Báo cáo y học: "Vastus medialis cross-sectional area is positively associated with patella cartilage and bone volumes in a pain-free community-based population" ppt

... article Vastus medialis cross-sectional area is positively associated with patella cartilage and bone volumes in a pain-free community-based population Patricia A Berry 1 , Andrew J Teichtahl 1 , Ana ... increased cross-sectional area of vastus medialis, which is associated with vigorous physical activity, and increased patella cartilage and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:22

... article Vastus medialis cross-sectional area is positively associated with patella cartilage and bone volumes in a pain-free community-based population Patricia A Berry 1 , Andrew J Teichtahl 1 , Ana ... had significantly smaller vastus medialis and vastus lateralis cross-sectional area than men in multivariate analysis. BMI was positively associ...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... methotrexate only, sulfasalazine only, hydroxychloroquine only, tumour necrosis factor-blocking agents, combination of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, pack-years, smoking, erosions, DAS28 (disease ... hydroxychloroquine; MTX, methotrexate; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SSZ, sulfasalazine; TNF, tumour necrosis factor. Table 2 Variables associated with metabolic syndrome Univariate Multi...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... interests. Acknowledgements This work is supported by an Arthritis Research Campaign Clinical Fel- lowship grant (grant number 18848 to TET) and an Arthritis Research Campaign infrastructure support grant (grant number ... meta- bolic syndrome in rheumatoid arthritis patients over the age of 60: more than just an anti-inflammatory effect? A cross- sectional study. Arthritis Res Ther 2...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... cir- culation with aortic cannulation of the arch and venous cannulation using a two-stage cannula placed into the right atrium cardiopulmonary bypass was started. The ascending aort a was distally crossclamped ... excavatum and an annuloaortic ectasia in a 37 Figure 1 Initial CT-scan showing the pectus excavatum. Figure 2 X-ray at r eadmission. Red Arrows indicating the crack...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... births and deaths, rather than simply summary counts. Inaccura- cies in collecting reports of births and deaths may bias assessment of mortality rates. Interpretations of births or deaths may be inaccurate ... This finding is consistent with studies in conflict settings as diverse as Angola [27], Afghanistan [28], and Burma (Myanmar) [29]. If a study omits children in addres...

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... Paclitax- el-eluting stent in unselected Turkish patients. Abbreviations ACC: American College of Cardiology; AHA: American Heart Association; CABG: coronary artery binding graft; CK: creatine kinase; MACE: ... days and very late, >1 year). Myocardial infarction was defined as a creatine kinase (CK) elevation >2 times above the upper limit of normal levels with any assoc...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:18

... Kitamura T: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [in Japa- nese]. Seishinka Shindangaku 1993, 4:371-372. 36. Kitamura T, Kishida Y, Gatayama R, Matsuoka T, Miura S, Yamabe K: Ryff's psychological ... was translated into Japanese by Dr T Nagata, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan, and the wording was verified by back-translation. In...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... TWEAK/Fn14 interaction plays important roles in proliferation, migration, inflammatory responses, and death in a variety of cell types and that NF-κB and MAPK pathways principally mediate TWEAK/Fn14 ... RANTES by TWEAK/Fn14 interaction in human keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol 2004, 122:1175-1179. 11. Xu H, Okamoto A, Ichikawa J, Ando T, Tasaka K, Masuyama K, Ogawa H, Yagita H,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... naproxen dosage and use of comedications are mostly a consequence of increased disease activity. As indicated in the present study JIA disease activity, as indicated by laboratory parameters of inflammation ... informa- tion was obtained by review of follow-up visits and by stand- ardized telephone interviews. Statistical analysis was done by χ 2 test and linear multiple discrimina...

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