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Rheumatology International

Issue 5/2016

Content (20 Articles)

Open Access Therapy Review

Clinical and regulatory perspectives on biosimilar therapies and intended copies of biologics in rheumatology

Eduardo Mysler, Carlos Pineda, Takahiko Horiuchi, Ena Singh, Ehab Mahgoub, Javier Coindreau, Ira Jacobs

Clinical Trials

Assessment of clinical efficacy and safety in a randomized double-blind study of etanercept and sulfasalazine in patients with ankylosing spondylitis from Eastern/Central Europe, Latin America, and Asia

Nemanja Damjanov, Waleed Al Shehhi, Feng Huang, Sameer Kotak, Ruben Burgos-Vargas, Khalid Shirazy, Eustratios Bananis, Annette Szumski, Lyndon J. Q. Llamado, Ehab Mahgoub

Short Communication - Public Health

The non-silent epidemic: low back pain as a primary cause of hospitalisation

Manuela Laffont, Gabriel Sequeira, Eduardo Mario Kerzberg, Elida Marconi, Carlos Guevel, Maria de las Mercedes Fernández

Original Article - Public Health

Does weather affect daily pain intensity levels in patients with acute low back pain? A prospective cohort study

Vicky Duong, Chris G. Maher, Daniel Steffens, Qiang Li, Mark J. Hancock

Open Access Review Article - Review on Disease

A structured literature review of the burden of illness and unmet needs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a current perspective

Peter C. Taylor, Adam Moore, Radu Vasilescu, Jose Alvir, Miriam Tarallo

Original Article - Observational Research

Systemic sclerosis and silica exposure: a rare association in a large Brazilian cohort

Luiza F. Rocha, Ana Paula Luppino Assad, Roberta G. Marangoni, Ana Paula Toledo Del Rio, João Francisco Marques-Neto, Percival D. Sampaio-Barros

Original Article - Food for Thought

Metabolomics study of fatigue in patients with rheumatoid arthritis naïve to biological treatment

Izabella Surowiec, Clara Gram Gjesdal, Grete Jonsson, Katrine Brække Norheim, Torbjörn Lundstedt, Johan Trygg, Roald Omdal

Short Communication - Food for Thought

Screening of celiac disease in children with Henoch-Schoenlein purpura

Alper Soylu, Yeşim Öztürk, Yavuz Doğan, Derya Özmen, Özlem Yılmaz, Pınar Kuyum, Salih Kavukçu

Short Communication - Food for Thought

The psychosocial status of the family members of rheumatoid arthritis patients in Korea

Sang Wan Chung, You Jung Ha, Eun Ha Kang, Yun Jong Lee, Yeong Wook Song

Short Communication - Food for Thought

How do patients and doctors-to-be perceive systemic lupus erythematosus?

Katarzyna Nowicka-Sauer, Małgorzata Pietrzykowska, Dorota Banaszkiewicz, Adam Hajduk, Zenobia Czuszyńska, Żaneta Smoleńska

Food for Thought

Serum levels of vitamin B12 (cobalamin) in fibromyalgia

Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Daisy Naiana Freitas Silva

Case Based Review - Cases with a Message

Bilateral orbital pseudotumor in a patient with Takayasu arteritis: a case report and review of the literature

Ali Taylan, Burak Karakas, Aytac Gulcu, Merih Birlik

Education

Correction factor in the force sensed by the prosthetic biomedical device for the squeeze test evaluation

David Vega-Morales, Jorge Antonio Esquivel-Valerio, Mario Alberto Garza-Elizondo

Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

Developed by: Springer Medicine

Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.