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Elevation of KL-6 serum levels in clinical trials of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a report from the Japan College of Rheumatology Ad Hoc Committee for Safety of Biological DMARDs

Masayoshi Harigai, Akito Takamura, Tatsuya Atsumi, Makoto Dohi, Shintaro Hirata, Hideto Kameda, Hayato Nagasawa, Yohei Seto, Takao Koike, Nobuyuki Miyasaka
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Recent progress in the treatment of lupus nephritis

Antonis Fanouriakis, Eleni Krasoudaki, Michail Tzanakakis, Dimitrios T. Boumpas
Review Article
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Serum osteoprotegerin concentration is associated with carotid atherosclerotic plaque in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Yu Funakubo Asanuma, Yuki Shimada, Noritsune Kouzu, Kazuhiro Yokota, Kyoichi Nakajima, Kojiro Sato, Yuji Akiyama, Mitsuhiro Isozaki, Ayako Shimbara Mikami, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Toshihide Mimura
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Response to hydroxychloroquine in Japanese patients with lupus-related skin disease using the cutaneous lupus erythematosus disease area and severity index (CLASI)

Naoto Yokogawa, Akiko Tanikawa, Masayuki Amagai, Yukihiko Kato, Yoko Momose, Satoru Arai, Hikaru Eto, Takaharu Ikeda, Fukumi Furukawa
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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis complicated by central nervous system lesions in a patient with dermatomyositis: a case presentation and literature review

Hiroyuki Yamashita, Yuko Matsuki, Arisa Shimizu, Makoto Mochizuki, Yuko Takahashi, Toshikazu Kano, Akio Mimori
Case Report
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A retrospective study of serum KL-6 levels during treatment with biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a report from the Ad Hoc Committee for Safety of Biological DMARDs of the Japan College of Rheumatology

Akito Takamura, Shintaro Hirata, Hayato Nagasawa, Hideto Kameda, Yohei Seto, Tatsuya Atsumi, Makoto Dohi, Takao Koike, Nobuyuki Miyasaka, Masayoshi Harigai
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Prevalence of atopic disorders in rheumatic diseases

Saliha Karatay, Kadir Yildirim, Mahir Ugur, Kazim Senel, Akin Erdal, Bekir Durmus, Ozlem Baysal, Zuhal Altay, Aysegul Jale Sarac, Ali Gur, Ozge Ardicoglu, Ayhan Kamanli, Remzi Cevik, Arzu Kaya, Yuksel Ersoy, Kemal Nas, Salih Ozgocmen
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PADI4 polymorphisms and susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis

Sai Hou, Guo-peng Gao, Xiu-jun Zhang, Liang Sun, Wen-jia Peng, Han-fei Wang, Xiao-jiao Ge, Wei Huang, Ye-huan Sun
Review Article
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Reexamination of the assessment criteria for rheumatoid arthritis disease activity based on comparison of the Disease Activity Score 28 with other simpler assessment methods

Michio Fujiwara, Yasuhiko Kita
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Phospholipid scramblase 1 expression is enhanced in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome

Olga Amengual, Tatsuya Atsumi, Kenji Oku, Eriko Suzuki, Tetsuya Horita, Shinsuke Yasuda, Takao Koike
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