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Membranous Nephropathy in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Long-Term Outcome and Prognostic Factors of 103 Patients
27 January 2012
Gabriella Moroni, Silvana Quaglini, Luciana Gravellone, Beniamina Gallelli, Antonio Leoni, Piergiorgio Messa, Renato Alberto Sinico
Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical features, course, outcome, and prognostic indicators in lupus membranous nephritis (LMN) and to compare data of “pure” LMN vs “mixe...
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Global Trend of Survival and Damage of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of Observational Studies from the 1950s to 2000s
18 January 2012
Anselm Mak, Mike W.-L. Cheung, Hui Jin Chiew, Yang Liu, Roger Chun-man Ho
Objective: To assess systemically with meta-analysis the trend of survival and its determinants, which are hindering further improvement of survival of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...
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NOD2/CARD15 Gene Mutations in Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever
13 January 2012
Yackov Berkun, Amir Karban, Shai Padeh, Elon Pras, Yael Shinar, Merav Lidar, Avi Livneh, Yoram Bujanover
Objective: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and Crohn's disease are autoinflammatory disorders, associated with genes (MEFV and NOD2/CARD15, respectively) encoding for regulatory proteins, important...
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Meta-Analysis on the Performance of Sonography for the Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
13 January 2012
Alexis Descatha, Laure Huard, François Aubert, Bruno Barbato, Olivier Gorand, Jean-François Chastang
Objective: We aimed to review and pool recent large methodological studies evaluating the diagnosis performance of ultrasonography vs electrodiagnostic testing (EDX). Methods: Using the keywords: “car...
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Use of Diuretics and the Risk of Gouty Arthritis: A Systematic Review
06 January 2012
Berdine A.A. Hueskes, Elisabeth A. Roovers, Aukje K. Mantel-Teeuwisse, Hein J.E.M. Janssens, Eloy H. van de Lisdonk, Matthijs Janssen
Objective: To systematically review the literature investigating the relationship between use of diuretics and the risk of gouty arthritis. Methods: PubMed (1950-October 2009), Embase (1974-October 20...
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