Pohjankoski, Heini Kautiainen, Hannu Lauri, Juhani Virta Puolakka, Kari Rantalaiho, Vappu
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Clinical Rheumatology
To evaluate the drug treatment trends in patients with incident juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in 2006–2014. In Finland, patients are entitled to a special reimbursement for medication if their condition meets certain criteria. We gathered all reimbursement decisions with the ICD-10 diagnosis of M08 for patients under 16 years of age from a na...
Yoon, Taejun Ahn, Sung Soo Song, Jason Jungsik Park, Yong-Beom Lee, Sang-Won
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Clinical Rheumatology
Interleukin-21 (IL-21) is a pleotropic cytokine that plays an important role in the regulation of both innate and adaptive immune responses. In the present study, we investigated whether serum IL-21 positivity is associated with disease activity in patients with all variants of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV)....
Colaci, Michele Giuggioli, Dilia Spinella, Amelia Vacchi, Caterina Lumetti, Federica Mattioli, Anna Vittoria Coppi, Francesca Aiello, Vincenzo Perticone, Maria Malatino, Lorenzo
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Clinical Rheumatology
IntroductionSystemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by endothelial dysfunction, which is also associated with other disorders, such as atherosclerosis. The direct role of SSc in facilitating cardiovascular events should be clarified. We compared the prevalence of established coronary artery disease (CAD) between SSc and type...
Bilgin, Emre Hayran, Mutlu Erden, Abdulsamet Armağan, Berkan Sarı, Alper Kılıç, Levent Akdoğan, Ali Karadağ, Ömer Bilgen, Şule Apraş Kiraz, Sedat
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Clinical Rheumatology
ObjectiveTo identify several clinical and/or laboratory parameters which can differentiate adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) from other causes of fever of unknown origin (FUO) and create a clinician-friendly algorithm for this purpose.MethodsFUO patients hospitalized between March 2015 and September 2017 were recruited prospectively. AOSD patients...
Pineda, Carlos Pérez-Neri, Iván Sandoval, Hugo
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Clinical Rheumatology
Social media has become a key component of contemporary medicine, and the rheumatology subspecialty is not an exemption. We found that just six of the 40 key peer-reviewed rheumatology journals have found it sensible to incorporate the new appointment of a Social Media Editor—or a similar designation—into their Editorial Boards. We propose that the...
Nissen, Michael John Genevay, Stéphane
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Clinical Rheumatology
Danve, Abhijeet Deodhar, Atul
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Clinical Rheumatology
Alten, Rieke Mariette, Xavier Lorenz, Hanns-Martin Nüßlein, Hubert Galeazzi, Mauro Navarro, Federico Chartier, Melanie Heitzmann, Julia Poncet, Coralie Rauch, Christiane
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de Sousa, Maria José Rego Ribeiro, Rita Syngelaki, Argyro Nicolaides, Kypros H.
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Clinical Rheumatology
BackgroundPrenatal diagnosis of fetal trisomy 21 and other chromosomal abnormalities is based on invasive tests, such as amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling, which are carried out in women identified through screening as being at high risk for these abnormalities. The most widely used method of screening is the first-trimester combined test...
Román-Fernández, Ilce V. Muñoz-Valle, José F. Palafox-Sánchez, Claudia A.
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