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Profiling bone and joint problems and health service use in an Australian regional population: the Port Lincoln Health Study.

OBJECTIVES To describe the burden of bone and joint problems (BJP) in a defined regional population, and to identify characteristics and service-usage patterns. METHODS In 2010, a health census of adults aged ≥15 years was conducted in Port Lincoln, South Australia. A follow-up computer-assisted telephone interview provided more specific information about those with BJP. RESULTS Overall, 33...

Nephrotoxicity of Bence-Jones proteins: interference in renal epithelial cell acidification.

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the acidification of the endosome-lysosome system of renal epithelial cells after endocytosis of two human immunoglobulin lambda light chains (Bence-Jones proteins, BJP) obtained from patients with multiple myeloma. Renal epithelial cell handling of two BJP (neutral and acidic BJP) was evaluated by rhodamine fluorescence. Renal cells (MDCK) were main...

The impact factor for the Brazilian Journal of Pulmonology is arriving.

Using the same methodology as that employed by Thomson Reuters, SCImago estimates that the current impact factor for the BJP is 0.97 (Figure 1). The difference between the two indices lies in the fact that there are a greater number of journals in the SciVerse Scopus database, which is used by the SCImago, and this has a strong and significant correlation.(2) Figure 1 shows the SCImago rank cla...