[HTML][HTML] Economic impact of lower-limb osteoarthritis worldwide: a systematic review of cost-of-illness studies

JH Salmon, AC Rat, J Sellam, M Michel… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective An overview of the economic consequences – overall costs as well as cost
breakdown (direct and indirect) – of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) worldwide. Methods A …

Rheumatoid arthritis: direct and indirect costs

AC Rat, MC Boissier - Joint Bone Spine, 2004 - Elsevier
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causes disability, deformities, progressive radiological joint damage
often with a need for joint replacement surgery, premature death, and alterations in quality …

Item reduction based on rigorous methodological guidelines is necessary to maintain validity when shortening composite measurement scales

C Goetz, J Coste, F Lemetayer, AC Rat, S Montel… - Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To review current practice and update guidelines for the methodology of
shortening composite measurement scales (CMSs). STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: A literature …

Macroscopic and microscopic features of synovial membrane inflammation in the osteoarthritic knee: correlating magnetic resonance imaging findings with disease …

…, J Champigneulle, AC Rat… - Arthritis & …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), macroscopic, and microscopic
characteristics of synovial membrane inflammation, to study the relationship between …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of symptomatic hip and knee osteoarthritis: a two-phase population-based survey

F Guillemin, AC Rat, B Mazieres, J Pouchot… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Osteoarthritis (OA) epidemiologic data are scarce in Europe. To estimate the
prevalence of symptomatic knee and hip OA in a multiregional sample in France. DESIGN: A …

OAKHQOL: a new instrument to measure quality of life in knee and hip osteoarthritis

AC Rat, J Coste, J Pouchot, M Baumann, E Spitz… - Journal of clinical …, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To develop a questionnaire with which to measure quality of life (QoL) in
patients with knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA). STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: Thirty-two …

Screening for hip and knee osteoarthritis in the general population: predictive value of a questionnaire and prevalence estimates

…, B Fautrel, J Testa, P Fardellone, AC Rat… - Annals of the …, 2008 - ard.bmj.com
Objective: To study the feasibility and validity of a two-step telephone screening procedure
for symptomatic knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) in the general population. Method: The …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing non-enhanced and enhanced sequences in the assessment of effusion and synovitis in knee OA: associations with clinical, macroscopic and …

D Loeuille, N Sauliere, J Champigneulle, AC Rat… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate synovial membrane (SM)
inflammation and joint effusion scores by semiquantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …

Linkage proof for PTPN22, a rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility gene and a human autoimmunity gene

L Michou, S Lasbleiz, AC Rat… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
The tyrosine phosphatase PTPN22 allele 1858T has been associated with rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) and other autoimmune diseases. RA is the most frequent of those multifactorial …

Sensitivity of coherent oscillations in rat hippocampus to AC electric fields

JK Deans, AD Powell, JGR Jefferys - The Journal of physiology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The sensitivity of brain tissue to weak extracellular electric fields is important in assessing
potential public health risks of extremely low frequency (ELF) fields, and potential roles of …