Ausgabe 4/2013
Inhalt (49 Artikel)
The importance of rheumatology biologic registries in Latin America
Maria de la Vega, Hellen M. da Silveira de Carvalho, Lucio Ventura Ríos, Maria V. Goycochea Robles, Gustavo C. Casado
Demographic and clinical features of gout patients in Turkey: a multicenter study
Mehmet Akif Öztürk, Arif Kaya, Soner Şenel, Salim Dönmez, Ayşe Balkarlı, Veli Çobankara, Çiğdem Erhan, Mehmet Sayarlıoğlu, Yunus Ugan, Ş. Ercan Tunç, Yavuz Pehlivan, Bünyamin Kısacık, Abdurrahman Tufan, Ahmet Mesut Onat, Engin Tezcan, Gözde Yıldırım Çetin, Omer Nuri Pamuk
Thyroid involvement in ankylosing spondylitis and relationship of thyroid dysfunction with anti-TNF α treatment
Figen Tarhan, Gonca Orük, Ozgür Niflioğlu, Serhat Ozer
Is there a difference in systemic lupus erythematosus with and without Raynaud’s phenomenon?
Slavica Pavlov-Dolijanovic, Nemanja S. Damjanov, Nada Z. Vujasinovic Stupar, Danijel R. Marcetic, Mirjana N. Sefik-Bukilica, Radmila R. Petrovic
HLA-DRβ1*04 typing by simple in-house PCR-SSP technique for rheumatoid arthritis patients
Devaraj Jatteppa Parasannanavar, Avani Yeola, Vandana Pradhan, Anjali Rajyadhaksha, Kanjaksha Ghosh
Long-term therapeutic effects and safety of tacrolimus added to methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Takeyuki Kanzaki, Kimito Kawahata, Hiroko Kanda, Keishi Fujio, Kanae Kubo, Lisa Akahira, Kazuya Michishita, Toshiki Eri, Kazuhiko Yamamoto
Relationship of ultrasonographic findings with synovial angiogenesis modulators in different forms of knee arthritides
Mahmut Gok, Hakan Erdem, Feride Gogus, Sedat Yilmaz, Omer Karadag, Ismail Simsek, Rahsan Ilikci Sagkan, Mutlu Saglam, Ugur Musabak, Ayhan Dinc, Salih Pay
Stressors and rheumatoid arthritis: changes in stressors with advances in therapeutic agents
Tomoko Otake, Mutsumi Ashihara, Jo Nishino, Kenichi Kato, Shusaku Fukaya, Shunji Yoshida
The factors considered as trigger for the attacks in patients with familial Mediterranean fever
Omer Karadag, Abdurrahman Tufan, Veli Yazisiz, Kemal Ureten, Sedat Yilmaz, Muhammet Cinar, Ali Akdogan, Hakan Erdem, Mehmet Akif Ozturk, Salih Pay, Ayhan Dinc
Ultrasonographic evaluation of the femoral cartilage thickness in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Arif Kaya, Murat Kara, Tülay Tiftik, Mehmet Engin Tezcan, Mehmet Akif Öztürk, Ayşen Akıncı, Levent Özçakar
The value of cartilage biomarkers in progressive knee osteoarthritis: cross-sectional and 6-year follow-up study in middle-aged subjects
Jaanika Kumm, Ann Tamm, Mare Lintrop, Agu Tamm
The HLA-Cw*06 allele and −1149 G/T polymorphism of extrapituitary promoter of PRL gene as a possible common genetic predisposing factors to psoriasis vulgaris and psoriatic arthritis in Czech population
Anna Cibulova, Marta Zajacova, Marketa Fojtikova, Jiri Stolfa, Liliana Sedova, Pavlina Cejkova, Jan Lippert, Petr Arenberger, Marie Cerna
Late appearance and exacerbation of primary Raynaud’s phenomenon attacks can predict future development of connective tissue disease: a retrospective chart review of 3,035 patients
Slavica Pavlov-Dolijanovic, Nemanja S. Damjanov, Nada Z. Vujasinovic Stupar, Goran L. Radunovic, Roksanda M. Stojanovic, Dragan Babic
Awareness of diagnostic and clinical features of fibromyalgia among orthopedic surgeons
Shlomo Bloom, Jacob N. Ablin, David Lebel, Ehud Rath, Yifat Faran, Shir Daphna-Tekoah, Dan Buskila
Medical students’ attitude towards rheumatology training at foundation years’ level in the UK and rationale behind the students’ choice: results from a national survey
Muryum Thapper, Euthalia Roussou
The frequency of antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptides and rheumatoid factor in healthy population: a field study of rheumatoid arthritis from northern turkey
Turker Tasliyurt, Bunyamin Kisacik, Suheyla Uzun Kaya, Beytullah Yildirim, Yavuz Pehlivan, Faruk Kutluturk, Huseyin Ozyurt, Semsettin Sahin, Ahmet Mesut Onat
Does cigarette smoking mitigate the severity of skin disease in systemic sclerosis?
Geneviève Gyger, Marie Hudson, Ernest Lo, Russell Steele, Murray Baron
The effect of anti-tuberculosis treatment on levels of anti-phospholipid and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmatic antibodies in patients with active tuberculosis
Ori Elkayam, Daniele Bendayan, Refael Segal, Yinon Shapira, Boris Gilburd, Sandra Reuter, Nancy Agmon-Levin, Yehuda Shoenfeld
The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in Estonia: an estimate based on rheumatology patients’ database
K. Otsa, M. Tammaru, S. Vorobjov, M. Esko, E. Pärsik, K. Lang
In vivo measurements of blood flow and bone metabolism in osteoarthritis
Olivier P. P. Temmerman, Pieter G. H. M. Raijmakers, Reina Kloet, Gerrit J. J. Teule, Ide C. Heyligers, Adriaan A. Lammertsma
The incidence and associations of malignancy in a large cohort of patients with biopsy-determined idiopathic inflammatory myositis
Vidya Limaye, Colin Luke, Graeme Tucker, Catherine Hill, Susan Lester, Peter Blumbergs, Peter Roberts-Thomson
Comparison of the proportion of patients potentially treated with an anti-osteoporotic drug using the current criteria of the Belgian national social security and the new suggested FRAX® criteria
O. Bruyère, M. Fossi, B. Zegels, L. Leonori, M. Hiligsmann, A. Neuprez, J.-Y. Reginster
Perception, knowledge, and use by general practitioners of Belgium of a new WHO tool (FRAX®) to assess the 10-year probability of fracture
O. Bruyère, D. Nicolet, S. Compère, V. Rabenda, P. Jeholet, B. Zegels, P. Maassen, G. Pire, J. Y. Reginster
Brucellar spondylodiscitis: comparison of patients with and without abscesses
Figen Kaptan, Hakki Mustafa Gulduren, Aysegul Sarsilmaz, Hasan Kamil Sucu, Serap Ural, Ilknur Vardar, Nejat Ali Coskun
Revisiting secondary amyloidosis for an inadequately investigated feature: dyslipidemia
Serhan Piskinpasa, Hadim Akoglu, Eyup Koc, Fatma Dogru, Ezgi Yenigun Coskun, Didem Turgut, Nihal Ozkayar, Ramazan Ozturk, Ali Riza Odabas, Fatih Dede
Population distribution of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T and A1298C risk alleles for methotrexate toxicity in Israel
Edna Efrati, Hela Elkin, Sagi Nahum, Norberto Krivoy
Value of multidetector computed tomography for the radiologic grading of sacroiliitis in ankylosing spondylitis
You-Hyun Lee, Yeon Sik Hong, Won Park, Seong-Ryul Kwon, Hyo Jin Choi, Seung-Jae Hong, Chan Hee Lee, Chang-Hee Suh, Sun-Won Park, Ji Young Hwang, Jisoo Lee
Immunogenicity of a divalent group A streptococcal vaccine
Yuexia Ding, Qiongqiong Ni, Jinlai Liu, Buyun Yu
Primary Sjögren’s syndrome and B-non-Hodgkin lymphoma: role of CD4+ T lymphocytopenia
Faten Ismail, Amel Mahmoud, Hisham Abdelhaleem, Amro Mamdoh, M. Geneidy, Enas Kamal
The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of anti-citrulline antibody test in diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis
Shahla Abolghasemi, Ashkan Gitipour, Afsaneh Morteza
Soluble CD163 serum levels are elevated and correlated with IL-12 and CXCL10 in patients with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis
Claudia Jude, Doru Dejica, Gabriel Samasca, Loredana Balacescu, Ovidiu Balacescu
Sleep quality and associated factors in ankylosing spondylitis: relationship with disease parameters, psychological status and quality of life
İbrahim Batmaz, Mustafa Akif Sarıyıldız, Banu Dilek, Yasin Bez, Mehmet Karakoç, Remzi Çevik
Prospective, open-label, uncontrolled pilot study to study safety and efficacy of sildenafil in systemic sclerosis–related pulmonary artery hypertension and cutaneous vascular complications
Uma Kumar, Sankalp S. Gokhle, V. Sreenivas, Satbir Kaur, Durgaprasanna Misra
Erratum to: Prospective, open-label, uncontrolled pilot study to study safety and efficacy of sildenafil in systemic sclerosis–related pulmonary artery hypertension and cutaneous vascular complications
Uma Kumar, Gokhale Sankalp, V. Sreenivas, Satbir Kaur, Durgaprasanna Misra
A case of microscopic polyangiitis associated with aortic valve insufficiency
Bae Keun Kim, So-Yeon Park, Chan-Bum Choi, Tae-Hwan Kim, Jae-Bum Jun, Se Min Jang, Moon Hyang Park, Wan-Sik Uhm
Clinical, serologic and magnetic resonance imaging of 3 cases of inflammatory myopathy with abundant macrophages in the Japanese population
Shintaro Hara, Tomoko Henmi, Atsushi Kawakami, Keita Fujikawa, Hiroshi Mukae, Yuji Ishimatsu, Noriho Sakamoto, Tomoyuki Kakugawa, Kenzou Kaji, Manabu Fujimoto, Masataka Kuwana, Toshiaki Tsukada, Katsuya Satoh, Masakatsu Motomura, Mami Tamai, Hideki Nakamura, Hiroaki Ida, Tomayoshi Hayashi, Tomoki Origuchi, Katsumi Eguchi, Shigeru Kohno
Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis with macrophage activation syndrome misdiagnosed as Kawasaki disease: case report and literature review
Sharath Kumar, Balu Vaidyanathan, S. Gayathri, L. Rajam
Necrosis of the tongue as first symptom of Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN): unusual presentation of a rare disease in children
Paola Sabrina Buonuomo, May El Hachem, Francesco Callea, Claudia Bracaglia, Andrea Diociaiuti, Manuela Pardeo, Andrea Campana, Antonella Insalaco, Elisabetta Cortis, Alberto G. Ugazio
Rowell’s syndrome: presenting features of systemic lupus erythematosus
Mahua Roy, J. B. Ghosh, A. K. Bala, S. Chatterjee
A profile of gout patients in Sarawak
C. L. Teh, Y. K. Cheong, H. N. Ling, P. L. Chan, T. Chan, G. R. Ling
Association of von Willebrand factor and fibrinogen plasma levels with primary Raynaud’s phenomenon in male and female patients
Alajos-Tamas Takáts, Amir-Houshang Shemirani, Katalin-Szilvia Zsóri, Csilla András, Zoltán Csiki
Undifferentiated connective tissue disease in a rheumatology center in Cali, Colombia: clinical features of 94 patients followed for a year
Luis F. Guerrero, Juan C. Rueda, Raquel Arciniegas, Jorge M. Rueda
A rare manifestation of cricopharyngeal myopathy presenting with dysphagia in sarcoidosis
Kaori Nishikubo, Masamitsu Hyodo, Miyuki Kawakami, Taisuke Kobayashi
Acute myocarditis and ventricular fibrillation as initial presentation of pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus
Chi-Nan Huang, Hsin-Hui Yu, Shuenn-Nan Chiu, Jyh-Hong Lee, Li-Chieh Wang, Yao-Hsu Yang, Bor-Luen Chiang
Necrotizing fasciitis in a pediatric patient treated with etanercept and cyclosporine for macrophage activation syndrome
Paola Sabrina Buonuomo, Andrea Campana, Antonella Insalaco, Claudia Bracaglia, Manuela Pardeo, Elisabetta Cortis
Shock wave therapy for systemic sclerosis
L. Belloli, M. Cugno, M. C. D’Agostino, N. Ughi, A. Tedeschi, S. Respizzi, B. Marasini
Optic neuritis after infliximab therapy
César Faillace, João Ricardo Maltez de Almeida, Jozélio Freire de Carvalho