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Τετάρτη 26 Ιουνίου 2019

Prostate involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Abstract To present a case of prostate involvement (PI) in granulomatosis polyangiitis (GPA) and analyse related published reports. We employed the following keywords for retrieving reports indexed by MEDLINE/PubMed and/or Scopus: “granulomatosis with polyangiitis”, “Wegener granulomatosis” and “prostate involvement”. Additional searches were performed through Google Scholar and HINARI. All cases that fulfilled the American College of Rheumatology criteria for GPA, standards...
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Modifiable risk factors in knee osteoarthritis: treatment implications
Abstract Optimal management of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) should include, where possible, modification of risk factors through targeted interventions. The objectives of the present narrative review were to identify, summarize, and cluster all the potentially modifiable risk factors that influence the course of KOA, and discuss their susceptibility to alteration via personal, clinical, and public strategy. For this purpose, Pubmed and Scopus databases were queried using the terms...
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Correction to: Age dependent ultrasound B-mode findings of the elbow joint in healthy children and adolescents
The Second author’s name was incorrectly published in the original article. The correct name is Hartwig Wilhelm Lehmann.
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Reactivation of latent cytomegalovirus infection in patients with rheumatologic disease: a case–control study
Abstract The disease burden, risk factors and clinical sequelae of CMV reactivation in patients with rheumatologic conditions is poorly understood. We have described a cohort with underlying rheumatic disease and CMV, and compared a subgroup with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) to controls to identify potential risk factors for CMV reactivation. Adults with rheumatic disease and CMV infection from 2000–2015 were identified. SLE cases were matched 3:1 with controls based on...
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Management of asymptomatic coccidioidomycosis in patients with rheumatic diseases
Abstract Coccidioidomycosis is an endemic fungal infection common in the southwestern United States. Some rheumatology clinics periodically screen patients with coccidioidal serology, resulting in the identification of patients who are serologically positive but without clinical symptoms. The management of such patients is unclear. A retrospective study was conducted between 2007 and 2015 at two arthritis centers in Tucson, Arizona. The asymptomatic patients were identified who...
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Intravenous human immunoglobulin and/or methylprednisolone pulse therapies as a possible treat-to-target strategy in immune-mediated necrotizing myopathies
Abstract To evaluate the relevance of immunoglobulin (IVIg) and/or methylprednisolone pulse therapies in immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM). Secondarily, to analyze the muscle damage measured by late magnetic resonance images (MRI). This retrospective study included 13 patients with defined IMNM (nine patients positive for the anti-signal recognition particle and four patients positive for hydroxyl-methyl-glutaryl coenzyme A reductase) who were followed from 2012 to...
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Interleukin-17 pathways in systemic sclerosis-associated fibrosis
Abstract Fibrosis is unregulated tissue repair that may cause impairment of organ function, especially in end-organ damage. Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is the prototype systemic fibrosing disorder. Classical targets for fibrosis in SSc like transforming growth factor Beta (TGF-β), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), and multiple tyrosine kinases, have not yielded therapeutic benefit. There is multitude of evidence from across different tissues like the heart, lung, skin, liver, colon, and, to...
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Does YouTube provide high quality information? Assessment of secukinumab videos
Abstract The Internet is a widely used source for obtaining health-related information. With the widespread use of the Internet, access to information has become easier. YouTube is one of the major sources for health-related videos globally. YouTube provides a wide range of health-related information, but there are doubts about its quality and reliability. Therefore, we aimed to assess the quality of the most viewed secukinumab videos on YouTube. This is a descriptive study....
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Implement statistics at each step of your research
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Epicardial adipose tissue thickness in systemic sclerosis patients without overt cardiac disease
Abstract Systemic sclerosis is associated with an increased prevalence/incidence of coronary artery disease. The aim of this study was to investigate epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness which may contribute to cardio-metabolic risk in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients without overt cardiac disease. EAT thickness was measured by transthoracic conventional Doppler echocardiography and compared in SSc patients (n = 47) and age- and sex-matched healthy controls (n = 36). The...
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Disability in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: questionnaire-based study
Abstract Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are progressive, debilitating diseases that can lead to severe impairment. The aim of the study was to evaluate the level of disability and compare it between different subtypes of IIM as well as to estimate clinical symptoms associated with greater risk of disability and distinguish the most troublesome activities in this group of patients. A online form concerning clinical symptoms, comorbidities and limitations in daily living...
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Pain and gastrointestinal dysfunction are significant associations with psychiatric disorders in patients with Ehlers–Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorders: a retrospective study
Abstract In this retrospective study, we investigate the frequency and types of psychiatric disorders and their relationship to systemic manifestations in a cohort of 391 Ehlers–Danlos syndromes (EDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorder (HSD) patients based on the current 2017 International Classification of EDS diagnostic criteria. A detailed, systematic retrospective chart review was undertaken for patients assessed for HSD or EDS at two Canadian health centres. Patients were...
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Indications for bone marrow examinations in rheumatology
Abstract Hematologic involvement or hematologic malignancies are frequently encountered during the course of rheumatic diseases. Bone marrow (BM) aspiration and/or biopsy examinations may have a diagnostic role in explaining hematologic findings detected in rheumatology clinical practice. Our aim was to describe the indications for BM examinations and to share our BM aspiration/biopsy results. We analyzed 140 BM aspiration/biopsy results of patients conducted at the Department...
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Endorsement by Central European experts of the revised ESCEO algorithm for the management of knee osteoarthritis
Abstract Osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by deterioration of the joints and associated with considerable pain and disability. OA is a chronic disease that requires intervention with both non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatment modalities and, inevitably, disease progression may necessitate successive treatments throughout the course of the disease. There is increasing data on the shortfalls of current pharmacological treatment of OA, and safety concerns associated...
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Evidence synthesis of types and intensity of therapeutic land-based exercises to reduce pain in individuals with knee osteoarthritis
Abstract The objective of this study is to construct an evidence synthesis to identify the types of land-based exercises most investigated in the current literature, the intervention duration, frequency of the programs and the exercises which are most frequently implemented. A search was performed on the reference list of included and excluded studies of one systematic review, on land-based exercises for knee osteoarthritis and, an updated search of The Cochrane Library, Embase,...
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Elevated CA-125 in IgG4 mesenteritis: a red herring or a disease biomarker? Case report and literature review
Abstract Mesenteric panniculitis (MP) is a rare chronic disease characterized by inflammation and subsequently fibrosis of adipose tissue of the omentum. Only recently it has been associated with IgG4-related disease. Cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) is a high-molecular mass glycoprotein, traditionally associated with ovarian cancer, although it can be elevated in other conditions. Herein we describe a case of a 56-year-old man with IgG4 related mesenteric panniculitis associated...
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Advances in rheumatology practice in Brazil
Abstract Despite resilient inequities, Brazil has seen progressive improvement in health care in the last 25 years. Infectious diseases rendered place to chronic non-communicable diseases as a major cause of death. Existence of traditional schools of medicine and training services in rheumatology helped form a reasonable number of specialists, though irregular distribution due to the economic issues favoring their clustering in major cities. The Brazilian Society of Rheumatology...
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