Objective. To investigate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and of insulin resistance
(IR) in an ethnically homogeneous cohort of established psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and to …

Objectives Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) susceptibility is associated with several different class I
alleles, suggesting separate patterns of MHC effect. This exploratory study was based on the …

Purpose Medical journals use social media as a means to disseminate new research and
interact with readers. The microblogging site Twitter is one such platform. The aim of this study …

Primary retroperitoneal masses include a diverse, and often rare, group of neoplastic and
non-neoplastic entities that arise within the retroperitoneum but do not originate from any …

Objective We aimed to 1) identify clinical and genetic associations of sacroiliitis (SI) in
patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and 2) describe the different radiographic patterns of SI …

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common lethal autosomal recessive disease in the white
population. Mutation of the CF transmembrane conductance regulator gene on chromosome 7 …

OBJECTIVE. The objective of this article is to familiarize the reader with the sonographic, CT,
MR cholangiopancreatography, and ERCP appearances of recurrent pyogenic cholangitis …

Objective To examine the effect of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blocking therapy on hypoxia
in vivo, macroscopic and microscopic inflammation, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …

Background Lowserum vitamin D levels are associated with susceptibility to, and severity of,
multiple sclerosis. High dose vitamin D has been proposed as a potential immunomodulator …

Introduction Breast Arterial Calcification (BAC) on digital mammography has been associated
with an increased risk of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). We aimed to investigate the …