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Open AccessLetter to the Editor: Response to “Diagnostic yield, safety and therapeutic consequences of myocardial biopsy in clinically suspected fulminant myocarditis unweanable from mechanical circulatory support”
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Myocarditis: A Clinical Overview
In this paper we will review the modern diagnostic approach to patients with clinically suspected myocarditis as well as the treatment modalities and strategy in light of up-to-date clinical experience and sci...
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Calcaneus Ultrasonometry and Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry for the Evaluation of Vertebral Fracture Risk
The aim of this retrospective, cross-sectional, controlled, non-population-based study was to evaluate the specificity and sensitivity of quantitative ultrasonometry (QUS) of the heel and of dual-energy X-ray ...
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Ultrasound and Clinical Evaluation of Quadricipital Tendon Enthesitis in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Enthesitis is an inflammatory lesion of the tendon, ligament and capsular insertions into the bone, and it is a fundamental element in the diagnosis of spondyloarthropathies. Sonography is the method of choic...
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Ultrasound and Clinical Evaluation of Quadricipital Tendon Enthesitis in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Enthesitis is an inflammatory lesion of the tendon, ligament and capsular insertions into the bone, and it is a fundamental element in the diagnosis of spondyloarthropathies. Sonography is the method of choic...
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Capillaroscopic Findings in Erosive and Nodal Osteoarthritis of the Hands
Osteoarthritis of the hands is a very common disease that can present a large number of different clinic pictures, such as nodal (NOA) and erosive (EOA) forms. EOA in particular is a rare subset of hand osteo...
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Rotator cuff tear associated with an acromioclavicular cyst in rheumatoid arthritis
We report two cases of a full-thickness rotator cuff tear followed by acromioclavicular cyst formation in patients with longstanding erosive polyarticular rheumatoid arthritis. One of the consequences of a rat...
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Chromosomal abnormalities in peripheral lymphocytes from idiopathic Raynaud's phenomenon patients
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HLA-B27 positive ankylosing spondylitis and polyarteritis nodosa: a case report
A35-year-old man, with positive HBV and HCV markers, showed clinical and histopathological features of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN), in the course of HLA-B27 positive ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The possible oc...
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Hladistribution in Italian patients with fibromyalgia
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Involvement of atlanto-axial joint in rheumatoid arthritis: Rare or frequent?
The authors studied the incidence of atlanto-axial joint involvement by conventional radiography and CT in 183 patients with classical or definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In determining lesions the signific...
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Lymphoedema of the limbs in rheumatoid arthritis
The lymphoedema of the extremities is a rare complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA); it does not appear to be correlated with positivity for rheumatoid factor nor with the clinical activity of the disease. ...
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Systemic sclerosis following anti-androgenic treatment for prostatic adenocarcinoma
We describe a male patient who developed systemic sclerosis following orchiectomy, radiotherapy and anti-androgenic treatment for prostatic adenocarcinoma. This case appears interesting as it further supports ...
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An immunomodulating drug, thymopentin, in the treatment of progressive systemic sclerosis
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Erythema nodosum and giardia intestinalis
We present the first report of erythema nodosum occurring in a woman with an intestinal infection due to giardia lamblia, an association not previously described. The authors suggest the possible role of giard...
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Bf polymorphism and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
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Double-blind preference and compliance multicentre study in osteoarthritis: once-a-day treatment
Two-hundred-and-three female patients (mean age: 58 yrs; SD: 8.2 yrs) suffering from osteoarthritis entered this late phase IV multicentre, stratified according to previous therapy (e.g. ...
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The Hormonal Regulation of Purine Biosynthesis: Basal Levels of Different Hormones in Primary Gout
No complete analysis of the hormonal situation of gouty patients is now available. In the present experiments, the basal levels of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), 17-β-estradiol, ...
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Hormonal Aspects of Gouty Patients
Attempts have been made from time to time to identify gout as an endocrine disorder. The well known sex difference in the incidence of gout and the rarity of its occurrence in hypogonadal men and premenopausal...
