Arthritis

False-positive Troponin I Assay elevation due to occult Mixed Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis.

A 53-year-old man with active hepatitis C and cirrhosis presented with a vasculitic rash, myalgias, and fatigue, and was found to have an elevated cardiac troponin I up to 15.7 ng/mL with normal electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, and coronary angiogram prior to being discharged. Subsequently, during a similar presentation to another academically affiliated hospital, the patient had a normal cardia...

Predicting Corticosteroid-Free Biologic Remission with Vedolizumab in Crohn's Disease.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Vedolizumab (VDZ) is effective for Crohn's disease (CD) but costly and is slow to produce remission. Early knowledge of whether vedolizumab is likely to succeed is valuable for physicians, patients, and insurers.

A comparison of logistic regression and artificial neural networks in predicting central lymph node metastases in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma.

OBJECTIVE: Prophylactic central lymph node dissection(CLND) is a controversial issue in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma( PTMC) patients without lymph...

Th1/Th17 Cytokine Profile is Induced by Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients.

BACKGROUND: Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is an immunoregulatory cytokine that plays a crucial role as a regulator of the innate and ad...

[Interleukin?22 promotes proliferation of fibroblast?like synoviocytes from patients with rheumatoid arthritis by inducing STAT3 phosphorylation].

OBJECTIVE: To clarify the mechanism by which interleukin?22 (IL?22) promotes the proliferation of fibroblast?like synoviocytes (FLS) from patients wit...

Course of hepatitis E infection in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and autoimmune hepatitis: A case report.

RATIONALE: A 62-year-old male patient was admitted to our clinic in February 2016 with persistently elevated liver enzymes.

[Effectiveness of total knee arthroplasty using three-dimensional printing technology for knee osteoarthritis accompanied with extra-articular deformity].

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using three-dimensional (3D) printing technology for knee osteoarthritis (KO...

Deep Learning: A Primer for Radiologists.

Deep learning is a class of machine learning methods that are gaining success and attracting interest in many domains, including computer vision, spee...

Comparison of Intravitreal Bevacizumab and Intravitreal Diclofenac in the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema: a 6-month Follow-up.

The aim of this study was to compare the effect of intravitreal diclofenac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), with that of bevacizumab, ...

Antiphospholipid Syndrome with Antiβ2glicoprotein-1 Antibodies as the Cause of Recurrent Tibial Vein Thrombosis in SAPHO syndrome.

The antiphospholipid antibody syndrome is defined by the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with recurrent venous or arterial thrombo...

[The Effects of All-trans Retinoic Acid on the Expression of Inflammatory Cytokines and Cartilage Damage Related Protease in Rats with Collagen Induced Arthritis].

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effects of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) on arthritis and the expressions of inflammatory cytokines and cartilage dama...

[Prophylactic administration of all-trans retinoic acid alleviates inflammation in rats with collagen-induced arthritis].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of prophylactic administration of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) in relieving inflammation in a rat model of col...

Predictive model of synovial membrane degradation using semi-automated morphometry and artificial neural networks.

Gonarthrosis is a degenerative disease that affects mainly older people, but whose incidence has increased significantly in the last decade in populat...

[Biologic effects of different concentrations of putrescine on human umbilical vein endothelial cells].

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of different concentrations of putrescine on proliferation, migration, and apoptosis of human umbilical vein endothe...

[Evaluation of Basic Performance of "Point Strip ferritin-3000" for Simple and Rapid Quantification of Serum Ferritin].

Serum ferritin is an excellent marker for total iron content in the body and is essential for the diagnosis of iron deficiency or iron overload. Recen...

[Analysis of Cases with Elevated Blood (1->3)-β-D-glucan in Relation to an Infection Marker, Neutrophil CD64 Expression].

(1->3)-β-D-glucan (BDG) is a constituent of the fungal cell wall and its blood level is known as a marker of fungal infection including pneumocystis p...

Measuring physician adherence with gout quality indicators: a role for natural language processing.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate physician adherence with gout quality indicators (QIs) for medication use and monitoring, and behavioral modification (BM).

Robotic joint replacement surgery: does technology improve outcomes?

Osteoarthritis is a common disease that leads patients to seek total joint replacement (TJR). Component misalignment leads to failure of TJR. Computer...

Applying machine learning to gait analysis data for disease identification.

A machine-learning framework to identify the specific disease afflicting certain patients diagnosed with Neurological and Neuromuscular Diseases (NND)...

Effect of hyaluronic acid on chondrocyte apoptosis.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the percentage of apoptotic cells in a contusion model of osteoarthritis (OA) and to assess whether intra-articular injection ...