A case-control study of rheumatoid arthritis identifies an associated single nucleotide polymorphism in the NCF4 gene, supporting a role for the NADPH-oxidase complex in autoimmunity [PDF]
, 2007 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease with a heritability of 60%. Genetic contributions to RA are made by multiple genes, but only a few gene associations have yet been confirmed.
Klareskog, Lars +25 more
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Osteoarticular Infections Caused by Kingella kingae in Children: A 12-year Experience from a Tertiary Hospital in Northern Portugal [PDF]
Pediatric Infectious DiseaseObjective: To analyze the clinical, laboratory, and microbiological characteristics of confirmed osteoarticular infections (OAI) caused by Kingella kingae in children, based on a 12-year experience from a tertiary hospital in northern Portugal.
Catarina Fraga +6 more
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INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS OF THE SPINE* [PDF]
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1922 n ...
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Visualization and phenotyping of proinflammatory antigen-specific T cells during collagen-induced arthritis in a mouse with a fixed collagen type II-specific transgenic T-cell receptor beta-chain [PDF]
, 2010 Introduction: The Vbeta12-transgenic mouse was previously generated to investigate the role of antigen-specific T cells in collagen-induced arthritis (CIA), an animal model for rheumatoid arthritis. This mouse expresses a transgenic collagen type II (CII)
Burkhardt, H +23 more
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Improving the outcome of psoriatic arthritis [PDF]
, 2010 Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is recognised to have a significant impact on functional impairment, joint damage and quality of life. The aim of this thesis was to investigate tools for early identification, to develop a clinical target for treatment and to ...
Coates, Laura Claire
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Open Access Rheumatology: Research and Reviews, 2023 Thanit Foocharoen,1 Tippawan Onchan,2 Patnarin Pongkulkiat,2 Ajanee Mahakkanukrauh,2 Siraphop Suwannaroj,2 Chingching Foocharoen2 1Department of Orthopedics, Khon Kaen Hospital, Khon Kaen, 40000, Thailand; 2Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine ...
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Pathogenesis and modern methods for treatment of hip infectious arthritis: a review [PDF]
Travmatologiâ i Ortopediâ RossiiBackground. One of the little-studied but long-known problems is determining the optimal treatment regimen for patients with infectious arthritis of the hip joint.
Denis I. Astakhov, Vasily A. Artyukh
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Heliyon, 2021 Background: Tuberculous septic arthritis is an infection that occurs inside the joint or synovial fluid and joint tissues caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Marcel Prasetyo +2 more
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Lesions that Mimic Musculoskeletal Infection: A Pictorial Essay
대한영상의학회지, 2018 Musculoskeletal (MSK) infections, such as osteomyelitis, infectious arthritis and spondylitis have variable radiographic findings depending on their underlying cause and clinical infection stage. Other disease entities, ranging from simple degenerative
Hye Jin Kang +5 more
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An unexpected diagnosis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septic arthritis.
Orthopedic Reviews, 2009 Hand infections can result in serious tissue damage and gross functional impairment. This is particularly true in the case of septic arthritis, the most destructive of all joint disease.
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