Báo cáo y học: "Musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging of the plantar forefoot in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: inter-observer agreement between a podiatrist and a radiologist" pptx

... standard approach from the plantar aspect of the foot [14]. 6. Each MTP joint and inter-metatarsal space was scanned longitudinally and transversely from the plantar view. 7. Images of the plantar ... metatarsal area of a study participant with RAFigure 1 A MSUS image of the left foot plantar metatarsal area of a study participant with RA. The MSUS...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:23

... reported that no spinal imaging had been performed in investigation of these complaints. This was confirmed by a review of the patient’s records. Physical Examination Imaging specialists typically do ... approach can be beneficial by localizing the source of low back pain if the injection relieves the chief complaint. This ap proach may also be used in conjunction wit...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... the ICOS-B7RP-1 interaction may be a candidate novel strategy for the treatment of this intractable autoimmune disease. Competing interests Katsunari Tezuka is an employee of Japan Tobacco, Inc. All other authors ... antibody production Manabu Kawamoto 1 , Masayoshi Harigai 1,2 , Masako Hara 1 , Yasushi Kawaguchi 1 , Katsunari Tezuka 3 , Michi Tanaka 1 , Tomoko Sugiura 1 , Yasuhir...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... cells cannot be ruled out as a source of intrathecal BAFF and APRIL in SLE patients. Analyses of covariance between APRIL and BAFF levels in the CSF of SLE patients suggested that BAFF and APRIL ... Imura Y, Fujii T, Nakayamada S, Tsujimura S, Nawata M, Iwata S, Azuma T, Mimori T, Tanaka Y: Efficacy of rituximab (anti-CD20) for refractory systemic lupus erythema...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... ScvO 2 in patients affected by brain injury after major trauma so far. Thus, the aim of the present investigations was to assess the useful of an early monitoring (first 24 hours) of ScvO 2 in patients ... 10-sin- gle bed multidisciplinary medical/surgical/trauma unit that cares primarily patients of Emergency Department. Patients were treated according to internatio...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20

... ex- tending above a line tangential to the supraorbital margin (horizontal line). Frontal sinus aplasia is also defined by an oval-shaped sinus with the lateral margin medial to a vertical line ... supraorbital margin. Frontal sinus aplasia was also defined by an oval-shaped sinus with the lateral margin medial to a vertical line drawn through the middle of the orbi...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:04

... 1. MATERIALS AND METHODS Materials and animals Deuterated anandamide, PalEtn and 2-AG were synthe- sized from [ 2 H 4 ]palmitic acid and [ 2 H 8 ]arachidonic acid and ethanolamine or glycerol as ... CB 2 antibody was raised against a sequence between the N-terminal and the first trans- membrane domain of the protein of the human and rat CB 2 receptor. The specifi...

Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 07:20

... participated in the conception and design of the project and in the analysis and interpretation of data and contributed substantially to the drafting of the manuscript. VFP partici- pated in the ... muscle wasting may occur as a consequence of a reduc- tion in functional capacity. The systemic inflammation associ- ated with RA causes a hypercatabo...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:22

... It is therefore possible that, in RA patients, alterations in body fat/muscle may have already occurred as part of the dis- ease process and thus any additional changes that are induced by long-term ... thirds of patients with RA have features of rheumatoid cachexia [46], and a recent study has demonstrated the need for redefining the body mass index in RA to ta...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... ha and is located at the Altamira municipality, in the state of Pará, northern Brazil (Figure 1). The Altamira municipality is located at the southwest of the Pará state, in the Trans-Amazonian ... ilei ros) of the Brazilian State, since they were threatening both the forest and the permanence of the traditional populations in the territory. The study...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21