Six different mosquito-borne viruses (Chikungunya, O'nyong-nyong, Mayaro, Ross River,
Sindbis and Barmah Forest) have been associated with arthritis in humans. These viruses …

Dr Brown and his colleagues1 are to be congratulated for performing a logistically
formidable, but necessary, epidemiological study testing the currently in vogue hypothesis …

Although multiple supernumerary teeth without any associated syndromes are rare, their
occurrence can create a variety of clinical problems such as derangement of the occlusion …

Background Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a heterogeneous group of disorders with
different disease manifestations among various populations. There are few reports of JIA …

This overview is designed to introduce the reader to the broad spectrum of rheumatic
syndromes associated with certain fungal and parasitic diseases, brucellosis and leprosy …

INTRODUCTION: The majority of patients with musculo-skeletal problems referred to
hospitals in the UK have to wait for months, if not over a year, before finally seeing an …

SUMMARY A study of the abnormal sunlight response seen in nine patients taking
benoxaprofen showed that the action spectrum was between 310 and 325 nm, which is …

The presence of excessive quantities of fluorine in drinking water is accompanied by a
characteristic sequence of changes in teeth, bone and periarticular tissues. These changes …

Chondrocalcinosis was detected in 10 of 32 patients with hyperparathyroidism. Those with
chondrocalcinosis had greater parathyroid activity than those with no chondrocalcinosis …

The clinical manifestations of thyrotoxicosis are described in 20 African patients with toxic
diffuse goitre (Graves's disease) and five with toxic nodular goitre. Antibody to thyroglubulin …