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    International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases: Volume 21, Issue 8

    1463-1645
    August 2018
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  • Pages: 1463-1467
  • First Published: 26 August 2018

Special Editorial Review

Emerging role of metabolomics in rheumatology

Latika Gupta,  Sakir Ahmed,  Avinash Jain,  Ramnath Misra, 
  • Pages: 1468-1477
  • First Published: 26 August 2018

Review

Genetic implications in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis

Ramazan Rezaei,  Saeed Aslani,  Navid Dashti,  Ahmadreza Jamshidi,  Farhad Gharibdoost,  Mahdi Mahmoudi, 
  • Pages: 1478-1486
  • First Published: 26 August 2018

Original Articles

Apigenin and apigeninidin isolates from the Sorghum bicolor leaf targets inflammation via cyclo-oxygenase-2 and prostaglandin-E2 blockade

Samira B. L. Makanjuola,  Abiodun O. Ogundaini,  Louis C. Ajonuma,  Adedoyin Dosunmu, 
  • Pages: 1487-1495
  • First Published: 26 August 2018

Adiponectin exerts a potent anti-arthritic effect and insulin resistance in collagen-induced arthritic rats

Dongke Wu,  Binghong Hua,  Zishui Fang,  Jiankun Liu,  Ningning Liu,  Yunqing Ma, 
  • Pages: 1496-1503
  • First Published: 27 July 2017

Protective effects of 2,3,5,4-tetrahydroxystilbene-2-o-β-D-glucoside against osteoporosis: Current knowledge and proposed mechanisms

Jinkang Zhang,  Songlin Li,  Linlan Wei,  Ye Peng,  Ziyang Zheng,  Jing Xue,  Yukun Cao,  Bin Wang,  Junjie Du, 
  • Pages: 1504-1513
  • First Published: 26 August 2018

Elucidating the environmental risk factors for rheumatic diseases: An umbrella review of meta-analyses

Lazaros Belbasis,  Vasilios Dosis,  Evangelos Evangelou, 
  • Pages: 1514-1524
  • First Published: 26 August 2018

A new approach towards improved quality of life in fibromyalgia: a pilot study on the effects of an aquatic Ai Chi program

Sagrario Pérez de la Cruz,  Johan Lambeck, 
  • Pages: 1525-1532
  • First Published: 26 July 2016

Evidence-based guidelines for intra-articular injection in knee osteoarthritis: Formulating and evaluating research questions

Dan Xing,  Qi Wang,  Ziyi Yang,  Yunfei Hou,  Wei Zhang,  Yaolong Chen,  Jianhao Lin, 
  • Pages: 1533-1542
  • First Published: 26 August 2018

Study on association of human leukocyte antigen-DRB1 alleles amongst Bangladeshi patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Maksuma Begum,  Humayun Sattar,  Syed A. Haq,  Md. Nazrul Islam,  Sushanta K. Saha,  M. Masudul Hassan,  Ritu Saha,  Md. Shahriar Kabir, 
  • Pages: 1543-1547
  • First Published: 06 April 2018

CD39 positive regulatory T cell frequency as a biomarker of treatment response to methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis

Vikas Gupta,  Shobhita Katiyar,  Ankita Singh,  Ramnath Misra,  Amita Aggarwal, 
  • Pages: 1548-1556
  • First Published: 26 August 2018

Methotrexate intoxication: Beyond the adverse events

Ediz Dalkilic,  Belkıs Nihan Coskun,  Burcu Yağız,  Ayşe Nur Tufan,  Selime Ermurat,  Yavuz Pehlivan, 
  • Pages: 1557-1562
  • First Published: 26 August 2018

Screening for latent tuberculosis infection among patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the era of biologics and targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in India, a high-burden TB country: The importance of Mantoux and Quantiferon-TB Gold tests

Anand N. Malaviya,  Vishal K. Aggarwal,  Roopa Rawat,  Sadhana Baghel,  Ravita Thakran,  Qamar Zaheer,  Shriram Garg,  Sanjiv Kapoor, 
  • Pages: 1563-1571
  • First Published: 17 January 2018

Burden of rheumatoid arthritis from a societal perspective: A prevalence-based study on cost of this illness for patients in China

Hao Hu,  Luan Luan,  Keqin Yang,  Shu-Chuen Li, 
  • Pages: 1572-1580
  • First Published: 17 February 2017

A retrospective review of the persistence on bDMARDs prescribed for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in the Australian population

Graeme Jones,  Stephen Hall,  Paul Bird,  Geoff Littlejohn,  Kathleen Tymms,  Peter Youssef,  Eric Chung,  Rina Barrett,  Peter Button, 
  • Pages: 1581-1590
  • First Published: 05 December 2017

Methotrexate might reduce ischemic stroke in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based retrospective cohort study

Hong-Wei Tam,  Chyong-Mei Chen,  Pui-Ying Leong,  Chao-Hsi Chen,  Yuan-Chao Li,  Yu-Hsun Wang,  Li-Chi Lin,  Jeng-Yuan Chiou,  James Cheng-Chung Wei, 
  • Pages: 1591-1599
  • First Published: 25 January 2018

Effects of patient satisfaction and confidence on the success of treatment of combined rheumatic disease and interstitial lung disease in a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic

Shin Ok Jeong,  Soo-Taek Uh,  Suyeon Park,  Hyun-Sook Kim, 
  • Pages: 1600-1608
  • First Published: 26 August 2018
Open Access

Disease severity and economic burden in Japanese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: A retrospective, observational study

Yoshiya Tanaka,  Akiko Mizukami,  Akihiro Kobayashi,  Chie Ito,  Taizo Matsuki, 
  • Pages: 1609-1618
  • First Published: 26 August 2018

Targeted capture sequencing identifies novel genetic variations in Chinese patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

Qing-Lin Peng,  Jin-Ming Lin,  Yong-Biao Zhang,  Xue-Zhi Zhang,  Pan-Pan Wang,  Ting-Ting Wu,  Jun Yu,  Xiao-Qun Dong,  Ming-Liang Gu,  Guo-Chun Wang, 
  • Pages: 1619-1626
  • First Published: 26 August 2018

Long-term follow-up of 76 Iranian patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

Mehrzad Hajialilo,  Amir Ghorbanihaghjo,  Alireza Khabbazi,  Sousan Kolahi,  Mohammad Reza Jafari Nakhjavani,  Ali Asghar Ebrahimi,  Hamid Zareh,  Aida Malek Mahdavi, 
  • Pages: 1627-1633
  • First Published: 26 August 2018

Pulmonary hypertension in Takayasu arteritis

Alper Sari,  Yusuf Z. Sener,  Esra Firat,  Berkan Armagan,  Abdulsamet Erden,  Metin Oksul,  Vedat Hekimsoy,  Serkan Asil,  Levent Kilic,  Sedat Kiraz,  Ergun B. Kaya,  Lale Tokgozoglu,  Ali Akdogan, 
  • Pages: 1634-1639
  • First Published: 26 August 2018

Mean platelet volume as a marker for differentiating disease flare from infection in Behçet's disease

Hee Jung Ryu,  Mi Ryoung Seo,  Hyo Jin Choi,  Kwang-Pil Ko,  Pil Whan Park,  Han Joo Baek, 
  • Pages: 1640-1645
  • First Published: 25 November 2016