This is a selection of articles from the April 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Rheumatology headlines.
Genes Could Boost Arthritis Patients' Death Risk
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Source: MedicineNet Arthritis General - April 30, 2007 Source Type: news
Green Tea Compound May Be A Therapy For Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Source: Arthritis News From Medical News Today - April 30, 2007 Source Type: news
Incidence of systemic lupus erythematosus in the United Kingdom, 1990-1999
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Source: Arthritis Care and Research - April 30, 2007 Authors: Emily C. Somers, Sara L. Thomas, Liam Smeeth, W. Marieke Schoonen, Andrew J. Hall Source Type: news
Influence of familial factors on radiologic disease progression over two years in siblings with osteoarthritis at multiple sites: A prospective longitudinal cohort study
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Source: Arthritis Care and Research - April 30, 2007 Authors: Stella A. Botha-Scheepers, Iain Watt, Eline Slagboom, Ingrid Meulenbelt, Frits R. Rosendaal, Ferdinand C. Breedveld, Margreet Kloppenburg Source Type: news
Accuracy of the diagnoses of spondylarthritides in veterans affairs medical center databases
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Source: Arthritis Care and Research - April 30, 2007 Authors: Jasvinder A. Singh, Aaron R. Holmgren, Hollis Krug, Siamak Noorbaloochi Source Type: news
Moving from identifying to addressing health disparities: A public health perspective
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Source: Arthritis Care and Research - April 30, 2007 Authors: Teresa J. Brady Source Type: news
Creatine supplements in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies who are clinically weak after conventional pharmacologic treatment: Six-month, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial
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Source: Arthritis Care and Research - April 30, 2007 Authors: Yuen-li Chung, Helene Alexanderson, Nicoló Pipitone, Catherine Morrison, Maryam Dastmalchi, Christina Ståhl-Hallengren, Selwyn Richards, E. Louise Thomas, Gavin Hamilton, Jimmy D. Bell, Ingrid E. Lundberg, David L. Scott Source Type: news
Validation of a short form of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index function subscale in hip and knee osteoarthritis
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Source: Arthritis Care and Research - April 30, 2007 Authors: Gabriel Baron, Florence Tubach, Philippe Ravaud, Isabelle Logeart, Maxime Dougados Source Type: news
Tolerance and effectiveness of anti-tumor necrosis factor [alpha] therapies in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A population-based cohort study
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Source: Arthritis Care and Research - April 30, 2007 Authors: Stéphane Genevay, Axel Finckh, Adrian Ciurea, Anne-Marie Chamot, Diego Kyburz, Cem Gabay, Physicians of the Swiss Clinical Quality Management Program for Rheumatoid Arthritis Source Type: news
Disparities in total knee replacements: A review
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Source: Arthritis Care and Research - April 30, 2007 Authors: Robert L. Kane, Timothy Wilt, Maria E. Suarez-almazor, Steven S. Fu Source Type: news
Development of a decision aid to address racial disparities in utilization of knee replacement surgery
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Source: Arthritis Care and Research - April 30, 2007 Authors: Haoling H. Weng, Robert M. Kaplan, W. John Boscardin, Catherine H. MacLean, Irene Y. Lee, Weiling Chen, John D. Fitzgerald Source Type: news
Churg-Strauss syndrome with poor-prognosis factors: A prospective multicenter trial comparing glucocorticoids and six or twelve cyclophosphamide pulses in forty-eight patients
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Source: Arthritis Care and Research - April 30, 2007 Authors: Pascal Cohen, Christian Pagnoux, Alfred Mahr, Jean-Pierre Arène, Luc Mouthon, Véronique Le Guern, Marie-Hélène André, Martine Gayraud, David Jayne, Daniel Blöckmans, Jean-franÇois Cordier, Loïc Guillevin, The French Vasculitis Study Group Source Type: news
US national prevalence and correlates of low back and neck pain among adults
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Source: Arthritis Care and Research - April 30, 2007 Authors: Tara W. Strine, Jennifer M. Hootman Source Type: news
High risk of human papillomavirus type 16 infections and of development of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions in systemic lupus erythematosus patients
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Source: Arthritis Care and Research - April 30, 2007 Authors: Rahul Nath, Christine Mant, Jennifer Luxton, Graham Hughes, K. Shanti Raju, Phillip Shepherd, John Cason Source Type: news
Aging Americans Crank Up Nation's Arthritis Financial Burden
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Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - April 27, 2007 Source Type: news
Fever
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Source: MedicineNet Arthritis General - April 27, 2007 Source Type: news
[Extended reports] Blood and synovial fluid cytokine signatures in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a cross-sectional study
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Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases - April 27, 2007 Authors: de Jager, W., Hoppenreijs, E. P A H, Wulffraat, N. M, Wedderburn, L. R, Kuis, W., Prakken, B. J Tags: Extended reports Source Type: news
[Concise reports] The public neglect of rheumatic diseases: insights from analyses of attendees in a musculoskeletal disease awareness activity
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Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases - April 27, 2007 Authors: Machold, K. P, Koller, M. D, Pflugbeil, S., Zimmermann, C., Wagner, E., Stuby, U., Aletaha, D., Stamm, T. A, Mayrhofer, F., Dunky, A., Hermann, J., Ilias, W., Smolen, J. S, the Rheuma-Bus group of physicians Tags: Concise reports Source Type: news
Smoking interacts with family history with regard to change in knee cartilage volume and cartilage defect development
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Changhai Ding, Flavia Cicuttini, Leigh Blizzard, Graeme Jones Source Type: news
Association of DRB1 shared epitope genotypes with early mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: Results of eighteen years of followup from the early rheumatoid arthritis study
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: D. L. Mattey, W. Thomson, W. E. R. Ollier, M. Batley, P. G. Davies, A. K. Gough, J. Devlin, P. Prouse, D. W. James, P. L. Williams, J. Dixey, J. Winfield, N. L. Cox, G. Koduri, A. Young Source Type: news
[Extended reports] Chimeric antibodies to proteinase 3 of IgG1 and IgG3 subclasses induce different magnitudes of functional responses in neutrophils
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Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases - April 27, 2007 Authors: Colman, R., Hussain, A., Goodall, M., Young, S. P, Pankhurst, T., Lu, X., Jefferis, R., Savage, C. O S, Williams, J. M Tags: Extended reports Source Type: news
[Extended reports] Is shared care with annual hospital review better value for money than predominantly hospital-based care in patients with established stable rheumatoid arthritis?
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Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases - April 27, 2007 Authors: Mary Davies, L., Anne Fargher, E., Tricker, K., Dawes, P., Scott, D. L, Symmons, D. Tags: Extended reports Source Type: news
The innate immune component ficolin 3 (Hakata antigen) mediates the clearance of late apoptotic cells
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Christian Honoré, Tina Hummelshoj, Bjarke E. Hansen, Hans O. Madsen, Paul Eggleton, Peter Garred Source Type: news
[Extended reports] Persistence of interleukin 7 activity and levels on tumour necrosis factor {alpha} blockade in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
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Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases - April 27, 2007 Authors: van Roon, J. A G, Hartgring, S. A Y, Wenting-van Wijk, M., Jacobs, K. M G, Tak, P.-P., Bijlsma, J. W J, Lafeber, F. P J G Tags: Extended reports Source Type: news
Medical care expenditures and earnings losses among persons with arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in 2003, and comparisons with 1997
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Edward Yelin, Louise Murphy, Miriam G. Cisternas, Aimee J. Foreman, David J. Pasta, Charles G. Helmick Source Type: news
Differential recognition of heat-shock protein dnaJ-derived epitopes by effector and Treg cells leads to modulation of inflammation in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Margherita Massa, Maristella Passalia, Silvia Magni Manzoni, Rita Campanelli, Laura Ciardelli, Gisella Puga Yung, Sylvia Kamphuis, Angela Pistorio, Valentina Meli, Alessandro Sette, Berent Prakken, Alberto Martini, Salvatore Albani Source Type: news
Differential tissue targeting of autoimmunity manifestations by Autoantigen-Associated Y RNAs
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Eric L. Greidinger, YunJuan Zang, Laisel Martinez, Kimberly Jaimes, Mehdi Nassiri, Pablo Bejarano, Glen N. Barber, Robert W. Hoffman Source Type: news
BAFF-modulated repopulation of B lymphocytes in the blood and salivary glands of RITUXIMAB-TREATED patients with Sjögren's syndrome
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Jacques-Olivier Pers, Valérie Devauchelle, Capucine Daridon, Boutahar Bendaoud, Rozenn Le Berre, Anne Bordron, Pascal Hutin, Yves Renaudineau, Maryvonne Dueymes, Séverine Loisel, Christian Berthou, Alain Saraux, Pierre Youinou Source Type: news
Vitamin D and rheumatoid arthritis: Comment on the letter by Nielen et al
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Maurizio Cutolo, Kati Otsa, Maria Yprus, Bruno Seriolo Source Type: news
Reply
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Axel Finckh, Glinda S. Cooper, Karen H. Costenbader, Elizabeth W. Karlson Source Type: news
Clinical Images: Rheumatologic irony
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Jochen Zwerina, Enijad Sahimbegovic, Bernhard Manger, Georg Schett Source Type: news
Alteration of antigen-independent immunologic synapse formation between dendritic cells from HLA-B27-transgenic rats and CD4+ T cells: Selective impairment of costimulatory molecule engagement by mature HLA-B27
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Cécile Hacquard-Bouder, Maria-Sole Chimenti, Benoît Giquel, Emmanuel Donnadieu, Ingrid Fert, Alain Schmitt, Claudine André, Maxime Breban Source Type: news
[Extended reports] Clinical trial of a leucotriene B4 receptor antagonist, BIIL 284, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
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Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases - April 27, 2007 Authors: Diaz-Gonzalez, F., Alten, R. H E, Bensen, W. G, Brown, J. P, Sibley, J. T, Dougados, M., Bombardieri, S., Durez, P., Ortiz, P., de-Miquel, G., Staab, A., Sigmund, R., Salin, L., Leledy, C., Polmar, S. H, on behalf of the BIIL 284 Rheumatoid Arthritis Coll Tags: Extended reports Source Type: news
Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibition limits glomerulonephritis and extends lifespan of mice with systemic lupus
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Carla Zoja, Federica Casiraghi, Sara Conti, Daniela Corna, Daniela Rottoli, Regiane A. Cavinato, Giuseppe Remuzzi, Ariela Benigni Source Type: news
Are common symptoms in childhood associated with chronic widespread body pain in adulthood?: Results from the 1958 british birth cohort study
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Gareth T. Jones, Alan J. Silman, Chris Power, Gary J. Macfarlane Source Type: news
[Extended reports] Arthritis of the large joints--in particular, the knee--at first presentation is predictive for a high level of radiological destruction of the small joints in rheumatoid arthritis
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Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases - April 27, 2007 Authors: Linn-Rasker, S P, van der Helm-van Mil, A H M, Breedveld, F C, Huizinga, T W J Tags: Extended reports Source Type: news
Association of Anti-Cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody levels with PADI4 haplotypes in early rheumatoid arthritis and with shared epitope alleles in very late rheumatoid arthritis
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Seongwon Cha, Chan-Bum Choi, Tae-Un Han, Changsoo Paul Kang, Changwon Kang, Sang-Cheol Bae Source Type: news
Induction of increased cAMP levels in articular chondrocytes blocks matrix metalloproteinase-mediated cartilage degradation, but not aggrecanase-mediated cartilage degradation
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Morten Asser Karsdal, Eren Ufuk Sumer, Helle Wulf, Suzi H. Madsen, Claus Christiansen, Amanda J. Fosang, Bodil-Cecilie Sondergaard Source Type: news
[Extended reports] EULAR recommendations for conducting clinical studies and/or clinical trials in systemic vasculitis: focus on anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody-associated vasculitis
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Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases - April 27, 2007 Authors: Hellmich, B., Flossmann, O., Gross, W. L, Bacon, P., Willem Cohen-Tervaert, J., Guillevin, L., Jayne, D., Mahr, A., Merkel, P. A, Raspe, H., Scott, D. G I, Witter, J., Yazici, H., Luqmani, R. A, on behalf of the European Vasculitis Study Group Tags: Extended reports Source Type: news
[Concise reports] Response to intramuscular methyl prednisolone in inflammatory hand pain: evidence for a targeted clinical, ultrasonographic and therapeutic approach
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Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases - April 27, 2007 Authors: Karim, Z., Quinn, M. A, Wakefield, R. J, Brown, A. K, Green, M. J, Hensor, E. M A, Conaghan, P. G, Emery, P. Tags: Concise reports Source Type: news
Activation signal transduction by [beta]1 integrin in T cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Shingo Nakayamada, Kazuyoshi Saito, Kazuhisa Nakano, Yoshiya Tanaka Source Type: news
Involvement of the constitutive complex formation of c-Ski/SnoN with smads in the impaired negative feedback regulation of transforming growth factor [beta] signaling in scleroderma fibroblasts
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Masatoshi Jinnin, Hironobu Ihn, Yoshihiro Mimura, Yoshihide Asano, Kunihiko Tamaki Source Type: news
The effects of glucosamine hydrochloride on subchondral bone changes in an animal model of osteoarthritis
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Susanne X. Wang, Sheila Laverty, Mircea Dumitriu, Anna Plaas, Marc D. Grynpas Source Type: news
Some antiphospholipid antibodies recognize conformational epitopes shared by [beta]2-glycoprotein I and the homologous catalytic domains of several serine proteases
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Wei-Shiang Lin, Pei-Chih Chen, Cheng-De Yang, EunJung Cho, Bevra H. Hahn, Jennifer Grossman, Kwan-Ki Hwang, Pojen P. Chen Source Type: news
[Extended reports] Reporting of radiographic methods in randomised controlled trials assessing structural outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis
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Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases - April 27, 2007 Authors: Baron, G., Boutron, I., Giraudeau, B., Ravaud, P. Tags: Extended reports Source Type: news
Altered expression of 11[beta]-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases in rheumatoid arthritis synovial cells: Comment on the article by Haas et al
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Martin Schmidt, Rainer H. Straub Source Type: news
[Concise reports] A prospective study of anti-chromatin and anti-C1q autoantibodies in patients with proliferative lupus nephritis treated with cyclophosphamide pulses or azathioprine/methylprednisolone
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Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases - April 27, 2007 Authors: Grootscholten, C., Dieker, J. W C, McGrath, F. D, Roos, A., Derksen, R. H W M, van der Vlag, J., Daha, M. R, Berden, J. H M, on behalf of the Dutch Working Party on SLE Tags: Concise reports Source Type: news
Benefit of high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone as induction therapy for giant cell arteritis: Comment on the article by Mazlumzadeh et al
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Kayvan Arashvand Source Type: news
The antiinflammatory mechanism of methotrexate depends on extracellular conversion of adenine nucleotides to adenosine by ecto-5[prime]-nucleotidase: Findings in a study of ecto-5[prime]-nucleotidase gene-deficient mice
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: M. Carmen Montesinos, Masahide Takedachi, Linda F. Thompson, Tuere F. Wilder, Patricia Fernández, Bruce N. Cronstein Source Type: news
Delayed gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of the meniscus: An index of meniscal tissue degeneration?
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Nitya Krishnan, Sanjay K. Shetty, Ashley Williams, Brandon Mikulis, Charles McKenzie, Deborah Burstein Source Type: news
Skin-lightening creams are a possible exposure risk for systemic lupus erythematosus: Comment on the article by Finckh et al
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: K. Michael Pollard, Per Hultman Source Type: news
Presentation of arthritogenic peptide to antigen-specific T cells by fibroblast-like synoviocytes
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Chinh N. Tran, Michael J. Davis, Laura A. Tesmer, Judith L. Endres, Christopher D. Motyl, Craig Smuda, Emily C. Somers, Kevin C. Chung, Andrew G. Urquhart, Steven K. Lundy, Susan Kovats, David A. Fox Source Type: news
ACR Announcements
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Source Type: news
The effect of methotrexate and anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy on the risk of lymphoma in rheumatoid arthritis in 19,562 patients during 89,710 PERSON-YEARS of observation
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Frederick Wolfe, Kaleb Michaud Source Type: news
Reply
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Jörg J. Goronzy, Cornelia M. Weyand, Gene G. Hunder, Mehrdad Mazlumzadeh Source Type: news
[Letters] Effectiveness of a once weekly double dose of etanercept in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a clinical study
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Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases - April 27, 2007 Authors: Prince, F. H M, Twilt, M., Jansen-Wijngaarden, N. C J A, van Suijlekom-Smit, L. W A Tags: Letters Source Type: news
Role of apoptotic and matrix-degrading genes in articular cartilage and meniscus of mature and aged rabbits during development of osteoarthritis
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Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - April 27, 2007 Authors: Andrew T. Pennock, Catherine M. Robertson, Bryan C. Emmerson, Frederick L. Harwood, David Amiel Source Type: news
[Extended reports] Treatment with TNF blockers and mortality risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
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Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases - April 27, 2007 Authors: Jacobsson, L. T H, Turesson, C., Nilsson, J.-A., Petersson, I. F, Lindqvist, E., Saxne, T., Geborek, P. Tags: Extended reports Source Type: news
Micafungin Effective for Serious Candida Infections
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Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - April 26, 2007 Source Type: news
Health Tip: Dealing With Osteoarthritis
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Source: MedicineNet Arthritis General - April 26, 2007 Source Type: news
Soluble Fas ligand inhibits angiogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis
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Source: Arthritis Research and Therapy - April 26, 2007 Authors: Wan-UK Kim, Seung-Ki Kwok, Kyung-Hee Hong, Seung-Ah Yoo, Jin-Sun Kong, Jongseon Choe and Chul-Soo Cho Source Type: news
The prevalence and diagnostic significance of aCCP antibodies and rheumatoid factor in rheumatoid arthritis patients
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Source: Articles of Rheumatology - TERMEDIA publishing house - April 25, 2007 Source Type: news
Important phenotypes of drug resistance appearing between so called alarming bacterial species isolated from infections diagnosed in clinics of the Institute of Rheumatology in Warsaw
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Source: Articles of Rheumatology - TERMEDIA publishing house - April 25, 2007 Source Type: news
Radiometric measurements of spine and pelvis among patients
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Source: Articles of Rheumatology - TERMEDIA publishing house - April 25, 2007 Source Type: news
Neoplasms and rheumatic diseases – multidirectional associations
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Source: Articles of Rheumatology - TERMEDIA publishing house - April 25, 2007 Source Type: news
Calcinosis in rheumatic diseases
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Source: Articles of Rheumatology - TERMEDIA publishing house - April 25, 2007 Source Type: news
Arthritis Causes And Symptoms
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Source: Arthritis News From Medical News Today - April 24, 2007 Source Type: news
Therapy Insight: Guidelines for Selection of Contraception in Women with Rheumatic Diseases
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Source: Medscape Rheumatology Headlines - April 24, 2007 Tags: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Health Tip: Can You Recognize Osteoarthritis Symptoms?
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Source: MedicineNet Arthritis General - April 24, 2007 Source Type: news
Researchers Develop Economic System For Expanding Stem Cells To Form Cartilage Tissue
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Source: Arthritis News From Medical News Today - April 23, 2007 Source Type: news
