Published in J Prim Care Community Health on November 22, 2011
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Between adaptive and innate immunity: TLR4-mediated perforin production by CD28null T-helper cells in ankylosing spondylitis. Arthritis Res Ther (2005) 0.97
The risk of carotid artery stenting compared with carotid endarterectomy is greatest in patients treated within 7 days of symptoms. J Vasc Surg (2012) 0.96
Association between the UGT1A1 TA-repeat polymorphism and bilirubin concentration in patients with intermittent claudication: results from the CAVASIC study. Clin Chem (2008) 0.94
Feasibility of ultrasound-guided sacroiliac joint injection considering sonoanatomic landmarks at two different levels in cadavers and patients. Arthritis Rheum (2008) 0.93
Fusion of real-time US with CT images to guide sacroiliac joint injection in vitro and in vivo. Radiology (2010) 0.93
An outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis in an Austrian hospital, winter 2006-2007. Wien Klin Wochenschr (2009) 0.92
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Workshop report: clinical diagnosis and imaging of sacroiliitis, Innsbruck, Austria, October 9, 2003. J Rheumatol (2004) 0.91
Peripheral ischemia caused by paradoxical embolization: an underestimated problem? Mt Sinai J Med (2005) 0.91
Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema of the hands: ultrasound, color doppler ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging findings. Arthritis Rheum (2005) 0.90
Electron-beam-induced deposition in ultrahigh vacuum: lithographic fabrication of clean iron nanostructures. Small (2008) 0.89
Subcutaneous implantation of a new intravenous pump system for prostacyclin treatment in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Heart Lung (2012) 0.89
Effect of atorvastatin on circulating proinflammatory T-lymphocyte subsets and soluble CD40 ligand in patients with stable coronary artery disease--a randomized, placebo-controlled study. Am Heart J (2006) 0.89
(68)Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT provides accurate tumour extent in patients with extraadrenal paraganglioma compared to (123)I-MIBG SPECT/CT. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2014) 0.88
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Phosphocreatine kinetics in the calf muscle of patients with bilateral symptomatic peripheral arterial disease during exhaustive incremental exercise. Mol Imaging Biol (2007) 0.87
Altered T-cell subtypes in spondyloarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and polymyalgia rheumatica. Rheumatol Int (2009) 0.86
Serum levels of ischemia-modified albumin in healthy volunteers after exercise-induced calf-muscle ischemia. Clin Chem Lab Med (2007) 0.84
Generation of clean iron nanocrystals on an ultra-thin SiO(x) film on Si(001). Phys Chem Chem Phys (2011) 0.84
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Analysis of FOXP3 protein expression in human CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells at the single-cell level. Eur J Immunol (2006) 0.82
Ultrasound-defined remission and active disease in rheumatoid arthritis: association with clinical and serologic parameters. Semin Arthritis Rheum (2011) 0.81
American Society of Anesthesiology and Rankin as predictive parameters for the outcome of carotid endarterectomy within 28 days after an ischemic stroke. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis (2007) 0.81
Systematic screening and treatment evaluation of hereditary neck paragangliomas. Head Neck (2007) 0.81
Placement of endovascular stent-grafts for emergency treatment of acute disease of the descending thoracic aorta. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2002) 0.81
Increasing evidence for immune-mediated processes and new therapeutic approaches in abdominal aortic aneurysms--a review. Ann N Y Acad Sci (2006) 0.81
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Does stent overlap influence the patency rate of aortoiliac kissing stents? J Endovasc Ther (2005) 0.80
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Successful treatment of a tuberculous vertebral osteomyelitis eroding the thoracoabdominal aorta: a case report. J Vasc Surg (2005) 0.80
[Psychiatric investigation of Tyrolean patients with primary Raynaud's phenomenon]. Wien Med Wochenschr (2005) 0.80
Value of transducer positions in the measurement of finger flexor tendon thickness by sonography. J Ultrasound Med (2004) 0.79
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Post-thymic regulation of CD5 levels in human memory T cells is inversely associated with the strength of responsiveness to interleukin-15. Hum Immunol (2011) 0.79
Third generation anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies do not predict anti-TNF-alpha treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatol Int (2009) 0.79
Investigation of bacterial and viral agents and immune status in Behcet's disease patients from Iran. Int J Rheum Dis (2011) 0.79
High-energy phosphate metabolism in the calf muscle during moderate isotonic exercise under different degrees of cuff compression: a phosphorus 31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. J Vasc Surg (2005) 0.79
High-energy phosphate metabolism in the calf muscle of healthy humans during incremental calf exercise with and without moderate cuff stenosis. Eur J Appl Physiol (2007) 0.79
Treatment of refractory giant cell arteritis with cyclophosphamide:a retrospective analysis of 35 patients from three centres. Clin Exp Rheumatol (2012) 0.78
Emergency endovascular treatment of traumatic aortic arch rupture with multiple arch vessel involvement. J Endovasc Ther (2003) 0.78
High-energy phosphate metabolism during incremental calf exercise in humans measured by 31 phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P MRS). Magn Reson Imaging (2004) 0.78
Elderly- versus younger-onset rheumatoid arthritis: higher levels of ultrasound-detected inflammation despite comparable clinical disease activity. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) (2013) 0.78
Ongoing randomized controlled trials comparing interventional methods and optimal medical treatment in the treatment of asymptomatic carotid stenosis. Stroke (2010) 0.78
Endovascular management of inadvertent subclavian artery catheterization during subclavian vein cannulation. J Vasc Interv Radiol (2010) 0.78
High-energy phosphate metabolism during calf ergometry in patients with isolated aorto-iliac artery stenoses. Invest Radiol (2006) 0.78
Quantification of blood flow velocity in stenosed arteries by the use of finite elements: an observer-independent noninvasive method. Magn Reson Imaging (2008) 0.78
Detection of vascularity in wrist tenosynovitis: power doppler ultrasound compared with contrast-enhanced grey-scale ultrasound. Arthritis Res Ther (2010) 0.77
Value of contrast-enhanced power Doppler ultrasonography (US) of the metacarpophalangeal joints on rheumatoid arthritis. Eur Radiol (2003) 0.77
High-energy phosphate metabolism during two bouts of progressive calf exercise in humans measured by phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Eur J Appl Physiol (2004) 0.77
Elevated baseline hs-cTnT levels predict exercise-induced myocardial ischemia in patients with peripheral arterial disease. Clin Chim Acta (2012) 0.77
Therapeutic effects of gemcitabine on cutaneous manifestations in an Adamantiades-Behçet's disease-like mouse model. Exp Dermatol (2004) 0.77
Images in cardiovascular medicine. Generalized large vessel arteritis visualized by 18fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography. Circulation (2003) 0.77
The use of tumour necrosis factor alpha-blockers in daily routine. An Austrian consensus project. Clin Rheumatol (2009) 0.77