1 University of Toronto, Toronto Western Research Institute, Psoriatic Arthritis Program, University Health Network, Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, ...
The first choice for prevention of corticosteroid osteoporosis is a potent oral bisphosphonate—for example, alendronate or risedronate. Intravenous bisphosphonates should be considered for patients ...
7 Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy 8 Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Kerckhoff-Klinik, ...
2 Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden 3 Unit of Clinical Immunology, Uppsala University/Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden 4 ...
Background: Although disease-specific health status measures are available for ankylosing spondylitis (AS), no instrument exists for assessing quality of life (QoL) in the condition. Objective: To ...
1 Musculoskeletal Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia 2 Department of Podiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia ...
1 Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands 2 Departments of Rheumatology and Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Centre 3 Department of Immunohaematology ...
Introduction: Potential hepatotoxicity associated with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) requires laboratory monitoring. In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or psoriatic arthritis ...
OBJECTIVES (a) To determine the topographical variations in cartilage thickness over the entire surfaces of cadaveric lower limb joints, and (b) to examine the correlations between: cartilage ...
a Academic Ziekenhuis Leiden, Stafcentrum Reumatologie, Leiden, The Netherlands, b Division of Immunology and Allergy, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland Professor F C Breedveld, Academic ...
The distribution of hyaline cartilage in the sagittal plane of the normal human femoral head was examined. 28 specimens from persons aged 10 to 68 years subject to post-mortem examination in a ...
Background: Takayasu's arteritis (TA) has a mortality rate of up to 40% in children. Because the clinical presentation of TA is often non-specific, accurate and prompt diagnosis depends on a high ...