Báo cáo y học: "Antibodies to mutated citrullinated vimentin and disease activity score in early arthritis: a cohort study" docx

... and at 1 and 2 years of follow up. Disease activity was measured using the disease activity score (Disease Activity Score based on 28 joints [DAS28]) and serum C-reactive protein. General estimation equation ... properly cited. Abstract Introduction The aim of our study was to investigate the association between arthritic disease activity and antibodies to muta...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:22

... Matsui T, Shimada K, Ozawa N, Hayakowa H, Hagiwara F, Nakyama H, Sugii S, Ozawa Y, Tohma S: Diagnostic utility of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies for very early rheu- matoid arthritis. ... the analysis and interpretation of data and was the main contribu- tor to the preparation of the manuscript. SGM contributed to the acquisition and analysis of the data and to...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:22

... Rantapää- Dahlqvist S: Antibodies against mutated citrullinated vimentin are a better predictor of disease activity at 24 months in early rheumatoid arthritis than antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptides. ... van Schaardenburg D, Horst AR van der, Stadt RJ van de, Dijkmans BA, Hamann D: Antibodies to mutated citrullinated vimentin and disease activity...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... protein (CRP) were analysed from baseline blood-samples. Hand BMD was measured by digital X-ray radiogrammetry (DXR) based on hand and wrist radiographs obtained at baseline and 1, 2 and 5- year follow-up. Results ... variation was found to be 0.28%, and the least significant change (LSC) was 0.79% [12]. Mean values of both hands were applied to avoid bias regarding dominant and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... and XI) and to type I collagen in rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 1987, 46:902-907. 6. Terato K, Shimozuru Y, Katayama K, Takemitsu Y, Yamashita I, Miy- atsu M, Fujii K, Sagara M, Kobayashi ... other rheumatic diseases or control sera indicates that CB10 is clearly a more sensitive substrate than the intact collagen molecule and, combined with other assays (rheumatoid factor,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23

... chills, and myalgias; HFRS and HPS also can be accompanied by abdominal pain and gastrointestinal disturbances [101-104]. In HPS, initially, there is an absence of upper respiratory symptoms. At about ... infects a variety of species, including birds, swine, horses, marine mammals, and humans [5,6]. Influenza B infects only humans and predominates in children, and both influ...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... 43:2467-2478. 4. Ahlquist DA: Molecular Detection of Colorectal Neoplasia. Gastroenterology 2010, 138:2127-2139. 5. Osaka A, Hasegawa H, Yamada Y, Yanagihara K, Hayashi T, Mine M, Aoyama M, Sawada T: A novel ... circulating DNA fragments have been found in the blood of patients with most types of malignancy including colorectal, lung, gastrointestinal, breast, gyne - cological, renal,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... injuries. Case presentation: We report a case of a 59-year-old Italian man hospitalized for abdominal pain and vomiting. His medical history included a blunt trauma seven years previously. A chest X-ray ... diaphragmatic hernia. Diaphragmatic ruptures may be revealed many years after the initial trauma. The suspicion of diaphragmatic rupture in a patient with multiple traumas co...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:20

... haemodynamic or pulmonary instability; impalpable trachea (for example due to adiposity); palpable vascular structures or overlying thyroid gland; abnormal anatomy of the neck (for example after ... properly cited. Abstract Introduction Translaryngeal intubated and ventilated patients often need sedation to treat anxiety, agitation and/ or pain. Current opinion is that tracheotomy redu...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:24

... tracheotomy are the fol- lowing: haemodynamic or pulmonary instability; impalpable trachea (for example due to adiposity); palpable vascular structures or overlying thyroid gland; abnormal anatomy of ... pressure and minute volume are measured continuously) and reducing physical resistance and fear for medical examination and daily care. According to the protocol (Figure 1), nurse...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:24