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| S SukenikSummaryAffiliation: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Country: Israel Publications
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[Pregnancy and rheumatoid arthritis--rheumatic, obstetric and gynecologic aspects]Rivka Sukenik-Halevy
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meir Hospital, Kfar Saba
Harefuah 146:301-5, 316. 2007..The obstetric and gynecologic complications are rare and negligible...
[Work related musculoskeletal disorders of the upper extremity]Shaul Sukenik
Department of Internal Medicine D, University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva
Harefuah 146:120-5, 165. 2007..Frank arthritis is relatively rare. Early diagnosis is usually associated with better prognosis and full recovery within few months...
[Dead Sea and Tiberias as health resort areas for patients suffering from different types of arthritis]Shaul Sukenik
Department of Medicine D Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of Negev, Beer Sheva
Harefuah 145:117-22, 165. 2006..This review presents different modalities of balneotherapy, their mechanism of action, side-effects and major contraindications. The article also summarizes all the publications on clinical trials conducted in the Dead Sea and Tiberias...
The role of spa therapy in various rheumatic diseasesS Sukenik
Department D, Soroka University Hospital, Beer Sheva, Israel
Rheum Dis Clin North Am 25:883-97. 1999..These methods may alleviate patient suffering and are almost totally devoid of serious adverse effects. No studies have been reported that evaluate their cost-effectiveness...
Balneotherapy at the Dead Sea area for knee osteoarthritisS Sukenik
Department of Rheumatology, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 1:83-5. 1999..The efficacy of balneotherapy at the Dead Sea area for the treatment of degenerative rheumatic diseases has not yet been formally evaluated...
Balneotherapy at the Dead Sea area for patients with psoriatic arthritis and concomitant fibromyalgiaS Sukenik
Department of Medicine D, Soroka University Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 3:147-50. 2001..Since no effective treatment exists for this common rheumatic disease, complementary methods of treatment have been attempted...
The effect of balneotherapy at the Dead Sea on the quality of life of patients with fibromyalgia syndromeL Neumann
Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Clin Rheumatol 20:15-9. 2001..In conclusion, staying at the Dead Sea spa, in addition to balneotherapy, can transiently improve the QoL of patients with FS. Other studies with longer follow-up are needed to support our findings...
Balneotherapy for fibromyalgia at the Dead SeaD Buskila
Division of Internal Medicine, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
Rheumatol Int 20:105-8. 2001..In conclusion, treatment of FM at the Dead Sea is effective and safe and may become an additional therapeutic modality in FM. Future studies should address the outcome and possible mechanisms of this treatment in FM patients...
Influenza virus vaccination of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: effects on disease activityM Abu-Shakra
Department of Medicine, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
J Rheumatol 27:1681-5. 2000..To determine whether vaccination of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with influenza virus vaccine is associated with exacerbation of SLE...
Kingella endocarditis and meningitis in a patient with SLE and associated antiphospholipid syndromeT Wolak
Department of Medicine D, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
Lupus 9:393-6. 2000..Kingella kingae was isolated from her blood cultures. A large mobile vegetation was seen on her mitral valve. The association between SLE, Libman-Sacks endocarditis and bacterial endocarditis is discussed...
Influenza virus vaccination of patients with SLE: effects on generation of autoantibodiesM Abu-Shakra
Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
Clin Rheumatol 21:369-72. 2002..In summary, although the influenza virus vaccine is clinically safe for patients with SLE it may trigger the generation of autoantibodies. This effect is usually short term and has no clinical significance...
The role of trace elements in psoriatic patients undergoing balneotherapy with Dead Sea bath saltS Halevy
Department of Dermatology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 3:828-32. 2001..A beneficial effect was observed in patients with psoriasis vulgaris following balneotherapy with Dead Sea bath salt...
Leukocytoclastic vasculitis induced by low-dose methotrexate: in vitro evidence for an immunologic mechanismS Halevy
Department of Dermatology, Soroka, Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 10:81-5. 1998..The role of MTX in the induction of the vasculitis was further supported by a positive mast cell degranulation (MCD) test...
Different modalities of spa therapy for skin diseases at the Dead Sea areaS Halevy
Department of Dermatology, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Arch Dermatol 134:1416-20. 1998..The mechanisms by which a broad spectrum of diseases are alleviated by spa therapy may involve mechanical, thermal, and chemical effects...
Sense of coherence and its impact on quality of life of patients with systemic lupus erythematosusM Abu-Shakra
Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine D, Soroka University Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
Lupus 15:32-7. 2006..SOC was the only variable independently associated with MCS. Education and SOC were significantly associated with the general WHO QOL-Bref. Age, education, SDI and SOC were independently associated with QOL of women with SLE...
[Prevalence of fibromyalgia in type 2 diabetes mellitus]T Wolak
Departments of Internal Medicine, Epidemiology, Diabetes Mellitus Clinic and Division of Health in the Community, Soroka University Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Harefuah 140:1006-9, 1120, 1119. 2001..Diabetic women reported more pain than the women in the control group. In both diabetic men and women the number of tender points and dolorimeter count directly correlated with the duration of diabetes...
Comparative study of osteoarthritis of the contralateral knee joint of male amputees who do and do not play volleyballI Melzer
Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Department of Internal Medicine D, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheeva, Israel
J Rheumatol 28:169-72. 2001..CONCLUSION: Traumatic amputees have a higher prevalence of OA in the knee of the nonamputated leg than matched healthy controls...
Vulvar invasive squamous cell carcinoma occurring in a young woman with systemic lupus erythematosusB Piura
Unit of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Eur J Gynaecol Oncol 26:103-5. 2005..It can only be speculated that the SLE itself and/or the treatment with immunosuppressive drugs provoked malignant transformation and the development of vulvar squamous cell carcinoma in such a young patient...
Dobutamine stress echocardiography in women with systemic lupus erythematosus: increased occurrence of left ventricular outflow gradientS Codish
Department of Internal Medicine D, Soroka University Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Lupus 13:101-4. 2004..In the general population, LVOG has been reported to be associated with an increased rate of chest discomfort and with a significantly lower prevalence of CAD. Whether this is true for SLE patients requires further study...
Exposure of T-cryptantigen on red blood cells in a patient with angiomyolipomaD Buskila
Department of Internal Medicine A, Soroka University Hospital, Israel
Eur Urol 14:346-7. 1988..The exposed cryptanigen was classified with lectins as T-polyagglutination. This is the first case described of T-cryptantigen exposure associated with angiomyolipoma...
