Rheumatology: Current Research
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International Conference and Exhibition on Orthopedics & Rheumatology

August 13-15, 2012 Hilton Chicago/Northbrook, USA

Scientific Tracks Abstracts

• Chronic alcohol use and osteoarthritis - A novel risk factor for osteoarthritis and pain

  Hee-Jeong Im Sampen

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• Flavocoxid, a natural approach to the management of osteoarthritis

  Bruce P. Burnett

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• Is rheumatoid arthritis the skeletal manifestation of a mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) infection? with osteoarthritis knee: A case control study

  Robert J. Greenstein

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• Therapeutic roles of TGF-�-induced regulatory T cells in the established autoimmune and inflammatory diseases

  Song Guo Zheng

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• Anti-Citrulline Antibody as Novel Therapeutic Drug in early Rheumatoid Arthritis

  Jos Raats

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• Inhibiting c-reactive protein in humans � Way into clinical studies

  Oliver Zimmermann

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• TNF-alpha in an experimental model of myositis: Bilateral involvement in response to unilateral muscle overuse

  Sture Forsgren

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• Multiple factors determine the increased prevalence of atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis

  Ivanio Alves Pereira

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• Early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis: An introduction to the newly designed iran criteria for rheumatoid arthritis

  Iraj Salehi

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• Blood tyrosine level as an index of tissue provision with glucocorticoids and as a promising laboratory test for monitoring glucocorticoid therapy

  Irma T. Rass

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• Knee arthroplasty in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis

  Krishna Mehta

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• Echocardiography in rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

  Malgorzata Wislowska

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• Osteoarthritis and osteoporosis: Interactions and differences

  Tarantino U

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• Epidemiological study of patients with Rheumatic diseases in rheumatology ward of Imam Khomeini hospital, Teharn, Iran 2007-2011

  Elham Sageghzadeh, Khalvat A, Rostamian A, Movaseghi SH, Najafizadeh R and Labibi A

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• Silencing TNF-α in macrophages and dentritic cells for arthritis treatment

  Chunting Ye

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• The expression of MAP kinase in bone marrow treated with abatacept in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

  Katsuaki Kanbe

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• Effects of antiresorptive therapy on bone mass in postmenopausal women

  Sandra Zivanovic

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• Prevalence, patterns and impact of musculoskeletal disorders among sewing machine operators in surulere local government area of lagos state, Nigeria

  Ashiyat Akodu

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• Role of DUX4 and Pax3/7 interferences in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) pathogenesis

  Darko Bosnakovski,, Erik Toso, Heather A. Lee, Abhijit Dandapat and Michael Kyba

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• Adoptive cell therapy of cancer and autoimmune diseases employing genetically T cells with redirected antibody specificity

  Zelig Eshhar

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• Coincidence or association: Coexistence of ankylosing spondylitis and hereditary multiple exostoses

  Elham Sadeghzadeh, Abdolrahman Rostamian, Hamed Mazoochy, Shafieh Movassaghi, Seyed Mohammad Javad Mortazavi, Fatemeh Shahbazi and Hossein Ghanaati

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• Hospitalizations per lupus year: A measure of cumulative disease impact in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

  Tammy O. Utset

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• Interferon alpha as a primary pathogenic factor in human lupus

  Timothy B. Niewold

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• Regulation of cartilage homeostasis genes by matrilin-3: Dependency on interlukin-1 receptor antagonist

  Qian Chen

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• Role of microRNA in knee joint OA and pain

  Hee-Jeong Im Sampen

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• Vascular complications in patients with systemic sclerosis (Scleroderma)

  Julius Bankole

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• Beh�et�s disease: An update on the treatment

  Necati Cakir

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• Preclinical evaluation of anti-rheumatic drugs in nonhuman primate models of arthritic disease

  Michel PM Vierboom

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• A novel concept and a cost-effective method to counteract side-effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs): Modulation of biosynthesis of prostaglandin E2

  Liubov Gargaun

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• Synthesis and biological evaluation of (Z)-2-amino-4-benzylidene-1,3-oxathiolan-5-one derivatives as novel COX-1/2 and 5-LOX inhibitors

  Dongmei Zhao

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• Chondroitin sulfate and baekjeol-tang regulate thymic stromal lymphopoietin production and caspase-1 activation through negative regulation of IL-32 pathways

  Hyun-Ja Jeong

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• A novel role for relaxin (RLX) and its receptor (LGR7) in Limited Systemic Sclerosis (lSSc)

  Claudio Corallo

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• The association of BMI and knee pain among patients with knee osteoarthritis

  Karmela Filipovic

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• Treatment of calcaneal fractures: A new approach

  John Torregrosa

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• Changes in lumbar lordosis with AXIALIF interbody fusion

  Per Freitag

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• The Arachnoiditis : A drama in spinal cord injury

  Michele Conti

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• Unilateral surgical treatment has a positive outcome bilaterally for patients with bilateral achilles tendinopathy (tendinosis)

  Sture Forsgren, Håkan Alfredson and Christoph Spang

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• Microfracture of the knee: Are statistical analyses appropriate to reveal clinically relevant findings concerning outcome and its predictors?

  Lukas Negrin

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• Deficiency of NFAT1 causes osteoarthritis through dysfunction of cells in multiple joint tissues

  Jinxi Wang

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• Deficiency of NFAT1 causes osteoarthritis through dysfunction of cells in multiple joint tissues

  Jinxi Wang

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• Laser regeneration of cartilage in orthopedics

  Emil Sobol1, Anatoly Shekhter2 and Andrey Baskov3

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• All arthroscopic technique of biological meniscal tear therapy with collagen membrane

  Tomasz Piontek

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• All arthroscopic technique of biological meniscal tear therapy with collagen membrane

  Tomasz Piontek

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• Internal derangement of temporomandibular joint-Evolving concepts & management trends

  Elavenil Panneerselvam

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• Cost of treatment of pediatric femoral shaft fractures: Compression plating versus conservative treatment

  Sharifeh Kamalimotlagh and Taghi Ramazanian

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• Transpedicular closing wedge osteotomy in the treatment of thoracic and lumbar kyphotic deformity with different etiologies

  Qingyi He and Jianzhong Xu

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• Transcriptional regulation in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis

  Alpana Ray

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• Diagnosing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in post-surgical orthopaedic patients process approach

  Ibrahim Natalwala

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• Real time embedded foot pressure monitoring and subject specific biomechanical modelling: An innovative coupling for diagnosis and treatment in orthopaedics

  Perrier A1,2,3, Vuillerme N3, Payan Y2, Bucki M1, Luboz V2, Chenu O1, Diot B and Cannard F1

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• Efece “A locking-compression device for kirshner-wire fixation”

  Emre Karadeniz

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• The use of a mobile health platform to improve care after orthopedic procedures

  Vishal Mehta

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• The CT diagnosis of sacro-iliac disease

  Mark Reiley

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• One stage bilateral anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction - Evaluation of cost and mid-term functional results

  Matjaz Sajovic1, Saska Demsar2 and Romana Sajovic

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• Percutaneous pedicle screw implantation: En route to fully robotic intraoperative 2d/3d fluoroscopy

  Christian Raftopoulos

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• Pain relief after manual treatment of the acromioclavicular joint in a 29-year old female, for remaining symptoms after physiotherapy and mobilization under anaesthesia for adhesive capsulitis - A case study

  Lilje Stina, Genberg Madeleine, Aldudjaili Hassan and Skillgate Eva

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• Septic arthritis of the knee following arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

  Matjaz Sajovic1, Gorazd Lesnicar2 and Mojca Z. Dernovsek3

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• Apical derotation in scoliosis, the concept of internal splinting

  Wichien Laohacharoensombat

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• Molecular diagnosis and therapeutic studies of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD); Challenges and opportunities in Malaysia

  Teguh Haryo Sasongko

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• Systemic lupus erythematosus: after 50 years no longer �lost in translation� � the pipeline of therapeutic antibodies is here!

  C. Michael Neuwelt

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• Ultrasound assessment of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis

  Nemanja Damjanov

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• Lubricin, the basis of faulty biolubrication and immunological consequences

  Niclas G. Karlsson

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• Arthroscopic synovectomy of wrist joint and histological analysis treated with biologics in rheumatoid arthritis

  Atsushi Nakamura

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• Will interference with cholinergic effects have implications on the inflammatory process in arthritis?

  S Forsgren

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• The importance of multidisciplinary assessment of pain in rheumatoid arthritis

  Tomasevic-Todorovic Snezana

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• Pain experience and pain coping in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis: How do patients manage their pain?

  Paula Oliveira

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