MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY 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 and David S. Pisetsky
P.319-326
10.1007/s10165-008-0054-z
Abstract
Review Article
Treatment of upper cervical spine involvement in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Masashi Neo
P.327-335
10.1007/s10165-008-0059-7
Abstract
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 and Shumpei Yokota
P.336-343
10.1007/s10165-008-0047-y
Abstract
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 and 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 and Yoshihiko Seino
P.345-353
10.1007/s10165-008-0058-8
Abstract
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 and Naoyuki Kamatani
P.354-358
10.1007/s10165-008-0064-x
Abstract
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 and Toshifumi Ozaki
P.359-365
10.1007/s10165-008-0068-6
Abstract
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 and Sakae Tanaka
P.366-378
10.1007/s10165-008-0069-5
Abstract
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 and Naoki Kashihara
P.379-384
10.1007/s10165-008-0071-y
Abstract
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 and Takayuki Sumida
P.385-393
10.1007/s10165-008-0074-8
Abstract
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 and Shigeki Momohara
P.394-398
10.1007/s10165-008-0060-1
Abstract
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 and Toshihiko Ishida
P.399-402
10.1007/s10165-008-0062-z
Abstract
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 and Mehmet Ali Ucar
P.403-406
10.1007/s10165-008-0061-0
Abstract
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 and Shirou Fukuhara
P.407-410
10.1007/s10165-008-0065-9
Abstract
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 and Yukihiko Saeki
P.411-415
10.1007/s10165-008-0070-z
Abstract
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 and Norioki Tsuboi
P.416-421
10.1007/s10165-008-0072-x
Abstract
Letter
Bilateral ureteral stenosis as a complication of Henoch-Schönlein vasculitis
Chieko Ihoriya, Yoshitaka Morita, Takehiko Tokura, Kengo Kidokoro, Norio Komai, Tamaki Sasaki and Naoki Kashihara
P.422-424
10.1007/s10165-008-0063-y
Abstract
Letter
HLA-B27-transgenic rats, amyloid deposits, and spondyloarthropathies
Barbara Uchanska-Ziegler and Andreas Ziegler
P.425-426
10.1007/s10165-008-0066-8
Abstract
Letter
Comment on “Polymyalgia rheumatica as the manifestation of unclassified aortitis”
Marcin Milchert and Marek Brzosko
P.427-428
10.1007/s10165-008-0073-9
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