Modern Rheumatology, Volume 26, Issue 3 (2016)

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Editorial

Editorial
Ghost busting, taking the sheet off the ghost
Robert J. Moots, Kate Wilson, Earl D. Silverman & on behalf of the International Rheumatology Editors
Pages: 321-322
Published online: 19 Feb 2016
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Original Article

Article
Prevention of joint destruction in patients with high disease activity or high C-reactive protein levels: Post hoc analysis of the GO-FORTH study
Yoshiya Tanaka, Masayoshi Harigai, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Hisashi Yamanaka, Naoki Ishiguro, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Yutaka Ishii, Hiroshi Nakajima, Daniel Baker, Nobuyuki Miyasaka & Takao Koike
Pages: 323-330
Published online: 16 Oct 2015
AbstractforPrevention of joint destruction in patients with high disease activity or high C-reactive protein levels: Post hoc analysis of the GO-FORTH study | Full Text | References | PDF (1,008.2 KB)
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Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and administration of RA-related drugs in patients with RA: The NinJa 2012 study in Japan
Koichiro Saisho, Norie Yoshikawa, Ko Sugata, Hiroaki Hamada & Shigeto Tohma
Pages: 331-335
Published online: 29 Mar 2016
AbstractforPrevalence of chronic kidney disease and administration of RA-related drugs in patients with RA: The NinJa 2012 study in Japan | Full Text | References | PDF (259 KB)
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RENACER study: Assessment of 12-month efficacy and safety of 168 certolizumab PEGol rheumatoid arthritis-treated patients from a Spanish multicenter national database
Vicenç Torrente-Segarra, Ana Urruticoechea Arana, Amalia Sánchez-Andrade Fernández, Juan Víctor Tovar Beltrán, Alejandro Muñoz Jiménez, Anna Martínez-Cristóbal, José Antonio González Ferrández, Manuel Fernández Prada, Noelia Vázquez Fuentes, Hèctor Corominas, Sílvia García-Díaz, Asunción Acosta Pereira, José Miguel Ruiz Martín, José Ramón Lamua Riazuelo, Rosa Expósito Moliner, Desireé Ruiz Vilchez, Raúl Veiga Cabello, Jesús Carlos Fernández, José Raúl Noguera Pons, Noemí Patricia Garrido Puñal, Pedro Giralt Celiméndiz, Raúl Cortés Verdú, Angel Aragón Díez, Carlos Tomás Roura, Concepción Moll Turudi, Delia Taverner Torrent, Felipe Joaquín Rivas Santirso, Juan José Lerma Garrido, Rosa García Portales, Sergi Ordoñez Palau, Silvia Paredes González-Albo, Antonio Gracia Pérez, Arantxa Conesa Mateos, Jaime Calvo Alén, Jenaro Graña Gil, María Pilar Navarro Alonso, María Jesús Martínez Blasco & (RENACER StudyGroup)
Pages: 336-341
Published online: 07 Nov 2015
AbstractforRENACER study: Assessment of 12-month efficacy and safety of 168 certolizumab PEGol rheumatoid arthritis-treated patients from a Spanish multicenter national database | Full Text | References | PDF (347.6 KB) | Supplemental
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Prevalence of and factors associated with lumbar spondylolisthesis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Yusuke Sugimura, Naohisa Miyakoshi, Seiya Miyamoto, Yuji Kasukawa, Michio Hongo & Yoichi Shimada
Pages: 342-346
Published online: 18 Sep 2015
AbstractforPrevalence of and factors associated with lumbar spondylolisthesis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis | Full Text | References | PDF (318.3 KB)
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Limited extension after linked total elbow arthroplasty in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Hiroko Ogino, Hiromu Ito, Moritoshi Furu, Masahiro Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Yoshitomi & Shuichi Matsuda
Pages: 347-351
Published online: 12 Oct 2015
AbstractforLimited extension after linked total elbow arthroplasty in patients with rheumatoid arthritis | Full Text | References | PDF (284.1 KB) | Supplemental
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Scoliosis-related factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study
Takeshi Mochizuki, Koichiro Yano, Katsunori Ikari, Ryo Hiroshima, Hiromitsu Takaoka, Kosei Kawakami, Naoko Koenuma, Mina Ishibashi, Toshikatsu Shirahata & Shigeki Momohara
Pages: 352-357
Published online: 03 Nov 2015
AbstractforScoliosis-related factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study | Full Text | References | PDF (247.5 KB)
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Disease activity score in 28 joints at 3 months after the initiation of biologic agent can be a predictive target for switching to the second biologic agent in patients with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Tomohiro Kubota, Hiroyuki Imanaka, Syuji Takei, Tsuyoshi Yamatou, Yasuhito Nerome, Yuuichi Yamasaki, Yukiko Nonaka, Harumi Akaike, Tomoko Takezaki & Yosihumi Kawano
Pages: 358-361
Published online: 07 Oct 2015
AbstractforDisease activity score in 28 joints at 3 months after the initiation of biologic agent can be a predictive target for switching to the second biologic agent in patients with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis | Full Text | References | PDF (446.2 KB) | Supplemental
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Characteristics of FDG-PET findings in the diagnosis of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Taichi Kanetaka, Masaaki Mori, Ken-ichi Nishimura, Tomo Nozawa, Masako Kikuchi, Nodoka Sakurai, Ryoki Hara, Kazuko Yamazaki & Shumpei Yokota
Pages: 362-367
Published online: 29 Sep 2015
AbstractforCharacteristics of FDG-PET findings in the diagnosis of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis | Full Text | References | PDF (522.6 KB)
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The safety and effectiveness of HBV vaccination in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis controlled by treatment
Yasuhito Nerome, Harumi Akaike, Yukiko Nonaka, Tomoko Takezaki, Tomohiro Kubota, Tsuyoshi Yamato, Yuichi Yamasaki, Hiroyuki Imanaka, Yoshifumi Kawano & Syuji Takei
Pages: 368-371
Published online: 16 Oct 2015
AbstractforThe safety and effectiveness of HBV vaccination in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis controlled by treatment | Full Text | References | PDF (223.1 KB)
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Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) were useful markers in assessment of inflammatory response and disease activity in SLE patients
Baodong Qin, Ning Ma, Qingqin Tang, Tingting Wei, Min Yang, Haitao Fu, Zhide Hu, Yan Liang, Zaixing Yang & Renqian Zhong
Pages: 372-376
Published online: 04 Mar 2016
AbstractforNeutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) were useful markers in assessment of inflammatory response and disease activity in SLE patients | Full Text | References | PDF (548.4 KB)
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Association of antibodies to the NR1 subunit of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus
Eisuke Ogawa, Tatsuo Nagai, Yuko Sakuma, Yoshiyuki Arinuma & Shunsei Hirohata
Pages: 377-383
Published online: 01 Oct 2015
AbstractforAssociation of antibodies to the NR1 subunit of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus | Full Text | References | PDF (914.6 KB)
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Abnormal distribution of AQP5 in labial salivary glands is associated with poor saliva secretion in patients with Sjögren's syndrome including neuromyelitis optica complicated patients
Shunsuke Yoshimura, Hideki Nakamura, Yoshiro Horai, Hideki Nakajima, Hirokazu Shiraishi, Tomayoshi Hayashi, Toshiyuki Takahashi & Atsushi Kawakami
Pages: 384-390
Published online: 29 Mar 2016
AbstractforAbnormal distribution of AQP5 in labial salivary glands is associated with poor saliva secretion in patients with Sjögren's syndrome including neuromyelitis optica complicated patients | Full Text | References | PDF (1.3 MB)
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Role of interleukin-32 in the mechanism of chronic inflammation in IgG4-related disease and as a predictive biomarker for drug-free remission
Yui Shimizu, Motohisa Yamamoto, Hidetaka Yajima, Chisako Suzuki, Yasuyoshi Naishiro, Hiroki Takahashi, Kohzoh Imai & Yasuhisa Shinomura
Pages: 391-397
Published online: 19 Oct 2015
AbstractforRole of interleukin-32 in the mechanism of chronic inflammation in IgG4-related disease and as a predictive biomarker for drug-free remission | Full Text | References | PDF (2.7 MB)
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Epidemiologic analysis of the clinical features of Japanese patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis
Hiroyuki Tomimitsu, Akiko Ohta, Masaki Nagai, Motoko Nishina, Shoichiro Ishihara & Hitoshi Kohsaka
Pages: 398-402
Published online: 27 Oct 2015
AbstractforEpidemiologic analysis of the clinical features of Japanese patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis | Full Text | References | PDF (228.3 KB)
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Clinical subsets associated with different anti-aminoacyl transfer RNA synthetase antibodies and their association with coexisting anti-Ro52
Yoshioki Yamasaki, Minoru Satoh, Machiko Mizushima, Takahiro Okazaki, Hiroko Nagafuchi, Seido Ooka, Tomohiko Shibata, Hiromasa Nakano, Hitoshi Ogawa, Kohei Azuma, Akihiko Maeda, Kumiko Tonooka, Hiroshi Ito, Yukiko Takakuwa, Makoto Inoue, Hirofumi Mitomi, Tomofumi Kiyokawa, Kosei Tsuchida, Hiromi Matsushita, Hidenori Mikage, Yoshihiko Murakami, Jason Y. F. Chan, Shoichi Ozaki & Hidehiro Yamada
Pages: 403-409
Published online: 19 Oct 2015
AbstractforClinical subsets associated with different anti-aminoacyl transfer RNA synthetase antibodies and their association with coexisting anti-Ro52 | Full Text | References | PDF (311.5 KB)
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Patients with giant cell arteritis have a lower prevalence of diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Patompong Ungprasert, Sikarin Upala, Anawin Sanguankeo & Kenneth J. Warrington
Pages: 410-414
Published online: 18 Sep 2015
AbstractforPatients with giant cell arteritis have a lower prevalence of diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis | Full Text | References | PDF (584.7 KB) | Supplemental
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Hypocholesterolemia predicts relapses in patients with Takayasu arteritis
Shoichi Fukui, Kunihiro Ichinose, Sosuke Tsuji, Masataka Umeda, Ayako Nishino, Yoshikazu Nakashima, Takahisa Suzuki, Yoshiro Horai, Tomohiro Koga, Shin-ya Kawashiri, Naoki Iwamoto, Yasuko Hirai, Mami Tamai, Hideki Nakamura, Shuntaro Sato, Toshiyuki Aramaki, Nozomi Iwanaga, Yasumori Izumi, Tomoki Origuchi, Kiyoshi Migita, Yukitaka Ueki & Atsushi Kawakami
Pages: 415-420
Published online: 18 Sep 2015
AbstractforHypocholesterolemia predicts relapses in patients with Takayasu arteritis | Full Text | References | PDF (472.8 KB)
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Delayed diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis in a Japanese population
Yasuharu Nakashima, Masanobu Ohishi, Ken Okazaki, Jun-Ichi Fukushi, Akiko Oyamada, Daisuke Hara, Toshio Doi, Yukio Akasaki, Hisakata Yamada & Yukihide Iwamoto
Pages: 421-425
Published online: 19 Oct 2015
AbstractforDelayed diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis in a Japanese population | Full Text | References | PDF (373.2 KB)
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The effect of cartilage degeneration on ultrasound speed in human articular cartilage
Satoru Ohashi, Isao Ohnishi, Hiroyuki Oka, Takuya Matsumoto, Masahiko Bessho, Kozo Nakamura & Sakae Tanaka
Pages: 426-434
Published online: 03 Nov 2015
AbstractforThe effect of cartilage degeneration on ultrasound speed in human articular cartilage | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB)
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Article
Pelvic tilt and movement during total hip arthroplasty in the lateral decubitus position
Masayuki Kanazawa, Yasuharu Nakashima, Masanobu Ohishi, Satoshi Hamai, Goro Motomura, Takuaki Yamamoto, Jun-ichi Fukushi, Takahiro Ushijima, Daisuke Hara & Yukihide Iwamoto
Pages: 435-440
Published online: 19 Oct 2015
AbstractforPelvic tilt and movement during total hip arthroplasty in the lateral decubitus position | Full Text | References | PDF (581.4 KB)
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Case Report

Case Report
Pulmonary and retroperitoneal lesions induced by methotrexate-associated lymphoproliferative disorder in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
Hideaki Yamakawa, Masahiro Yoshida, Hiroaki Katagi, Shinichi Hirooka, Keitaro Okuda, Takeo Ishikawa, Masamichi Takagi & Kazuyoshi Kuwano
Pages: 441-444
Published online: 01 Apr 2014
AbstractforPulmonary and retroperitoneal lesions induced by methotrexate-associated lymphoproliferative disorder in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis | Full Text | References | PDF (660.2 KB)
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Case Report
Interstitial cystitis associated with primary Sjögren's syndrome successfully treated with a combination of tacrolimus and corticosteroid: A case report and literature review
Yo Ueda, Hikaru Tomoe, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Yuko Takahashi, Hiroyuki Yamashita, Hiroshi Kaneko, Toshikazu Kano & Akio Mimori
Pages: 445-449
Published online: 11 Apr 2014
AbstractforInterstitial cystitis associated with primary Sjögren's syndrome successfully treated with a combination of tacrolimus and corticosteroid: A case report and literature review | Full Text | References | PDF (1.6 MB)
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Case Report
Multiple malignancies in a patient with limited granulomatosis with polyangiitis without immunosuppressive therapy
Yun-Hong Cheon, Min-Gyo Kim, Ji-Eun Kim, Chang Yoon Ha, Sang-Il Lee & Hyun-Ok Kim
Pages: 450-453
Published online: 19 Mar 2014
AbstractforMultiple malignancies in a patient with limited granulomatosis with polyangiitis without immunosuppressive therapy | Full Text | References | PDF (615.2 KB)
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Case Report
Effect of ambrisentan on peripheral circulation in patients with systemic sclerosis
Hayakazu Sumida, Yoshihide Asano, Masaru Hatano, Naohiko Aozasa, Tetsuo Toyama, Kaname Akamata, Miki Miyazaki, Takashi Taniguchi, Takehiro Takahashi, Yohei Ichimura, Shinji Noda, Yoshihiro Kuwano, Koichi Yanaba & Shinichi Sato
Pages: 454-457
Published online: 04 Mar 2014
AbstractforEffect of ambrisentan on peripheral circulation in patients with systemic sclerosis | Full Text | References | PDF (2.2 MB)
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Case Report
Rapid resolution of protracted febrile myalgia syndrome with anakinra: Report of two cases
Rıdvan Mercan, Aynur Turan, Berivan Bitik, Abdurrahman Tufan, Seminur Haznedaroglu & Berna Goker
Pages: 458-459
Published online: 18 Feb 2014
AbstractforRapid resolution of protracted febrile myalgia syndrome with anakinra: Report of two cases | Full Text | References | PDF (256 KB)
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Rapid Communication

Association between serum vitamin D level and history of falls in elderly Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Kensuke Ochi, Takefumi Furuya, Katsunori Ikari, Atsuo Taniguchi, Hisashi Yamanaka & Shigeki Momohara
Pages: 460-462
Published online: 07 Nov 2015
First Page PreviewforAssociation between serum vitamin D level and history of falls in elderly Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis | Full Text | References | PDF (181.3 KB)
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The stiff elastographic change of submandibular glands rapidly improves after the introduction of glucocorticoid treatment in patients with IgG4-related dacryoadenitis and sialoadenitis
Shin-ya Kawashiri, Ayako Nishino, Hideki Nakamura, Tomoki Origuchi, Kiyoshi Aoyagi & Atsushi Kawakami
Pages: 463-464
Published online: 16 Oct 2015
AbstractforThe stiff elastographic change of submandibular glands rapidly improves after the introduction of glucocorticoid treatment in patients with IgG4-related dacryoadenitis and sialoadenitis | Full Text | References | PDF (795.8 KB)
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Letter

Letter
Successful multi-target therapy using corticosteroid, tacrolimus, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab for rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease in a patient with clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis
Ryu Watanabe, Tomonori Ishii, Kyoko Araki, Mariko Ishizuka, Yukiko Kamogawa, Yoko Fujita, Yuko Shirota, Hiroshi Fujii & Hideo Harigae
Pages: 465-466
Published online: 29 Jun 2015
CitationforSuccessful multi-target therapy using corticosteroid, tacrolimus, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab for rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease in a patient with clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis | Full Text | References | PDF (611.7 KB)
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Letter
A rare case of hemorrhagic cystitis complicated with thrombocytopenia and hemophagocytic syndrome associated with BK virus, under immunosuppressive treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus
Masataka Umeda, Kunihiro Ichinose, Akitomo Okada, Ayako Nishino, Toshiyuki Aramaki, Nozomi Iwanaga, Kaoru Terada, Hideki Nakamura, Yukitaka Ueki & Atsushi Kawakami
Pages: 467-469
Published online: 13 Jun 2015
First Page PreviewforA rare case of hemorrhagic cystitis complicated with thrombocytopenia and hemophagocytic syndrome associated with BK virus, under immunosuppressive treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus | Full Text | References | PDF (1.8 MB)
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Letter
Novel monoclonal antibodies that recognize both rat and mouse phosphatidylserine/prothrombin complexes
Tamihiro Kawakami, Sun Young Yoon, Sora Takeuchi, Yoshinao Soma, Sayo Kuroha, Shigeru Yoshida, Haruki Shida, Daigo Nakazawa, Utano Tomaru & Akihiro Ishizu
Pages: 470-471
Published online: 29 Jun 2015
CitationforNovel monoclonal antibodies that recognize both rat and mouse phosphatidylserine/prothrombin complexes | Full Text | References | PDF (602.7 KB)
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