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    The need for clinical guidance in the use of calcium and vitamin D in the management of osteoporosis: a consensus report

    A European Union (EU) directive on vitamins and minerals used as ingredients of food supplements with a nutritional or physiological effect (2002/46/EC) was introduced in 2003. Its implications for the use of ...

    S. Boonen, R. Rizzoli, P. J. Meunier, M. Stone, G. Nuki in Osteoporosis International (2004)

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    The effect of DXA scanning on clinical decision making by general practitioners: a randomized, prospective trial of direct access versus referral to a hospital consultant

    The objective of the study was to assess the impact of direct access DXA scanning (DADS) upon GPs' management decisions in patients considered to be at risk of osteoporosis. It was designed as a randomized, pr...

    V. Dhillon, J. Creiger, J. Hannan, N. Hurst, G. Nuki in Osteoporosis International (2003)

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    Osteoarthritis: a problem of joint failure

    Osteoarthritis can be viewed as the clinical and pathological outcome of a range of disorders that results in structural and functional failure of synovial joints. Osteoarthritis occurs when the dynamic equil...

    G. Nuki in Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie (1999)

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    Role of Mechanical Factors in the Aetiology, Pathogenesis and Progression of Osteoarthritis

    Motion and mechanical stimulation play a critical role in the development of the skeleton and normal joints [1, 2]. Movement, loading and intermittent mechanical strain are also crucial for the maintenance of ...

    G. Nuki in Osteoarthritis (1999)

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    Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Infertility

    Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely self-administered for the relief of musculoskeletal pain and commonly prescribed for women of child-bearing age with inflammatory arthritis. Although t...

    G. Nuki, G. Smith, C. Hall, R. Roberts in Side Effects of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs IV (1997)

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    Azapropazone in gout and hyperuricaemia

    After 20 years of clinical use as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) azapropazone is now well established as both a useful agent for treating attacks of acute gouty arthritis and as single agent in...

    G. Nuki, F. Grinlinton, J. Palit, R. Wallace in Azapropazone (1989)

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    Total and peripheral bone mass in patients with psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis

    Psoriatic arthritis is thought to be associated with periarticular osteoporosis while rheumatoid arthritis may be associated with generalised as well as periarticular bone loss. To assess...

    Dr. D. M. Reid, N. S. J. Kennedy, J. Nicoll, M. A. Smith in Clinical Rheumatology (1986)

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    Third Eular Workshop on Rheumatology Research

    E. Gleichmann, F. M. van Rappard-van der Veen, A. G. Rolink in Clinical Rheumatology (1983)

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    Eular workshop on Rheumatology Research

    A. Bjelle, B. Cedergren, L. Wählby, A. P. Th. Boerbooms D.J.R.A.M. in Clinical Rheumatology (1982)

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    The Macrophage—Origins, Functions and Role in the Rheumatic Diseases

    Metchnikoff1 recognized the importance of the macrophage in host defence and in mounting inflammatory responses in the nineteenth century; indeed it formed the cornerstone for his cellular theory of immunity. A v...

    N. Hurst, G. Nuki in Immunological Aspects of Rheumatology (1981)