Foot health needs in people wit ...
The vascular and cutaneous alterations evident in systemic sclerosis/scleroderma (SSc) place the foot at risk of ulceration. The UK Podiatry Rheumat ...
Methotrexate-induced pulmonary ...
A 45-year-old female with a 4-week history of psoriatic arthritis developed cough, fever, and progressive shortness of breath 2 weeks following init ...
Hybrid 18F-FDG PET–MRI of the h ...
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET (18F-FDG PET) is highly sensitive to inflammatory changes within the synovial tissue in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Howeve ...
Long-term follow-up of differen ...
There is increasing interest in rituximab (RTX) as an alternative to cyclophosphamide (CYC) for remission induction in systemic vasculitis. Recent s ...
National, multicentre, prospect ...
The efficacy of viscosupplementation for the relief of pain and disability caused by knee osteoarthritis has been demonstrated, but its effects on Q ...
Efficacy and safety of repeat c ...
Treatment of severe juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) represents a serious challenge. This study investigates the efficacy and safety of repeat co ...
Comparable efficacy of standard ...
Hydroxychloroquine sulfate (HCQS) is a popular disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) despite modest efficacy and toxicity. Ayurveda (ancient ...
Polyarteritis nodosa with multi ...
Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a vasculitis that typically affects small- and middle-sized arteries of multiple organs. The kidney is most commonly i ...
Complete remission of coronary ...
The heart is involved in up to 50% of all patients with Churg–Strauss syndrome, but vasculitis of the coronary arteries has only been rarely documen ...
Pulmonary arterial hypertension ...
Adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) is a rare condition diagnosed by a combination of clinical and laboratory features and after ruling out other con ...
Re-evaluation of 129 patients w ...
Recently, a new classification algorithm (CA) for systemic necrotizing vasculitides was proposed byWatts et al. (Annals Rheum Dis 66:222–227, 2007) ...
A novel cutaneous vasculitis sy ...
In order to describe the clinical and serologic features of a cutaneous vasculitis due to cocaine contaminated with the adulterant levamisole, we re ...
Home-based exercise therapy in ...
The home-based exercise therapy recommended to the patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a simply applicable and cheap method. The aim of thi ...
Laryngeal involvement in juveni ...
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is an autoimmune diseases characterized by chronic arthritis and systemic manifestations. Autoimmune diseases ca ...
Self-esteem mediates the relati ...
Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) often experience depression which may negatively affect prognosis and treatment outcome. Research has s ...
Gender and ethnicity difference ...
Autoantibodies to topoisomerase I (topo I), RNA polymerase III (RNAPIII), centromere, U3RNP/fibrillarin, Th, PM-Scl, and U1RNP found in scleroderma ...
Galectin-3 gene (LGALS3) +292C ...
Galectin-3 is a beta-galactoside-binding lectin which is involved in modulating inflammation and apoptosis. Elevated expression of galectin-3 has be ...
Evaluation of spinal mobility m ...
Axial psoriatic arthritis (PsA) represents a more severe form of disease than peripheral PsA. We evaluate the usefulness of various spinal mobility ...
Salivary immunoglobulin A in rh ...
Salivary secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) is postulated to protect against dental caries. Dental hygiene and health are usually poor in rheumatoid ...
A novel TNFRSF1 gene mutation i ...
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) is an autosomal dominantly inherited rare autoinflammatory disease. It is ...
Mesenteric vasculitis causing i ...
Mesenteric vasculitis is one of the most devastating complications of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and may produce a spectrum of complications ...
An unusual cause of diarrhoea a ...
A 41-year-old lady was investigated by several hospital teams over a 5-year period. She initially presented with arthralgia but over time developed ...
Rheumatoid factor and antibodie ...
We aimed to evaluate the immunological status and its relationships with disease-related parameters of activity, severity and quality of life in Mor ...
Relationship between psoriatic ...
The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of moderate to severe psoriasis (MS-P) in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and the relation ...
Can bone quality be predicted a ...
The aim of this study was to evaluate Singh index as a simple and inexpensive means of estimation of bone quality in patients with rheumatoid arthri ...