Objective To establish the presence of inflammation in and cytokine production by synovial
membranes from patients with various stages of early osteoarthritis (OA), with knee pain, …

Background Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid
arthritis. The Oral Rheumatoid Arthritis triaL (ORAL) Strategy aimed to assess the comparative …

Dural arteriovenous fistulas are abnormal connections of dural arteries to dural veins or venous
sinuses originating from within the dural leaflets. They are usually located near or within …

Objective To relate the expression of proteases in the lining and sublining layers of the
synovial membrane to the rate of joint damage during 1 year in patients with early inflammatory …

Objective To evaluate microscopic measures of inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis synovial
tissue samples selected at arthroscopy compared with those obtained blindly by needle …

OBJECTIVES Examination of synovial tissue (ST) obtained at surgery because of end stage
destructive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) showed that macrophages and fibroblasts are the …

Spondyloarthropathies are important and common inflammatory arthropathies that occur in
approximately 2% of the population. They are often underrecognized. The diagnosis features …

Background Wide-necked bifurcation aneurysms (WNBAs) present unique challenges for
endovascular treatment. The Woven EndoBridge (WEB) device is an intrasaccular braided …

Objective To investigate the effects of intraarticular glucocorticoid treatment on macrophage
infiltration, the expression of the chemokines monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP‐1) …

Objective. To establish whether the clinical efficacy of pulse methylprednisolone (MP; 1,000
mg intravenously) is related to the modulation of proinflammatory cytokines within the …