Background Patients treated with methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis often improve but
continue to have active disease. This study was undertaken to determine whether the addition …

Small amounts of PGE inhibit mitogen-induced [3H]thymidine incorporation in human
peripheral lymphocytes. The 50% inhibitory concentration is approximately 10(-7) M, and this is …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence and prevalence of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus
erythematosus (NPSLE) and glomerulonephritis in ethnically diverse pediatric onset SLE …

… Although not standard to the art, during sonographic examination, these surface markings
permit facile correlation of the deeper 2-D sonographically visible anatomy to surface anatomy …

OBJECTIVE: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) often demonstrates brain lesions in
neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE). The present study compared postmortem …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of cigarette smoking on disease activity and cumulative
organ damage in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods. Extensive clinical and …

Objective. We studied whether sonographic needle guidance affected the outcomes of
intraarticular (IA) injection for inflammatory arthritis. Methods. Joints with inflammatory arthritis (n = …

Objective The present randomized controlled study investigated whether sonographic needle
guidance affected the outcomes of intra-articular injection for osteoarthritis of the knee. …

Needle phobia—fear of medical devices—is a significant problem in pediatric and adult
chemotherapy patients. Stress-reducing medical devices is a new, effective cognitive therapy for …

Objective To observe the long‐term safety and efficacy of combination therapy with etanercept
and methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to determine whether the …