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Vol.18 No.4

Review Article

The role of cell death in the pathogenesis of autoimmune disease: HMGB1 and microparticles as intercellular mediators of inflammation

Stacy P. Ardoin, David S. Pisetsky
P.319-326
10.1007/s10165-008-0054-z
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Review Article

Treatment of upper cervical spine involvement in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Masashi Neo
P.327-335
10.1007/s10165-008-0059-7
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Original Article

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Japanese version of the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ)

Takako Miyamae, Akinobu Nemoto, Tomoyuki Imagawa, Kenji Ohshige, Masaaki Mori, Shigeru Nishimaki, Shumpei Yokota
P.336-343
10.1007/s10165-008-0047-y
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Erratum

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Japanese version of the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ)

Takako Miyamae, Akinobu Nemoto, Tomoyuki Imagawa, Kenji Ohshige, Masaaki Mori, Shigeru Nishimaki, Shumpei Yokota
P.344
10.1007/s10165-008-0112-6
Abstract


Original Article

Safety of long-term tacrolimus therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: an open-label, uncontrolled study in non-elderly patients

Shinichi Kawai, Kortaro Tanaka, Iwao Ohno, Kazunori Utsunomiya, Yoshihiko Seino
P.345-353
10.1007/s10165-008-0058-8
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Original Article

Decreased percentages of regulatory T cells in peripheral blood of patients with Behcet’s disease before ocular attack: a possible predictive marker of ocular attack

Yuki Nanke, Shigeru Kotake, Mari Goto, Hiroshi Ujihara, Masao Matsubara, Naoyuki Kamatani
P.354-358
10.1007/s10165-008-0064-x
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Original Article

Disease-specific screening for deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism using plasma D-dimer values after total knee arthroplasty

Teruhito Yoshitaka, Nobuhiro Abe, Hiroshi Minagawa, Hirokazu Date, Yoshimasa Sakoma, Keiichiro Nishida, Toshifumi Ozaki
P.359-365
10.1007/s10165-008-0068-6
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Original Article

Tumor necrosis factor-α inhibits chondrogenic differentiation of synovial fibroblasts through p38 mitogen activating protein kinase pathways

Chiaki Okuma-Yoshioka, Hiroaki Seto, Yuho Kadono, Atsuhiko Hikita, Yasushi Oshima, Hisashi Kurosawa, Kozo Nakamura, Sakae Tanaka
P.366-378
10.1007/s10165-008-0069-5
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Original Article

Efficacy of low-dose tacrolimus added to methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Japan: a retrospective study

Yoshitaka Morita, Yumi Sasae, Takeo Sakuta, Minoru Satoh, Tamaki Sasaki, Naoki Kashihara
P.379-384
10.1007/s10165-008-0071-y
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Original Article

Use of laser microdissection in the analysis of renal-infiltrating T cells in MRL/lpr mice

Yingge Wang, Satoshi Ito, Yusuke Chino, Keiichi Iwanami, Takanori Yasukochi, Daisuke Goto, Isao Matsumoto, Taichi Hayashi, Kazuhiko Uchida, Takayuki Sumida
P.385-393
10.1007/s10165-008-0074-8
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Case Report

Iliopsoas bursitis-associated femoral neuropathy exacerbated after internal fixation of an intertrochanteric hip fracture in rheumatoid arthritis: a case report

Asami Tokita, Katsunori Ikari, So Tsukahara, Hiroe Toki, Motoko Miyawaki, Takeshi Mochizuki, Koichiro Kawamura, Taisuke Tomatsu, Shigeki Momohara
P.394-398
10.1007/s10165-008-0060-1
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Case Report

A case of rheumatoid arthritis complicated by demyelination in both cerebral cortex and spinal cord during etanercept therapy

Tomohiro Kameda, Hiroaki Dobashi, Katsuharu Kittaka, Kentaro Susaki, Naohisa Hosomi, Kazushi Deguchi, Toshihiko Ishida
P.399-402
10.1007/s10165-008-0062-z
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Case Report

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic uremic syndrome and adult onset Still’s disease: case report and review of the literature

Mehmet Sayarlioglu, Hayriye Sayarlioglu, Mesut Ozkaya, Ozan Balakan, Mehmet Ali Ucar
P.403-406
10.1007/s10165-008-0061-0
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Case Report

Successful treatment with plasma exchange in adult-onset Still’s disease with hyper-IL-18-naemia and hyperallergic state

Tomoki Ito, Yoshio Ozaki, Keiko Shimamoto, Hideki Amuro, Tsutomu Tanijiri, Takashi Yokoi, Yonsu Son, Kenichirou Tajima, Shirou Fukuhara
P.407-410
10.1007/s10165-008-0065-9
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Case Report

A case of granuloma in the occipital lobe of a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis

Naoto Azuma, Yoshinori Katada, Nobumasa Nishimura, Tomonori Yamada, Ryunosuke Uranishi, Shinichi Nakatsuka, Makoto Dehara, Yoshinori Harada, Takao Yamanaka, Yukihiko Saeki
P.411-415
10.1007/s10165-008-0070-z
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Case Report

Dramatic regression of mesenteric abnormalities demonstrated on angiography following prednisolone and cyclophosphamide combination therapy in a patient with polyarteritis nodosa associated with Sjögren’s syndrome

Sonosuke Yukawa, Koichiro Tahara, Naoichiro Yukawa, Aki Shoji, Soichiro Tsuji, Haeru Hayashi, Norioki Tsuboi
P.416-421
10.1007/s10165-008-0072-x
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Letter

Bilateral ureteral stenosis as a complication of Henoch-Schönlein vasculitis

Chieko Ihoriya, Yoshitaka Morita, Takehiko Tokura, Kengo Kidokoro, Norio Komai, Tamaki Sasaki, Naoki Kashihara
P.422-424
10.1007/s10165-008-0063-y
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Letter

HLA-B27-transgenic rats, amyloid deposits, and spondyloarthropathies

Barbara Uchanska-Ziegler, Andreas Ziegler
P.425-426
10.1007/s10165-008-0066-8
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Letter

Comment on “Polymyalgia rheumatica as the manifestation of unclassified aortitis”

Marcin Milchert, Marek Brzosko
P.427-428
10.1007/s10165-008-0073-9
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