Current Issue June 2012, Vol. 41, No. 6

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

Korean Observational Study Network for Arthritis (KORONA): Establishment of a Prospective Multicenter Cohort for Rheumatoid Arthritis in South Korea
June 2012(Vol. 41 | No. 6 | Pages 745-751)
Yoon-Kyoung Sung, Soo-Kyung Cho, Chan-Bum Choi, So-Yeon Park, Jeeseon Shim, Joong Kyong Ahn, So-Young Bang, Hoon-Suk Cha, Jung-Yoon Choe, Won Tae Chung, Minyoung Her, Seung-Jae Hong, Yun Kyung Hong, Chung-Il Joung, Jae-Bum Jun, Young Ok Jung, Young Mo Kang, Dong-Yook Kim, Hae-Rim Kim, Hyoun Ah Kim, Jinseok Kim, Seong-Kyu Kim, Sung-Il Kim, Tae-Hwan Kim, Tae-Jong Kim, Eunmi Koh, Choong Ki Lee, Hye-Soon Lee, Jisoo Lee, Sang-Heon Lee, Sang-Hoon Lee, Shin-Seok Lee, Sung Won Lee, Yeon-Ah Lee, Seong-Su Nah, Sung-Hoon Park, Dong Hyuk Sheen, Seung-Cheol Shim, Gwan Gyu Song, Chang-Hee Suh, Wan-Sik Uhm, Dae-Hyun Yoo, Wan-Hee Yoo, Bo Young Yoon, Sang-Cheol Bae

Hand Tendon Involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Ultrasound Study
June 2012(Vol. 41 | No. 6 | Pages 752-760)
Emilio Filippucci, Alessandra Gabba, Luca Di Geso, Rita Girolimetti, Fausto Salaffi, Walter Grassi

Ultrasound-Defined Remission and Active Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Association with Clinical and Serologic Parameters
June 2012(Vol. 41 | No. 6 | Pages 761-767)
Christian Dejaco, Christina Duftner, Edith Wipfler-Freißmuth, Helmut Weiss, Winfried B. Graninger, Michael Schirmer

Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia and Wolff–Parkinson–White Syndrome in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Large Cohort Observation Study and Literature Review
21 May 2012
Huei-Huang Ho, San-Jou Yeh, Wen-Pin Tsai, Chin-Man Wang, Ji Yih Chen
Objectives: To investigate the associations of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) and Wolff–Parkinson–White (WPW) syndrome with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods: We conducted a retrosp...
The Effectiveness of Physiotherapy Exercises in Subacromial Impingement Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
21 May 2012
Catherine E. Hanratty, Joseph G. McVeigh, Daniel P. Kerr, Jeffrey R. Basford, Michael B. Finch, Adrian Pendleton, Julius Sim
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of exercise in the treatment of people with subacromial impingement syndrome (SAIS). Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted. Ten electro...
Neuropsychiatric Lupus: The Prevalence and Autoantibody Associations Depend on the Definition: Results from the 1000 Faces of Lupus Cohort
17 May 2012
Alan M. Borowoy, Janet E. Pope, Earl Silverman, Paul R. Fortin, Christian Pineau, C. Douglas Smith, Hector Arbillaga, Dafna Gladman, Murray Urowitz, Michel Zummer, Marie Hudson, Lori Tucker, Christine Peschken
Objectives: The (ever) prevalence of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) can vary widely depending on the definition used. We determined the prevalence of NPSLE in 1000 Faces of Lupu...
Can Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Hand and Wrist Differentiate Between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis in the Early Stages of the Disease?
17 May 2012
Javier Narváez, Jose Antonio Narváez, Matías de Albert, Carmen Gómez-Vaquero, Joan Miquel Nolla
Objective: To investigate whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) can be differentiated in the early stages of the disease (duration of symptoms ≤1 year) on the basis of magnet...
Risk of Significant Infection in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Switching Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Drugs
17 May 2012
Bao-Anh Nguyen-Khoa, Earl L. Goehring, Kimberly A. Alexander, Wei Dong, Pavel Napalkov, Judith K. Jones
Objectives: To describe rates of first significant infection of rheumatoid arthritis patients who switch between anti-tumor necrosis factor (aTNF) drugs. Methods: Subjects with rheumatoid arthritis wh...

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