Prayer powerStephen Wright
Nurs Stand 16:26. 2002
- Distinctive effects of G-CSF, GM-CSF and TNFalpha on neutrophil apoptosis in systemic lupus erythematosus
D J Armstrong
United Hospitals Trust, Antrim, Co Antrim, UK
Clin Exp Rheumatol 23:152-8. 2005
..To investigate the influence of culture with G-CSF GM-CSF and TNFalpha on neutrophil apoptosis, comparing neutrophils from SLE patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and healthy control subjects...
Rheumatoid arthritis patients with active disease and no history of cardiac pathology have higher brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels than patients with inactive disease or healthy control subjectsD J Armstrong
Department of Rheumatology, Altnagelvin Area Hospital Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom BT47 6SB
Ulster Med J 79:82-4. 2010
..It is yet unclear how much the increased incidence is secondary to ischaemic damage, or whether inflammatory cytokines might have a direct effect on the myocardium...
- Accelerated apoptosis in SLE neutrophils cultured with anti-dsDNA antibody isolated from SLE patient serum: a pilot study
David J Armstrong
Department of Rheumatology, Musgrave Park Hospital, Stockman s Lane, Belfast, BT9 7JB, UK
Rheumatol Int 27:153-6. 2006
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- Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (HPOA) (Pierre Marie-Bamberger syndrome): two cases presenting as acute inflammatory arthritis. Description and review of the literature
David J Armstrong
Department of Rheumatology, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, BT9 7JB, UK
Rheumatol Int 27:399-402. 2007
..Both proved to have primary lung tumours with hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy, in one case resolving promptly with treatment of the carcinoma. We review the literature, including theories on pathogenesis...
- Vitamin D deficiency is associated with anxiety and depression in fibromyalgia
D J Armstrong
Department of Rheumatology, Musgrave Park Hospital, Stockman s Lane, Belfast, BT9 7 JB, UK
Clin Rheumatol 26:551-4. 2007
..The nature and direction of the causal relationship remains unclear, but there are definite implications for long-term bone health...
- Diastematomyelia presenting with neck stiffness
David J Armstrong
Department of Rheumatology, Musgrave Park Hospital, Stockman's Lane, Belfast BT9, UK
Clin Rheumatol 26:451. 2007
- SLE-associated transverse myelitis successfully treated with Rituximab (anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody)
D J Armstrong
Department of Rheumatology, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, UK
Rheumatol Int 26:771-2. 2006
- Infective endocarditis complicating rituximab (anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody) treatment in an SLE patient with a past history of Libman-Sacks endocarditis: a case for antibiotic prophylaxis?
David Armstrong
Department of Rheumatology, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Clin Rheumatol 25:583-4. 2006
..We report a 54 year old female whose successful treatment of cerebral lupus with rituximab was complicated by the development of streptococcus intermedius, on valves damaged by Libman-Sacks endocarditis more than 20 years previously...
- A study of male patients with forearm fracture in Northern Ireland
Stephen Wright
Rheumatology Department, Musgrave Park Hospital, Stockman s Lane, Belfast, BT9 7JB, Northern Ireland
Clin Rheumatol 26:191-5. 2007
..Increased awareness of male osteoporosis and the need for screening for potential secondary causes in this group of patients is required, both at primary and secondary care level...
Prospective evaluation of clinical and ultrasound findings in ankle disease in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: importance of ankle ultrasoundLaura Pascoli
Belfast Hospital Trust and Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Queen s University of Belfast, Belfast, UK
J Rheumatol 37:2409-14. 2010
..To prospectively compare clinical examination of the ankle structures with ultrasound (US) findings...
- Antibody targeting to a class I MHC-peptide epitope promotes tumor cell death
Vaughan P Wittman
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA
J Immunol 177:4187-95. 2006
..These results provide validation for the development of novel TCRm therapeutic reagents that specifically target and kill tumors via recognition and binding to MHC-peptide epitopes...
- Bearing the cross
Stephen Wright
Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Cumbria, Carlisle, Scared Space Foundation
Nurs Stand 22:26-7. 2008
