Erdheim–Chester disease
B cell depletion for autoimmune ...
Data on B cell depletion therapy in severe autoimmune diseases in paediatric patients are very limited. We conducted a retrospective cohort study an ...
Urotensin-II in systemic sclero ...
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare multisystem chronic disease and its etiology is still unknown. To obtain and generate reasonable treatment method ...
Normalization of serum-free lig ...
Increased free light chain (FLC) levels have been reported as useful in various autoimmune conditions. We investigated how FLC concentrations change ...
Synovial fluid â-endorphin leve ...
The goal of this study is to determine and compare the â-endorphin levels in the synovial fluid of patients with different joint disorders (avascula ...
Erdheim–Chester disease
Erdheim–Chester disease is characterized by long bone pain and symmetric sclerosis of the diametaphyseal portions of the long bones. It is an import ...
The SAPHO syndrome: a clinical ...
The purpose of this study is to describe the clinical and radiological manifestations of patients with the synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis ...
Fracture risk assessment and os ...
The aims of this study are to determine the proportion of patients at high risk for major osteoporotic and hip fractures in a Japanese cohort with r ...
Anti-C1q antibodies are associa ...
This study aimed to investigate the associations of anti-C1q antibodies with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disease activity and lupus nephritis ...
Assessment of cervical pain and ...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by inflammation of the synovial membrane, which can lead to deformities and functional disability. Unlike ...
Effectiveness of radiation syno ...
The aim of the present study was to investigate the long-term effectiveness of and tolerance to Yttrium-90 and Samarium-153-particulate hydroxyapati ...
Delivery of paediatric rheumato ...
Adult rheumatologists in the UK have historically provided a significant contribution to clinical care for children with rheumatic disease. However, ...
Methylprednisolone pulse plus m ...
We evaluated whether methylprednisolone and urokinase pulse therapy combined with mizoribine (MUPM) was effective in children with severe Henoch– S ...
The presence of anti-citrullina ...
The introduction of antitumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents has improved the outcome for many patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To date, the o ...
Spinal mobility and its impact ...
The main objective of this cross-sectional study was to assess spinal mobility and its relationship with disease-related parameters of activity, sev ...
Outcome of systemic sclerosis a ...
Our objective was to audit the respiratory outcome, toxicity and long-term survival of systemic sclerosis associated interstitial lung disease (SSc- ...
Serum heat shock protein 60 can ...
Heat shock protein (Hsp) 60 has been implicated in the pathogenesis of various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. This study aimed to investigate ...
Serum IL-33 levels are raised i ...
To determine serum interleukin-33 (IL-33) levels and their associations with clinical parameters in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Serum IL ...
Diet, disease activity, and gas ...
The aims of this study were to investigate, firstly, the relationship between diet and disease activity and, secondly, the presence of gastrointesti ...
Health-related quality of life ...
The main objective of this study was to assess the aspects of health-related quality of life (QOL) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and ...
The association between single- ...
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex immune disease. The genetic variation in the NCF2 gene was found to associate with SLE in US and Eur ...
Health-related quality of life ...
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) produces physical and neurocognitive disability that significantly affects health-related quality of life (HRQL). Mul ...
Serum chemokine and cytokine le ...
To determine the clinical utility of serum levels of chemokines and cytokines for the evaluation of disease activity in patients with systemic scler ...
Development of sarcoidosis 6-mo ...
There have been numerous reports of granulomatous diseases developing in patients receiving antitumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy. Herein, we rep ...
Prevalence of IgA class antibod ...
Determine the prevalence of anti-CCP isotype IgA and its relation to peripheral arthritis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In a po ...
Needs and preferences regarding ...
This study aims to examine the needs and preferences regarding the delivery of health care services and information provision and their determinants ...