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  1. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a major musculoskeletal disease with high prevalence in the elderly. The study of genetic polymorphisms of inflammatory mediators involved in OA may contribute to the elucidation of the ...

    Authors: Marcos Tadeu Parron Fernandes, Karen Barros Parron Fernandes, Fernanda Freitas Anibal, Walquíria Shimoya-Bittencourt, Viviane Martins Santos, Priscila Daniele de Oliveira Perrucini and Regina Célia Poli-Frederico
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:25
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  2. Though gout is more prevalent in men than women, it remains unclear whether gender influences risk factors for incident gout. We aimed to systematically review all cohort studies examining risk factors for the...

    Authors: Peter L. Evans, James A. Prior, John Belcher, Charles A. Hay, Christian D. Mallen and Edward Roddy
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:24
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  3. The presence of enthesitis is associated with higher disease activity, more disability and incapacity to work and a poorer quality of life in spondyloarthritis (SpA). There is currently no consensus on which c...

    Authors: Penélope Esther Palominos, Ana Paula Beckhauser de Campos, Sandra Lúcia Euzébio Ribeiro, Ricardo Machado Xavier, Jady Wroblewski Xavier, Felipe Borges de Oliveira, Bruno Guerra, Carla Saldanha, Aline Castello Branco Mancuso, Charles Lubianca Kohem, Andrese Aline Gasparin and Percival Degrava Sampaio-Barros
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:23
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  5. The Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP) orIgA vasculitis is the most common vasculitis of childhood and may occur with renal involvement, with hematuria and / or proteinuria, and may cause severe and non-reversible...

    Authors: Vânia Schinzel, Jade Dib Fernandez, Gleice Clemente, Melissa Mariti Fraga, Maria Cristina Andrade, Claudio Arnaldo Len and Maria Teresa Terreri
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:21
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  6. To date there are no specific classification criteria for childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE). This study aims to compare the performance among the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 1997, ...

    Authors: Adriana Rodrigues Fonseca, Marta Cristine Felix Rodrigues, Flavio Roberto Sztajnbok, Marcelo Gerardin Poirot Land and Sheila Knupp Feitosa de Oliveira
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:20
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  7. To evaluate the frequency of anti-collagen type V in humans with early systemic sclerosis (SSc) compared to defined SSc patients and healthy controls, since collagen type V was shown to be overexpressed in ear...

    Authors: Michelle R Ugolini-Lopes, Elenice Mantovani, Virgínia Lucia N Bonoldi, Ana Cristina de Medeiros Ribeiro, Eloisa Bonfá, Natalino Yoshinari and Danieli Andrade
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:19
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  9. In Brazil, we are facing an alarming epidemic scenario of Yellow fever (YF), which is reaching the most populous areas of the country in unvaccinated people. Vaccination is the only effective tool to prevent Y...

    Authors: Gecilmara Salviato Pileggi, Licia Maria Henrique Da Mota, Adriana Maria Kakehasi, Alexandre Wagner De Souza, Aline Rocha, Ana Karla Guedes de Melo, Caroline Araujo M. da Fonte, Cecilia Bortoletto, Claiton Viegas Brenol, Claudia Diniz Lopes Marques, Cyrla Zaltman, Eduardo Ferreira Borba, Enio Ribeiro Reis, Eutilia Andrade Medeiros Freire, Evandro Mendes Klumb, Georges Basile Christopoulos…
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:17
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  10. Adequate nutrition, including intake of dietary calcium and vitamin D, is important to maintain bone health. Evidence suggests that a deficiency in micronutrients may contribute to bone loss during aging and e...

    Authors: Melissa Morimoto, Nitin Shivappa, Patricia de Souza Genaro, Lígia Araújo Martini, Natielen Jacques Schuch, James R. Hebert and Marcelo Medeiros Pinheiro
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:16
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  11. Rheumatoid arthritis is a risk factor for early mortality due to cardiovascular disease. Interleukin-33 appears to protect against the development of atherosclerosis. The purpose of this study was to investiga...

    Authors: Maria Raquel Costa Pinto, Adriana Maria Kakehasi, Adriano José Souza, Wilson Campos Tavares Jr, Monaliza Angela Rocha, Cyntia Gabriele Michel Cardoso Trant and Marcus Vinicius Andrade
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:15
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  12. Digital ulcers (DUs) represent a frequent complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc). The aim of this study was to evaluate clinical, serological and capillaroscopy features that are associated with DUs in patie...

    Authors: Alex Magno Coelho Horimoto, Albert Schiaveto de Souza, Silvia Helena Rodrigues and Cristiane Kayser
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:14
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  13. To evaluate sexual function female adolescents and young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and healthy controls.

    Authors: Ana Claudia Pitta, Gabriela Ribeiro Viola Ferreira, Renato Bussadori Tomioka, Daniela Mencaroni Rodrigues Lourenço, Katia Kozu, Nadia Emi Aikawa, Adriana Maluf Elias Sallum, Lucia Maria Arruda Campos, Carmita Helena Najjar Abdo, Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira, Edmund Chada Baracat, Eloisa Bonfá and Clovis Artur Silva
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:13
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  14. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is an opportunistic pathogen causing reactivation and disease in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) patients. This study aims to systematically review the literature for risk factors asso...

    Authors: Hui Min Charlotte Choo, Wen Qi Cher, Yu Heng Kwan and Warren Weng Seng Fong
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:12
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  16. Anti-nucleosome and anti-C1q antibodies demonstrated an association with the development of glomerulonephritis in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Some investigators have proposed that monitoring anti-C1q a...

    Authors: Imman Mokhtar Metwally, Nahla Naeem Eesa, Mariam Halim Yacoub and Rabab Mahmoud Elsman
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:10
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  17. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by axial arthritis. The genetic–environmental factors seem to be involved in the pathogenesis of the disease and the disease debilita...

    Authors: Narjes Soleimanifar, Mohammad Hossein Nicknam, Katayoon Bidad, Ahmad Reza Jamshidi, Mahdi Mahmoudi, Shayan Mostafaei, Zahra Hosseini-khah and Behrouz Nikbin
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:9
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  18. In recent decades, obesity has become a public health problem in many countries. The objective of this study was to evaluate the main joint and extra-articular manifestations related to spondyloarthritis (SpA)...

    Authors: Thauana Luiza de Oliveira, Hilton Telles Libanori and Marcelo M. Pinheiro
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:8
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  19. Musculoskeletal pain is a constant complaint in pediatric practice. The pain may be related to a number of organic diseases and / or be part of the amplified musculoskeletal pain syndromes. Idiopathic musculoskel...

    Authors: Maria da Conceição Costa, Jamil Natour, Hilda A. V. Oliveira, Maria Teresa Terreri and Claudio A. Len
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:7
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  20. Recommendations of the Myopathy Committee of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology for the management and therapy of systemic autoimmune myopathies (SAM).

    Authors: Fernando Henrique Carlos de Souza, Daniel Brito de Araújo, Verônica Silva Vilela, Mailze Campos Bezerra, Ricardo Santos Simões, Wanderley Marques Bernardo, Renata Miossi, Bernardo Matos da Cunha and Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:6
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  21. Nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) is a reproducible, simple, low-cost, and safe imaging technique used for morphological analysis of nail bed capillaries. It is considered to be extremely useful for the investigat...

    Authors: Cristiane Kayser, Markus Bredemeier, Maria Teresa Caleiro, Karina Capobianco, Tatiana Melo Fernandes, Sheila Márcia de Araújo Fontenele, Eutilia Freire, Lilian Lonzetti, Renata Miossi, Juliana Sekiyama and Carolina de Souza Müller
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:5
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  22. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease which impairs the quality of life. The objective of study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Brief Group Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy to improve qu...

    Authors: Céu Tristão Martins Conceição, Ivone Minhoto Meinão, José Atilio Bombana and Emília Inoue Sato
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:4
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  23. To evaluate prevalence, clinical manifestations, laboratory abnormalities, treatment and outcome in a multicenter cohort of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) patients with and without pannicu...

    Authors: Mônica Verdier, Pedro Anuardo, Natali Weniger Spelling Gormezano, Ricardo Romiti, Lucia Maria Arruda Campos, Nadia Emi Aikawa, Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira, Maria Teresa Terreri, Claudia Saad Magalhães, Juliana C. O. A. Ferreira, Marco Felipe Castro Silva, Mariana Ferriani, Ana Paula Sakamoto, Virginia Paes Leme Ferriani, Maraísa Centeville, Juliana Sato…
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:3
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  24. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune/inflammatory disease affecting 0.5 to 1% of adults worldwide and frequently leads to joint destruction and disability. Early diagnosis and early and effective therapy...

    Authors: Sara de Brito Rocha, Danielle Cristiane Baldo and Luis Eduardo Coelho Andrade
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:2
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  25. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare and severe complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This study aimed to evaluate clinical and laboratory risk factors associated with PAH in SLE patie...

    Authors: Juliana Fernandes Sarmento Donnarumma, Eloara Vieira Machado Ferreira, Jaquelina Ota-Arakaki and Cristiane Kayser
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2019 59:1
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  26. To evaluate autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) in a multicenter cohort of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) patients.

    Authors: Verena A. Balbi, Bárbara Montenegro, Ana C. Pitta, Ana R. Schmidt, Sylvia C. Farhat, Laila P. Coelho, Juliana C. O. Ferreira, Rosa M. R. Pereira, Maria T. Terreri, Claudia Saad-Magalhães, Nadia E. Aikawa, Ana P. Sakamoto, Kátia Kozu, Lucia M. Campos, Adriana M. Sallum, Virginia P. Ferriani…
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:43
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  27. It has long been established that obesity plays a positive role against osteoporosis (OP) and low-impact fractures (Fx). However, more recent data has shown higher fracture risk in obese individuals. The aim o...

    Authors: Bruna Aurora Nunes Cavalcante Castro, Edgard Torres dos Reis Neto, Vera Lucia Szejnfeld, Jacob Szejnfeld, Valdecir Marvulle and Marcelo de Medeiros Pinheiro
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:42
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  28. To compare the efficacy and safety of a new fixed dose combination of glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate capsules (GS/CS) versus the fixed dose combination of glucosamine hydrochloride and chondroitin...

    Authors: Andrea Barranjard Vannucci Lomonte, José Alexandre Mendonça, Gilberto de Castro Brandão and Marise Lazaretti Castro
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:41
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  29. To determine the clinical and demographic factors associated with disease remission and drug survival in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) on TNF inhibitors.

    Authors: Andrea Y. Shimabuco, Celio R. Gonçalves, Julio C. B. Moraes, Mariana G. Waisberg, Ana Cristina de M. Ribeiro, Percival D. Sampaio-Barros, Claudia Goldenstein-Schainberg, Eloisa Bonfa and Carla G. S. Saad
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:40
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  30. To evaluate prevalence, clinical manifestations, laboratory abnormalities and treatment in a multicenter cohort study including 847 childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) patients with and without...

    Authors: Gabriela Blay, Joaquim C. Rodrigues, Juliana C. O. Ferreira, Gabriela N. Leal, Natali W. Gormezano, Glaucia V. Novak, Rosa M. R. Pereira, Maria T. Terreri, Claudia S. Magalhães, Beatriz C. Molinari, Ana P. Sakamoto, Nadia E. Aikawa, Lucia M. A. Campos, Taciana A. P. Fernandes, Gleice Clemente, Octavio A. B. Peracchi…
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:39
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  32. Different inflammatory cells (i.e., CD4, CD8, CD20 and CD68) are involved in pathogenesis of DM muscle. In this context, the aim of this study was to assess and compare these inflammatory cell phenotyping in m...

    Authors: Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo, Adriana Maluf Elias Sallum, Sueli Mieko Oba-Shinjo, Marilda Guimarães Silva, Clovis Artur Silva and Suely Kazue Nagahashi Marie
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:37
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  33. Fibromyalgia (FM) is characterized by chronic and generalized musculoskeletal pain. There is currently no cure for FM, but palliative treatments are available. One type of treatment is strength training (ST). ...

    Authors: Alexandro Andrade, Ricardo de Azevedo Klumb Steffens, Sofia Mendes Sieczkowska, Leonardo Alexandre Peyré Tartaruga and Guilherme Torres Vilarino
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:36
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  34. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease characterized by peripheral and symmetrical polyarthritis. It can be divided into Very Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (VERA) diagnosed up to 3 months...

    Authors: Rafael Kmiliauskis Santos Gomes, Ana Carolina de Linhares and Lucas Selistre Lersch
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:35
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  35. Currently, there are only few studies (mostly case reports or case series) on mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in patients with systemic autoimmune myopathies (SAM). Therefore, the goal of the present study was to ...

    Authors: Pablo Arturo Olivo Pallo, Fernando Henrique Carlos de Souza, Renata Miossi and Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:34
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  36. In psoriatic arthritis (PsA) almost all qualitative studies have been performed in European populations. This work aimed to evaluate the impact of PsA in Brazilian and French subjects, as well as to explore cu...

    Authors: Penélope Esther Palominos, Laure Gossec, Sarah Kreis, César Luis Hinckel, Rafael Mendonça da Silva Chakr, Ana Laura Didonet Moro, Willemina Campbell, Maarten de Wit, Niti Goel, Charles Lubianca Kohem and Ricardo Machado Xavier
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:33
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  37. Cardiac and vascular involvement in Behçet disease (BD), also referred as vasculo BD, is frequent. We aimed to describe clinical characteristics, predictive factors and management of vasculo BD in the Tunisian...

    Authors: Melek Kechida, Sana Salah, Rim Kahloun, Rim Klii, Sonia Hammami and Ines Khochtali
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:32
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  38. Interpretation of rituximab efficacy for refractory idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) is hampered by the absence of a uniform definition of refractory myositis and clinical response. Therefore, rigorous...

    Authors: Fernando Henrique Carlos de Souza, Renata Miossi, Júlio Cesar Bertacini de Moraes, Eloisa Bonfá and Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:31
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  42. Association between periodontal disease and dyslipidemia was recently reported in healthy adults. However, a systematic evaluation of concomitant periodontal diseases and lipid profile was not carried out in j...

    Authors: Kátia T. Kozu, Clovis A. Silva, Nadia E. Aikawa, Rosa M. R. Pereira, Adriana M. Sallum, Cynthia Savioli, Eduardo Borba and Lucia M. Campos
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:28
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  43. Osteoarthritis is the most prevalent rheumatic disease in the population and is characterized by limitation of main functional activities of daily living, as the gait. Muscle strength is a variable that may be...

    Authors: Deborah Hebling Spinoso, Natane Ceccatto Bellei, Nise Ribeiro Marques and Marcelo Tavella Navega
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:26
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  45. Rheumatoid arthritis affects millions of people worldwide and is considered a chronic multisystem disease whose causes are unknown. In general, the main objective of rheumatoid arthritis treatment is to improv...

    Authors: Elis Carolina de Souza Fatel, Flávia Troncon Rosa, Andréa Name Colado Simão and Isaias Dichi
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:25
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  46. Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are responsible for endothelial damage repair. Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects large vessels. The aim of the study was to evaluate t...

    Authors: Luiz Samuel Gomes Machado, Ana Cecilia Diniz Oliveira, Patricia Semedo-Kuriki, Alexandre Wagner Silva de Souza and Emilia Inoue Sato
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:24
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  47. Infliximab infusion generally occurs in 2–4 h. Recent studies have suggested the possibility of accelerated infusion (1 h) of this drug.

    Authors: Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Maria Natividade Pereira dos Santos, Joyce Meyre Vieira de Oliveira, Andrea Nogueira S. Lanty Silva, Roberto Paulo Correia de Araujo and Juliana Bahia Cardozo
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:22
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  48. Fibromyalgia (FM) is a syndrome characterized by widespread chronic pain associated to other symptoms, such as: fatigue, anxiety, depression and sleep disorders. Health education programs (HEP) have emerged as...

    Authors: Andrei Pereira Pernambuco, Lucina de Souza Cota Carvalho, Luana Pereira Leite Schetino, Janaíne Cunha Polese, Renato de Souza Viana and Débora d’ Ávila Reis
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:21
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  49. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation of the joints, especially of the hands. The evaluation of handgrip strength (HS) and pinch strength can be usefu...

    Authors: Graziela Sferra da Silva, Mariana de Almeida Lourenço and Marcos Renato de Assis
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:20
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  50. High-resolution musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) has been increasingly employed in daily rheumatological practice and in clinical research. In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), MSUS can be now considered a complemen...

    Authors: Aline Defaveri do Prado, Henrique Luiz Staub, Melissa Cláudia Bisi, Inês Guimarães da Silveira, José Alexandre Mendonça, Joaquim Polido-Pereira and João Eurico Fonseca
    Citation: Advances in Rheumatology 2018 58:19
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