Ulrich A Walker

Summary

Affiliation: University of Basel
Country: Switzerland

Publications

  1. ncbi Systemic sclerosis without antinuclear antibodies or Raynaud's phenomenon: a multicentre study in the prospective EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) database
    Daniel Schneeberger
    Department of Rheumatology, Basel University, Felix Platter Spital, Basel, Switzerland
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 52:560-7. 2013
  2. ncbi Multisegmental spondylitis due to Tropheryma whipplei: case report
    David Spoerl
    Department of Rheumatology, University of Basel, Felix Platter Spital, Basel, Switzerland
    Orphanet J Rare Dis 4:13. 2009
  3. ncbi 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 2005
    Alan Tyndall
    Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Felix Platter Spital, Burgfelderstrasse 101, Basel, CH 4012, Switzerland
    Arthritis Res Ther 9:301. 2007
  4. ncbi Geographical variation of disease manifestations in systemic sclerosis: a report from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) group database
    U A Walker
    Felix Platter Spital, Basel, Switzerland
    Ann Rheum Dis 68:856-62. 2009
  5. ncbi [Scleroderma and fibrosing diseases]
    U A Walker
    Rheumatologische Universitätsklinik, Universitat Basel, Burgfelderstrasse 101, Basel, Switzerland
    Z Rheumatol 68:312-9. 2009
  6. ncbi Rheumatic conditions in human immunodeficiency virus infection
    U A Walker
    Department of Rheumatology, Basel University, Basel, Switzerland
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 47:952-9. 2008
  7. ncbi Clinical risk assessment of organ manifestations in systemic sclerosis: a report from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials And Research group database
    U A Walker
    Department of Rheumatology, Basle University, Felix Platter Spital, Burgfelderstrasse 101, Basel 4012, Switzerland
    Ann Rheum Dis 66:754-63. 2007
  8. ncbi Erectile dysfunction in systemic sclerosis
    U A Walker
    Department of Rheumatology, Basel University, Basel, Switzerland
    Ann Rheum Dis 68:1083-5. 2009
  9. ncbi Imaging tools for the clinical assessment of idiopathic inflammatory myositis
    Ulrich A Walker
    Department of Rheumatology, Basel University, Basel, Switzerland
    Curr Opin Rheumatol 20:656-61. 2008
  10. ncbi Erectile dysfunction is frequent in systemic sclerosis and associated with severe disease: a study of the EULAR Scleroderma Trial and Research group
    Chingching Foocharoen
    Department of Rheumatology, Basel University, Burgfelderstrasse 101, Basel 4012, Switzerland
    Arthritis Res Ther 14:R37. 2012

Detail Information

Publications19

  1. ncbi Systemic sclerosis without antinuclear antibodies or Raynaud's phenomenon: a multicentre study in the prospective EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) database
    Daniel Schneeberger
    Department of Rheumatology, Basel University, Felix Platter Spital, Basel, Switzerland
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 52:560-7. 2013
    ..To assess patients with SSc who present without circulating ANAs or RP...
  2. ncbi Multisegmental spondylitis due to Tropheryma whipplei: case report
    David 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...
  3. ncbi 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 2005
    Alan 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...
  4. ncbi Geographical variation of disease manifestations in systemic sclerosis: a report from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) group database
    U 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...
  5. ncbi [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...
  6. ncbi Rheumatic conditions in human immunodeficiency virus infection
    U 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...
  7. ncbi Clinical risk assessment of organ manifestations in systemic sclerosis: a report from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials And Research group database
    U 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...
  8. ncbi Erectile dysfunction in systemic sclerosis
    U 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...
  9. ncbi Imaging tools for the clinical assessment of idiopathic inflammatory myositis
    Ulrich 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...
  10. ncbi Erectile dysfunction is frequent in systemic sclerosis and associated with severe disease: a study of the EULAR Scleroderma Trial and Research group
    Chingching Foocharoen
    Department of Rheumatology, Basel University, Burgfelderstrasse 101, Basel 4012, Switzerland
    Arthritis Res Ther 14:R37. 2012
    ..Erectile dysfunction (ED) is common in men with systemic sclerosis (SSc) but the demographics, risk factors and treatment coverage for ED are not well known...
  11. ncbi Causes and risk factors for death in systemic sclerosis: a study from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) database
    Anthony J Tyndall
    Department of Rheumatology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    Ann Rheum Dis 69:1809-15. 2010
    ..To determine the causes and predictors of mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc)...
  12. ncbi Vascular involvement in patients with giant cell arteritis determined by duplex sonography of 2x11 arterial regions
    Markus Aschwanden
    Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, Basel CH 4031, Switzerland
    Ann Rheum Dis 69:1356-9. 2010
    ..To define the specificity and extent of duplex sonography (DS) findings suggestive of vessel wall inflammation in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA)...
  13. ncbi Effect of reducing the dose of stavudine on body composition, bone density, and markers of mitochondrial toxicity in HIV-infected subjects: a randomized, controlled study
    G 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...
  14. ncbi 99mTechnetium pyrophosphate scintigraphy in the detection of skeletal muscle disease
    U A Walker
    Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Albert Ludwigs University Medical School, Hugstetterstr 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
    Clin Rheumatol 26:1119-22. 2007
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  15. ncbi Analgesic and disease modifying effects of interferential current in psoriatic arthritis
    U 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...
  16. ncbi Mitochondrial DNA depletion in liver tissue of patients infected with hepatitis C virus: contributing effect of HIV infection?
    J Bauerle
    Department of Clinical Immunology, Medizinische Universitatsklinik, Freiburg, Germany
    HIV Med 6:135-9. 2005
    ..Because decreased mtDNA levels were also found in humans infected with HIV, we investigated whether HIV may have aggravated hepatic mtDNA depletion in individuals with HCV infection...
  17. ncbi [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...
  18. ncbi Liquid chromatographic method for the determination of uridine in human serum
    M 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...
  19. ncbi [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...