BACKGROUND
Effectiveness of anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) agents in colchicine-resistant familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients has attracted attention in recent years.
OBJECTIVE
We analyzed the effect of anti-TNF agents on clinical findings of colchicine-resistant FMF patients with
We report a new case of axial osteomalacia diagnosed in a 51-year-old white Caucasian male, made particular by its association with sacroiliitis, positive HLA-B27 antigen, and also moderate phosphate diabetes responsible for a decreased appendicular bone mass. The diagnosis was suspected when X-ray
OBJECTIVE
Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous multisystem disease in which arthritis is relatively common. Arthritis of the sacroiliac joints (sacroiliitis) has been described in sarcoidosis but is thought to be rare. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of sacroiliitis in
History A 20-year old woman living in Turkey presented with a 3-month history of lower back pain. She had no medical history of note and was taking no medications. Complete blood count, C-reactive protein level, sedimentation rate, and creatinine, alanine aminotransferase, and aspartate
OBJECTIVE
To assess the influence of extent of disease on the skeletal status of men with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
METHODS
Fourteen men with AS were studied at entry and again after 15 months. Bone mineral density (BMD) was assessed by single photon absorptiometry (SPA), dual energy x-ray
X-link hypophosphatemia (XLH) is the most common heritable form of rickets and is usually transmitted as an X-linked dominant disorder Until now there is no report about clinical data of XLH in Taiwan. We retrospectively studied 15 patients (5 males and 10 females) of XLH in our hospital in the past
HistoryA 20-year old woman living in Turkey presented with a 3-month history of lower back pain. She had no medical history of note and was taking no medications. Complete blood count, C-reactive protein level, sedimentation rate, and creatinine, alanine aminotransferase, and aspartate