OBJECTIVES To identify aetiological causes of shoulder pain syndrome among patients attending a rheumatology clinic, and to highlight the therapeutic options. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING A private rheumatology clinic in Lagos, Nigeria fromJanuary 2002 to December 2006. SUBJECTS Forty female adult patients and 26 male adult patients aged 24-79 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Patient...

Method Institutional Review Board approval was obtained to retrospectively review the charts of 98 SLE patients seen in the pediatric rheumatology clinic at Nationwide Children’s Hospital over the past 24 years. All the patients were divided in to two groups, ‘definitive pSLE’ who met the minimum 4/11, or more ACR criteria and the ‘probable pSLE’ who did not meet the minimum criteria at present...

NICOLETA DIMA1, ELENA REZUS2,4*, ANA MARIA SINGEAP3,4, ANCA TRIFAN3,4*, CIPRIAN REZUS1,4* 1 Sf. Spiridon Clinical Emergency Hospital, IIIrd Medical Clinic, 1 Independentei Blvd, 700111, Iasi, Romania 2 Rheumatology Clinic, 14 Pantelimon Halipa St, 700661, Iasi, Romania 3 Sf. Spiridon Clinical Emergency Hospital, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Center, 1 Independentei Blvd, 700111, Iasi, Romania...

Background. Patients diagnosed with chronic pain (CP) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) represent two samples with overlapping symptoms, such as experiencing significant pain. Objectives. To compare the level of psychological distress among patients diagnosed CP attending a specialist pain clinic with those attending a specialist RA clinic. Measures. A cross-sectional study was conducted at an acad...

Vitamin D is capturing the attention of healthy and chronically ill populations for its potential skeletal and nonskeletal benefits. New information suggesting a role in immune modulation has led to a surge of interest among rheumatologists. Although the epidemiologic data are limited, it appears that many children with rheumatic conditions are at risk of vitamin D deficiency. However, understa...