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Latest Full Text Articles (11) Focus on Gout421 Behcet’s disease presenting with sudden-onset paraplegia due to anterior spinal artery involvement: 1-year follow-up of rehabilitation in conjunction with medication Rheumatology International, January 11, 2012
422 Spectrum of cardiac lesions in Behçet disease: A series of 52 patients and review of the literature Medicine, January 9, 2012 Clinical Article
423 Long-term outcome of arterial lesions in Behçet disease: A series of 101 patients Medicine, January 9, 2012
424 Endothelial cells present an innate resistance to glucocorticoid treatment: implications for therapy of primary vasculitis Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, January 9, 2012
425 Efficacy and tolerance of infliximab in refractory Takayasu arteritis: French multicentre study Rheumatology, January 9, 2012
426 Whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients with active polymyalgia rheumatica: Evidence for distinctive bursitis and large-vessel vasculitis Modern Rheumatology, January 6, 2012 Clinical Article
427 Risk Factors Associated with Relapse in Japanese Patients with Microscopic Polyangiitis The Journal of Rheumatology, January 6, 2012
428 Thrombosis in Behcets disease: a Behcets disease patient with complete thrombotic obstruction of IVC and both iliac veins and decreased protein S activity Rheumatology International, January 4, 2012
429 Muscular involvement of Behcet's disease: ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging findings Clinical Imaging, December 28, 2011
430 Rituximab Associated Pneumonitis in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, December 28, 2011
431 Endovascular Treatment of Veno-Occlusive Behcets Disease Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, December 27, 2011
432 Giant Cell Arteritis in Mexican Patients JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, December 27, 2011
433 Development of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis in a patient with Graves disease independent of anti-thyroid drug therapy Modern Rheumatology, December 26, 2011
434 A multicentre study on the reliability of qualitative and quantitative nail-fold videocapillaroscopy assessment Rheumatology, December 23, 2011
435 Large-vessel involvement in recent-onset giant cell arteritis: a case–control colour-Doppler sonography study Rheumatology, December 23, 2011
436 Association of vascular physical examination findings and arteriographic lesions in large vessel vasculitis The Journal of Rheumatology, December 22, 2011 Clinical Article
437 Patients with retinal vasculitis rarely suffer from systemic vasculitis Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, December 21, 2011
438 Association Between Depression and Vascular Disease in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus The Journal of Rheumatology, December 19, 2011
439 Recurrent uveitis due to sildenafil usage in a patient with Behcets disease Rheumatology International, December 13, 2011
440 Decreased CXCR1 and CXCR2 expression on neutrophils in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated vasculitides potentially increases neutrophil adhesion and impairs migration Full Text Arthritis Research & Therapy, December 12, 2011
Clinical Pearls in Rheumatology
- Independent predictors of disease activity in patients with systemic lupus include age, renal activity, immunosuppressant use and pre-existing organ damage
- When treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA), male sex, short duration of symptoms and less tender joints at baseline were found to be independent predictors of sustained remission with conventional DMARDs
- Higher baseline DAS28 scores and positive rheumatoid factor status are significantly associated with an improvement in response to rituximab treatment
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ACPA correlate with disease progression in JIA
In a study involving 74 patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), 26 patients had detectable anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA). The ACPA titers correlated with disease progression at baseline and after a median follow-up of 11.5 months. In addition to predicting disease severity and progression, the authors concluded that ACPA were superior to IgM-RF in diagnosing JIA.
Read the article summaryPredicting cardiovascular mortality in SLE
In a study involving 208 patients with SLE followed for 12 years, 42 deaths occurred, 48% of which were considered to be cardiovascular mortalities. Age, increased cystatin C levels, and arterial disease were predictive of all-cause mortality. Cigarette smoking and increased sVCAM-1, hsCRP, abeta2GP1, and aPL antibody levels were predictive of cardiovascular mortality.
Read the article summaryAnti-apoA-1 antibodies predict cardiovascular disease in RA patients
In a study conducted at the University of Geneva involving 118 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, but without cardiovascular disease at baseline, the 10-year Framingham cardiovascular risk score (FRS) was improved with the inclusion of the anti-apoA-1 antibody titer. The median follow-up was 9 years and the incidence of cardiovascular disease was 16%. Other biomarkers, including the NT-proBNP, oxLDL, CRP, and RF levels and the anti-citrullinated peptide antibody titer, did not improve the FRS.
Read the article summaryMost Popular Rheumatology Articles
Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 Is there a difference in systemic lupus erythematosus with and without Raynauds phenomenon Rheumatology International, April 11, 2013 Clinical Guideline
2 Statin Use in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Retrospective Study The Journal of Rheumatology, April 3, 2013
3 Behcets Syndrome Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America, April 19, 2013 Review Article
4 Maintaining remission in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s) International Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, March 15, 2013 Review Article
5 Vasculitis in the intensive care unit Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, March 29, 2013 Review Article
6 The burden of carotid artery plaques is higher in patients with psoriatic arthritis compared with those with psoriasis alone Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, April 10, 2013
7 Adalimumab-associated antiphospholipid syndrome: a case report and review of the literature Clinical Rheumatology, April 9, 2013 Review Article
8 Urinary Biomarkers in Relapsing Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-associated Vasculitis The Journal of Rheumatology, April 15, 2013
9 Long-term outcomes of 118 patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss syndrome) enrolled in two prospective trials Journal of Autoimmunity , April 23, 2013
10 A case of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome, which presented an acute interstitial pneumonia-like image on chest CT scan Modern Rheumatology, April 4, 2013
11 Giant cell arteritis associated with chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection Rheumatismo, April 1, 2013 Free full text
12 Cardiovascular Events Are Not Associated with MTHFR Polymorphisms, But Are Associated with Methotrexate Use and Traditional Risk Factors in US Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis The Journal of Rheumatology, April 4, 2013
13 Autoantibodies against complement C1q in patients with Behcet’s disease: association with vascular involvement Modern Rheumatology, April 17, 2013 Review Article
14 Characteristics and outcome of crescentic glomerulonephritis in patients with both antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody and anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody Clinical Rheumatology, April 29, 2013 Review Article
15 Peg-IFN α/ribavirin/protease inhibitor combination in hepatitis C virus associated mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis: results at week 24 Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, April 26, 2013
16 Update on the classification of vasculitis Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, March 22, 2013 Review Article
17 ANA (+) ANCA (+) systemic vasculitis associated with the use of minocycline: case-based review Clinical Rheumatology, April 22, 2013 Review Article
18 Antiphospholipid antibodies in children with systemic lupus erythematosus: a long-term clinical and laboratory follow-up status study from northwest India Rheumatology International, April 8, 2013
19 Prognosis of vasculitis associated myelodysplasia Autoimmunity Reviews, April 8, 2013 Review Article
20 Seronegative antiphospholipid syndrome Rheumatology, March 20, 2013 Review Article
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