Issue 5/2013
Content (45 Articles)
Non-biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) improve pain in inflammatory arthritis (IA): a systematic literature review of randomized controlled trials
Amanda J. Steiman, Janet E. Pope, Heather Thiessen-Philbrook, Lihua Li, Cheryl Barnabe, Fares Kalache, Tabitha Kung, Louis Bessette, Cathy Flanagan, Boulos Haraoui, Jacqueline Hochman, Sharon Leclercq, Dianne Mosher, Carter Thorne, Vivian Bykerk
Contribution of toll-like receptor 9 gene single-nucleotide polymorphism to systemic lupus erythematosus
Piotr Piotrowski, Margarita Lianeri, Mariusz Wudarski, Marzena Olesińska, Paweł P. Jagodziński
SKG arthritis as a model for evaluating therapies in rheumatoid arthritis with special focus on bone changes
Kresten Krarup Keller, Lisa Mejlvang Lindgaard, Lise Wogensen, Frederik Dagnæs-Hansen, Jesper Skovhus Thomsen, Shimon Sakaguchi, Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen, Ellen-Margrethe Hauge
Pulsed electromagnetic field stimulates osteoprotegerin and reduces RANKL expression in ovariectomized rats
Jun Zhou, Shiju Chen, Hua Guo, Lu Xia, Huifang Liu, Yuxi Qin, Chengqi He
Ulnar nerve measurements in healthy individuals to obtain reference values
Elif Yalcin, Burcu Onder, Mufit Akyuz
EBV reactivation serological profile in primary Sjögren’s syndrome: an underlying trigger of active articular involvement?
Sandra Gofinet Pasoto, Renato Romera Natalino, Henrique Pires Chakkour, Vilma dos Santos Trindade Viana, Cleonice Bueno, Elaine Pires Leon, Margarete Borges Gualhardo Vendramini, Mauricio Levy Neto, Eloisa Bonfa
Health-related quality of life in Turkish patients with Ankylosing spondylitis: impact of peripheral involvement on quality of life in terms of disease activity, functional status, severity of pain, and social and emotional functioning
Özlem Yılmaz, Ahmet Tutoğlu, Yeşim Garip, Esra Özcan, Hatice Bodur
IL-23A, IL-23R, IL-17A and IL-17R polymorphisms in different psoriatic arthritis clinical manifestations in the northern Italian population
Maria Grazia Catanoso, Luigi Boiardi, Pierluigi Macchioni, Paolo Garagnani, Marco Sazzini, Sara De Fanti, Enrico Farnetti, Bruno Casali, Ilaria Chiarolanza, Davide Nicoli, Donata Luiselli, Carlo Salvarani
The analgesic effect of electroacupuncture on inflammatory pain in the rat model of collagenase-induced arthritis: mediation by opioidergic receptors
Byung Kwan Seo, Dong Suk Park, Yong Hyeon Baek
Is the prevalence of arterial hypertension in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis associated with disease?
Jadranka Morović-Vergles, Lea Šalamon, Daniela Marasović-Krstulović, Tatjana Kehler, Davorin Šakić, Olga Badovinac, Tonko Vlak, Srđan Novak, Nives Štiglić-Rogoznica, Marino Hanih, Dražen Bedeković, Simeon Grazio, Mira Kadojić, Jasminka Milas-Ahić, Višnja Prus, Doris Stamenković, Daniela Šošo, Branimir Anić, Đurđica Babić-Naglić, Stjepan Gamulin
A study on anti-mannose binding lectin (anti-MBL) antibodies and serum MBL levels in Indian systemic lupus erythematosus patients
Vandana Pradhan, Gauri Mahant, Anjali Rajadhyaksha, Prathamesh Surve, Vinod Rajendran, Manisha Patwardhan, Anita Nadkarni, Shruti Dighe, Kanjaksha Ghosh
The impact of chemical synovectomy with sodium morrhuate on human chondrocytes and cartilage in vitro
S. Winkler, S. Grässel, C. Baier, S. Anders, P. Lechler, J. Grifka, J. Schaumburger
Orange–brown chromonychia, a novel finding in Kawasaki disease
Priyankar Pal, Prabhas Prasun Giri
Pulmonary hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review and analysis of 642 cases in Chinese population
Y. K. Xia, S. H. Tu, Y. H. Hu, Y. Wang, Z. Chen, H. T. Day, K. Ross
The prevalence of fibromyalgia in patients with Behçet’s disease and its relation with disease activity
Mehmet Melikoglu, Meltem Alkan Melikoglu
The effect of intra-articular injection of different concentrations of ozone on the level of TNF-α, TNF-R1, and TNF-R2 in rats with rheumatoid arthritis
Huiqiang Chen, Bin Yu, Changhuai Lu, Qingrong Lin
The levels of β-thromboglobulin in female rheumatoid arthritis patients as activation criteria
Cumali Karatoprak, Seyit Uyar, Gul Babacan Abanonu, Seval Masatlioglu Pehlevan, Nalan Okuroglu, Refik Demirtunc
A manual therapy intervention improves symptoms in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: a pilot study
Susanna Maddali Bongi, Massimo Signorini, Massimo Bassetti, Angela Del Rosso, Martina Orlandi, Giuseppe De Scisciolo
Markers of acute neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus: a multidisciplinary evaluation
Essam A. Abda, Zahraa I. Selim, Moustafa E. M. Radwan, Nagham M. Mahmoud, Omar M. Herdan, Khalid A. Mohamad, Sherifa A. Hamed
Potential role of adenosine deaminase in the diagnosis of adult-onset Still’s disease
Chunhua Xun, Yong Zhao, Zhi jian Hu
Elevated serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels in fibromyalgia syndrome patients correlate with body mass index, interleukin-6, interleukin-8, erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Yangming Xiao, Wanda L. Haynes, Joel E. Michalek, I. Jon Russell
Sexuality of men with fibromyalgia: what are the factors that cause sexual dysfunction?
İbrahim Batmaz, Mustafa Akif Sarıyıldız, Banu Dilek, Ahmet İnanır, Zeynep Demircan, Namık Hatipoğlu, Murat Atar, Remzi Çevik
The co-occurrence of Hashimoto thyroiditis in primary Sjogren’s syndrome defines a subset of patients with milder clinical phenotype
Paola Caramaschi, Domenico Biasi, Cristian Caimmi, Cinzia Scambi, Sara Pieropan, Giovanni Barausse, Silvano Adami
Prevalence and severity of insomnia in chronic low back pain patients
H. Bahouq, F. Allali, H. Rkain, I. Hmamouchi, N. Hajjaj-Hassouni
Association of TLR4 gene non-missense single nucleotide polymorphisms with rheumatoid arthritis in Chinese Han population
Hongju Yang, Chuanyu Wei, Qin Li, Tao Shou, Yan Yang, Chunjie Xiao, Min Yu, Ming Li, Zhili Yang, Jieying Zhang, Bingrong Zheng
High frequency of inflammatory back pain and other features of spondyloarthritis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Gercek Can, Dilek Solmaz, Omer Binicier, Servet Akar, Merih Birlik, Ozgul Soysal, Nurullah Akkoc, Metin Manisali, Fatos Onen
Interstitial lung disease in clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) patients: a retrospective study of 41 Chinese Han patients
Yuechi Sun, Yuan Liu, Bing Yan, Guixiu Shi
Early diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis: an introduction to the newly designed Iran criteria for ankylosing spondylitis
Iraj Salehi-Abari, Shabnam Khazaeli, Mohammad Khak
Werner’s syndrome may be lost in the shadow of the scleroderma
Emel Gonullu, Nazife Şule Yaşar Bilge, Timuçin Kaşifoğlu, Cengiz Korkmaz
Phosphorylation of osteopontin in osteoarthritis degenerative cartilage and its effect on matrix metalloprotease 13
Mai Xu, Lu Zhang, Lei Zhao, Shuguang Gao, Rui Han, Dazhi Su, Guanghua Lei
Surgical synovectomy combined with yttrium 90 in patients with recurrent joint synovitis
Zekeriya Öztemür, Okay Bulut, Murat Korkmaz, Umut Hatay Gölge, Hayati Öztürk, Gündüz Tezeren, İlhan Günaydın
Elevated serum levels of high mobility group box protein 1 (HMGB1) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and its association with disease activity and quality of life
Pelin Oktayoglu, Serda Em, Mehmet Tahtasiz, Mehtap Bozkurt, Demet Ucar, Levent Yazmalar, Kemal Nas, İbrahim Yardımeden, Figen Cevik, Yusuf Celik, Nuriye Mete
Dual downregulation of microRNA 17-5p and E2F1 transcriptional factor in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus patients
Heba Ragaee Abdelhakam Aboelenein, Samia Salah, Yasmine Adel Lashine, Ahmed Ihab Abdelaziz
Erratum to: Dual downregulation of microRNA 17-5p and E2F1 transcriptional factor in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus patients
Heba Ragaee Abdelhakam Aboelenein, Samia Salah, Yasmine Adel Lashine, Ahmed Ihab Abdelaziz
Schistosoma mansoni infection: an immune complex disease presenting with polyarthritis
Aline Tamires Lapa, Simone Appenzeller, Manoel B. Bértolo
Hepatitis B virus reactivation in a Juvenile Rheumatoid arthritis patient under treatment and its successful management: a complicated case
Oguz Durmus, Levent Tekin, Alparslan Bayram Carli, Engin Cakar, Ali Acar, Asim Ulcay, Umit Dincer, Mehmet Zeki Kiralp
Stevens-Johnson syndrome complicating adalimumab therapy in rheumatoid arthritis disease
Aziza Mounach, Asmae Rezqi, Abderrazak Nouijai, Imad Ghozlani, Lahsen Achemlal, Abdellah El Maghraoui, Ahmed Bezza
Decreased vitamin D levels in patients with familial mediterranean fever
Bunyamin Kisacik, Suheyla Uzun Kaya, Yavuz Pehlivan, Turker Tasliyurt, Mehmet Sayarlioglu, Ahmet Mesut Onat
Familial antiphospholipid syndrome presenting as bivessel arterial occlusion in a 17-year-old girl
Marija Jelušić, Katarina Starčević, Mandica Vidović, Savko Dobrota, Kristina Potočki, Ljiljana Banfić, Branimir Anić
Infection-associated haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a case series using steroids only protocol for management
Prabhas Prasun Giri, Priyankar Pal, Apurba Ghosh, Rajiv Sinha
Stress as a trigger of disease flares in SLE
E. Roussou, C. Iacovou, A. Weerakoon, K. Ahmed
Unusual manifestations in two cases of necrotizing myopathy associated with SRP antibodies
F. Hanisch, T. Müller, G. Stoltenburg, S. Zierz
Comment on: Is Still’s disease still one disease? A case of adult-onset Still’s disease showing accumulation in the carotids and the large vessels of the legs on positron emission tomography: CT images
Veli Yazisiz, Hatice Yazisiz
Treatment for mycetoma with oral itraconazole in ankylosing spondylitis
Ilknur Basyigit, Ayten Yazici, Esra Kuslu Ucar, Hasim Boyaci, Fusun Yildiz
Targeting interleukin-33 in rheumatoid arthritis
Chao Rong, Wei Hu, Fan-Rong Wu, Fei-Hu Chen