Clinical Rheumatology

Occult spondyloarthritis in inflammatory bowel disease

Francesca Bandinelli, Mirko Manetti, Lidia Ibba-Manneschi

Rheumatic manifestations in inflammatory bowel diseases: a link between GI and rheumatology

Rodolfo Perez-Alamino, Hernan Maldonado-Ficco, José A. Maldonado-Cocco

Kidney disease and psoriasis: novel evidences beyond old concepts

Luca Visconti, Giuseppe Leonardi, Michele Buemi, Domenico Santoro, Valeria Cernaro, Carlo Alberto Ricciardi, Antonio Lacquaniti, Giuseppe Coppolino

Magnetic resonance imaging in early rheumatoid arthritis: a multicenter, prospective study

Ru Li, Xia Liu, Hua Ye, Hai-Hong Yao, Jia-Long Guo, Guang-Tao Li, Xing-Fu Li, Yu Xue, Jin-Xia Zhao, Fei Gu, Qing-Hua Zou, Li-Na Chen, Li-Qi Bi, Zhuo-Li Zhang, He-Jian Zou, Xiang-Yuan Liu, Ling-Yun Sun, Yong-Fei Fang, Ping Zhu, Yin Su, Zhan-Guo Li

Relationship between disease activity and hearing impairment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis compared with controls

Adem Yildirim, Gulseren Surucu, Sedat Dogan, Mehmet Karabiber

Increased carotid intima-media thickness in rheumatoid arthritis: an update meta-analysis

Peng Wang, Shi-Yang Guan, Shu-Zhen Xu, Hong-Miao Li, Rui-Xue Leng, Xiang-Pei Li, Hai-Feng Pan

Infliximab-induced autoantibodies: a multicenter study

João Luiz Pereira Vaz, Vander Fernandes, Felipe Nogueira, Adriano Arnóbio, Roger A. Levy

Elevated partial antiphospholipid score is a strong risk factor for thrombosis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a validation study

Jie Chen, Shuhui Sun, Qingran Yan, Chunde Bao, Qiong Fu

Persistent expression and function of P-glycoprotein on peripheral blood lymphocytes identifies corticosteroid resistance in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Amit Kansal, Deepak Tripathi, Mohit K. Rai, Vikas Agarwal

Congenital heart block related to maternal autoantibodies: descriptive analysis of a series of 18 cases from a single center

Pamela I. Doti, Ona Escoda, Sergi Cesar-Díaz, Silvia Palasti, Irene Teixidó, Georgia Sarquella-Brugada, Olga Gómez, Josep M. Martínez, Gerard Espinosa

Performance of the new American College of Rheumatology classification criteria in Turkish systemic sclerosis patients: a multicenter study

Omer Nuri Pamuk, Mehmet Ali Balcı, Ahmet Mesut Onat, Orhan Zengin, Necati Cakır, Bunyamin Kısacık

Ultrasound assessment of enthesis thickening in psoriatic arthritis patients treated with adalimumab compared to methotrexate

Irena Litinsky, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman, Jonathan Wollman, Uri Arad, Daphna Paran, Dan Caspi, Ori Elkayam

Intermittent and constant pain and physical function or performance in men and women with knee osteoarthritis: data from the osteoarthritis initiative

Michael J. Davison, George Ioannidis, Monica R. Maly, Jonathan D. Adachi, Karen A. Beattie

Does rural residence impact total ankle arthroplasty utilization and outcomes?

Jasvinder A. Singh, Rekha Ramachandaran

Liver involvement in ANCA-associated vasculitis

Peter Willeke, Bernhard Schlüter, Armend Limani, Heidemarie Becker, Heiko Schotte

Patient-reported outcomes in ANCA-associated vasculitis. A comparison between Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score and routine assessment of patient index data 3

Narender Annapureddy, Osama Elsallabi, Joshua Baker, Antoine G. Sreih

Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: clinicopathologic features and outcome analysis

Ralph Yachoui, Rahul Sehgal, Brett Carmichael

The prevalence of severe fatigue in rheumatic diseases: an international study

Cécile L. Overman, Marianne B. Kool, José A. P. Da Silva, Rinie Geenen

Screening of latent tuberculosis infection by interferon-γ release assays in rheumatic patients: a systemic review and meta-analysis

Qiaoling Ruan, Shu Zhang, Jingwen Ai, Lingyun Shao, Wenhong Zhang

Assessment of tuberculosis infection during treatment with biologic agents in a BCG-vaccinated pediatric population

Basak Yildiz Atikan, Cengiz Cavusoglu, Merve Dortkardesler, Betul Sozeri

The UWEZO project—musculoskeletal health training in Kenya

J. Erwin, Anthony Woolf, Omondi Oyoo, Ingrid Cederlund, Lillian Mwaniki, Paul Etau

Anti-IL-1 treatment in familial Mediterranean fever and related amyloidosis

Z. Birsin Özçakar, Semanur Özdel, Songül Yılmaz, E. Didem Kurt-Şükür, Mesiha Ekim, Fatoş Yalçınkaya

Sulfasalazine and its metabolites inhibit platelet function in patients with inflammatory arthritis

Paul A. MacMullan, Anne M. Madigan, Nevin Paul, Aaron J. Peace, Ahmed Alagha, Kevin B. Nolan, Geraldine M. McCarthy, Dermot Kenny

High rates of obesity and greater associated disability among people with rheumatoid arthritis in Canada

Inés Colmegna, Carol A. Hitchon, María Celia Bazán Bardales, Lekha Puri, Susan J. Bartlett

Power of national economy, disease control and employment status in patients with RA—an analytical multi-site ecological study

Herwig Pieringer, Rudolf Puchner, Erich Pohanka, Kathrin Danninger

Patient self-assessment of flare in rheumatoid arthritis: criterion and concurrent validity of the Flare instrument

Annette de Thurah, Thomas Maribo, Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen

Impact of gender, work, and clinical presentation on diagnostic delay in Italian patients with primary ankylosing spondylitis

F. Bandinelli, G. Salvadorini, A. Delle Sedie, L. Riente, S. Bombardieri, M. Matucci-Cerinic

Assessment of nailfold capillaries with a handheld dermatoscope may discriminate the extent of organ involvement in patients with systemic sclerosis

Juan C. Arana-Ruiz, Luis H. Silveira, Diana Castillo-Martínez, Luis M. Amezcua-Guerra

Difficulty with daily activities involving the lower extremities in people with systemic sclerosis

Janet L. Poole, Jane Brandenstein

Clinical and serological features of patients with dermatomyositis complicated by spontaneous pneumomediastinum

Xiaolei Ma, Zhiyong Chen, Wei Hu, Ziwei Guo, Yan Wang, Masataka Kuwana, Lingyun Sun

Poor renal outcomes in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated crescentic glomerulonephritis and normal renal function at diagnosis

Hironari Hanaoka, Yuichiro Ota, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Masataka Kuwana

PFAPA syndrome and Behçet’s disease: a comparison of two medical entities based on the clinical interviews performed by three different specialists

Luca Cantarini, Antonio Vitale, Giulia Bersani, Laura Martin Nieves, Marco Cattalini, Giuseppe Lopalco, Francesco Caso, Luisa Costa, Florenzo Iannone, Giovanni Lapadula, Mauro Galeazzi, Angela Ceribelli, Enrico Brunetta, Carlo Selmi, Donato Rigante

Musculoskeletal training: are GP trainees exposed to the right case mix for independent practice?

Iain Goff, Elspeth Mary Wise, David Coady, David Walker

Osteoarticular cells tolerate short-term exposure to nitisinone—implications in alkaptonuria

J. B. Mistry, D. J. Jackson, M. Bukhari, A. M. Taylor

Analysis of the effectiveness and safety of rituximab in patients with refractory lupus nephritis: a chart review

Anne Contis, Helene Vanquaethem, Marie-Elise Truchetet, Lionel Couzi, Claire Rigothier, Christophe Richez, Estibaliz Lazaro, Pierre Duffau

Seasonal variation in acute gouty arthritis: data from Nationwide Inpatient Sample

Paras Karmacharya, Ranjan Pathak, Madan Raj Aryal, Smith Giri, Anthony A. Donato

Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis: case report with response to infliximab and review of treatment options

Cristina C. Macía-Villa, Antonio Zea-Mendoza

Neuroarthropathy of the foot revealing primary systemic amyloidosis: case report and literature review

Irina Adriana Andrei, Thierry Kuntzer, Johannes Alexander Lobrinus, Arnaud Jaccard, Pascal Zufferey

Characteristic features of tacrolimus-induced lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Takanori Sasaki, Wataru Nakamura, Shigeko Inokuma, Erika Matsubara

Mean platelet volume in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Ilknur Balta, Sevket Balta, Mustafa Aparci, Sait Demirkol, Cengiz Ozturk

The metastasis-associated protein S100A4 may be a new potential therapeutic target for rheumatoid arthritis

Wei He, Xiao-Di Xu, Hua Wu

Importance of serum amyloid-A in Behçet’s disease

Mehmet Agilli, Fevzi Nuri Aydin, Yasemin Gulcan Kurt, Tuncer Cayci

Pain-related comorbidities and medication absence as predictors of clinical remission in RA

D. Vega-Morales, S. A. Loredo-Alanís, M. A. Garza-Elizondo

Acknowledgement to referees 2015