Modern Rheumatology, Volume 21, Issue 4 (2011)

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Modern Rheumatology, Volume 21, Issue 4 (2011)

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Review Article

Review Article
Recent trends in orthopedic surgery performed in Japan for rheumatoid arthritis
Shigeki Momohara, Sakae Tanaka, Hiroshi Nakamura, Junya Mibe, Takuji Iwamoto, Katsunori Ikari, Jinju Nishino, Yuho Kadono, Tetsuro Yasui, Kenji Takahashi, Kenji Takenouchi, Kenzo Hashizume, Ryuichi Nakahara, Ayako Kubota, Takashi Nakamura, Keiichiro Nishida & Toru Suguro
Pages: 337-342
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforRecent trends in orthopedic surgery performed in Japan for rheumatoid arthritis | References | PDF (281.1 KB)
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Original Article

Article
Postmarketing surveillance of safety and effectiveness of etanercept in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Takao Koike, Masayoshi Harigai, Shigeko Inokuma, Naoki Ishiguro, Junnosuke Ryu, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Yoshiya Tanaka, Hisashi Yamanaka, Koichi Fujii, Takunari Yoshinaga, Bruce Freundlich & Michio Suzukawa
Pages: 343-351
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforPostmarketing surveillance of safety and effectiveness of etanercept in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis | References | PDF (244.8 KB)
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Open Access
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The efficacy and safety of reinstitution of tocilizumab in patients with relapsed active rheumatoid arthritis after long-term withdrawal of tocilizumab
Retreatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis with novel anti-IL-6 receptor antibody after a long-term interval following SAMURAI: the RONIN study
Akira Sagawa
Pages: 352-358
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforThe efficacy and safety of reinstitution of tocilizumab in patients with relapsed active rheumatoid arthritis after long-term withdrawal of tocilizumab | References | PDF (586.9 KB)
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Interleukin-18 promoter polymorphisms in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: protective effect of the T allele and T/T genotype at rs360722
Tomoko Sugiura, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Katsunori Ikari, Hisae Ichida, Manabu Kawamoto, Shigeki Momohara, Masako Hara & Hisashi Yamanaka
Pages: 359-364
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforInterleukin-18 promoter polymorphisms in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: protective effect of the T allele and T/T genotype at rs360722 | References | PDF (212.2 KB)
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Disease activity score 28 may overestimate the remission induction of rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with tocilizumab: comparison with the remission by the clinical disease activity index
Shin-ya Kawashiri, Atsushi Kawakami, Naoki Iwamoto, Keita Fujikawa, Toshiyuki Aramaki, Mami Tamai, Satoshi Yamasaki, Hideki Nakamura, Yukitaka Ueki, Kiyoshi Migita, Akinari Mizokami, Tomoki Origuchi, Kiyoshi Aoyagi & Katsumi Eguchi
Pages: 365-369
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforDisease activity score 28 may overestimate the remission induction of rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with tocilizumab: comparison with the remission by the clinical disease activity index | References | PDF (246.4 KB)
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In rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with tocilizumab, the rate of clinical disease activity index (CDAI) remission at 24 weeks is superior in those with higher titers of IgM-rheumatoid factor at baseline
Shin-ya Kawashiri, Atsushi Kawakami, Naoki Iwamoto, Keita Fujikawa, Toshiyuki Aramaki, Mami Tamai, Satoshi Yamasaki, Hideki Nakamura, Tomoki Origuchi, Yukitaka Ueki, Kiyoshi Migita, Akinari Mizokami, Kiyoshi Aoyagi & Katsumi Eguchi
Pages: 370-374
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforIn rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with tocilizumab, the rate of clinical disease activity index (CDAI) remission at 24 weeks is superior in those with higher titers of IgM-rheumatoid factor at baseline | References | PDF (167.8 KB)
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Leflunomide or methotrexate? Comparison of clinical efficacy and safety in low socio-economic rheumatoid arthritis patients
Muhammad Ishaq, Jibran Sualeh Muhammad, Kamran Hameed & Ahmad Iqbal Mirza
Pages: 375-380
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforLeflunomide or methotrexate? Comparison of clinical efficacy and safety in low socio-economic rheumatoid arthritis patients | References | PDF (181.1 KB)
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Article
Impact of natural disasters on the functional and health status of patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Jun Tomio, Hajime Sato & Hiroko Mizumura
Pages: 381-390
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforImpact of natural disasters on the functional and health status of patients with rheumatoid arthritis | References | PDF (194.1 KB)
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Role of imaging studies in the diagnosis and evaluation of giant cell arteritis in Japanese: report of eight cases
Akio Morinobu, Goh Tsuji, Shimpei Kasagi, Jun Saegusa, Hiroki Hayashi, Takashi Nakazawa, Yoshinori Kogata, Kenta Misaki, Keisuke Nishimura, Sho Sendo, Natsuko Miura, Seiji Kawano & Shunichi Kumagai
Pages: 391-396
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforRole of imaging studies in the diagnosis and evaluation of giant cell arteritis in Japanese: report of eight cases | References | PDF (293.2 KB)
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Article
Functional disturbance of the stress-adaptation system in patients with scleroderma
Emi Matsuura, Akihide Ohta, Rie Suematsu, Hisako Inoue, Syuichi Koarada, Yoshifumi Tada, Ryoko Sherriff-Tadano, Tsukasa Kuroki, Daisaku Ikeda & Kohei Nagasawa
Pages: 397-405
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforFunctional disturbance of the stress-adaptation system in patients with scleroderma | References | PDF (272.9 KB)
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Case Report

Case Report
The development of Th1-mediated sarcoidosis improves the clinical course of Th2-mediated atopic dermatitis
Tomomitsu Miyagaki, Yoshihide Asano, Sayaka Shibata, Yuki Ohno, Yuichiro Tsunemi, Hidehisa Saeki, Kunihiko Tamaki & Shinichi Sato
Pages: 406-409
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforThe development of Th1-mediated sarcoidosis improves the clinical course of Th2-mediated atopic dermatitis | References | PDF (482.7 KB)
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Case Report
A case of IgG4-related disease with features of Mikulicz’s disease, and retroperitoneal fibrosis and lymphadenopathy mimicking Castleman’s disease
Kenchi Takenaka, Kazuki Takada, Daisuke Kobayashi, Masato Moriguchi, Masayoshi Harigai & Nobuyuki Miyasaka
Pages: 410-414
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforA case of IgG4-related disease with features of Mikulicz’s disease, and retroperitoneal fibrosis and lymphadenopathy mimicking Castleman’s disease | References | PDF (464.9 KB)
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Case Report
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus with diabetes mellitus: case report and literature review
Yasuhiro Shimojima, Wataru Ishii, Masayuki Matsuda, Kana Tojo, Rie Watanabe & Shu-ichi Ikeda
Pages: 415-419
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforPneumatosis cystoides intestinalis in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus with diabetes mellitus: case report and literature review | References | PDF (324.6 KB)
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Case Report
Successful treatment of acquired hemophilia A, complicated by chronic GVHD, with tocilizumab
Sumiyuki Nishida, Tomio Kawasaki, Hirokazu Kashiwagi, Atsuyoshi Morishima, Yoshihiro Hishitani, Mari Kawai, Toru Hirano, Taeko Ishii, Keisuke Hagihara, Yoshihito Shima, Masashi Narazaki, Atsushi Ogata, Yoshihiro Oka, Tadamitsu Kishimoto & Toshio Tanaka
Pages: 420-422
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforSuccessful treatment of acquired hemophilia A, complicated by chronic GVHD, with tocilizumab | References | PDF (160.7 KB)
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Case Report
Systemic sclerosis presented as congestive heart failure: an autopsy case
Hiroyuki Kanno, Toshie Segawa, Yasuhiro Miura, Mutsumi Miyata, Aki Yoshida, Motoyuki Nakamura & Takashi Sawai
Pages: 423-427
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforSystemic sclerosis presented as congestive heart failure: an autopsy case | References | PDF (811.4 KB)
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Case Report
A case of lupus-associated pancreatitis with ruptured pseudoaneurysms
Tomohiro Koga, Taiichiro Miyashita, Megumi Koga, Yasumori Izumi, Shinya Onizuka, Hikaru Fujioka, Shinsuke Fujiwara, Chikaaki Nakamichi, Kazuaki Nakashima & Kiyoshi Migita
Pages: 428-431
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforA case of lupus-associated pancreatitis with ruptured pseudoaneurysms | References | PDF (290.3 KB)
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Case Report
Onset of adult-onset Still’s disease following influenza vaccination
Katsunobu Yoshioka, Shunsuke Fujimoto, Hiroko Oba, Mieko Minami & Tetsuya Aoki
Pages: 432-435
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforOnset of adult-onset Still’s disease following influenza vaccination | References | PDF (149.7 KB)
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Case Report
Tocilizumab, a humanized anti-interleukin-6 receptor antibody, ameliorated clinical symptoms and MRI findings of a patient with ankylosing spondylitis
Yoshihito Shima, Tetsuya Tomita, Taeko Ishii, Atsuyoshi Morishima, Yuichi Maeda, Atsushi Ogata, Tadamitsu Kishimoto & Toshio Tanaka
Pages: 436-439
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforTocilizumab, a humanized anti-interleukin-6 receptor antibody, ameliorated clinical symptoms and MRI findings of a patient with ankylosing spondylitis | References | PDF (214.9 KB)
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Case Report
Pseudogout of the acromioclavicular joint: report of two cases and review of the literature
Michiyuki Hakozaki, Shinichi Kikuchi, Koji Otani, Takahiro Tajino & Shinichi Konno
Pages: 440-443
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
AbstractforPseudogout of the acromioclavicular joint: report of two cases and review of the literature | References | PDF (203.8 KB)
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Rapid Communication

The REAL database reveals no significant risk of serious infection during treatment with a methotrexate dose of more than 8 mg/week in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Ryoko Sakai, Yukiko Komano, Michi Tanaka, Toshihiro Nanki, Ryuji Koike, Atsuo Nakajima, Tatsuya Atsumi, Shinsuke Yasuda, Yoshiya Tanaka, Kazuyoshi Saito, Shigeto Tohma, Takao Fujii, Atsushi Ihata, Naoto Tamura, Atsushi Kawakami, Takahiko Sugihara, Satoshi Ito, Nobuyuki Miyasaka & Masayoshi Harigai
Pages: 444-448
Published online: 02 Jan 2014
First Page PreviewforThe REAL database reveals no significant risk of serious infection during treatment with a methotrexate dose of more than 8 mg/week in patients with rheumatoid arthritis | References | PDF (155.6 KB)
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