Objective The authors prospectively determined:(1) the specificity and sensitivity of dual
energy CT (DECT) for gout; and (2) the interobserver and intraobserver reproducibility for …

Wound healing and repair of injured tissues follows several steps in the healthy individual.
Following birth, the process is initiated by the inflammatory response and subsequent steps …

Objective. To systematically review the evidence on the efficacy, safety, and cost-
effectiveness of urate-lowering therapy for gout: xanthine oxidase inhibitors (allopurinol and …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disease that can elicit a variable
disease course, can influence a variable number of joints, and can exhibit a variable …

OBJECTIVE: Using a rabbit model of inflammatory arthritis, to determine the influence of
early disease on expression of specific genes and investigate the influence of intraarticular …

The impact and molecular mechanism of action of glucocorticoids in connective tissues is
largely unclear, even though widely used, and whether factors such as injury and …

OBJECTIVE:. To determine the effect of glucocorticoid treatment on mRNA levels for matrix
molecules and enzymes in knee connective tissues from skeletally mature and skeletally …

Purpose: To determine the influence of factors such as age, osteoarthritis (OA), and
glucocorticoid treatment on total RNA and mRNA regulation in the cornea and how these …