Issue 11/2009
Content (26 Articles)
The role of capillaroscopy in differentiation of primary and secondary Raynaud’s phenomenon in rheumatic diseases: a review of the literature and two case reports
Sevdalina Nikolova Lambova, Ulf Müller-Ladner
Management of hepatitis B reactivation in patients with lupus nephritis
Kai-Chung Tse, Susan Yung, Colin Tang, Terence Pok-Siu Yip, Tak Mao Chan
The clinical and genetical features of 124 children with Familial Mediterranean fever: experience of a single tertiary center
Ayfer Inal, Mustafa Yilmaz, Seval Guneser Kendirli, Derya Ufuk Altintas, Gulbin Bingol Karakoc
Adding low dose tacrolimus in rheumatoid arthritis patients with an inadequate response to tumor necrosis factor inhibitor therapies
Taio Naniwa, Maiko Watanabe, Shogo Banno, Tomoyo Maeda
HLA-Cw*06 class I region rather than MICA is associated with psoriatic arthritis in Czech population
Markéta Fojtíková, Jiří Štolfa, Peter Novota, Pavlína Čejková, Ctibor Dostál, Marie Černá
Genetic polymorphisms of interleukin-1β (−511C/T) and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (86-bpVNTR) in susceptibility to knee osteoarthritis in a Chinese Han population
Haijian Ni, Dongquan Shi, Jin Dai, Jianghui Qin, Yong Xu, Lunqing Zhu, Chen Yao, Zhenxing Shao, Dongyang Chen, Zhihong Xu, Long Yi, Shiro Ikegawa, Qing Jiang
Increased frequency of familial Mediterranean fever in northern Turkey: a population-based study
Bunyamin Kisacik, Beytullah Yildirim, Turker Tasliyurt, Huseyin Ozyurt, Birsen Ozyurt, Suleyman Yuce, Suheyla Kaya, Ihsan Ertenli, Sedat Kiraz
The frequency of smoking in fibromyalgia patients and its association with symptoms
Ömer Nuri Pamuk, Salim Dönmez, Necati Çakır
Antibody against mutated citrullinated vimentin: a new sensitive marker in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis
Ernst Wagner, M. Skoumal, P. M. Bayer, K. Klaushofer
Clinical and serological correlates of anti-Sm autoantibodies in Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: 1,584 cases
Jin Dong Ni, Xi Yao, Hai Feng Pan, Xiang Pei Li, Jian Hua Xu, Dong Qing Ye
Prognostic indicators related to death in patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia associated with collagen vascular diseases
Yoko Aoki, Masahiro Iwamoto, Yasuyuki Kamata, Takao Nagashima, Taku Yoshio, Hitoaki Okazaki, Seiji Minota
The efficacy and safety of leflunomide therapy in lupus nephritis by repeat kidney biopsy
F. S. Zhang, Y. K. Nie, X. M. Jin, H. M. Yu, Y. N. Li, Y. Sun
Expression and citrullination of keratin in synovial tissue of rheumatoid arthritis
Xiaotian Chang, Xiangdong Jian, Xinfeng Yan
Expression of IL-23 and IL-17 and effect of IL-23 on IL-17 production in ankylosing spondylitis
Xinwei Wang, Zhiming Lin, Qiujing Wei, Yingjuan Jiang, Jieruo Gu
An unusual central nervous system involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: combination of pachymeningitis and cerebral vasculitis
Aslı Kurne, Rana Karabudak, Ömer Karadag, Gül Yalcin-Cakmakli, Kader Karli-Oguz, Kivilcim Yavuz, Meral Calgüneri, Mehmet Akif Topcuoglu
Fatal myocarditis in adult-onset Still disease with diffuse intravascular coagulation
Matteo Colina, Marcello Govoni, Francesco Trotta
A case of post-pregnancy osteoporosis combined with ankylosing spondylitis
Jeong Yoon Jang, Jae Gun Lee, In-Kyung Jeong, Kyu Jeong Ahn, Ho Yeon Chung, Hyung-In Yang, Sang-Hoon Lee
Dermatomyositis with hemorrhagic myositis
Masashi Yamagishi, Shunji Tajima, Aki Suetake, Hidenori Kawakami, Takeo Watanabe, Hideyuki Kuriyama, Toshinori Takada, Eiichi Suzuki, Fumitake Gejyo
Silicone-induced foreign-body reaction after first metatarsophalangeal joint arthroplasty for Jaccoud’s arthropathy
Yuko Waguri-Nagaya, T. Yamagami, A. Tsuchiya, M. Nozaki, H. Goto, M. Kobayashi, M. Aoyama, T. Tada, T. Otsuka
Lung parenchymal consolidation as an uncommon presentation and cause of delayed diagnosis in atypical Kawasaki syndrome
Francesco De Maddi, Roberto Cinelli, Donato Rigante, Gianfranco Mazzarella, Paolo Siani
The use of etanercept in a patient with disseminated tuberculosis
Ji-Yun Kim, Ji-Na Park, Jae Gun Lee, Yeon-Ah Lee, Yee-Hyung Kim, Seung-Jae Hong, Hyung-In Yang, Sang-Hoon Lee
Tuberculous myositis in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis treated with adalimumab
Valdeŕilio Feijó Azevedo, C. Parchen, S. A. Coelho, D. C. Lacerda, C. G. Hirth
Borrelial fasciitis: as yet insufficient proof for a distinct entity
Pieternella Maria Houtman, Tim L. Jansen, Jan Weel, Joris K. A. Grond
The many faces of sarcoidosis: asymptomatic muscle mass mimicking giant-cell tumor
Likurgos Kolilekas, Christina Triantafillidou, Effrosyni Manali, Dimitra Rontogianni, Sophia Chatziioannou, Spyros Papiris
Treatment outcomes in patients with non-infectious aortic valvulitis undergoing aortic valve replacement: implication for the treatment of aortic valve involvement in Behcet’s disease
Joong Kyong Ahn, Hyungjin Kim, Jaejoon Lee, Pyo-Won Park, Chan Hong Jeon, Eun-Mi Koh, Hoon-Suk Cha
Diagnostic accuracy of Quantiferon TB test for patients with SLE and miliary tuberculosis
Mukaddes Tozlu, Umut Kalyoncu, Sehnaz Alp, Serhat Unal, Meral Calguneri