Arthritis

[Biopharmaceuticals in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis]
The current status on the use of biopharmaceuticals in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is reviewed.


Denmark
Dramatic regulation of heparanase activity and angiogenesis gene expression in synovium from patient
OBJECTIVE: Although heparanase is recognized as a proangiogenic factor, the involvement of heparanase in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is unclear.

Canberra,
Australia
[Paradigm shift in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis by biologics]
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disease that causes significant morbidity and mortality.

Kitakyusyu, 807-8555
Japan
Safety of Biologic Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Autoimmune Diseases: Focus on Rituximab
OBJECTIVES: To review the safety of biologic agents used to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other autoimmune diseases, with a focus on rituximab.

Dallas, TX
USA
Surgery Insight: orthopedic treatment options in rheumatoid arthritis
Longstanding rheumatoid arthritis (RA) leads to disability, caused mainly by joint destruction.

Zürich,
Switzerland
Long-term retention on treatment with lumiracoxib 100 mg once or twice daily compared with celecoxib
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The efficacy, safety and tolerability of lumiracoxib, a novel selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor, has been demonstrated in previous studies of patients with osteoarthritis (OA).


The Netherlands
Psoriatic arthritis and arthroplasty: a review of the literature
Psoriatic arthritis is an inflammatory arthropathy associated with the characteristic dermatologic lesions of psoriasis.

New York, NY
USA
[Conservative therapy of cartilage defects of the upper ankle joint.]
Cartilage defects of the upper ankle joint reflect the problem that great force is transmitted and balanced out over a relatively small surface area.
Erlanger Allee 101
Jena, Germany 07740
Germany
Clinical Outcome and Imaging Changes After Intraarticular (IA) Application of Etanercept or Methylpr
OBJECTIVE: To assess the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound (US) changes in the wrist of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) 4 weeks after an US guided intraarticular (IA) injection.

Genoa, Italy
Italy
Two to five year follow-up of the lpm ceramic coated proximal interphalangeal joint arthroplasty
This paper presents a retrospective series of 20 LPM semi-constrained ceramic coated cobalt chrome proximal interphalangeal joint arthroplasties performed consecutively in 12 patients for arthritis of the proximal interphalangeal joint by a single surgeon between 2000 and 2004.

Cheltenham, UK
UK