… at least one inter nal organ, or involvement of at least two internal organs in the absence of
characteristic skin changes. Sclerodactyly (sclerodermatous involvement limited IO the digits) …

… equal frequency at each of the eight general service hospitals, except for an increase at one
… Masi, AT: Potential uses and limitations of hospital data in epidemiologic research. Am. J. …

This article focuses on the (functional) anatomy and biomechanics of the pelvic girdle and
specifically the sacroiliac joints ( SIJ s). The SIJ s are essential for effective load transfer …

… of each variable at the time of examination, or at any time in … representative of SLE patients
at major institutions in the … connective tissue disease seen at that hospital or clinic was to be …

… : occiput at the suboccipital muscle insertions, low cervical at the anterior aspects of the
intertransverse spaces at CSC7, trapezius at the midpoint of the upper border, supraspinatus at …

… at onset of symptoms and the sex distribution of the patients. Seventy-five percent were women,
and the mean age at … Sex distribution and age at disease onset in 214 patients with giant …

… The 32 North American cases of TA described by investigators at the Mayo Clinic
comprised 26 females and 23 Caucasians with a median age at diagnosis of 31 years (3). The …

… at the Mayo Clinic, including 6 identified at autopsy (3). All patients had bronchial asthma,
peripheral eosinophilia (at … Sixteen patients seen at their institution (5) between 1976 and 1982…

… A patient with vasculitis will be classified as having WG if at least 2 of the 4 criteria listed in
Table 3 are present. The presence of any 2 of the 4 criteria is associated with a sensitivity of …

… Crystals were actually sought at any time in the patient’s course in only about half of the
patients with acute gout in this study. When searched for, characteristic crystals were found in …