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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
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Review Article

Hughes syndrome (the antiphospholipid syndrome): 25 years old

C. J. Edwards, G. R. V. Hughes
P.119-124
10.1007/s10165-008-0042-3
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Review Article

Limits and perspectives of ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of rheumatic diseases

Andrea Delle Sedie, Lucrezia Riente, 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, Hirokazu Iida
P.132-139
10.1007/s10165-008-0023-6
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Original Article

In vivo change of elastic property in polyethylene acetabular components

Atsushi Kusaba, Saiji Kondo, Yujiro Mori, Yoshikatsu Kuroki
P.140-145
10.1007/s10165-008-0025-4
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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)

Yoshiya Tanaka, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Eisuke Inoue, Kazuyoshi Saito, Naoya Sekiguchi, Eri Sato, Masao Nawata, Hideto Kameda, Shigeru Iwata, Kouichi Amano, Hisashi Yamanaka
P.146-152
10.1007/s10165-008-0026-3
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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, Shunichi Kumagai
P.153-160
0.1007/s10165-008-0028-1
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Original Article

Clinical manifestations and clinical syndromes of Filipino patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Charles A. C. Villamin, Sandra V. Navarra
P.161-164
10.1007/s10165-008-0029-0
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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, Daisuke Hamada
P.165-169
10.1007/s10165-008-0031-6
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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, Hideki Yoshikawa
P.170-176
10.1007/s10165-008-0032-5
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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, Sharon L. Kolasinski
P.177-180
10.1007/s10165-008-0020-9
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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, Bulent Butun
P.181-183
10.1007/s10165-008-0021-8
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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, Tsuneyo Mimori
P.184-188
10.1007/s10165-008-0022-7
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Case Report

A case of planned pregnancy with an interruption in infliximab administration in a 27-year-old female patient with rheumatoidfactor- 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, Syuji Takei
P.189-192
10.1007/s10165-008-0024-5
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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 Mimura2, Tetsuya Tsuchida3, Naoyuki Kamatani1, Masako Hara
P.193-199
10.1007/s10165-008-0027-2
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Case Report

Hodgkin lymphoma as a complication of primary Sjögren’s syndrome

Isabella Lima, Ana Suellen B. Carneiro, Caroline Alencar Amorim, Mittermayer Barreto Santiago
P.200-202
10.1007/s10165-008-0030-7
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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, Shunichi Kumagai
P.203-207
10.1007/s10165-008-0033-4
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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 Negish, Hirotsugu Ide, Tsuyoshi Kasama, Mitsuru Adachi, Tomoyuki Hisayuki, Tamiko Takemura
P.208-211
10.1007/s10165-008-0034-3
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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, Additional members of the GB-0998 Study Group
P.212
10.1007/s10165-008-0050-3
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