OBJECTIVES To describe changes in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) up to 60 months after commencing anti-TNF therapy for RA patients enrolled in the Australian Rheumatology Association Database (ARAD), and to determine the continuation rate and predictors of discontinuation of first-line anti-TNF therapy. METHODS Responses to the HAQ, Assessment of Quality of Life, Medical Outcomes Stud...

Distinct phenotypes of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) after lung transplantation are emerging with lymphocytic bronchiolitis (LB)/azithromycin reversible allograft dysfunction (ARAD), classical or fibrotic bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), and restrictive allograft syndrome (RAS) proposed as separate entities. We have additionally identified lung transplant recipients with pri...

OANA DUICU1#, SORINA CIURLEA2#, CRISTINA DEHELEAN2, SIMONA ARDELEAN3, FLORINA ANDRICA2, DANINA MUNTEAN1, CODRUTA SOICA4, DIANA ANTAL5, , DORINA CORICOVAC2 *, IULIA PINZARU4 1“Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara, Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine 2 Eftimie Murgu Sq, 300041, Timisoara, Romania 2 “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timi...

IOANA MIHAELA CITU1, CLAUDIA TOMA2, CRISTINA TRANDAFIRESCU1, DIANA ANTAL1, CSILLA ZAMBORI3, CAMELIA OPREAN1, FLORINA BOJIN1, FLORIN BORCAN1*, VIRGIL PAUNESCU1, VOICHITA LAZUREANU1 1 “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, 2ndEftimieMurgu Sq., Timisoara-300041, Romania 2“VasileGoldis”University, 1stFeleacului Str., Arad-310396, Romania 3 National Institute of Research Devel...

We prove the Arad–Herzog conjecture for various families of finite simple groups — if A and B are nontrivial conjugacy classes, then AB is not a conjugacy class. We also prove that if G is a finite simple group of Lie type and A and B are nontrivial conjugacy classes, either both semisimple or both unipotent, then AB is not a conjugacy class. We also prove a strong version of the Arad–Herzog co...

Aims. To describe the baseline characteristics of an Australian population-based cohort of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients commencing biological therapy. Methods. Descriptive analysis from the Australian Rheumatology Association Database (ARAD). Results. Up to October 2006, there were 681 RA patients taking biologics enrolled in ARAD. Baseline data were available for 624 (72% female, mean (S...

We present a novel technique, dubbed FiEstAS, to estimate the underlying density field from a discrete set of sample points in an arbitrary multidimensional space. FiEstAS assigns a volume to each point by means of a binary tree. Density is then computed by integrating over an adaptive kernel. As a first test, we construct several Monte Carlo realizations of a Hernquist profile and recover the ...

BACKGROUND Glucocorticoids (GCs) are used in ~ 60% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although disease-modifying, they also have significant adverse effects. Understanding factors associated with GC use may help minimise exposure. The aims of the present study were to describe oral GC use in RA; determine any change in use over time; and determine factors associated with oral GC use, c...