The institutional review board of National Cheng Kung University Hospital approved this study(No.B-ER-105-108).
Seronegative spondyloarthropathy(SpA)usually starts in the third decade of life with negative rheumatoid factor,human leukocyte antigen-B27 genetic marker and clinical features of spinal and peripheral arthritis,dacty...
Joint involvement is the most common extraintestinal manifestation in children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and may involve 16%-33% of patients at diagnosis or during follow-up. It is possible to distinguish ...
Supported by CNCSIS-UEFISCSU, Romanian Ministry of Education and Research, project number PNII-IDEI 320/2007;part of a study registered on ClinicalTrials.gov with the number NCT00768950
AIM:To investigate the small bowel of seronegative spondyloarthropathy(SpA) patients in order to ascertain the presence of mucosal lesions.METHODS:Between January 2008 and June 2010,54 consecutive patients were enroll...
The association between spondyloarthropathy and in flammatory bowel disease(IBD) is largely established, although prevalence is variable because of different population selection and diagnostic methodologies.Most stud...
AIM: To focus on the role of CD40 and CD40L in their pathogenesis. METHODS: We analyzed by immunohistochemistry the CD40 and CD40L expression in the pouch mucosa of 28 patients who had undergone RPC for UC, in the t...