Ogawa, Yoshinari Takasaki, Iwao Sekigawa
The clinicopathologic characteristics of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s): a retrospective study of 45 patients in Korea
Hye Won Kim, Joon Wan Kim, Churl Hyun Im, Ki Chul Shin, Eun Young Lee, Eun Bong Lee, Yeong Wook Song
Marked increase in serum KL-6 and surfactant protein D levels during the first 4 weeks after treatment predicts poor prognosis in patients with active interstitial pneumonia associated with polymyositis/dermatomyositis
Satoko Arai, Kazuhiro Kurasawa, Reika Maezawa, Takayoshi Owada, Harutsugu Okada, Takeshi Fukuda
Dynamics of serum angiopoietin-2 levels correlate with efficacy of intravenous pulse cyclophosphamide therapy for interstitial lung disease associated with systemic sclerosis
Takehiro Takahashi, Yoshihide Asano, Kaname Akamata, Naohiko Aozasa, Takashi Taniguchi, Shinji Noda, Yuri Masui, Yohei Ichimura, Tetsuo Toyama, Zenshiro Tamaki, Yayoi Tada, Makoto Sugaya, Takafumi Kadono, Shinichi Sato
Preferences of Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients in treatment decision-making
Akiko Aoki, Akiko Suda, Shouhei Nagaoka, Mitsuhiro Takeno, Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo, Tatsuto Ashizawa, Sachiko Ohde, Osamu Takahashi, Sadayoshi Ohbu
The capillaroscopic findings in idiopathic pernio: is it a microvascular disease?
Mustafa Ozmen, Volkan Kurtoglu, Gercek Can, Emine Figen Tarhan, Dilek Soysal, Sakine Leyla Aslan
Clinical efficacy of abatacept in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients
Nobunori Takahashi, Toshihisa Kojima, Kenya Terabe, Atsushi Kaneko, Daihei Kida, Yuji Hirano, Takayoshi Fujibayashi, Yuichiro Yabe, Hideki Takagi, Takeshi Oguchi, Hiroyuki Miyake, Takefumi Kato, Naoki Fukaya, Hisato Ishikawa, Masatoshi Hayashi, Seiji Tsuboi, Daizo Kato, Koji Funahashi, Hiroyuki Matsubara, Yosuke Hattori, Masahiro Hanabayashi, Shinya Hirabara, Yutaka Yoshioka, Naoki Ishiguro
Clinical and laboratory features dependent on age at onset in Japanese systemic sclerosis
Minoru Hasegawa, Yuri Hatta, Takashi Matsushita, Yasuhito Hamaguchi, Manabu Fujimoto, Kazuhiko Takehara
Depression is improved when low-dose tacrolimus is given to rheumatoid arthritis patients showing an inadequate response to biologic agents
Yusuke Miwa, Michio Hosaka, Kumiko Ohtsuka, Michihito Sato, Ryo Takahashi, Kuninobu Wakabayashi, Tsuyoshi Odai, Nobuyuki Yajima, Tsuyoshi Kasama
Diagnosis and treatment of primary Sjögren syndrome-associated peripheral neuropathy: a six-case series
Hiroyuki Yamashita, Toshiki Eri, Yo Ueda, Takashi Ozaki, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Takahiro Tsuno, Yuko Takahashi, Toshikazu Kano, Akio Mimori
Celecoxib does not affect the release of hyaluronic acid in end stage osteoarthritic joints
Daisuke Takahashi, Tokifumi Majima, Tomohiro Onodera, Yasuhiko Kasahara, Masahiro Inoue, Toru Irie, Toshiyuki Kasemura
The influence of locomotive syndrome on health-related quality of life in a community-living population
Kenichi Hirano, Shiro Imagama, Yukiharu Hasegawa, Zenya Ito, Akio Muramoto, Naoki Ishiguro
No increased mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with biologics: results from the biologics register of six rheumatology institutes in Japan
Ayako Nakajima, Kazuyoshi Saito, Toshihisa Kojima, Koichi Amano, Taku Yoshio, Wataru Fukuda, Eisuke Inoue, Atsuo Taniguchi, Shigeki Momohara, Seiji Minota, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Naoki Ishiguro, Yoshiya Tanaka, Hisashi Yamanaka
Proximal rotational closing-wedge osteotomy of the first metatarsal in rheumatoid arthritis: clinical and radiographic evaluation of a continuous series of 35 cases
Koichiro Yano, Katsunori Ikari, Takuji Iwamoto, Asami Saito, Yurino Naito, Kosei Kawakami, Taku Suzuki, Hitoshi Imamura, Yu Sakuma, Ryo Hiroshima, Shigeki Momohara
Increased frequency of MEFV gene mutations in patients with primary dysmenorrhea
Sukran Erten, A. Altunoglu, H. L. Keskin, G. G. Ceylan, A. Yazıcı, A. F. Dalgaci, G. Uyanık, A. F. Avsar
Clinical features of patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies targeting native myeloperoxidase antigen
Yuji Yamanishi, Toshiko Ito-Ihara, Tomokazu Nagao, Kazuko Uno, Shigeto Kobayashi, Eri Muso, Peter Y. Shane, Gary S. Firestein, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Tomio Okazaki, Kazuo Suzuki
Clinical characteristics of influenza virus infection in juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients treated with tocilizumab
Jun-ichi Kawada, Yoshiro Kitagawa, Naomi Iwata, Yoshinori Ito
Monitoring C-reactive protein levels to predict favourable clinical outcomes from tocilizumab treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Toshihisa Kojima, Yuichiro Yabe, Atsushi Kaneko, Yuji Hirano, Hisato Ishikawa, Masatoshi Hayashi, Hiroyuki Miyake, Hideki Takagi, Takefumi Kato, Kenya Terabe, Tsuyoshi Wanatabe, Hiroki Tsuchiya, Daihei Kida, Tomone Shioura, Koji Funahashi, Daizo Kato, Hiroyuki Matsubara, Nobunori Takahashi, Yosuke Hattori, Nobuyuki Asai, Naoki Ishiguro
Investigations of IgG4-related disease involving the skin
Kazunori Yamada, Yasuhito Hamaguchi, Takako Saeki, Kunimasa Yagi, Naoko Ito, Yasushi Kakuchi, Masakazu Yamagishi, Kazuhiko Takehara, Yasuni Nakanuma, Mitsuhiro Kawano
Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of etanercept 50 mg once weekly in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis and comparison with 25 mg etanercept twice weekly
Takeshi Mochizuki, Shigeki Momohara, Koichio Yano, Toshikatsu Shirahata, Katsunori Ikari
Vitamin K2 administration is associated with decreased disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Kosuke Ebina, Kenrin Shi, Makoto Hirao, Shoichi Kaneshiro, Tokimitsu Morimoto, Kota Koizumi, Hideki Yoshikawa, Jun Hashimoto
Failure of conservative treatment for thoracic spine fracture in ankylosing spondylitis: delayed neurological deficit due to spinal epidural hematoma
Yasuchika Aoki, Masatsune Yamagata, Yoshikazu Ikeda, Fumitake Nakajima, Arata Nakajima, Koichi Nakagawa, Seiji Ohtori, Tsutomu Inaoka, Kazuhisa Takahashi
Tuberculous pleurisy diagnosed by medical thoracoscopy in an adalimumab-treated rheumatoid arthritis patient after treatment of latent tuberculosis infection
Yasuo Nagafuchi, Hirofumi Shoda, Keishi Fujio, Satoru Ishii, Haruhito Sugiyama, Kazuhiko Yamamoto
Spontaneous regression of IgG4-related dacryoadenitis
Satoru Kase, Teppei Yamamoto, Kan Ishijima, Mika Noda, Susumu Ishida
An elderly patient with chronic active Epstein–Barr virus infection with mixed cryoglobulinemia and review of the literature
Kunihiro Ichinose, Tomoki Origuchi, Naoki Tashiro, Shin-ya Kawashiri, Naoki Iwamoto, Keita Fujikawa, Toshiyuki Aramaki, Kazuhiko Arima, Mami Tamai, Satoshi Yamasaki, Hideki Nakamura, Hiroyuki Moriuchi, Atsushi Kawakami
A case of refractory cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa in a patient with hepatitis B carrier status successfully treated with tumor necrosis factor alpha blockade
Takeshi Zoshima, Masami Matsumura, Yasunori Suzuki, Yasushi Kakuchi, Ichiro Mizushima, Hiroshi Fujii, Kazunori Yamada, Masakazu Yamagishi, Mitsuhiro Kawano