MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY Vol.18 No.2
Review Article
Clinical strategies for amyloid A amyloidosis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis
Tadashi Nakamura
P.109-118
10.1007/s10165-008-0035-2
Abstract
Review Article
Hughes syndrome (the antiphospholipid syndrome): 25 years old
C. J. Edwards and G. R. V. Hughes
P.119-124
10.1007/s10165-008-0042-3
Abstract
Review Article
Limits and perspectives of ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of rheumatic diseases
Andrea Delle Sedie, Lucrezia Riente and Stefano Bombardieri
P.125-131
10.1007/s10165-008-0046-z
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Regenerative effects of transplanting autologous mesenchymal stem cells on corticosteroid-induced osteonecrosis in rabbits
Hiroyuki Matsuya, Taketoshi Kushida, Taku Asada, Masayuki Umeda, Takahiko Wada and Hirokazu Iida
P.132-139
10.1007/s10165-008-0023-6
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
In vivo change of elastic property in polyethylene acetabular components
Atsushi Kusaba, Saiji Kondo, Yujiro Mori and Yoshikatsu Kuroki
P.140-145
10.1007/s10165-008-0025-4
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Retrospective clinical study on the notable efficacy and related factors of infliximab therapy in a rheumatoid arthritis management group in Japan: one-year clinical outcomes (RECONFIRM-2)
Retrospective clinical study on the notable efficacy and related factors of infliximab therapy in a rheumatoid arthritis management group in Japan: one-year clinical outcomes (RECONFIRM-2)
Yoshiya Tanaka, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Eisuke Inoue, Kazuyoshi Saito, Naoya Sekiguchi, Eri Sato, Masao Nawata, Hideto Kameda, Shigeru Iwata, Kouichi Amano and Hisashi Yamanaka
P.146-152
10.1007/s10165-008-0026-3
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Prevalence of disease-specific antinuclear antibodies in general population: estimates from annual physical examinations of residents of a small town over a 5-year period
Nobuhide Hayashi, Masahiro Koshiba, Kunihiro Nishimura, Daisuke Sugiyama, Tomoko Nakamura, Sahoko Morinobu, Seiji Kawano and Shunichi Kumagai
P.153-160
10.1007/s10165-008-0028-1
Abstract
Original Article
Clinical manifestations and clinical syndromes of Filipino patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Charles A. C. Villamin and Sandra V. Navarra
P.161-164
10.1007/s10165-008-0029-0
Abstract
Original Article
Life expectancies of Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a review of deaths over a 20-year period
Fumio Shinomiya, Noriaki Mima, Keiichirou Nanba, Kenji Tani, Shunji Nakano, Hiroshi Egawa, Toshinori Sakai, Hideaki Miyoshi and Daisuke Hamada
P.165-169
10.1007/s10165-008-0031-6
Abstract
Original Article
Characteristics of fracture and related factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Akihide Nampei, Jun Hashimoto, Junichiro Koyanagi, Takeshi Ono, Hideo Hashimoto, Noriyuki Tsumaki, Tetsuya Tomita, Kazuomi Sugamoto, Norihiro Nishimoto, Takahiro Ochi and Hideki Yoshikawa
P.170-176
10.1007/s10165-008-0032-5
Abstract
CASE REPORT
Successful treatment of new onset Wegener’s granulomatosis with IVIG (intravenous immunoglobulin) during pregnancy: a case report
Seo Young Kim, Julie M. Linton and Sharon L. Kolasinski
P.177-180
10.1007/s10165-008-0020-9
Abstract
CASE REPORT
Hyperostosis frontalis interna in a patient with giant cell arteritis
Hilal Kocabas, Ilhan Sezer, Meltem Alkan Melikoglu, Ulku Gurbuz, Ozge Illeez, Irem Hicran Ozbudak and Bulent Butun
P.181-183
10.1007/s10165-008-0021-8
Abstract
CASE REPORT
Aseptic meningitis in mixed connective tissue disease: cytokine and anti-U1RNP antibodies in cerebrospinal fluids from two different cases
Yoshimasa Fujita, Takao Fujii, Ran Nakashima, Masao Tanaka and Tsuneyo Mimori
P.184-188
10.1007/s10165-008-0022-7
Abstract
CASE REPORT
A case of planned pregnancy with an interruption in infliximab administration in a 27-year-old female patient with rheumatoid-factor-positive polyarthritis juvenile idiopathic arthritis which improved after restarting infliximab and methotrexate
Yasuhito Nerome, Hiroyuki Imanaka, Yukiko Nonaka, Yumiko Tsuru, Nobuaki Maeno, Tomoko Takezaki, Hirosumi Mori, Harumi Akaike, Tomohiro Kubota, Yoshifumi Kawano and Syuji Takei
P.189-192
10.1007/s10165-008-0024-5
Abstract
CASE REPORT
Therapeutic efficacy of intravenous cyclophosphamide concomitant with moderate- to high-dose prednisolone in two patients with fasciitis panniculitis syndrome
Takashi Kato, Ayako Nakajima, Makoto Soejima, Reon Nagai, Toru Yago, Kiyoko Tanohara, Hisae Ichida, Ikuko Masuda, Toru Yamada, Atsuo Taniguchi, Yuji Akiyama, Toshihide Mimura, Tetsuya Tsuchida, Naoyuki Kamatani and Masako Hara
P.193-199
10.1007/s10165-008-0027-2
Abstract
CASE REPORT
Hodgkin lymphoma as a complication of primary Sjogren’s syndrome
Isabella Lima, Ana Suellen B. Carneiro, Caroline Alencar Amorim and Mittermayer Barreto Santiago
P.200-202
10.1007/s10165-008-0030-7
Abstract
CASE REPORT
A case of periodic-fever-syndrome-like disorder with lipodystrophy, myositis, and autoimmune abnormalities
Shimpei Kasagi, Seiji Kawano, Takashi Nakazawa, Hirotoshi Sugino, Masahiro Koshiba, Kunihiro Ichinose, Hiroaki Ida, Katsumi Eguchi and Shunichi Kumagai
P.203-207
10.1007/s10165-008-0033-4
Abstract
CASE REPORT
Tacrolimus-induced lung injury in a rheumatoid arthritis patient with interstitial pneumonitis
Yusuke Miwa, Takeo Isozaki, Kuninobu Wakabayashi, Tsuyoshi Odai, Mizuho Matsunawa, Nobuyuki Yajima, Masao Negishi, Hirotsugu Ide, Tsuyoshi Kasama, Mitsuru Adachi, Tomoyuki Hisayuki and Tamiko Takemura
P.208-211
10.1007/s10165-008-0034-3
Abstract
Erratum
Efficacy of high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in Japanese patients with steroid-resistant polymyositis and dermatomyositis
Eizo Saito, Takao Koike, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Nobuyuki Miyasaka, Yasuo Ikeda, Masako Hara, Hidehiro Yamada, Tadashi Yoshida, Masayoshi Harigai, Yoichi Ichikawa and Additional members of the GB-0998 Study Group
P.212
10.1007/s10165-008-0050-3
Abstract