Issue Contents

Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Rheumatoid Arthritis Development

Aliki I. Venetsanopoulou, Yannis Alamanos, Paraskevi V. Voulgari, Alexandros A. Drosos

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):404-13
Is there a Role for Anti-IL-5 Therapies in Eosinophilic Fasciitis?

Andreas Angelopoulos, Ioannis Kouverianos, Dimitrios Daoussis

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):414-17
Disease Profile and Achievement of Therapeutic Goals in a Modern, Nationwide Cohort of 923 Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis

George E. Fragoulis, Charalampos Papagoras, Sousana Gazi, Evangelia Mole, Michael Krikelis, Paraskevi V. Voulgari, Evripidis Kaltsonoudis, Nikolaos Koletsos, Pelagia Katsimpri, Dimitrios Boumpas, Dimitrios Katsifis, Nikolaos Kougkas, Theodoros Dimitroulas, Petros P. Sfikakis, Maria G. Tektonidou, Chrysoula Gialouri, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos, Theodora Simopoulou, Christos Koutsianas, Eugenia Mavrea, Gkikas Katsifis, Konstantinos Kottas, Maria Konsta, Matthoula Tziafalia, Evangelia Kataxaki, Eleni Kalavri, Kalliopi Klavdianou, Eleftheria P. Grika, Charalampos Sfontouris, Dimitrios Daoussis, George Iliopoulos, Ilias Bournazos, Dimitrios Karokis, Konstantinos Georganas, Dimos Patrikos, Dimitrios Vassilopoulos

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):418-26
Pre-Pulseless Takayasu Arteritis is Associated with Distinct Clinical and Angiographic Features but Similar Outcomes – A Cohort Study

Durga Prasanna Misra, Upendra Rathore, Swapnil Jagtap, Prabhaker Mishra, Darpan R Thakare, Kritika Singh, Tooba Qamar, Deeksha Singh, Juhi Dixit, Manas Ranjan Behera, Neeraj Jain, Manish Ora, Dharmendra Singh Bhadauria, Sanjay Gambhir, Vikas Agarwal, Sudeep Kumar

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):427-35
Investigation of Biopsychosocial Status, Fatigue, Sleep Quality, Alexithymia, Cognitive Functions, and Quality of Life in Behçet’s Disease

Elif Gur Kabul, Sinem Yenil, Firdevs Ulutas, Bilge Basakci Calik, Veli Cobankara

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):436-42
The Impact of a Physiotherapy Tele-Rehabilitation Program on the Quality of Care for Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Maria Stavrakidou, Maria Trachana, Artemis Koutsonikoli, Kyriaki Spanidou, Alexandra Hristara-Papadopoulou

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):443-53
Late Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Clinical and Autoantibody Profile and its Comparison with Young Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Muzaffar Ahmad Bindroo, Nahida Majid, Gayatri Ekbote, Dhiren Raval, Natasha Vijay Negalur, Naval Mendiratta, Shruti Bajad, Rajiva Gupta

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):454-59
An Oral Form of Cetylated Fatty Acids versus Meloxicam for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomised Clinical Trial

Sepide Mohebi, Hamid Reza Farpour, Kayvon Seyed Dehghanian, Sana Sadat Khoshnazar

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):460-8
Quality-of-Life Endpoints in Women of Childbearing Age with Hidradenitis Suppurativa: A Tertiary-Care-Centre-Based Study

Aikaterini Tsentemeidou, Elena Sotiriou, Katerina Bakirtzi, Ilias Papadimitriou, Themis Chatzi-Sotiriou, Angeliki Panagopoulou, Nikolaos Kougkas, Aimilios Lallas, Efstratios Vakirlis

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):469-78
Effect of Hypertension on Bone Mineral Density of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Praveen Pratap Jadhav, Vivek Gajanan Patwardhan

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):479-85
Regulatory B Cells Evaluation in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients with Subclinical Atherosclerosis and Secondary Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Marwa Mahmoud Abdelaziz, Nihal Fathi, Helal F. Hetta, Ahmed Abdel-Galeel, Mohamed Zidan, Eman M. Shawky, Rania M. Gamal

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):486-94
Ultrasonography Enthesitis and Synovitis Screening in Psoriatic Patients: A Case Control Study

Soumaya Boussaid, Rania Ben Aissa, Sonia Rekik, Safa Rahmouni, Samia Jammali, Khaoula Zouaoui, Hela Sahli, Mohamed Elleuch

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):495-505
Cachexia Prevalence in a Population of Moroccan Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Hamza Toufik, Najlae El Ouardi, Mohamed Ahmed Ghassem, Julien H. Djossou, Laila Taoubane, Abderrahim Majjad, Abdellah El Maghraoui, Ahmed Bezza

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):506-12
Long Term Outcomes in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis: An Observational Epidemiologic Study over 15 Years

Ramya Janardana, Sangeetha KN, Vasudha Bhat, Divya Balakrishnan, John Michael Raj, Benzeeta Pinto, Chanakya K, Raghunandan Nadig, Anita Mahadevan, Vineeta Shobha

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):513-24
Anaerobic Spondylodiscitis caused by Parvimonas Micra in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Panagiotis Kalmoukos, Dimitrios Kouroupis, Georgios Sapouridis, Elisavet Simoulidou, Anna Varouktsi, Charalampos Zarras, Konstantinos Petidis, Athina Pyrpasopoulou

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):525-30
Soft Tissue Sarcomas Mimicking Benign Inflammatory Processes: A Diagnostic Dilemma

Cleofina Furtado, Rania Zeitoun, Jonathan Wilkes, Vaiyapuri Sumathi, George Tony

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):531-6
Refractory Acquired Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia with Rapid Progression to Aplastic Anaemia in SLE

Bana Hadid, Arif Kodza, Sumatha Channapatna Suresh, Aleksander Feoktistov

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):537-43
Hansen’s Disease, the Perpetual Impersonator (“The Behroopiya”) of Rheumatology Practice: A Case Series

Kavita Krishna, Sandeep Sadashivrao Kansurkar, Akanksha Kapoor, Sri Lakshmi Sathiyaseelan, Deepti Agarwal

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):544-6
Hydroxychloroquine-Induced Stevens–Johnson Syndrome in the Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report in Kurdish Region - Iraq

Niaz Al-Barzinji, Aryan Mohamadfatih Jalal

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):547-9
A Case of Protracted Febrile Myalgia Syndrome with Atypical Course and Severe Asymmetric Loss of Muscle Strength

Rabia Deniz, Aybüke Mandacı, Ilayda Gerdan, Duygu Sevinç Özgür, Bilgin Karaalioğlu, Gamze Akkuzu, Fatih Yıldırım, Cemal Bes

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):550-4
A Conundrum of Severe Hypokalaemic Quadriparesis, Acute Kidney Injury, and Lung Involvement as the Initial Presentation of Catastrophic Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: Is it a New Entity? A Case Report

Vishal Mangal, Gaurav Vohra, Sudipt Adhikari, Anil Vasudeva

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):555-9
A Case of Multi-Drug Resistant Tubercular Pyomyositis in an Immunosuppressed Patient Presenting as Bacterial Infection

Ujjwol Risal, Suravi Pandey, Pradeep Raj Regmi, Anup Subedee

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):560-4
Hughes-Stovin Syndrome: A Case Report on a Rare, Life-Threatening Vasculitis

Tayyeba Khursheed, Ahmed Masood, Muhammad Sufyan Khan, Muhammad Sharif, Somaya Shah, Muhammad Arqam Miraj

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):565-9
A Challenging Inflammatory Myopathy Case-Report: Dermatomyositis-Like Rash in an Anti-HMGCR Positive Patient with an Uncertain Muscle Histology

Hugo Parente, Maria Pontes Ferreira, Catarina Soares, Emanuel Costa, Francisca Guimarães, Soraia Azevedo, Daniela Santos-Faria, José Tavares-Costa, Daniela Peixoto, Carmo Afonso, Filipa Teixeira

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):570-2
Forestier Disease as a Cause of Dysphagia

Catarina Dantas Soares, Nuno Madureira, Daniela Santos-Faria

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):573-4
Sternoclavicular Joint Arthritis in a Patient with Psoriatic Arthritis

Takashi Nawata, Masafumi Yano

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):575-6
Clinical, Serological, and Immunological Characteristics of Greek Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica and/or Giant Cell Arteritis: A Research Protocol

Tereza Memi, Nikolaos Koletsos, Nafsika Gerolymatou, Maria Karakosta, Athanasios N. Georgiadis, Alexandros A. Drosos, Paraskevi V. Voulgari

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):577-80
Comorbidities Burden and Implementation of the Treat–to–Target Strategy in Predicting Real-World Patient Outcomes in Spondyloarthritides

Irini D. Flouri, Argyro Repa, Nestor Avgoustidis, Sofia Pitsigavdaki, Katerina Pateromichelaki, Eleni Marolachaki, Maria Terizaki, Myrto Nikoloudaki, Anastasios Eskitzis, Eleni Kalogiannaki, George Bertsias, Prodromos Sidiropoulos

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):581-7
The Role of Nailfold Capillaroscopy in Evaluating Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease Related to Connective Tissue Disease

Aliki I. Venetsanopoulou, Andreas V. Goules, Panayiotis G. Vlachoyiannopoulos, Alexandros A. Drosos, Athanasios G. Tzioufas, Paraskevi V. Voulgari

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):588-91
Malic Acid for the Treatment of Rheumatic Diseases

Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Aaron Lerner

Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(4):592-3

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