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Systemic inflammation in osteoarthritis Several studies have shown that the acute phase response may take place in osteoarthritis (OA), suggesting that low grade systemic inflammation may be present in patients with OA. 1 2 I read with interest the paper by Stürmer et al on high sensitivity C reactive protein (CRP) in relation to the severity and extent of OA. 3 As assessed by high sensitivity ...

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Significantly, the school has already forged strong partnerships with communities in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven districts, as was clear from the many community leaders present at the ceremony. The GSM’s primary goal is to graduate doctors committed to serving in regional, rural and remote Australia. In the words of the university’s Vice-Chancellor, the school’s model is designed “to address t...

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to our findings. The authors further state that " … the same observations were also made for STAT6 (Chen et al., 2004). " Meissner et al. incubated the cells with MTA In their Matters Arising article, Meissner et al. present several experiments that call into question our conclu-in DMSO, whereas we had solubilized MTA in tissue culture media. While somewhat unexpected, this differ-sions from th...

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MATTERS ARISING Sonographic erosions of the rheumatoid little toe

We read with interest the pictorial essay on ultrasonography of bone erosions by Grassi and colleagues. The presented site-specific comparison of radiographic and sonographic imaging of metacarpophalangeal (MCP) and metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint sites in rheumatoid subjects suggests strongly a homology of the erosive lesions, as visualised by these diVerent imaging modalities. A recently publ...