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5/20

Case Report Leuconostoc bacteremia in a patient with amyloidosis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis and tuberculosis arthritis

JeongHwan Shin, Minyoung Her, Chisook Moon, Dongyook Kim, SangHeon Lee, SooJin Jung

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5/19 Review Article Guidance on using tocilizumab for juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Shumpei Yokota, Tomoyuki Imagawa, Syuji Takei, Takuji Murata, Minako Tomiita, Yasuhiko Itoh, Satoshi Fujikawa, Masaaki Mori

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5/12 Original Article Enhanced exon 2 skipping caused by c.910G>A variant and alternative splicing of MEFV genes in two independent cases of familial Mediterranean fever

Yumi Tone, Tomoko Toma, Akiko Toga, Yasuhisa Sakakibara, Taizo Wada, Masahiro Yabe, Hiromitu Kusafuka, Akihiro Yachie

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5/12 Case Report Anti-TNF agents in familial Mediterranean fever: report of three cases and review of the literature

Salih Ozgocmen, Ozgur Akgul

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5/10

Original Article The Japanese version of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia and the Fibromyalgia Symptom Scale: reliability and validity

Chie Usui, Kotaro Hatta, Satoko Aratani, Naoko Yagishita, Kenya Nishioka, Teruhisa Kanazawa, Kenji Ito, Yoshihisa Yamano, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Toshihiro Nakajima, Kusuki Nishioka

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5/1 Case Report Diagnostic features of mild cellulitis phlegmon in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with tocilizumab: a report of two cases

Makoto Hirao, Akihide Nampei, Kenrin Shi, Hideki Yoshikawa, Norihiro Nishimoto, Jun Hashimoto

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4/30 Original Article Primary lack of efficacy of infliximab therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: pharmacokinetic characterization and assessment of switching to tocilizumab

Shunsuke Mori, Yukitaka Ueki

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4/29 Original Article Past hepatitis B virus infection in rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving biological and/or nonbiological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs

Shunsuke Mori

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4/23 Original Article Standard treatment in daily clinical practice for early rheumatoid arthritis improved disease activity from 2001 to 2006

Ayako Nakajima, Eisuke Inoue, Kumi Shidara, Daisuke Hoshi, Eri Sato, Yohei Seto, Eiichi Tanaka, Atsuo Taniguchi, Shigeki Momohara, Hisashi Yamanaka

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4/21 Original Article Biochemical markers of bone turnover as predictors of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures in men and women: 10-year follow-up of the Taiji cohort

Noriko Yoshimura, Shigeyuki Muraki, Hiroyuki Oka, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Kozo Nakamura, Toru Akune

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4/21 Case Report Efficacy of adalimumab for a refractory case of relapsing polychondritis with reduction of pro-inflammatory cytokines

Hideki Nakamura, Takahisa Suzuki, Kentaro Nagaoka, Satoshi Yamasaki, Mami Tamai, Tomayoshi Hayashi, Atsushi Kawakami

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4/19

Erratum

Erratum to: A multicentre trial of bucillamine in the treatment of early rheumatoid arthritis (SNOW study)

Akira Sagawa, Atsushi Fujisaku, Katsunori Ohnishi, Masaya Mukai, Izumi Yasuda, Yoshiharu Amasaki, Masato Shimizu, Kenji Ichikawa, Hirofumi Ohsaki

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4/16 Case Report An autopsy case of necrotizing fasciitis with rapidly progressive purpura caused by hemolytic streptococcal infection in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Kanako Iwata, Yoshiyuki Arinuma, Hisanori Nakayama, Shinichi Nogi, Hidekazu Futami, Hirokazu Takaoka, Atsushi Hashimoto, Kota Shimada, Akiko Komiya, Toshihiro Matsui, Ikuo Saito, Shigeto Tohma

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4/16 Review Article Acquisition of expanded indications for intravenous cyclophosphamide in the management of childhood rheumatic disease in general

Masaaki Mori, Takuji Murata, Syuji Takei, Tomoyuki Imagawa and Shumpei Yokota

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4/12 Case Report A case report of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis complicated with Mycobacterium avium during tocilizumab treatment

Hideko Nakahara, Yosuke Kamide, Yoshimasa Hamano, Takashi Hosokawa, Masayuki Nishide, Yu Lin, Keisuke Kawamoto, Mie Fusama, Shinji Higa, Takashi Kuroiwa, Tsuyoshi Igarashi, Taro Kuritani, Keiji Maeda

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4/10 Original Article Etanercept in the treatment of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD)-refractory polyarticular course juvenile idiopathic arthritis: experience from Japanese clinical trials

Masaaki Mori, Syuji Takei, Tomoyuki Imagawa, Hiroyuki Imanaka, Yasuhito Nerome, Rumiko Kurosawa, Yoshifumi Kawano, Shumpei Yokota, Noriko Sugiyama, Hirotoshi Yuasa, Tracey Fletcher, Joseph S. Wajdula

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4/7 Case Report Recurrent allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated with etanercept and tocilizumab

Hidehiro Honda, Hiroshi Kida, Mitsuhiro Yoshida, Tetsuya Tomita, Masakazu Fujii, Shoichi Ihara, Sho Goya, Isao Tachibana, Ichiro Kawase

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4/6

Original Article

Short-term outcome of finger joint synovectomy in rheumatoid arthritis

Natsuko Nakagawa, Hironobu Yokoyama, Shigeru Matsuda, Yasuhiro Terashima, Kozo Kohyama, Shigeaki Imura

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3/29
Original Article Cigarette smoking in primary Sjögren's syndrome: positive association only with ANA positivity

Gonca Karabulut, Gul Kitapcioglu, Vedat Inal, Melike Kalfa, Figen Yargucu, Gokhan Keser, Hakan Emmungil, Nihal Mete Gokmen, Hayriye Kocanaogullari, Kenan Aksu

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3/29 Case Report A case of Behçet's disease with widespread perforating enteric ulcers preceded by a long history of peripheral gangrene

Kyoko Honne, Hitoshi Kohsaka, Hideki Kaneko, Yukiko Komano, Shoichi Nakanishi, Masanobu Kitagawa, Nobuyuki Miyasaka

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3/27 Original Article Phonoarthrography, musculoskeletal ultrasonography, and biochemical biomarkers for the evaluation of knee cartilage in osteoarthritis

Hassan M. Bassiouni, Mamoun El-Deeb, Nasser Kenawy, Ehab Abdul-Azim, Mamdouh Khairy

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3/25 Case Report A case of Sjögren syndrome with pulmonary amyloidosis complicating microscopic polyangiitis

Shin-ya Kawashiri, Mami Tamai, Satoshi Yamasaki, Hideki Nakamura, Tomoyuki Kakugawa, Noriho Sakamoto, Yuji Ishimatsu, Atsushi Kawakami

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3/19

Original Article Studies of the efficacy and safety of methotrexate at dosages over 8 mg/week using the IORRA cohort database

Yohei Seto, Eiichi Tanaka, Eisuke Inoue, Ayako Nakajima, Atsuo Taniguchi, Shigeki Momohara and Hisashi Yamanaka

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3/14 Case Report Three cases of PR3-ANCA positive subacute endocarditis caused by attenuated bacteria (Propionibacterium, Gemella, and Bartonella) complicated with kidney injury

Kenji Satake, Isao Ohsawa, Noriyoshi Kobayashi, Ken Osaki, Hitoe Toyoda, Satoshi Horikoshi and Yasuhiko Tomino

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3/12 Letter A patient with neuromyelitis optica with positive anti-Ro (SS-A) antibody presenting with intractable hiccup and nausea

Shunsuke Koga, Kei Ikeda, Daiki Nakagomi, Masahiro Mori, Satoshi Kuwabara and Hiroshi Nakajima

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3/11 Case Report Patient with neonatal-onset chronic hepatitis presenting with mevalonate kinase deficiency with a novel MVK gene mutation

Masahiro Tahara, Hidemasa Sakai, Ryuta Nishikomori, Takahiro Yasumi, Toshio Heike, Ikuo Nagata, Ayano Inui, Tomoo Fujisawa, Yosuke Shigematsu, Koji Nishijima, Katsuji Kuwakado, Shinichi Watabe, Junji Kameyama

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3/11 Case Report Long-term remission of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease associated with primary Sjögren's syndrome following immunosuppressive therapy

Taio Naniwa and Yutaka Takeda

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3/10 Case Report A case of relapsing polychondritis associated with auricular cartilage infiltration of immunoglobulin G4-positive plasma cells and lung cancer

Yoshiro Horai, Tomoya Miyamura, Hokuto Arase, Daisaku Kimura, Karin Shimada, Motoko Ishida, Soichiro Takahama, Junichi Kiyasu, Rumi Minami, Masahiro Yamamoto, Eiichi Suematsu, Yoshifuku Nakayama

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3/10 Case Report Significant attenuation of macrovascular involvement by bosentan in a patient with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis with multiple digital ulcers and gangrene

Yohei Ichimura, Yoshihide Asano, Masaru Hatano, Zenshiro Tamaki, Tomonori Takekoshi, Asako Kogure, Manabu Tomita, Tomohiko Kawashima, Miki Miyazaki, Takashi Taniguchi, Takehiro Takahashi, Hiroshi Mitsui, Makoto Sugaya, Atsushi Yao, Koichiro Kinugawa, Shinichi Sato

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3/8 Original Article Increased incidence of pre-diabetes mellitus at a department of rheumatology: a retrospective study

Tomoki Origuchi, Satomi Yamaguchi, Akiyo Inoue, Yoshie Kazaura, Naomi Matsuo, Norio Abiru, Atsushi Kawakami and Katsumi Eguchi

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3/5 Case Report Successful treatment of cyclosporine-A-resistant cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis with tacrolimus

Yoshishige Miyabe, Yutaka Murata, Yukari Baba, Eisaku Ito and Kenji Nagasaka

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3/4 Original Article Efficacy of total joint arthroplasty in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis: improved longitudinal effects on disease activity but not on health-related quality of life

Shigeki Momohara, Eisuke Inoue, Katsunori Ikari, Koichiro Yano, Asami Tokita, Taku Suzuki, Yu Sakuma, Ryo Hiroshima, Kosei Kawakami, Ikuko Masuda, Takuji Iwamoto, Atsuo Taniguchi, Hisashi Yamanaka

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3/4 Original Article Results of revision total hip arthroplasty with Anatomic BR stem: 10-year minimum follow-up

Tadashi Tsukeoka, Tae Hyun Lee, Hiroaki Tsuruoka, Tadao Murata and Masahiko Suzuki

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3/4

Case Report Anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy in rheumatoid arthritis patients with a history of deep prosthetic joint infection: a report of four cases

Yuji Hirano, Toshihisa Kojima, Yasuhide Kanayama, Tomone Shioura, Masatoshi Hayashi, Seiji Tsuboi and Naoki Ishiguro

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2/24 Review Article Recent trends in orthopedic surgery performed in Japan for rheumatoid arthritis

Shigeki Momohara, Sakae Tanaka, Hiroshi Nakamura, Junya Mibe, Takuji Iwamoto, Katsunori Ikari, Jinju Nishino, Yuho Kadono, Tetsuro Yasui, Kenji Takahashi, Kenji Takenouchi, Kenzo Hashizume, Ryuichi Nakahara, Ayako Kubota, Takashi Nakamura, Keiichiro Nishida, Toru Suguro

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2/24 Original Article Inter-observer and intra-observer reliabilities of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare type classification system for osteonecrosis of the femoral head

Junichi Nakamura, Shunji Kishida, Yoshitada Harada, Satoshi Iida, Kazuhiro Oinuma, Shinji Yamamoto, Takayuki Nakajima, Makoto Takazawa, Tomonori Shigemura, Seiji Ohtori, Yasunori Sato, Kazuhisa Takahashi

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2/23 Original Article Efficacy and safety of additional use of tacrolimus in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis with inadequate response to DMARDs—a multicenter, double-blind, parallel-group trial

Shinichi Kawai, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Yoshiya Tanaka and Nobuyuki Miyasaka

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2/23 Original Article The efficacy and safety of reinstitution of tocilizumab in patients with relapsed active rheumatoid arthritis after long-term withdrawal of tocilizumab Retreatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis with novel anti-IL-6 receptor antibody after a long-term interval following SAMURAI: the RONIN study

Akira Sagawa

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2/21 Case Report Hemophagocytic syndrome in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Hideki Tsuboi, Hirokazu Iwata, Akihide Nampei, Masato Matsushita and Kenrin Shi

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2/19 Case Report Lobular panniculitis with small vessel vasculitis associated with ulcerative colitis

Enrico Beccastrini, Giacomo Emmi, Danilo Squatrito, Gabriella Nesi, Fabio Almerigogna and Lorenzo Emmi

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2/19 Case Report Successful treatment of a patient with IgG4-related disease with a paravertebral mass lesion

Hideki Nakamura, Keiko Hisatomi, Tomohiro Koga, Akinari Mizokami, Satoshi Yamasaki, Mami Tamai, Tomoki Origuchi, Junji Irie and Atsushi Kawakami

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2/18 Case Report A case of juvenile idiopathic arthritis exhibiting repair of systemic bone erosion in response to continuation of MTX therapy after achievement of clinical remission

Teruyuki Nakatani, Toru Maekawa and Shinsuke Ishii

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2/16 Case Report Onset of adult-onset Still's disease following influenza vaccination

Katsunobu Yoshioka, Shunsuke Fujimoto, Hiroko Oba, Mieko Minami and Tetsuya Aoki

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2/14 Case Report Histopathological analysis of cerebral hemorrhage in systemic lupus erythematosus complicated with antiphospholipid syndrome

Yoshiyuki Arinuma, Hirotoshi Kikuchi, Kaori Aramaki, Masahisa Kyogoku and Shunsei Hirohata

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2/11 Original Article Prosthetic joint infection after total hip or knee arthroplasty in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with nonbiologic and biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs

Shigeki Momohara, Kosei Kawakami, Takuji Iwamoto, Koichiro Yano, Yu Sakuma, Ryo Hiroshima, Hitoshi Imamura, Ikuko Masuda, Asami Tokita and Katsunori Ikari

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2/10 Rapid Communication The REAL database reveals no significant risk of serious infection during treatment with a methotrexate dose of more than 8 mg/week in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Ryoko Sakai, Yukiko Komano, Michi Tanaka, Toshihiro Nanki, Ryuji Koike, Atsuo Nakajima, Tatsuya Atsumi, Shinsuke Yasuda, Yoshiya Tanaka, Kazuyoshi Saito, Shigeto Tohma, Takao Fujii, Atsushi Ihata , Naoto Tamura, Atsushi Kawakami, Takahiko Sugihara, Satoshi Ito , Nobuyuki Miyasaka, Masayoshi Harigai

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2/10 Case Report Churg–Strauss syndrome complicated by central retinal artery occlusion: case report and a review of the literature

Kurumi Asako, Maki Takayama, Hajime Kono, Hirotoshi Kikuchi

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2/10 Case Report Tocilizumab, a humanized anti-interleukin-6 receptor antibody, ameliorated clinical symptoms and MRI findings of a patient with ankylosing spondylitis

Yoshihito Shima, Tetsuya Tomita, Taeko Ishii, Atsuyoshi Morishima,
Yuichi Maeda, Atsushi Ogata, Tadamitsu Kishimoto, Toshio Tanaka

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2/10 Case Report A case of lupus-associated pancreatitis with ruptured pseudoaneurysms

Tomohiro Koga, Taiichiro Miyashita, Megumi Koga, Yasumori Izumi, Shinya Onizuka, Hikaru Fujioka, Shinsuke Fujiwara, Chikaaki Nakamichi, Kazuaki Nakashima, Kiyoshi Migita

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2/5 Case Report Pseudogout of the acromioclavicular joint: report of two cases and review of the literature

Michiyuki Hakozaki, Shinichi Kikuchi, Koji Otani, Takahiro Tajino, Shinichi Konno

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1/25

Original Article

Impact of natural disasters on the functional and health status of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Jun Tomio, Hajime Sato, Hiroko Mizumura

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1/25

Case Report

Systemic sclerosis presented as congestive heart failure: an autopsy case

Hiroyuki Kanno, Toshie Segawa, Yasuhiro Miura, Mutsumi Miyata, Aki Yoshida, Motoyuki Nakamura, Takashi Sawai

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1/24

Original Article

Postmarketing surveillance of safety and effectiveness of etanercept in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Takao Koike, Masayoshi Harigai, Shigeko Inokuma, Naoki Ishiguro, Junnosuke Ryu, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Yoshiya Tanaka, Hisashi Yamanaka, Koichi Fujii, Takunari Yoshinaga, Bruce Freundlich, Michio Suzukawa

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1/21

Original Article

Functional disturbance of the stress-adaptation system in patients with scleroderma

Emi Matsuura, Akihide Ohta, Rie Suematsu, Hisako Inoue, Syuichi Koarada, Yoshifumi Tada, Ryoko Sherriff-Tadano, Tsukasa Kuroki, Daisaku Ikeda, Kohei Nagasawa

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1/21

Original Article

Role of imaging studies in the diagnosis and evaluation of giant cell arteritis in Japanese: report of eight cases

Akio Morinobu, Goh Tsuji, Shimpei Kasagi, Jun Saegusa, Hiroki Hayashi, Takashi Nakazawa, Yoshinori Kogata, Kenta Misaki, Keisuke Nishimura, Sho Sendo, Natsuko Miura, Seiji Kawano, Shunichi Kumagai

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1/17

Case Report

Infliximab and brucellosis: not the usual suspects, this time

Ozgur Akgul, Salih Ozgocmen

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1/17

Case Report

A case of IgG4-related disease with features of Mikulicz's disease, and retroperitoneal fibrosis and lymphadenopathy mimicking Castleman's disease

Kenchi Takenaka, Kazuki Takada, Daisuke Kobayashi, Masato Moriguchi, Masayoshi Harigai, Nobuyuki Miyasaka

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1/17

Original Article

In rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with tocilizumab, the rate of clinical disease activity index (CDAI) remission at 24 weeks is superior in those with higher titers of IgM-rheumatoid factor at baseline

Shin-ya Kawashiri, Atsushi Kawakami, Naoki Iwamoto, Keita Fujikawa, Toshiyuki Aramaki, Mami Tamai, Satoshi Yamasaki, Hideki Nakamura, Tomoki Origuchi, Yukitaka Ueki, Kiyoshi Migita, Akinari Mizokami, Kiyoshi Aoyagi, Katsumi Eguchi

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1/17

Case Report

Polymyositis associated with autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, and autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura

Yuko Kurihara, Takashi Shishido, Kayo Oku, Masashi Takamatsu,
Hiroshi Ishiguro, Atsushi Suzuki, Tsunejirou Sekita, Toshihito Shinagawa, Tadayuki Ishihara, Ran Nakashima, Takao Fujii, Yutaka Okano

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1/17

Original Article

Efficacy and safety of intravenous cyclophosphamide pulse therapy with oral prednisolone in the treatment of interstitial lung disease with systemic sclerosis: 4-year follow-up

Akiko Tochimoto, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Masako Hara, Mutsuto Tateishi, Chikako Fukasawa, Kae Takagi, Emi Nishimagi, Yuko Ota, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Takahisa Gono, Eiichi Tanaka, Hisashi Yamanaka

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1/17

Case Report

Successful treatment of acquired hemophilia A, complicated by chronic GVHD, with tocilizumab

Sumiyuki Nishida, Tomio Kawasaki, Hirokazu Kashiwagi, Atsuyoshi Morishima, Yoshihiro Hishitani, Mari Kawai, Toru Hirano, Taeko Ishii , Keisuke Hagihara, Yoshihito Shima, Masashi Narazaki, Atsushi Ogata, Yoshihiro Oka, Tadamitsu Kishimoto, Toshio Tanaka

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1/17

Case Report

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus with diabetes mellitus: case report and literature review

Yasuhiro Shimojima, Wataru Ishii, Masayuki Matsuda, Kana Tojo, Rie Watanabe, Shu-ichi Ikeda

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1/12

Case Report

The development of Th1-mediated sarcoidosis improves the clinical course of Th2-mediated atopic dermatitis

Tomomitsu Miyagaki, Yoshihide Asano, Sayaka Shibata, Yuki Ohno, Yuichiro Tsunemi, Hidehisa Saeki, Kunihiko Tamaki, Shinichi Sato

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1/12

Original Article

Leflunomide or methotrexate? Comparison of clinical efficacy and safety in low socio-economic rheumatoid arthritis patients

Muhammad Ishaq, Jibran Sualeh Muhammad, Kamran Hameed, Ahmad Iqbal Mirza

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1/12

Case Report

Simultaneous presentation of hemophagocytic syndrome and mesenteric vasculitis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Su-Jin Moon, Seung-Ki Kwok, Kyung-Su Park, Wan-Uk Kim, Sung-Hwan Park, Ho-Youn Kim

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1/12

Original Article

Disease activity score 28 may overestimate the remission induction of rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with tocilizumab: comparison with the remission by the clinical disease activity index

Shin-ya Kawashiri, Atsushi Kawakami, Naoki Iwamoto, Keita Fujikawa, Toshiyuki Aramaki, Mami Tamai, Satoshi Yamasaki, Hideki Nakamura, Yukitaka Ueki, Kiyoshi Migita, Akinari Mizokami, Tomoki Origuchi, Kiyoshi Aoyagi, Katsumi Eguchi

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1/11

Original Article

Interleukin-18 promoter polymorphisms in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: protective effect of the T allele and T/T genotype at rs360722

Tomoko Sugiura, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Katsunori Ikari, Hisae Ichida, Manabu Kawamoto, Shigeki Momohara, Masako Hara, Hisashi Yamanaka

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1/11

Original Article

Clinical features of reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Yuichiro Fujieda, Hiroshi Kataoka, Toshio Odani, Kotaro Otomo, Masaru Kato, Shinji Fukaya, Kenji Oku, Tetsuya Horita, Shinsuke Yasuda, Tatsuya Atsumi, Takao Koike

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12/28

Original Article

Comparative suppressive effects of tyrosine kinase inhibitors imatinib and nilotinib in models of autoimmune arthritis

Naotsugu Akashi, Isao Matsumoto, Yoko Tanaka, Asuka Inoue, Kayo Yamamoto, Naoto Umeda, Yuki Tanaka, Taichi Hayashi, Daisuke Goto, Satoshi Ito, Kaneo Sekiguchi, Takayuki Sumida

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12/28

Original Article

A multicentre trial of bucillamine in the treatment of early rheumatoid arthritis (SNOW study)

Akira Sagawa, Atsushi Fujisaku, Katsunori Ohnishi, Masaya Mukai, Izumi Yasuda, Yoshiharu Amasaki, Masato Shimizu, Kenji Ichikawa, Hirofumi Ohsaki

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12/28

Review Article

The sick building syndrome as a part of the autoimmune (auto-inflammatory) syndrome induced by adjuvants

Eitan Israeli, Asher Pardo

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12/28

Case Report

Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome after intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid

Yasuo Kunugiza, Mamori Tani, Tetsuya Tomita, Hideki Yoshikawa

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12/28

Original Article

Efficacy and safety of tacrolimus for induction therapy in patients with active lupus nephritis

Satoshi Takahashi, Keiju Hiromura, Noriyuki Sakurai, Takayuki Matsumoto, Hidekazu Ikeuchi, Akito Maeshima, Yoriaki Kaneko, Takashi Kuroiwa, Yoshihisa Nojima

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12/28

Original Article

Two subtypes of Churg–Strauss syndrome with neuropathy: the roles of eosinophils and ANCA

Nobuyuki Oka, Teruaki Kawasaki, Masaru Matsui, Kazuo Shigematsu, Tsuneo Unuma, Hiroshi Sugiyama

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12/28

Original Article

Reduction in serum levels of substance P in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by etanercept, a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor

Tomoki Origuchi, Naoki Iwamoto, Shin-ya Kawashiri, Keita Fujikawa, Toshiyuki Aramaki, Mami Tamai, Kazuhiko Arima, Hideki Nakamura, Satoshi Yamasaki, Hiroaki Ida, Atsushi Kawakami, Yukitaka Ueki, Naoki Matsuoka, Munetoshi Nakashima, Akinari Mizokami, Yojiro Kawabe, Masanobu Mine, Takaaki Fukuda, Katsumi Eguchi

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12/28

Case Report

Concurrent presentation of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis and systemic lupus erythematosus

Masami Matsumura, Rika Kawamura, Ryo Inoue, Kazunori Yamada, Mitsuhiro Kawano, Masakazu Yamagishi

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12/28

Case Report

Disseminated cutaneous and visceral Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis receiving corticosteroids and tacrolimus

Takashi Taniguchi, Yoshihide Asano, Makiko Kawaguchi, Asako Kogure, Hiroshi Mitsui, Makoto Sugaya, Shinichi Sato

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12/28

Original Article

Therapeutic effect of D1-like dopamine receptor antagonist on collagen-induced arthritis of mice

Hiroki Nakashioya, Kazuhisa Nakano, Naoko Watanabe, Nobuyuki Miyasaka, Sho Matsushita, Hitoshi Kohsaka

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12/20

Case Report

Pulmonary hypertension confirmed histologically five months prior to scleroderma renal crisis onset

Ryu Watanabe, Izaya Nakaya, Mayumi Yahata, Tohru Takahashi, Tomomi Sasajima, Kenichi Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Oura, Tsutomu Sakuma, Nobukazu Tomichi, Yasuki Mori, Jun Soma

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12/9

Letter

FDG-PET/CT of polymyalgia rheumatica

Takuya Kotani, Tsuyoshi Komori, Yumiko Kanzaki, Tohru Takeuchi, Daisuke Wakura, Akio Iimori, Suzue Hirano-Kuwata, Shigeki Makino, Toshiaki Hanafusa, Akira Ukimura

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11/25 Original Article Contribution of an adenine to guanine single nucleotide polymorphism of the matrix metalloproteinase-13 (MMP-13) −77 promoter region to the production of anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in patients with HLA-DRB1*shared epitope-negative rheumatoid arthritis

Naoki Iwamoto, Atsushi Kawakami, Kazuhiko Arima, Mami Tamai, Hideki Nakamura, Shin-ya Kawashiri, Junko Kita, Akitomo Okada, Tomohiro Koga, Makoto Kamachi, Satoshi Yamasaki, Kunihiro Ichinose, Hiroaki Ida, Tomoki Origuchi, Katsumi Eguchi

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11/22 Case Report A case of rheumatoid pericarditis associated with a high IL-6 titer in the pericardial fluid and tocilizumab treatment

Yoshio Ozaki, Akihiro Tanaka, Keiko Shimamoto, Hideki Amuro, Katsuyuki Kawakami, Yonsu Son, Tomoki Ito, Takahiko Wada, Shosaku Nomura

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