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    International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases: Volume 21, Issue 4

    767-902
    April 2018
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  • Pages: 767-771
  • First Published: 02 April 2018

Special Editorial Review

Management of gout and hyperuricemia: Multidisciplinary consensus in Taiwan

Kuang-Hui Yu,  Der-Yuan Chen,  Jiunn-Horng Chen,  Shih-Yang Chen,  Shyh-Ming Chen,  Tien-Tsai Cheng,  Song-Chou Hsieh,  Tsu-Yi Hsieh,  Pai-Feng Hsu,  Chang-Fu Kuo,  Mei-Chuan Kuo,  Hing-Chung Lam,  I-Te Lee,  Toong-Hua Liang,  Hsiao-Yi Lin,  Shih-Chang Lin,  Wen-Pin Tsai,  Gregory J. Tsay,  James Cheng-Chung Wei,  Chung-Han Yang,  Wen-Chan Tsai, 
  • Pages: 772-787
  • First Published: 24 January 2018

Original Articles

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with tibial bone pain and tenderness. A possible contributive role

Mansour Babaei,  Mehdi Esmaeili Jadidi,  Behzad Heidari,  Hemmat Gholinia, 
  • Pages: 788-795
  • First Published: 05 January 2018

The experience of patients admitted to hospital with acute low back pain: a qualitative study

Carlos El-Haddad,  Arvin Damodaran,  H. Patrick McNeil,  Wendy Hu, 
  • Pages: 796-803
  • First Published: 29 April 2016

Comparison of heart rate variability and classic autonomic testing for detection of cardiac autonomic dysfunction in patients with fibromyalgia

Kyung-Eun Lee,  Sung-Eun Choi,  Ji-Hyoun Kang,  Yi-Rang Yim,  Ji-Eun Kim,  Jeong-Won Lee,  Lihui Wen,  Dong-Jin Park,  Tae-Jong Kim,  Yong-Wook Park,  Shin-Seok Lee, 
  • Pages: 804-812
  • First Published: 29 April 2016

Efficacy and safety of minodronic acid hydrate in patients with steroid-induced osteoporosis

Noboru Kitamura,  Hidetaka Shiraiwa,  Hirotake Inomata,  Takamasa Nozaki,  Natsumi Ikumi,  Kaita Sugiyama,  Yousuke Nagasawa,  Hiromi Karasawa,  Mitsuhiro Iwata,  Yoshihiro Matsukawa,  Masami Takei, 
  • Pages: 813-820
  • First Published: 01 March 2016

Relationship between cytosine-adenine repeat polymorphism of ADAMTS9 gene and clinical and radiologic severity of knee osteoarthritis

Kevser Gok,  Ozlem Cemeroglu,  Hasim Cakirbay,  Esra Gunduz,  Muradiye Acar,  Elif Nihan Cetin,  Mehmet Gunduz,  Kadir Demircan, 
  • Pages: 821-827
  • First Published: 27 May 2016

Effect of early treatment on physical function in daily management of rheumatoid arthritis: a 5-year longitudinal study of rheumatoid arthritis patients in the National Database of Rheumatic Diseases in Japan

Akie Hirata,  Yasuo Suenaga,  Tomoya Miyamura,  Toshihiro Matsui,  Shigeto Tohma,  Eiichi Suematsu,  Keizo Ohnaka,  Ryoichi Takayanagi, 
  • Pages: 828-835
  • First Published: 29 April 2016
Open Access

Gender differences in retention rate of tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitor treatment in ankylosing spondylitis: a retrospective cohort study in daily practice

Tamara Rusman,  Saskia ten Wolde,  Sjoerd M. Euser,  Tjeerd van der Ploeg,  Odile van Hall,  Irene E. van der Horst-Bruinsma, 
  • Pages: 836-842
  • First Published: 02 April 2018

Hyperuricemia in Asian psoriatic arthritis patients

Tin Lok Lai,  Cheuk Wan Yim,  Pui Yan Wong,  Man Chi Leung,  Woon Leung Ng, 
  • Pages: 843-849
  • First Published: 18 January 2018

Role of psychosocial reserve capacity in anxiety and depression in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Geraldine Zamora-Racaza,  Desiree R. Azizoddin,  Mariko L. Ishimori,  Sarah R. Ormseth,  Daniel J. Wallace,  Ester G. Penserga,  Lekeisha Sumner,  Julia Ayeroff,  Taylor Draper,  Perry M. Nicassio,  Michael H. Weisman, 
  • Pages: 850-858
  • First Published: 06 March 2017

Stem cell transplant in systemic sclerosis: An Indian experience

Velu Nair,  Vivek Vasdev,  Abhishek Kumar,  Subramanian Shankar,  Vivek Nair,  Ajay Sharma, 
  • Pages: 859-865
  • First Published: 02 February 2018

Plasma-soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) levels in Behçet's disease and correlation with disease activity

Gulcan Saylam Kurtipek,  Recep Kesli,  Fatma Tuncez Akyurek,  Fikret Akyurek,  Arzu Ataseven,  Yuksel Terzi, 
  • Pages: 866-870
  • First Published: 12 May 2016

Clinical profile and juvenile arthritis damage index in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A study from a tertiary care center in south India

Nisha Vengassery Balakrishnan Menon,  Geetha Peethambaran,  Ashraf Thottoli Puthiyapurayil,  Cherian Nambudakath,  Riazudeen Arakkal, 
  • Pages: 871-879
  • First Published: 16 June 2016

Comparison of early versus late onset familial Mediterranean fever

Nazife Sule Yasar Bilge,  Ismail Sari,  Dilek Solmaz,  Soner Senel,  Hakan Emmungil,  Levent Kilic,  Sibel Yilmaz Oner,  Fatih Yildiz,  Sedat Yilmaz,  Duygu Ersozlu Bozkirli,  Muge Aydin Tufan,  Sema Yilmaz,  Veli Yazisiz,  Yavuz Pehlivan,  Cemal Bes,  Gozde Yildirim Cetin,  Sukran Erten,  Emel Gonullu,  Fezan Sahin,  Servet Akar,  Kenan Aksu,  Umut Kalyoncu,  Haner Direskeneli,  Eren Erken,  Mehmet Sayarlioglu,  Muhammed Cınar,  Timucin Kasifoglu, 
  • Pages: 880-884
  • First Published: 05 January 2018

APLAR Grand Round Cases

Medical mirroring: granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly Wegener's) mimicking immunoglobulin-G4 related disease

Prashant Kaushik,  John H. Stone,  James T. Anderson,  Shaifali Dugar,  Roy Mathew,  Boris Nikolic,  Raina Patel, 
  • Pages: 885-889
  • First Published: 31 July 2015

Usual interstitial pneumonia following resolution of cavitated pulmonary masses in a patient with ANCA-associated vasculitis

Shoichi Fukui,  Satomi Kobayashi,  Satoshi Kamei,  Yasunobu Takizawa,  Keigo Setoguchi,  Tsunekazu Hishima, 
  • Pages: 890-894
  • First Published: 20 December 2014

Inflammatory optic disc edema due to Sarcoidosis mimicking malignant hypertension

Aman Sharma,  Vinay Sagar,  Veenu Singla,  Kusum Sharma,  Ramandeep Singh,  Surjit Singh,  Amod Gupta, 
  • Pages: 895-899
  • First Published: 28 October 2014

Correspondence

Free Access

Anti-transcription intermediary factor 1γ antibody titer correlates with clinical symptoms in a patient with recurrent dermatomyositis associated with ovarian cancer

Mika Teraishi,  Kimiko Nakajima,  Tatsushi Ishimoto,  Mayuko Yamamoto,  Nagamasa Maeda,  Yoshinao Muro,  Shigetoshi Sano, 
  • Pages: 900-902
  • First Published: 17 January 2018