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Successful treatment of cardiac involvement in dermatomyositis with rituximab
No full textPolymyositis and dermatomyositis are autoimmune inflammatory myopathies characterized by muscle weakness and inflammation. Current recommended therapy includes corticosteroids as mainstay treatment in addition to immunosuppressant. We present herein a 25 year-old female with dermatomyositis and cardiac involvement resistant to disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and anti-tumor necrosis factor-α. She was treated with anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, rituximab. The patient demonstrated a remarkable clinical and laboratory response. B-cell depletion therapy with rituximab may be a viable option in patients with dermatomyositis and heart disease. © 2007 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.Allanore Y, 2006, ANN RHEUM DIS, V65, P249, DOI 10.1136-ard.2005.038679; Chiappetta N, 2005, JCR-J CLIN RHEUMATOL, V11, P264, DOI 10.1097-01.rhu.0000182155.08982.60; Efthimiou P, 2006, ANN RHEUM DIS, V65, P1233, DOI 10.1136-ard.2005.048744; Erlacher P, 2001, CLIN CHIM ACTA, V306, P27, DOI 10.1016-S0009-8981(01)00392-8; HELMERS SB, 2007, ANN RHEUM DIS, P8; Hengstman GJD, 2003, EUR NEUROL, V50, P10, DOI 10.1159-000070852; HOCHBERG MC, 1986, SEMIN ARTHRITIS RHEU, V15, P168, DOI 10.1016-0049-0172(86)90014-4; Itoh K, 2006, ARTHRITIS RHEUM, V54, P1020, DOI 10.1002-art.21721; Kiely PDW, 2000, ANN RHEUM DIS, V59, P750, DOI 10.1136-ard.59.9.750; Lambotte O, 2005, J RHEUMATOL, V32, P1369; Levine TD, 2005, ARTHRITIS RHEUM, V52, P601, DOI 10.1002-art.20849; Lundberg IE, 2005, LUPUS, V14, P708, DOI 10.1191-0961203305lu2205oa; Noss EH, 2006, J RHEUMATOL, V33, P1021; Oddis CV, 2003, RHEUMATOLOGY, P1537; Targoff IN, 2002, RHEUM DIS CLIN N AM, V28, P859, DOI 10.1016-S0889-857X(02)00032-7; Touma Z, 2006, SCAND J RHEUMATOL, V35, P323, DOI 10.1080-03009740500484056; Wortmann RL, 2005, KELLEYS TXB RHEUMATO, P130922191
The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)
No full textAlphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the convention in the economics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose last name initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been a first author more often than Professor Z, will have published more articles and experienced afaster growth rate over the course of her career as a result of reputation and visibility. Moreover, authors know that name ordering matters and indeed take ordering seriously: Several characteristics of an author group composition determine the decision to deviate from the default alphabetic name order to a significant extent.performance measurement, incentives, economists, name ordering
Successful treatment of Sjogren's syndrome with rituximab [2]
No full text[No abstract available]Gottenberg JE, 2005, ANN RHEUM DIS, V64, P913, DOI 10.1136-ard.2004.029694; KLIPPEL JH, 2001, PRIMER RHEUMATIC DIS, P377; Kneitz C, 2004, SCAND J RHEUMATOL, V33, P82, DOI 10.1080-03009740310004379; Omdal R, 2005, SCAND J RHEUMATOL, V34, P229, DOI 10.1080-02813430510015269; Pijpe J, 2005, ANN RHEUM DIS, V64, P958, DOI 10.1136-ard.2004.030684; Pijpe J, 2005, ARTHRITIS RHEUM, V52, P2740, DOI 10.1002-art.21260; Ramos-Casals M, 2004, LUPUS, V13, P969, DOI 10.1191-0961203304lu2049xx; Silverman GJ, 2003, ARTHRITIS RHEUM, V48, P1484, DOI 10.1002-art.10947; Somer BG, 2003, ARTHRIT RHEUM-ARTHR, V49, P394, DOI 10.1002-art.11109; van Vollenhoven RF, 2004, SCAND J RHEUMATOL, V33, P423, DOI 10.1080-03009740410010227; VITALI C, 1993, ARTHRITIS RHEUM, V36, P340, DOI 10.1002-art.1780360309; Zaja F, 2002, ARTHRITIS RHEUM, V46, P2252, DOI 10.1002-art.1034522191
Long-delayed onset of chest wall pain defining a patient with SAPHO syndrome
No full textA 57-year-old woman presented with 2 months history of right chest pain with direct tenderness and swelling over the right sternoclavicular joint. She had a 20-year history of skin rash over both soles and palms suggestive of pustulosis palmaris and plantaris without musculoskeletal symptoms. CT scan of the right sternoclavicular joint showed osteolysis of the joint and adjacent sclerosis. 99mTechnetium bone scan was abnormal with increased uptake over the joint and manubrium. She was diagnosed with SAPHO syndrome (synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, osteitis). This case report emphasizes the long duration that can lapse between onset of initial skin manifestations and musculoskeletal symptoms to define SAPHO syndrome. © 2007 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Inc.Earwaker JWS, 2003, SKELETAL RADIOL, V32, P311, DOI 10.1007-s00256-003-0629-x; Franz T, 2005, CLIN ORTHOP RELAT R, P277, DOI 10.1097-01.blo.00001796146.73638.b5; Guignard S, 2002, JOINT BONE SPINE, V69, P392, DOI 10.1016-S1297-319X(02)00419-0; Hayem G, 1999, SEMIN ARTHRITIS RHEU, V29, P159, DOI 10.1016-S0049-0172(99)80027-4; KAHN MF, 1991, J RHEUMATOL, V18, P1104; KAHN MF, 1994, ORAL SURG ORAL MED O, V78, P594, DOI 10.1016-0030-4220(94)90170-8; Olivieri I, 2006, EXPERT OPIN INV DRUG, V15, P1229, DOI 10.1517-13543784.15.10.1229; Olivieri I, 2002, ANN RHEUM DIS, V61, P375, DOI 10.1136-ard.61.4.375; Smith M, 2005, BRIT J OPHTHALMOL, V89, P1069, DOI 10.1136-bjo.2004.057430; Theumann N H, 2005, Australas Radiol, V49, P418, DOI 10.1111-j.1440-1673.2005.01475.x; Van Doornum S, 2000, SEMIN ARTHRITIS RHEU, V30, P70, DOI 10.1053-sarh.2000.837122
Final word on Jersey Dutch
No full textIn this article, William Z. Shetter compares and contrasts the dialects that developed between different Dutch colonies in the New World. He explores in-depth the nuances of Jersey Dutch, and provides theories to explain how Dutch and colonial languages blended. The article is reprinted from American Speech, December 1958, Volum XXXIII, No. 4
Updating the core domains set in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Work planned by the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus OMERACT working group.
No full textFatal streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated with etanercept [6]
No full text[No abstract available]Baghai M, 2001, MAYO CLIN PROC, V76, P653; Herrlinger KR, 2004, INFLAMM BOWEL DIS, V10, P655, DOI 10.1097-00054725-200409000-00024; Kroesen S, 2003, RHEUMATOLOGY, V42, P617, DOI 10.1093-rheumatology-keg263; Uthman I, 2004, CLIN RHEUMATOL, V23, P279, DOI 10.1007-s10067-004-0873-z; Uthman I, 2004, SEMIN ARTHRITIS RHEU, V33, P422, DOI 10.1016-j.semarthrit.2003.12.00565
Cardiac sarcoidosis responding to monotherapy with infliximab
No full textCardiac involvement is a rare and potentially life-threatening complication of sarcoidosis. We report the case of a young previously healthy woman who presented with complete atrioventricular heart block. Further evaluation revealed non-caseating granulomas in the hilar and mediastinal regions. A pacemaker was inserted, and she was treated with four doses of infliximab after she refused treatment with steroids. Rapid resolution of the pulmonary lymph nodes was documented and repeated interrogations of the pacemaker 1 year after her last infliximab infusion documented that she was in sinus rhythm. Infliximab may be considered as an alternative first-line therapy in sarcoidosis with serious organ involvement. © Clinical Rheumatology 2007.Baughman RP, 2001, SARCOIDOSIS VASC DIF, V18, P70; Baughman RP, 2006, AM J RESP CRIT CARE, V174, P795, DOI 10.1164-rccm.200603-402OC; Carter JD, 2004, AM J MED, V117, P277, DOI 10.1016-j.amjmed.2004.03.013; Chapelon-Abric C, 2004, MEDICINE, V83, P315, DOI 10.1097-01.md.0000145367.17934.75; Chung ES, 2003, CIRCULATION, V107, P3133, DOI 10.1161-01.CIR.0000077913.60364.D2; Doty JD, 2005, CHEST, V127, P1064, DOI 10.1378-chest.127.3.1064; IWAI K, 1994, SARCOIDOSIS, V11, P26; Prior C, 1996, EUR RESPIR J, V9, P47, DOI 10.1183-09031936.96.09010047; Roach DR, 2002, J IMMUNOL, V168, P4620; Shabetai R, 2000, CURR TREAT OPTIONS C, V2, P385, DOI 10.1007-s11936-000-0034-x; Sharma OP, 2003, CHEST, V123, P18, DOI 10.1378-chest.123.1.18; SILVERMAN KJ, 1978, CIRCULATION, V58, P1204; Ulbricht KU, 2003, ARTHRITIS RHEUM, V48, P3542, DOI 10.1002-art.11357; Veinot JP, 1998, J FORENSIC SCI, V43, P715; Yee AMF, 2001, ANN INTERN MED, V135, P2732242
Supplemental Material - In-person versus virtual administration of the American College of Radiology gold standard cognitive battery in systemic lupus erythematosus: Are they interchangeable?
No full textSupplemental Material for In-person versus virtual administration of the American College of Radiology gold standard cognitive battery in systemic lupus erythematosus: Are they interchangeable? by ML Barraclough, JP Diaz-Martinez, A Knight, K Bingham, J Su, M Kakvan, C Muñoz Grajales, MC Tartaglia, L Ruttan, J Wither, MY Choi, D Bonilla, N Anderson, S Appenzeller, B Parker, P Katz, D Beaton, R Green, IN Bruce and Z Touma in Lupus</p
Logarithmic variance profiles and the corresponding f-1 spectra of temperature fluctuations in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection
No full textWe report experimental results for the temperature variance 2(z) and the corresponding frequency spectra P(f) in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection (RBC) in a cylindrical sample of aspect ratioT= D/L = 1:00 (D = 1:12 m is the diameter and L = 1:12 m the height). The measurements were conducted in the Rayleigh-number range 1011 < Ra < 1:35 1014 and Pr ' 0:8. For Ra = 1:35x1014, 2(z) could be described well by a logarithmic dependence on the vertical position z in a range of z 1 < z < z 2 with z 1 ' 70 and z 2 = 0:1L. Here L=(2Nu) is the thickness of a thin thermal sublayer adjacent to the horizontal plate where the heat flux (denoted by the Nusselt number Nu) is carried mostly by thermal diffusion. In the log layer, we found that the temperature spectra had a significant frequency range over which P(f) f with close to 1. As Ra decreased, increased so that the log layer became thinner. At Ra = 2:05 1011, z 2 < z 1 and therefore there was no range for a log layer. Correspondingly, the temperature spectrum near the horizontal plate did not have the f1 scaling form either
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