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Multisegmental spondylitis due to Tropheryma whipplei: case reportDavid Spoerl
Department of Rheumatology, University of Basel, Felix Platter Spital, Basel, Switzerland
Orphanet J Rare Dis 4:13. 2009..In this clinical setting, routine PCR for Tropheryma whipplei from vertebral biopsies is recommended...
Immunomodulatory properties of mesenchymal stem cells: a review based on an interdisciplinary meeting held at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Division, London, UK, 31 October 2005Alan Tyndall
Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Felix Platter Spital, Burgfelderstrasse 101, Basel, CH 4012, Switzerland
Arthritis Res Ther 9:301. 2007..This review summarizes the findings of a 1-day meeting devoted to the subject with the aim of coordinating efforts...
[Scleroderma and fibrosing diseases]U A Walker
Rheumatologische Universitätsklinik, Universitat Basel, Burgfelderstrasse 101, Basel, Switzerland
Z Rheumatol 68:312-9. 2009..The diagnostic relevance of a histopathological diagnosis of fibrosing diseases varies and ranges from a disease-supporting to a disease-defining value...
Imaging tools for the clinical assessment of idiopathic inflammatory myositisUlrich A Walker
Department of Rheumatology, Basel University, Basel, Switzerland
Curr Opin Rheumatol 20:656-61. 2008..To summarize advances in the imaging of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies...
Geographical variation of disease manifestations in systemic sclerosis: a report from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) group databaseU A Walker
Felix Platter Spital, Basel, Switzerland
Ann Rheum Dis 68:856-62. 2009..The aetiology is unknown. Genetic and environmental susceptibility factors have been implicated. It is unknown whether disease presentation varies within Europe...
Rheumatic conditions in human immunodeficiency virus infectionU A Walker
Department of Rheumatology, Basel University, Basel, Switzerland
Rheumatology (Oxford) 47:952-9. 2008..Thus, rheumatic diseases and asymptomatic immune phenomena remain prevalent in HIV-infected persons even after the widespread implementation of highly active anti-retroviral therapy...
Erectile dysfunction in systemic sclerosisU A Walker
Department of Rheumatology, Basel University, Basel, Switzerland
Ann Rheum Dis 68:1083-5. 2009..When intracavernous injections of prostaglandin E1 (alprostadil) are ineffective, the implantation of a penile prosthesis may be considered. Complex treatment options may require the involvement of urology...
Clinical risk assessment of organ manifestations in systemic sclerosis: a report from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials And Research group databaseU A Walker
Department of Rheumatology, Basle University, Felix Platter Spital, Burgfelderstrasse 101, Basel 4012, Switzerland
Ann Rheum Dis 66:754-63. 2007..In order to better understand the vascular, immunological and fibrotic processes of SSc and to guide its treatment, the EULAR Scleroderma Trials And Research (EUSTAR) group was formed in June 2004...
99mTechnetium pyrophosphate scintigraphy in the detection of skeletal muscle diseaseU A Walker
Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Albert Ludwigs University Medical School, Hugstetterstr 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
Clin Rheumatol 26:1119-22. 2007....
Effect of reducing the dose of stavudine on body composition, bone density, and markers of mitochondrial toxicity in HIV-infected subjects: a randomized, controlled studyG A McComsey
Rainbow Babies and Children s Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Clin Infect Dis 46:1290-6. 2008..Lipoatrophy and mitochondrial toxicity have been linked to stavudine use, but it is unclear whether switching to a lower dose can reduce these toxicities while maintaining human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) suppression...
Analgesic and disease modifying effects of interferential current in psoriatic arthritisU A Walker
Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Albert Ludwigs University, Medizinische Universitatsklinik, Hugstetterstr 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
Rheumatol Int 26:904-7. 2006..Bone scintigraphy showed a trend towards deterioration. New joints became inflamed within treated sites. Thus IFC has analgesic effects in PsA, but does not have a satisfactory disease modifying effect...
[Lactic acidosis in HIV-patients--diagnosis and treatment]U A Walker
Abt Rheumatologie und Klin Immunologie, Med Universitätsklinik Freiburg
MMW Fortschr Med 146:65-7. 2004..Uridine should be supplemented, a cocktail consisting of vitamins, L-carnitine and coenzyme Q10, may be given...
Liquid chromatographic method for the determination of uridine in human serumM Zilly
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Medizinische Poliklinik, University of Wuerzburg, Josef Schneider Strasse 2, D 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany
J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 803:345-51. 2004..It is suggested that a limited or inadequate uridine supply is at least in part responsible for the onset of such deterioration...
[Inherited and acquired disorders of mitochondrial DNA]U A Walker
Medizinische Universitätsklinik Abt Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie Hugstetterstr 55 D 79106 Freiburg
Praxis (Bern 1994) 91:2129-38. 2002..Therapy with vitamins, radical scavengers and L-carnitine is recommended, but of limited success...
