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Research highlight: Specialized fibromyalgia care of no benefit
Treating fibromyalgia in specialized care offers no clear advantages over its routine management in primary care settings, finds a meta-analysis of 33 trials assessing 120 treatment interventions on 7789 patients.
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10: R81
Review High avidity autoreactive T cells with a low signalling capacity through the T-cell receptor: central to rheumatoid arthritis pathogenesis? Ranjeny Thomas, Malcolm Turner, Andrew P Cope Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10 :210 (24 July 2008) [PDF ]
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and its receptor in the human and sand rat intervertebral disc
Helen E Gruber, Jane A Ingram, Gretchen L Hoelscher, Natalia Zinchenko, H. JAMES Norton, Edward N. Hanley Jr. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10 :R82 (17 July 2008) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Efficacy of fibromyalgia treatment according to level of care: a meta-analysis Javier Garcia-Campayo, Jesus Magdalena, Rosa Magallon, Esther Fernandez-Garcia, Montserrat Salas, Eva Andres Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10 :R81 (15 July 2008) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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No evidence of association or interactions between the IL-4, IL-4R alpha and IL-13 genes and rheumatoid arthritis Ioanna Marinou, Simon H Till, David J Moore, Anthony G Wilson Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10 :R80 (14 July 2008) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Fragmentation of decorin, biglycan, lumican and keratocan is elevated in degenerate human meniscus, knee and hip articular cartilages compared to age-matched macroscopically normal and control tissues James Melrose, Emily F Fuller, Peter J Roughley, Margaret M Smith, Briedgeen Kerr, Clare E Hughes, Bruce Caterson, Christopher B Little Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10 :R79 (14 July 2008) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Ultrasound properties of articular cartilage in the tibio-femoral joint in knee osteoarthritis: relation to clinical assessment (ICRS grade) Hiroshi Kuroki, Yasuaki Nakagawa, Koji Mori, Masahiko Kobayashi, Ko Yasura, Yukihiro Okamoto, Takashi Suzuki, Kohei Nishitani, Takashi Nakamura Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10 :R78 (13 July 2008) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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