The breakdown of mechanisms assuring the recognition of self and non‐self is a hallmark
feature of autoimmune diseases. In the past 10 years, there has been a steadily increasing …

Major vessel involvement in Behçet's disease: an update : Current Opinion in Rheumatology
Major vessel involvement in Behçet's disease: an update : Current Opinion in Rheumatology …

Because of earlier recognition, aggressive medical treatment, and novel surgical
procedures, the morbidity and mortality of large vessel vasculitis in Behçet disease are …

The objective of this study was to develop European League Against Rheumatism/American
College of Rheumatology classification criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) …

Therapy for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) varies widely in clinical practice as international
recommendations for PMR treatment are not currently available. In this paper, we report the …

Objective A prospective study was performed to assess the usefulness of contrast‐enhanced
color Doppler ultrasound (CDUS) in the evaluation of intraarticular vascularization of finger …

Mountain snow-cover is normally heterogeneously distributed due to wind and precipitation
interacting with the snow cover on various scales. The aim of this study was to investigate …

Determination of the spatial snow-depth distribution is important in potential avalanche-
starting zones, both for avalanche prediction and for the dimensioning of permanent …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate safety and clinical efficacy of a plant extract from the pentacyclic
chemotype of Uncaria tomentosa (UT) in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) …

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have a subset of CD4+ T lymphocytes that are
characterized by a defect in CD28 expression. CD4+ CD28− T cells frequently undergo …