MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY Vol.17 No.1
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Efficacy and safety of iguratimod compared with placebo and salazosulfapyridine in active rheumatoid arthritis: a controlled, multicenter, double-blind, parallel-group study
Masako Hara, Tohru Abe, Sachiko Sugawara, Yutaka Mizushima, Keiko Hoshi, Shoichiro Irimajiri, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Shinichi Yoshino, Nobuo Matsui, Masashi Nobunaga and Shigeyuki Nakano
P. 1 - 9
DOI : 10.1007/s10165-006-0542-y
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Long-term safety study of iguratimod in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Masako Hara, Tohru Abe, Sachiko Sugawara, Yutaka Mizushima, Keiko Hoshi, Shoichiro Irimajiri, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Shinichi Yoshino, Nobuo Matsui and Masashi Nobunaga
P. 10 - 16
DOI : 10.1007/s10165-006-0543-x
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Scientific basis for the efficacy of combined use of antirheumatic drugs against bone destruction in rheumatoid arthritis
Ayako Suematsu, Yasuhito Tajiri, Tomoki Nakashima, Junko Taka, Sae Ochi, Hiromi Oda, Kozo Nakamura, Sakae Tanaka and Hiroshi Takayanagi
P. 17 - 23
DOI : 10.1007/s10165-006-0531-1
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
The serum concentration of infliximab in cases of autologous blood donation for patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Takeshi Mochizuki, Shigeki Momohara, Katsunori Ikari, Hiroshi Okamoto, Shu Kobayashi, So Tsukahara, Takuji Iwamoto, Koichiro Kawamura, Seiji Saito and Taisuke Tomatsu
P. 24 - 27
DOI : 10.1007/s10165-006-0539-6
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Retrospective clinical study on the notable efficacy and related factors of infliximab therapy in a rheumatoid arthritis management group in Japan (RECONFIRM)
Hisashi Yamanaka, Yoshiya Tanaka, Naoya Sekiguchi, Eisuke Inoue, Kazuyoshi Saito, Hideto Kameda, Noriko Iikuni, Masao Nawata, Kouichi Amano, Mikiko Shinozaki and Tsutomu Takeuchi
P. 28 - 32
DOI : 10.1007/s10165-006-0532-0
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Ten years results of bucillamine in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Naomasa Yokota, Yoshiaki Kuga, Teruhisa Kanazawa, Minoru Morishita, Kensaku Tanida and Katsumi Itou
P. 33 - 36
DOI : 10.1007/s10165-006-0533-z
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Pulmonary-renal syndrome in systemic sclerosis: a report of three cases and review of the literature
Taio Naniwa, Shogo Banno, Yoshiki Sugiura, Kaori Yokota, Tomoyo Oosawa, Shinji Maeda, Yoshihito Hayami, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Ryuzo Ueda and Yoshifuji Matsumoto
P. 37 - 44
DOI : 10.1007/s10165-006-0540-0
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
CD40-CD40 ligand signal induces the intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression through nuclear factor-kappa B p50 in cultured salivary gland epithelial cells from patients with Sjögren's syndrome
Miwako Saito, Yasuhiro Ota, Hiroyuki Ohashi, Yoshiaki Dei, Kumiko Shimoyama, Daisuke Suzuki, Hideharu Hayashi and Noriyoshi Ogawa
P. 45 - 53
DOI : 10.1007/s10165-006-0538-7
Abstract
CASE REPORT
Bilateral ureteral stenosis and duodenal perforation in a patient with dermatomyositis
Yoshitaka Morita, Takeo Sakuta, Hajime Nagasu, Atsunori Kuwabara, Yuko Tokuoka, Sanae Teshigawara, Hideyuki Horike and Naoki Kashihara
P. 54 - 56
DOI : 10.1007/s10165-006-0529-8
Abstract
CASE REPORT
Adult T-cell lymphoma mimicking Henoch--Schögnlein purpura
Rie Tabata, Chiharu Tabata, Shunzo Namiuchi, Makoto Terada, Ryoji Yasumizu, Tomoko Okamoto and Tomoko Nagai
P. 57 - 62
DOI : 10.1007/s10165-006-0534-y
Abstract
CASE REPORT
A case of mixed connective tissue disease complicated with thymic carcinoma and Hashimoto's thyroiditis
Yoshito Yoshidome, Shigeaki Hayashi, Yoshikazu Maruyama, Toshi Yoneda, Daisuke Matsuzoe, Takehito Kawakami, Hiroshi Shirahama, Yukie Tashiro and Nobutaka Eiraku
P. 63 - 66
DOI : 10.1007/s10165-006-0535-x
Abstract
CASE REPORT
A case of SAPHO (synovitis-acne-pustulosis-hyperostosis-osteomyelitis) syndrome in which [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography was useful for differentiating from multiple metastatic bone tumors
Kimihiko Takeuchi, Masatoshi Matsusita and Kenji Takagishi
P. 67 - 71
DOI : 10.1007/s10165-006-0536-9
Abstract
CASE REPORT
Leukoencephalopathy during administration of etanercept for refractory rheumatoid arthritis
Motohisa Yamamoto, Hiroki Takahashi, Hideki Wakasugi, Yasutaka Sukawa, Mayuko Saito, Chisako Suzuki, Yasuyoshi Naishiro, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Yasuhisa Shinomura and Kohzoh Imai
P. 72 - 74
DOI : 10.1007/s10165-006-0530-2
Abstract
CASE REPORT
CD8+ T lymphocytes infiltrate predominantly in the inflammatory foci of MPO-ANCA-positive thoracic hypertrophic pachymeningitis in a patient with HLA-A24
Tadashi Nakamura, Kei Hirakawa, Syu-ichi Higashi, Kunihiko Tomoda, Michishi Tsukano, Ken-ichi Iyama and Terumi Sakae
P. 5 - 80
DOI : 10.1007/s10165-006-0537-8
Abstract
RAPID COMMUNICATION
HLA-B51 and cigarette smoking as risk factors for chronic progressive neurological manifestations in Behc,et's disease
Kaori Aramaki, Hirotoshi Kikuchi and Shunsei Hirohata
P. 81 - 82
DOI : 10.1007/s10165-006-0541-z
Abstract