Rheumatology News & Articles

1 The effect of two golimumab doses on radiographic progression in ankylosing spondylitis: results through 4 years of the GO-RAISE trial Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 14, 2013    Clinical Article

2 Therapeutics for the treatment of spondyloarthritis: what, when and whom International Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, May 14, 2013    Clinical Article

3 Psoriatic arthritis and spondyloarthritis assessment and management update Current Opinion in Rheumatology, May 14, 2013    Clinical Article

4 Efficacy of oral prednisolone in active ankylosing spondylitis: results of a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled short-term trial Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 14, 2013    Clinical Article

5 Atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease in the spondyloarthritides, particularly ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology Online, May 14, 2013    Clinical Article

6 Elevated miR-29a expression is not correlated with disease activity index in PBMCs of patients with ankylosing spondylitis Modern Rheumatology, May 14, 2013    Clinical Article

7 The expression of human leukocyte antigen G (HLA-G) is associated with sacroiliitis stages of ankylosing spondylitis Immunology Letters, May 14, 2013    Clinical Article

8 The Permanent Improvement of Proteinuria and Renal Failure With Colchicine and Enalapril in a Leukemic Patient With Renal Amyloidosis Secondary to Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Review of the Literature American Journal of Therapeutics, May 14, 2013    Review Article

9 Patient perspectives of managing fatigue in Ankylosing Spondylitis, and views on potential interventions: a qualitative study Full Text BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, May 14, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Clinical Article

10 Continuous long-term anti-TNF therapy does not lead to an increase in the rate of new bone formation over 8 years in patients with ankylosing spondylitis Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, April 30, 2013    Clinical Article

11 Pulmonary function in ankylosing spondylitis: association with clinical variables Rheumatology International, April 30, 2013    Clinical Article

12 Value of multidetector computed tomography for the radiologic grading of sacroiliitis in ankylosing spondylitis Rheumatology International, April 30, 2013    Clinical Article

13 Evaluation of Tp-e interval and Tp-e/QT ratio in patients with ankylosing spondylitis Modern Rheumatology, April 30, 2013    Review Article

14 Core set of recommendations for patients with ankylosing spondylitis concerning behaviour and environmental adaptations Rheumatology International, April 30, 2013    Clinical Guideline

15 Association between ED in ankylosing spondylitis: a population-based study International Journal of Impotence Research: The Journal of Sexual Medicine, April 30, 2013    Clinical Article

16 Absence of radiographic progression of hip arthritis during infliximab treatment for ankylosing spondylitis Clinical Rheumatology, April 30, 2013    Clinical Article

17 Apparent diffusion coefficients of sacroiliitis in patients with established ankylosing spondylitis Clinical Imaging, April 30, 2013    Review Article

18 Management of hip involvement in ankylosing spondylitis Clinical Rheumatology, April 30, 2013    Clinical Article
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19 Continuous long-term anti-TNF therapy does not lead to an increase in the rate of new bone formation over 8 years in patients with ankylosing spondylitis Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, April 4, 2013    Clinical Article

20 Adherence to treatment in patients with ankylosing spondylitis Clinical Rheumatology, April 4, 2013    Clinical Article

21 Efficacy and safety of adalimumab in Chinese adults with active ankylosing spondylitis: results of a randomised, controlled trial Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, April 4, 2013    Clinical Article

22 Immunopathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis International Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, April 4, 2013    Review Article

23 High disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis is associated with increased serum sclerostin level and decreased wingless protein-3a signaling but is not linked with greater structural damage Full Text BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, April 4, 2013

24 KIR3DL2 Binds to HLA-B27 Dimers and Free H Chains More Strongly than Other HLA Class I and Promotes the Expansion of T Cells in Ankylosing Spondylitis The Journal of Immunology, April 4, 2013    Review Article

25 Genetic study confirms association of HLA-DPA1 01:03 subtype with ankylosing spondylitis in Hla-B27-positive populations Human Immunology, April 4, 2013    Review Article

26 Infliximab improves bone metabolism and bone mineral density in rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis: a prospective 2-year study Clinical Rheumatology, April 4, 2013

27 Neuropathic pain in ankylosing spondylitis - a psychophysics and brain imaging study Arthritis & Rheumatism, March 21, 2013    Clinical Article

28 Tramadol/acetaminophen combination as add-on therapy in the treatment of patients with ankylosing spondylitis Clinical Rheumatology, March 21, 2013    Clinical Article

29 Assessment of therapeutic response in ankylosing spondylitis patients undergoing anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy by whole-body magnetic resonance imaging European Radiology, March 21, 2013    Clinical Article

30 Spironolactone improves endothelial dysfunction in ankylosing spondylitis Clinical Rheumatology, March 21, 2013    Clinical Article

31 The association between varicocele and ankylosing spondylitis via color duplex sonography Modern Rheumatology, March 21, 2013    Clinical Article

32 Classification Criteria: Peripheral Spondyloarthropathy and Psoriatic Arthritis Current Rheumatology Reports, March 21, 2013    Review Article

33 A Community-Based Study on the Prevalence of Spondyloarthritis and Inflammatory Back Pain in Mexicans JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, March 21, 2013    Clinical Article

34 Methotrexate for ankylosing spondylitis Cochrane Reviews, March 21, 2013    Clinical Article

35 Apelin serum levels in non-diabetic ankylosing spondylitis patients undergoing TNF-α antagonist therapy Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology Online, March 21, 2013    Clinical Article

36 In situ analysis of IL-23 and IL-12 positive cells in the spine of patients with ankylosing spondylitis Arthritis & Rheumatism, March 21, 2013    Review Article

37 Axial spondyloarthritis: is there a treatment of choice Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease, March 21, 2013    Clinical Article

38 Behcets disease: immunological relevance with arthritis of ankylosing spondylitis Rheumatology International, March 7, 2013    Review Article    Clinical Article

39 Effect of All-transretinoic Acid on Th17 and T Regulatory Cell Subsets in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis The Journal of Rheumatology, March 7, 2013    Clinical Article

1 Vitamin D supplementation in elderly or postmenopausal women: a 2013 update of the 2008 recommendations from the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO) Current Medical Research and Opinion, April 3, 2013

2 Antibiotics for Treatment of Reactive Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis The Journal of Rheumatology, April 18, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Review Article

3 EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging of the joints in the clinical management of rheumatoid arthritis Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, April 10, 2013

4 Targeted therapies for systemic sclerosis Nature Reviews Rheumatology , April 10, 2013

5 Complementary and alternative exercise for fibromyalgia: a meta-analysis Journal of Pain Research, April 2, 2013    Free full text

6 Late-onset systemic lupus erythematosus: clinical features, course, and prognosis Clinical Rheumatology, March 26, 2013

7 Statin Use in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Retrospective Study The Journal of Rheumatology, April 3, 2013

8 Osteoarthritis guidelines: a progressive role for topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, April 4, 2013    Review Article    Clinical Guideline

9 Safety of Abatacept Administered Intravenously in Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Integrated Analyses of up to 8 Years of Treatment from the Abatacept Clinical Trial Program The Journal of Rheumatology, April 16, 2013

10 New therapeutics in systemic lupus erythematosus Current Opinion in Rheumatology, April 1, 2013

11 New treatments for osteoarthritis Current Opinion in Rheumatology, March 29, 2013

12 The association of gout with sleep disorders: a cross-sectional study in primary care BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, April 5, 2013    Free full text

13 Intra-articular corticosteroid injection in osteoarthritis of the knee and hip: Factors predicting pain relief--A systematic review Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, February 4, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

14 Novel aspects of Sjogren's syndrome in 2012 BMC Medicine, April 16, 2013    Free full text

15 Creatine supplementation in fibromyalgia: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial Arthritis Care & Research , April 3, 2013

16 Current diagnostic tools for Sjogrens syndrome International Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, April 3, 2013

17 A meta-analysis of healing and prevention of digital ulcers (DU) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) Arthritis Care & Research , April 2, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

18 The Early Protective Effect of Hydroxychloroquine on the Risk of Cumulative Damage in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus The Journal of Rheumatology, April 18, 2013

19 The impact of statin use on lipid levels in statin-naive patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) vs. non-RA subjects: Results from a population-based study Arthritis Care & Research , April 17, 2013

20 Safety of Rituximab in Combination with Other Biologic Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Open-label Study The Journal of Rheumatology, April 2, 2013