Issue 5/2017
Content (24 Articles)
Criteria sets for primary Sjogren’s syndrome are not adequate for those presenting with extraglandular organ involvements as their dominant clinical features
Yasemin Kabasakal, Gul Kitapçıoğlu, Gonca Karabulut, Mehmet Tezcan, Ayse Balkarlı, Adem Aksoy, Şule Yavuz, Sema Yılmaz, Timuçin Kaşifoğlu, Umut Kalyoncu, Ediz Dalkılıç, Abdurrahman Tufan, Rıdvan Mercan, Fatih Yıldız, Taşkın Şentürk, Fatoş Önen, Cemal Bes, Eren Erken, Ercan Tunç, Sevil Kamalı, Emine Tarhan, Ayten Yazıcı, Nurşen Düzgün, Müge Bıçakçıgil, Sedat Yılmaz, Mustafa Özmen, Lale Öcal, Fatma Alibaz-Öner, Dilek Solmaz, Veli Çobankara, Selim Nalbant, Esen Kasapoğlu Günal, Derya Kaşkari, Berna Göker
Birmingham vasculitis activity score at diagnosis is a significant predictor of relapse of polyarteritis nodosa
Yoon-Jeong Oh, Sung Soo Ahn, Eun Seong Park, Seung Min Jung, Jason Jungsik Song, Yong-Beom Park, Sang-Won Lee
High-sensitive CRP as a predictive marker of long-term outcome in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Mikel Alberdi-Saugstrup, Marek Zak, Susan Nielsen, Troels Herlin, Ellen Nordal, Lillemor Berntson, Anders Fasth, Marite Rygg, Klaus Müller
Performance of the 2015 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism gout classification criteria in Thai patients
Worawit Louthrenoo, Kanon Jatuworapruk, Panomkorn Lhakum, Nuttaya Pattamapaspong
Defining functioning categories in axial Spondyloarthritis: the role of the ASAS Health Index
Marco Di Carlo, Valentina Lato, Andrea Di Matteo, Marina Carotti, Fausto Salaffi
Evaluation of validity and reliability of the Persian version of the functional index of hand osteoarthritis
Amin Kordi Yoosefinejad, Alireza Motealleh, Mohammad Babakhani
Adaptation of the osteoarthritis-specific quality of life scale (the OAQoL) for use in Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain and Turkey
Jeanette Wilburn, Stephen P. McKenna, Şehim Kutlay, Tamas Bender, Jürgen Braun, Concepcion Castillo-Gallego, Marta Favero, Pal Geher, Uta Kiltz, Emilio Martin-Mola, Roberta Ramonda, Matthew Rouse, Alan Tennant, Ayşe A. Küçükdeveci
Validation of Serbian version of UCLA Scleroderma Clinical Trial Consortium Gastrointestinal Tract Instrument in 104 patients with systemic sclerosis
Ana Zekovic, Nemanja Damjanov
Evaluation of the reliability and validity of the Persian version of Patient-Rated Elbow Evaluation questionnaire
Mohammad Reza Farazdaghi, Ali Mansoori, Omid Vosoughi, Amin Kordi Yoosefinejad
Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale-8 (ASES-8) in a rheumatoid arthritis population
Lei Gao, Xiao-Cui Zhang, Miao-Miao Li, Ji-Qing Yuan, Xue-Jun Cui, Bao-Xin Shi
Sonographic characterization of Hoffa’s fat pad. A pilot study
Erika Vera-Pérez, Guadalupe Sánchez-Bringas, Lucio Ventura-Ríos, Cristina Hernández-Díaz, Socorro Cortés, Marwin Gutiérrez, Carlos Pineda
Baseline increased 18F-fluoride uptake lesions at vertebral corners on positron emission tomography predict new syndesmophyte development in ankylosing spondylitis: a 2-year longitudinal study
Eun-Kyoung Park, Kyoungjune Pak, Ji-Heh Park, Keunyoung Kim, Seong-Jang Kim, In-Joo Kim, Geun-Tae Kim, Seung-Geun Lee
Decreased mRNA expression levels of DNA methyltransferases type 1 and 3A in systemic lupus erythematosus
Mariusz J. Nawrocki, Dominik Majewski, Mariusz Puszczewicz, Paweł P. Jagodziński
Anti-Toxoplasma antibodies in Egyptian rheumatoid arthritis patients
Abeer A. El-Henawy, Eman Abdel Razek Hafez, Nairmen Nabih, Naglaa M. Shalaby, Mervat Mashaly
CD4+CD28null T Cells are related to previous cytomegalovirus infection but not to accelerated atherosclerosis in ANCA-associated vasculitis
Marjan C. Slot, Abraham A. Kroon, Jan G. M. C. Damoiseaux, Ruud Theunissen, Alfons J. H. M. Houben, Peter W. de Leeuw, Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert
Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies are associated with decreased bone mineral density: baseline data from a register of early arthritis patients
Irene Llorente, Leticia Merino, Ana M. Ortiz, Eugenio Escolano, Saturnino González-Ortega, Rosario García-Vicuña, Jesús A. García-Vadillo, Santos Castañeda, Isidoro González-Álvaro
Autoantibodies in children with juvenile dermatomyositis: A single centre experience from North-West India
Altaf Hussain, Amit Rawat, Ankur Kumar Jindal, Anju Gupta, Surjit Singh
Respiratory symptoms are poor predictors of concomitant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome
Victor Strevens Bolmgren, Peter Olsson, Per Wollmer, Roger Hesselstrand, Thomas Mandl
Clinical manifestations, treatment outcomes, and risk factors for sternoclavicular septic arthritis
Muchima Rodchuae, Chonlada Ruangpin, Wanruchada Katchamart
Patient-reported outcomes as predictors of remission in early rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with tight control treat-to-target approach
Laura Kuusalo, Kari Puolakka, Hannu Kautiainen, Anna Karjalainen, Timo Malmi, Timo Yli-Kerttula, Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo, Vappu Rantalaiho
Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus inducing unilateral sensorimotor neuropathy
Savvas Psarelis, Fanourios Georgiades, Antreas Ioannou, Eleni Xenophontos, Georgios Georgiou, Eleni Papanicolaou
A case of urticarial vasculitis in a female patient with lupus: Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection or lupus reactivation?
Mario Diplomatico, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Orsola Ametrano, Pierluigi Marzuillo, Alma Nunzia Olivieri
Osteonecrosis of the femoral head associated with pigmented villonodular synovitis
Shoji Baba, Goro Motomura, Junichi Fukushi, Satoshi Ikemura, Kazuhiko Sonoda, Yusuke Kubo, Takeshi Utsunomiya, Hiroyuki Hatanaka, Yasuharu Nakashima
Systemic sclerosis with anti-RNA polymerase III positivity following silicone breast implant rupture: possible role of B-cell depletion and implant removal in the treatment
Francesca Dall’Ara, Maria-Grazia Lazzaroni, Chiara M. Antonioli, Paolo Airò