Issue 11/2012
Content (61 Articles)
The effectiveness of proprioceptive-based exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Toby O. Smith, Jonathan J. King, Caroline B. Hing
Outcome of patients with connective tissue disease requiring intensive care for respiratory failure
Jinwoo Lee, Jae-Joon Yim, Seok-Chul Yang, Chul-Gyu Yoo, Young Whan Kim, Sung Koo Han, Eun Young Lee, Eun Bong Lee, Yeong Wook Song, Sang-Min Lee
The effect of vascular endothelial growth factor on aggrecan and type II collagen expression in rat articular chondrocytes
Xuan-yin Chen, Ya-rong Hao, Zhe Wang, Jian-lin Zhou, Qi-xue Jia, Bo Qiu
Hypovitaminosis D and response to cholecalciferol supplementation in patients with autoimmune and non-autoimmune rheumatic diseases
Pier Paolo Sainaghi, Mattia Bellan, Stefano Carda, Chiara Cerutti, Daniele Sola, Alessandra Nerviani, Rossella Molinari, Carlo Cisari, Gian Carlo Avanzi
Factors associated with major infections in patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis and systemic lupus erythematosus treated for deep organ involvement
Muir Morton, Sarah Edmonds, Aislinn M. Doherty, Ajay Dhaygude, Matthew Helbert, Mike Venning
Plasma leptin and neuropeptide Y concentrations in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with infliximab, a TNF-α antagonist
Magdalena Kopec-Medrek, Anna Kotulska, Malgorzata Widuchowska, Marcin Adamczak, Andrzej Więcek, Eugene J. Kucharz
Efficacy comparisons of the intraarticular steroidal agents in the patients with knee osteoarthritis
Umut Yavuz, Sami Sökücü, Akif Albayrak, Kahraman Öztürk
Osteoprotegerin and RANKL in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis-induced osteoporosis
Shengqian Xu, Yu Wang, Jingqiu Lu, Jianhua Xu
Ibandronate for prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis in rabbits
Kun-juan Zhang, Jian Zhang, Ze-kun Kang, Xiao-mei Xue, Jing-fen Kang, Yan-wei Li, Hai-ning Dong, Dong-gang Liu
Assessment of hand functions in rheumatoid arthritis using SF-SACRAH (short form score for the assessment and quantification of chronic rheumatoid affections of the hands) and its correlation to disease activity
Harpreet Singh, Suresh Kumar, Paulomi Talapatra, Vikas Gupta, Sucharita Ray, Harish Kumar
Is there a real adrenal axis dysfunction in patients with amyloidosis associated with familial Mediterranean fever?
Guven Yılmaz, Seval Masatlioglu, Demet Ozgil Yetkin, Refik Demirtunç, Serife Nur Boysan, Semiha Kaplan, Nurhan Ince
Sequelae of osteomyelitis variolosa: a case report
Sandeep Nema, G. S. Vyas, Sunil Kukreja
Serum melatonin level in ankylosing spondylitis: is it increased in active disease?
Mohammad Kamal Senna, Shereen Mohamed Olama, Mohammad El-Arman
Prevalence of chronic widespread pain and fibromyalgia syndrome: a Korean hospital-based study
Cheolhwan Kim, Hyejin Kim, Jongkwan Kim
The value of procalcitonin measurements in children with familial Mediterranean fever
Selçuk Yüksel, Mesiha Ekim, Z. Birsin Özçakar, Fatoş Yalçınkaya, Banu Acar, Derya Öztuna, Nejat Akar
Clinical findings of vertebral osteomyelitis: Brucella spp. versus other etiologic agents
Elif Şahin Horasan, Mehmet Çolak, Gülden Ersöz, Mustafa Uğuz, Ali Kaya
The major determinants of arterial stiffness in Korean patients with rheumatoid arthritis are age and systolic blood pressure, not disease-related factors
Young-Sam Kim, Yoon-Kyoung Sung, Chan-Bum Choi, Wan-Sik Uhm, Tae-Hwan Kim, Jin-Ho Shin, Jae-Bum Jun
Is psychological distress intrinsic to fibromyalgia syndrome? Cross-sectional analysis in two clinical presentations
Monika Salgueiro, Zigor Aira, Itsaso Buesa, Juan Bilbao, Jon Jatsu Azkue
Which clinical variables have the most significant correlation with quality of life evaluated by SF-36 survey in Croatian cohort of patient with ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis?
Zrinka Jajić, Ivana Rajnpreht, Nataša Kovačić, Ivan Krešimir Lukić, Vedran Velagić, Frane Grubišić, Ana Marušić, Danka Grčević
A case of leukoencephalopathy associated with adalimumab-treated rheumatoid arthritis and a review of literature
Yang-Seon Ryu, Sung-Hwan Park, Ji-Min Kim, Eun-Ji Kim, Jennifer Lee, Seung-Ki Kwok, Ji-Hyeon Ju, Ho-Youn Kim
Midterm clinico-radiologic findings of an open label observation study of add-on tacrolimus with biologics or non-biologic DMARDs
Yuya Takakubo, Yasunobu Tamaki, Tomoyuki Hirayama, Kiyoshi Iwazaki, Suran Yang, Akiko Sasaki, Haruki Nakano, Yrjö T. Konttinen, Michiaki Takagi
Antibodies to mutated citrullinated vimentin in patients with chronic hepatitis C Virus genotype IV infection-related arthropathy
M. Zehairy, E. Soliman, A. Daghaidy
Serum levels of TNF-α, IL-1β, COMP, and CTX-II in patients with Kashin-Beck disease in Sichuan, China
Xin Tang, Zongke Zhou, Bin Shen, Jing Yang, Pengde Kang, Jian Li, Nicolas Crook, Qi Li, Li Min, Fuxing Pei
Assessment of quality of life and depression in spouses of patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Murat Uludag, Halil Unalan, Sansın Tuzun, Nese Kocabasoglu, Filiz Yıldız Aydin, Deniz Palamar, Samuray Ozdemir, Ulku Akarirmak
Effect of methotrexate on inflammatory cells redistribution in experimental adjuvant arthritis
Lucia Feketeová, Petra Jančová, Petra Moravcová, Andrea Janegová, Katarína Bauerová, Silvester Poništ, Danica Mihalová, Pavol Janega, Pavel Babál
Anakinra: A safe and effective first-line treatment in systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SoJIA)
C. M. Hedrich, N. Bruck, B. Fiebig, M. Gahr
Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies and rheumatoid factor sera titers in leprosy patients from Mexico
María G. Zavala-Cerna, Mary Fafutis-Morris, Cecilia Guillen-Vargas, Mario Salazar-Páramo, Diana E. García-Cruz, Carlos Riebeling, Arnulfo Nava
Differential proteomic analysis of renal tissue in lupus nephritis using iTRAQ reagent technology
Weiguo Sui, Donge Tang, Guimian Zou, Jiejing Chen, Minglin Ou, Yue Zhang, Yong Dai
The prevalence and progression of radiographic knee osteoarthritis over 6 years in a population-based cohort of middle-aged subjects
Jaanika Kumm, Ann Tamm, Mare Lintrop, Agu Tamm
Cross-cultural adaptation, validation, and responsiveness of the Korean version of the AUSCAN Osteoarthritis Index
Ki Won Moon, Shin-Seok Lee, Jin Hyun Kim, Ran Song, Eun Young Lee, Yeong Wook Song, Nicholas Bellamy, Eun Bong Lee
Evaluation of the mean platelet volume in children with familial Mediterranean fever
Seçil Arıca, Cahit Özer, Vefik Arıca, Ali Karakuş, Tanju Çelik, Ramazan Güneşaçar
Ankylosing spondylitis is characterized by an increased turnover of several different metalloproteinase-derived collagen species: a cross-sectional study
Anne C. Bay-Jensen, Diana J. Leeming, Arndt Kleyer, Sanne S. Veidal, Georg Schett, Morten A. Karsdal
Living with scleroderma: patients’ perspectives, a phenomenological study
Fatma Ilknur Cinar, Vesile Unver, Sedat Yilmaz, Muhammet Cinar, Fatma Yilmaz, Ismail Simsek, Hakan Erdem, Salih Pay, Ayhan Dinc
Evaluating hand in systemic sclerosis
Didem Arslan Tas, Eren Erken, Hakan Sakalli, A. Eftal Yucel
Successful treatment for conventional treatment-resistant dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease with adalimumab
Jin-Kyoung Park, Han-Gyul Yoo, Dae-Seon Ahn, Hyun-Soon Jeon, Wan-Hee Yoo
Vertebral osteomyelitis: eight years’ experience of 100 cases
Bilgul Mete, Celali Kurt, Mehmet Halit Yilmaz, Gulhan Ertan, Resat Ozaras, Ali Mert, Fehmi Tabak, Recep Ozturk
Detection of latent tuberculosis infection in rheumatologic diseases before anti-TNFα therapy: tuberculin skin test versus IFN-γ assay
Ismail Hanta, Suleyman Ozbek, Sedat Kuleci, Gulsah Seydaoglu, Ezgi Ozyilmaz
Relationship between body mass index, fat mass and lean mass with SF-36 quality of life scores in a group of fibromyalgia patients
Laura Arranz, Miguel Ángel Canela, Magda Rafecas
Evaluation of the Iranian versions of the bath ankylosing spondylitis disease activity index (BASDAI), the bath ankylosing spondylitis functional index (BASFI) and the patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Katayoon Bidad, Sasan Fallahi, Mahdi Mahmoudi, Ahmadreza Jamshidi, Elham Farhadi, Alipasha Meysamie, Mohammad Hossein Nicknam
Appraising osteoporosis care gaps
Thomas P. Olenginski, Jana L. Antohe, Elaine Sunderlin, Thomas M. Harrington
Combined effect of cytokine gene polymorphisms on end-stage knee osteoarthritis from Chinese Han population
Chengyu Lv, Xiaoyan Xu, Jinqing Wang, Zhongyi Zhang, Dianliang Zhang, Chuanyou Guo, Chengxin Geng, Yunbo Sun
Clinical results for tocilizumab over one year in the clinical setting as assessed by CDAI (clinical disease activity index): CRP at week 12 and MMP-3 at week 24 are predictive factors for CDAI
Atsushi Kaneko, Daihei Kida, Kiwamu Saito, Masami Tsukamoto, Tomotaro Sato
Pulmonary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma developed during long-term methotrexate therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
Huiying Wang, Dandan Wu, Hua Xiang, Aifeng Chen, Jin Liu
Juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus and dermatomyositis associated with urticarial vasculitis syndrome: a unique presentation
Patrícia A. Macêdo, Carolina B. Garcia, Monique K. Schmitz, Levi H. Jales, Rosa M. R. Pereira, Jozélio F. Carvalho
A case of primary Sjögren’s syndrome complicated with inflammatory myopathy and interstitial lung disease
Tomohiro Koga, Yukiko Kouhisa, Hideki Nakamura, Akinari Mizokami, Masakatsu Motomura, Atsushi Kawakami, Katsumi Eguchi
Primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis intermingled with papulopustular lesions in a patient with Behçet’s disease
Toshiyuki Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Suzuki
Takayasu’s arteritis mimicking Kawasaki disease in 7-month-old infant, successfully treated with glucocorticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulins
Beata Kierzkowska, Joanna Lipińska, Dobromiła Barańska, Katarzyna Niewiadomska-Jarosik, Małgorzata Biernacka-Zielińska, Jerzy Stańczyk, Elżbieta Smolewska
Severe cartilage damage of the knee joint in two young women with hypermobility
Angel Checa
Complement components 2 and 7 (C2 and C7) gene polymorphisms are not major risk factors for SLE susceptibility in the Malaysian population
Lay-Hoong Lian, Ai-Sze Ching, Zheng-Yi Chong, Kek-Heng Chua
Gluococorticoid could influence extracellular matrix synthesis through Sox9 via p38 MAPK pathway
Yu Wen Song, Tao Zhang, Wen Bo Wang
Repeat etanercept administration restores clinical response of patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Hiroki Wakabayashi, Akihiro Sudo, Yosuke Nishioka, Masahiro Hasegawa, Yukari Minami, Kusuki Nishioka
Magnetic resonance imaging of rheumatoid meningitis: a case report and literature review
Zehra Isik Hasiloglu, Murat Asik, Burak Erer, Atilla Suleyman Dikici, Ayse Altintas, Sait Albayram
Churg–Strauss syndrome presented as paraneoplastic syndrome with thymic neuroendocrine carcinoma: a case report
Tao Liu, Baiqiang Cai, Ruie Feng
Tophus gout and chronic kidney disease in a young female patient: report of familial juvenile hyperuricemic nephropathy in three generations of the same family
Marta M. C. Medeiros, Geraldo B. Silva Jr, Elizabeth F. Daher
Low level of seroconversion after a novel influenza A/H1N1/2009 vaccination in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the 2009 season
Masahiro Iwamoto, Sumiko Homma, Sachiko Onishi, Yasuyuki Kamata, Katsuya Nagatani, Zentaro Yamagata, Seiji Minota
Lymphoid hyperplasia of the thymus showing Castleman’s disease in a patient with myasthenia gravis
Masaru Kojima, Kazuhiko Shimizu, Yuko Kaneko, Nobuhide Masawa, Naoya Nakamura
Unusual bridge ossification of pubic symphysis in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
Paola Caramaschi, Domenico Biasi
High-resolution computed tomography in rheumatoid arthritis
Sema Yildiz, Hasan Cece, Ekrem Karakas
Myalgia as a symptom of familial Mediterranean fever in children
Salih Kavukçu, Mehmet Atilla Turkmen, Alper Soylu, Meral Torun Bayram, Ayfer Ülgenalp