Purpose: To determine the prevalence of epilepsy in a defined adult population and identify
the frequency and principal features of pharmacoresistant epilepsy. Methods: From a …

Background Double-adjustment can be used to remove confounding if imbalance exists after
propensity score (PS) matching. However, it is not always possible to include all covariates …

OBJECTIVES: The French Society of Rheumatology has initiated a large national multicenter,
longitudinal, prospective follow-up of patients presenting with early inflammatory back pain …

Background: Current response criteria in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) usually assess only three
patient-reported outcomes (PROs): pain, functional disability and patient global assessment. …

BACKGROUND The incidence and number of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the peripheral
blood of colorectal cancer patients are lower than in other cancer types, which may point to …

OBJECTIVES: The French Society of Rheumatology initiated a large national multicenter,
longitudinal and prospective cohort, the so-called “ESPOIR cohort study” in order to set up …

Background Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of cardiovascular
disease. Lipid changes related to inflammation have been described in RA. Tumour necrosis …

Results Most plasma amino acid concentrations were decreased in hemodialysis patients,
whereas proline, citrulline, asparagine, asymmetric dimethylarginine, and hydroxykynurenine …

Background Acute‐on‐chronic liver failure ( ACLF ) is associated with a significant short‐term
mortality rate (23%‐74%), depending on the number of organ failures. Some patients …

Background/Aims: Hypovitaminosis D has been associated with an increased cardiovascular
mortality in the general population and in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Still, …