The influence of bisphosphonate ...
Bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw (BP-ONJ) is one of the most often seen side effects in patients treated with bisphosphonates, pre ...
Intraoral ultrasonography: deve ...
Although ultrasonography is a non-invasive, inexpensive and painless diagnostic tool for soft tissue imaging, this technique is not currently used f ...
Enterococcus faecalis affects t ...
Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) is a Grampositive bacterium, mostly recovered from root-filled teeth with persistent periapical lesions. Bacteri ...
Beta-tricalcium phosphate/type ...
The aim of this study was to investigate the healing of human extraction sockets filled with â- tricalcium phosphate and type I collagen (â-TCP/Clg) ...
Mannose-binding lectin gene (MB ...
TNF-ل may be associated with the etiopathogenesis of oral lichen planus (OLP), and it has been suggested that polymorphism of mannose-binding lectin ...
Early outgrowth EPCs generation ...
Background Buerger’s disease often shows poor collateral artery generation (i.e. neovascularization) in the ischemic limbs. However, the etiology ha ...
Appraising the impact of left v ...
Background Despite the well-known prognostic impact of systolic dysfunction in unselected patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PC ...
Functional effects of b1-adreno ...
Background The relevance of the Arg389Gly- and Ser49Gly-b1-adrenoceptor (AR) polymorphisms for cardiovascular function and pharmacotherapy is contro ...
Prolactin, Systemic Lupus Eryth ...
The predominant prevalence of autoimmune diseases in women of reproductive age has led to the investigation of the effects of sex hormones on immune ...
Therapeutic Update in Idiopathi ...
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a disease of the elderly with a mean age at presentation of 66 years. It is the most common type of idiopathi ...
Cysteine Cathepsins and the Ske ...
Cysteine cathepsins are lysosomal proteases with housekeeping as well as tissue-specific functions. One of their specialized functions includes the ...
Cathepsins S, L, and K and Thei ...
Members of the cysteine protease cathepsin family play an important part in human pathophysiology. Among those, Cathepsin K has a major role in enzy ...
Management of rheumatoid arthri ...
Given the recent availability of novel biologic agents for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the Hong Kong Society of Rheumatology has dev ...
What does it mean to grow up wi ...
We investigated what it means to patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) to grow up with this disease. A qualitative study was conducted u ...
Patterns of background factors ...
The aim of the present study was to identify patterns of background factors related to the early RA patients’ conceptions of the cause of the diseas ...
Serum cysteine proteases and th ...
This study aims to investigate the serum levels of cysteine proteases cathepsins B and H and their inhibitors stefin A, stefin B, and cystatin C, as ...
The prevalence of vitamin D def ...
The objectives of this study are to assess: (a) the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among new patients attending rheumatology outpatient departme ...
Anti-ribonucleoproteins autoant ...
common feature between patients with a certain group of systemic autoimmune pathologies (SAPs) with rheumatic component, such as lupus erythematosus ...
Moxibustion for rheumatic condi ...
Moxibustion, an acupuncture-like intervention, is increasingly used in the management of rheumatic conditions. The aim of this review is to summariz ...
Needs and preferences regarding ...
This study aims to examine the needs and preferences regarding the delivery of health care services and information provision and their determinants ...
Infrapatellar bursitis in child ...
Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) may infrequently present with localized anterior knee pain or swelling, in addition to generalize ...
Three cases of rheumatoid arthr ...
The purpose of this is case-based review is to report a series of patients with rheumatoid arthritis who developed stridor and highlight this potent ...
Patients with rheumatoid arthri ...
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) have decided that abatacept (ORENCIA®, Bristol- Myers Squibb) is not recommended for th ...
Translation and validation of t ...
The aim of this study was to translate and adapt the original English-language versions of the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (B ...
An overview of systematic revie ...
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain condition which is difficult to diagnose and to treat. Most individuals suffering from FM use a variety of compl ...