Leukocytapheresis (LCAP) is already being used in a clinical setting for the treatment of
autoimmune diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease and rheumatoid arthritis, and it has …

Objective. Joint swelling, an important factor in the classification criteria and disease activity
assessment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), renders joint palpation a necessary skill for …

Background To help adapt cardiovascular disease risk prediction approaches to low-income
and middle-income countries, WHO has convened an effort to develop, evaluate, and …

Background: Elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have more aging-related
complications than nonelderly patients with RA. Objectives: The objective of the study was to …

Based on sporadic reports indicating that the effectiveness of leukocytapheresis (LCAP) is
proportional to the number of leukocytes removed, it is anticipated that increasing the volume …

This paper analyzes the impact of disaster experience on household preparation of emergency
supplies for natural disasters using originally collected Japanese data from 2013. The …

Patients with tumor‐induced osteomalacia (TIO), an acquired paraneoplastic condition
characterized by osteomalacia due to hypophosphatemia, exhibit a similar clinical picture to …

Aims The ABSORB Cohort A clinical study has shown the feasibility and safety of the fully
bioabsorbable everolimus-eluting structure (BVS, revision 1.0). However, the study also …

This paper examines the effect of a country’s own past disaster experiences and nearby
countries’ past experiences on subsequent disaster damage. We use global disaster data from …

To retrospectively evaluate the efficacy and safety of combination therapy with tacrolimus (TAC)
and other disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). One hundred fifteen …