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Best Practice & Research: Clinical Rheumatology, 06/02/09
Courtney P et al. - The gross appearance of SF can provide useful diagnostic information in terms of the degree of joint inflammation and presence of haemarthrosis. Microbiological studies of SF are the key to the confirmation of infectious conditions. Increasing joint inflammation is associated with increased SF volume, reduced viscosity, increasing turbidity and cell count, and increasing ratio of polymorphonuclear: mononuclear cells, but such changes are non-specific and must be interpreted in the clinical setting. However, detection of SF monosodium urate and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals, even from un-inflamed joints during intercritical periods, allow a precise diagnosis of gout and of calcium pyrophosphate crystal-related arthritis.
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Echocardiography as an Outcome Measure in Scleroderma-related Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Results of a Systematic Literature Analysis by the EPOSS Group
Journal of Rheumatology, 12/08/09
Bone marrow edema is the most specific finding for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on noncontrast magnetic resonance imaging of the hands and wrists: A comparison of patients with RA and healthy controls
Journal of Rheumatology, 12/07/09
Is there any relationship between serum and urine neopterin and serum interferon-gamma levels in the activity of Behcet's disease?
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 12/04/09
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Crystal-induced neutrophil activation
Immunology & Cell Biology, 12/08/09
Common Polymorphisms Influencing Serum Uric Acid Levels Contribute to Susceptibility to Gout, but Not to Coronary Artery Disease
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The modern management of gout
Rheumatology, 10/08/09
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Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis- DNA in synovial fluid: evaluation of the sensitivity of different DNA extraction methods and amplification systems
Arthritis Research & Therapy, 11/25/09
CD23 mediates anti-mycobacterial activity of human macrophages
Infection and Immunity, 10/20/09
Arthroscopic synovectomy, an alternative in the treatment of brucellar arthritis of the knee with prolonged course. A report of two cases
The Internet Journal of Orthopedic Surgery, 10/12/09
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Platelet hyper-reactivity in active inflammatory arthritis is unique to the adenosine diphosphate pathway: A novel finding and potential therapeutic target
Rheumatology, 12/08/09
Site of psoriasis (scalp or intergluteal/perianal), >=3 affected sites, and nail dystrophy predicted psoriatic arthritis in incident psoriasis
Evidence-Based Medicine, 12/08/09
Long-term experience with etanercept in psoriatic arthritis patients: A 3-year observational study
Journal of Dermatological Treatment , 12/07/09