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Rheumatoid Arthritis [PDF]

Autoimmune Diseases, 2013
The Authors introduce the book covering several topics regarding autoimmine diseases.
MELCHIORRE, DANIELA, Iagnocco, Anna Maria, Acharya, Suchitra, PEPE, GUGLIELMINA, Borderi, Marco   +4 more
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Imaging features in incident radiographic patellofemoral osteoarthritis: the Beijing Shunyi osteoarthritis (BJS) study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019
Background The present study aims to describe the imaging features in incident radiographic patellofemoral osteoarthritis (RPFOA) population in a Chinese suburban area.
Yudian Qiu, Chutong Lin, Qiang Liu, Qunjie Zhong, Ke Tao, Dan Xing, Hu Li, Jianhao Lin   +7 more
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Vertebral fracture as a risk factor for self-harm: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2021
Background The prevention of self-harm is an international public health priority. It is vital to identify at-risk populations, particularly as self-harm is a risk factor for suicide.
James A. Prior, Fay Crawford-Manning, Rebecca Whittle, Alyshah Abdul-Sultan, Carolyn A. Chew-Graham, Sara Muller, Tom A. Shepherd, Athula Sumathipala, Christian D. Mallen, Zoe Paskins   +9 more
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Hospital spending and length of stay attributable to perioperative adverse events for inpatient hip, knee, and spine surgery: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background The incremental hospital cost and length of stay (LOS) associated with adverse events (AEs) has not been well characterized for planned and unplanned inpatient spine, hip, and knee surgeries.
Y. Raja Rampersaud, Kala Sundararajan, Shgufta Docter, Anthony V. Perruccio, Rajiv Gandhi, Diana Adams, Natasha Briggs, J. Rod Davey, Michael Fehlings, Stephen J. Lewis, Rosalie Magtoto, Eric Massicotte, Angela Sarro, Khalid Syed, Nizar N. Mahomed, Christian Veillette   +15 more
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Effectiveness of an online self-management tool, OPERAS (an On-demand Program to EmpoweR Active Self-management), for people with rheumatoid arthritis: a research protocol

Trials, 2019
Background Active self-management is a process where patients are fully engaged in managing their health in daily life by having access to contextualized health data and tailored guidance to support a healthy lifestyle.
Johnathan Tam, Diane Lacaille, Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Chris Shaw, Hui Xie, Catherine L. Backman, John M. Esdaile, Kimberly Miller, Robert Petrella, Linda C. Li   +9 more
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Modification of spleen phospholipid fatty acid composition by dietary fish oil and by n-3 fatty acid ethyl esters

Journal of Lipid Research, 1993
We have compared the effects of diets containing purified ethyl esters of either eicosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, or a mixture of both of these compounds, with diets containing either purified fish oil or beef tallow on spleen phospholipid ...
DR Robinson, LL Xu, CT Knoell, S Tateno, W Olesiak   +4 more
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The role of knee arthroscopy in managing common soft tissue complications after total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective case series study

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2020
Background To investigate the feasibility, safety and therapeutic efficacy of arthroscopy in managing the 3 most common soft tissue complications, peripatellar impingement (PI), arthrofibrosis (AF) and generalized synovitis (GS), after total knee ...
Yunfei Hou, Jiaxiang Gao, Jian Chen, Jianhao Lin, Lei Ni, Tiezheng Sun, Jun Jiang   +6 more
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Challenges documenting racial disparities in Merkel cell carcinoma

Cancer Biology & Therapy, 2022
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare, aggressive neuroendocrine skin cancer that predominantly impacts White patients. Overall incidence and the proportion of minority patients with MCC are both rising.
Mackenzie R. Martin, Noreen Mohsin, Serena Vilasi, Danielle Reed, Isaac Brownell   +4 more
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Caloric restriction improves glycaemic control without reducing plasma branched-chain amino acids or keto-acids in obese men

Scientific Reports, 2022
Higher plasma leucine, isoleucine and valine (BCAA) concentrations are associated with diabetes, obesity and insulin resistance (IR). Here, we evaluated the effects of 6-weeks very-low calorie diet (VLCD) upon fasting BCAA in overweight (OW) non-diabetic
M. H. Sayda, M. H. Abdul Aziz, N. Gharahdaghi, D. J. Wilkinson, P. L. Greenhaff, B. E. Phillips, K. Smith, I. Idris, P. J. Atherton   +8 more
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Early Failure of Total Ankle Arthroplasty in a Patient with Ipsilateral Varus Knee Deformity

Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2021
Multiple risk factors such as age, body mass index (BMI), preoperative diagnosis, smoking, diabetes mellitus, malalignment of an implant, and presence of ipsilateral hindfoot fusion have been shown to contribute to failure of total ankle arthroplasty ...
Taehyeon Kim, Su Chan Lee, Chang Hyun Nam, Suengryol Ryu, Hye Sun Ahn, Ji-Hoon Baek   +5 more
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