Ausgabe 2/2012
Inhalt (56 Artikel)
The pleiotropic effects of the hydroxy-methyl-glutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitors in rheumatologic disorders: a comprehensive review
Christos G. Mihos, Rosa T. Artola, Orlando Santana
Injection-site reactions upon Kineret (anakinra) administration: experiences and explanations
Christina Kaiser, Ann Knight, Dan Nordström, Tom Pettersson, Jonas Fransson, Ebba Florin-Robertsson, Björn Pilström
Investigation of the veins in patients with Behçet’s disease with no known vascular event by Doppler ultrasonography
Bunyamin Kisacik, Cem Oren, Timucin Kasifoglu, Sedat Yilmaz, Omer Yilmaz, Ismail Simsek, Hakan Erdem, Salih Pay, Mutlu Saglam, Ayhan Dinc
MicroRNA array analysis of microRNAs related to systemic scleroderma
Haitao Li, Rongya Yang, Xin Fan, Tingmin Gu, Zhili Zhao, Dongqing Chang, Wenling Wang, Congmin Wang
Erratum to: MicroRNA array analysis of microRNAs related to systemic scleroderma
Haitao Li, Rongya Yang, Xin Fan, Tingmin Gu, Zhili Zhao, Dongqing Chang, Wenling Wang
Serum levels of soluble CD21 in patients with systemic sclerosis
Manabu Tomita, Takafumi Kadono, Norihito Yazawa, Tomohiko Kawashima, Zenshiro Tamaki, Ryuichi Ashida, Hanako Ohmatsu, Yoshihide Asano, Makoto Sugaya, Masahide Kubo, Hironobu Ihn, Kunihiko Tamaki, Shinichi Sato
Infliximab, a TNF-alpha antagonist treatment in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: the impact on depression, anxiety and quality of life level
I. Ertenli, S. Ozer, S. Kiraz, S. B. Apras, A. Akdogan, O. Karadag, M. Calguneri, U. Kalyoncu
Oxidative stress in erythrocytes from patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Agnieszka Staroń, Grzegorz Mąkosa, Maria Koter-Michalak
Thyroid autoimmunity may represent a predisposition for the development of fibromyalgia?
L. Bazzichi, A. Rossi, C. Zirafa, F. Monzani, S. Tognini, A. Dardano, F. Santini, M. Tonacchera, M. De Servi, C. Giacomelli, F. De Feo, M. Doveri, G. Massimetti, S. Bombardieri
Effects of extracorporal shock wave therapy on symptomatic heel spurs: a correlation between clinical outcome and radiologic changes
E. Yalcin, A. Keskin Akca, B. Selcuk, A. Kurtaran, M. Akyuz
A proposal of simple calculation (ERI calculator) to predict the early response to TNF-α blockers therapy in rheumatoid arthritis
Laura Bazzichi, Paolo Rossi, Camillo Giacomelli, Francesca De Feo, Francesca Bobbio-Pallavicini, Alessandra Rossi, Chiara Baldini, Arianna Consensi, Marica Doveri, Claudia Bonino, Maurizio Mazzantini, Alessandra Della Rossa, Carlomaurizio Montecucco, Stefano Bombardieri
Relationship between diagnosis delay and disease features in Moroccan patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Yousra Ibn Yacoub, Bouchra Amine, Assia Laatiris, Rachida Bensabbah, Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni
Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody predicts functional disability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in a large prospective observational cohort in Japan
Kumi Shidara, Eisuke Inoue, Daisuke Hoshi, Eri Sato, Ayako Nakajima, Shigeki Momohara, Atsuo Taniguchi, Hisashi Yamanaka
The functional class evaluated in rheumatoid arthritis is associated with soluble TGF-β1 serum levels but not with G915C (Arg25Pro) TGF-β1 polymorphism
José Francisco Muñoz-Valle, Nora Magdalena Torres-Carrillo, Iris Paola Guzmán-Guzmán, Norma Torres-Carrillo, Sandra Luz Ruiz-Quezada, Claudia Azucena Palafox-Sánchez, Héctor Rangel-Villalobos, María Guadalupe Ramírez-Dueñas, Isela Parra-Rojas, Mary Fafutis-Morris, Blanca Estela Bastidas-Ramírez, Ana Laura Pereira-Suárez
Clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with sickle-cell and autoimmune/connective tissue diseases
Salam Alkindi, Mustafa Al-Maini, Anil Pathare
Melatonin attenuates clock gene Cryptochrome1, which may aggravates mouse anti-type II collagen antibody-induced arthritis
Jihye Bang, Hyuk Won Chang, Hae-Ra Jung, Chul-Hyun Cho, Ji-An Hur, Sang-Il Lee, Tae Hyun Choi, Sang-Hyon Kim, Eunyoung Ha
Increased plasma levels of IL-21 and IL-23 in spondyloarthritis are not associated with clinical and MRI findings
Thomas Andersen, Tue Kruse Rasmussen, Malene Hvid, Christian Kanstrup Holm, Karen Jong-Nyo Berenth Madsen, Anne Grethe Jurik, Marianne Hokland, Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen, Berit Schiøttz-Christensen, Bent Deleuran
Elevated plasma level of HMGB1 is associated with disease activity and combined alterations with IFN-alpha and TNF-alpha in systemic lupus erythematosus
Chun-yan Ma, Yu-lian Jiao, Jie Zhang, Qing-rui Yang, Zhi-fen Zhang, Ya-juan Shen, Zi-jiang Chen, Yue-ran Zhao
Serum levels of soluble CD163 in patients with systemic sclerosis
Wakana Nakayama, Masatoshi Jinnin, Katsunari Makino, Ikko Kajihara, Takamitsu Makino, Satoshi Fukushima, Yuji Inoue, Hironobu Ihn
Low-level laser in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome: clinical, electrophysiological, and ultrasonographical evaluation
Funda Tascioglu, Nevbahar Akcar Degirmenci, Serhat Ozkan, Ozlem Mehmetoglu
Candidate gene studies of fibromyalgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Young Ho Lee, Sung Jae Choi, Jong Dae Ji, Gwan Gyu Song
Influence of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene polymorphisms in pain sensibility of Brazilian fibromialgia patients
Flávia Regina Barbosa, Josie Budag Matsuda, Mendelson Mazucato, Suzelei de Castro França, Sônia Marli Zingaretti, Lucienir Maria da Silva, Nilce Maria Martinez-Rossi, Milton Faria Júnior, Mozart Marins, Ana Lúcia Fachin
Investigation of effects of two-different treatment modalities on nerve conduction in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Erhan Capkin, Murat Karkucak, Muammer Muslim Kose, Vildan Altunayoğlu Çakmak, Aysegul Kucukali Turkyilmaz, Mehmet Tosun
Diaphragmatic movements in ankylosing spondylitis patients and their association with clinical factors: an ultrasonographic study
Ercüment Ünlü, Ömer Nuri Pamuk, Burak Erer, Salim Dönmez, Necati Çakir
Possible benefits of strontium ranelate in complicated long bone fractures
Duarte Nuno Alegre, Costa Ribeiro, Carlos Sousa, João Correia, Luís Silva, Luís de Almeida
C1–C2 spondylodiscitis in an adult with SAPHO syndrome: an unusual presentation
Ghita Harifi, Ahlam Belkhou, Imane El Bouchti, Meryem Ouali Idrissi, Najat Chérif Idrissi, Ahmed Ousehal, Selma El Hassani
Clopidogrel-associated acute arthritis
Shin-ya Kawashiri, Masatake Taguchi, Atsushi Kawakami, Katsumi Eguchi
An aggressive and lethal course of Churg–Strauss syndrome with alveolar hemorrhage, intestinal perforation, cardiac failure and peripheral neuropathy
Aydin Çiledağ, Hülya Deniz, Serpil Eledağ, Canan Özkal, Nurşen Düzgün, Selim Erekul, Demet Karnak
Perivascular carotid inflammation: an unusual case of carotidynia
Lama Azar, Harry D. Fischer
Cardiac complications in rheumatoid arthritis in the absence of occlusive coronary pathology
Armen Yuri Gasparyan, Giuseppe Cocco, Stefano Pandolfi
Systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis complicated by early onset amyloidosis in a patient carrying a mutation in the MEFV gene
Luca Cantarini, Orso Maria Lucherini, Gabriele Simonini, Mauro Galeazzi, Cosima Tatiana Baldari, Rolando Cimaz
Treatment of inclusion body myositis: is low-dose intravenous immunoglobulin the solution?
Mike Recher, Ulrike Sahrbacher, Juliane Bremer, Börge Arndt, Urs Steiner, Adriano Fontana
Sonozaki syndrome: case report and review of literature
Ligia Brzezińska-Wcisło, Beata Bergler-Czop, Anna Lis-Święty
Cochlear implantation in a bilateral sensorineural hearing loss patient with relapsing polychondritis
Young Joon Seo, Jae Young Choi, Si Hong Kim, Tae-Jung Kim
Long-term follow-up of adalimumab monotherapy for rheumatoid arthritis in Japanese patients: a report of six cases
Kunihiro Ichinose, Tomoki Origuchi, Shin-ya Kawashiri, Naoki Iwamoto, Keita Fujikawa, Toshiyuki Aramaki, Makoto Kamachi, Kazuhiko Arima, Mami Tamai, Hideki Nakamura, Hiroaki Ida, Atsushi Kawakami, Katsumi Eguchi
The impact of HSV for inflammatory arthropathy patients
Mortimer B. O’Connor, Mark J. Phelan
The prevalence and the clinical relevance of anti-Ro52 in Korean patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome
Jung-Soo Song, Jae Hyuk Do, Sang-Won Lee
Adherence to methotrexate in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Christina F. Pelajo, Caitlin M. Sgarlat, Jorge M. Lopez-Benitez, Sheila K. F. Oliveira, Marta C. F. Rodrigues, Flavio R. Sztajnbok, Christianne C. Diniz, Laurie C. Miller
Insulin-like growth factor I receptor density on CD4+T-lymphocytes from active early steroid- and DMARD-naïve rheumatoid arthritis patients is up-regulated and not influenced by 1 year of clinically effective treatment
Trine Bay Laurberg, Torkell Ellingsen, Jonas Thorsen, Bjarne Kuno Møller, Ib Hansen, Ulrik Tarp, Merete Lund Hetland, Kim Hørslev-Petersen, Allan Flyvbjerg, Jan Frystyk, Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen
SAPHO syndrome presenting as widespread bony metastatic disease of unknown origin
Bhupinder Mann, Daniel A. Shaerf, Ahsan Sheeraz, John A. Skinner, Asif Saifuddin
Lack of association between promoter polymorphisms of HLA-G gene and rheumatoid arthritis in Korean population
S. K. Kim, J. H. Chung, D. H. Kim, D. H. Yun, S. J. Hong, K. H. Lee
The outcomes and cost-effectiveness of intraarticular injection of the rheumatoid knee
Natalia R. Chavez-Chiang, Wilmer L. Sibbitt, Philip A. Band, Suzanne L. DeLea, Kye S. Park, Arthur D. Bankhurst
Association of ADAM12-S protein with radiographic features of knee osteoarthritis and bone and cartilage markers
I. Kerna, K. Kisand, P. Laitinen, A. E. Tamm, J. Kumm, M. Lintrop, A. O. Tamm
Diabetic muscular infarct: an unusual cause of extremity pain and dysfunction
Halil Uçan, Ebru Alemdaroğlu, Tahir K. Yoldaş, Sevim Erdem Özdamar, Müfit Akyüz, Cem Hatipoğlu
Polyarteritis nodosa and Henoch–Schönlein purpura nephritis in a child with familial Mediterranean fever: a case report
Ilknur Girisgen, Ferah Sonmez, Kutsi Koseoglu, Seda Erisen, Dilek Yılmaz
The expression of RANKL and OPG in the various grades of osteoarthritic cartilage
Angus R. Upton, Christopher A. Holding, Anak A. S. S. K. Dharmapatni, David R. Haynes
Patients with relapsing polychondritis and previous cartilage trauma present more autoimmunity phenomena
C. A. Cañas, A. R. Gómez, A. F. Echeverri, M. A. Quintana-Duque, C. E. Toro, A. Iglesias-Gamarra
Evaluation of disease activity indices in Korean patients with rheumatoid arthritis
So-Yeon Park, Hyeseon Lee, Soo-Kyung Cho, Chan-Bum Choi, Yoon-Kyoung Sung, Sang-Cheol Bae
Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ASCA) and anti-endomysial antibodies in spondyloarthritis
Marianne A. Andretta, Thaís D. Vieira, Renato Nishiara, Thelma L. Skare
Pilot study: possible association of IL10 promoter polymorphisms with CRMO
J. Hamel, D. Paul, M. Gahr, C. M. Hedrich
Membrano-cystic lesions associated with rheumatoid arthritis
Kentaro Oku, Yasunobu Kato, Taeko Wakatsuki, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Mikio Otsuka, Toshiyuki Yamamoto
Tenosynovitis of the flexor foot tendons secondary to pes cavus: value of sonography
Serdar Kesikburun, Koray Aydemir, Zafer Günendi, Ahmet Özgül
Necrosis of mesenteric lymph nodes in Henoch–Schönlein purpura
Pietro Ferrara, Donato Rigante, Antonio Leone, Claudia Orchi, Nadia Puma, Aurora Rossodivita, Emanuela Sacco, Pio Liberatore, Maria Elena Laino, Achille Stabile
Hipopituitarism due to primary empty sella and uncommon muscular symptoms
Enrique Anton
Imaging of Jaccoud’s arthropathy in systemic lupus erythematosus: not only hands but also knees and feet
Daniel Sá Ribeiro, Mittermayer Santiago