Background. Renal transplantation triggers an early bone loss that increases the subsequent
risk of osteoporosis and fractures. Little is known about the long-term outcome of bone …

Background. Although the existence of a motor defect in discogenic sciatica is a sign of
severity, the literature does not provide evidence for an immediate requirement for surgery. …

OBJECTIVE: The economic impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is substantial, but most studies
provide cost estimates specific to a US population. We performed a cost-of-illness analysis …

Objective To describe the therapeutic practice used in 2006 by French rheumatologists and
hospital staff in RA patients, to estimate the proportion of patients currently treated with …

The patient is a 20-year-old woman who was admitted to the hospital because of pain and
swelling of her right knee. Since the age of 13, she has had recurrent painful swelling of the …

Objectives Osteoporosis with fractures is a serious condition that too often receives inadequate
attention, as indicated by many studies documenting low rates of osteoporosis evaluation …

In myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), anemia responds to recombinant human
erythropoietin (rHuEPO) alone and in combination with recombinant human granulocyte-colony-…

The pincer-type complex [{κ P ,κ C ,κ P -2,6-(i-Pr 2 PO) 2 C 6 H 3 }Ni(NCMe)][OSO 2 CF 3 ] (1)
can serve as a precatalyst for the regioselective, anti-Markovnikov addition of nucleophiles …

Sperm function and quality are primary determinants of male reproductive performance and
hence fitness. The presence of rival males has been shown to affect ejaculate and sperm …

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the third leading cause of cancer-related
death. Therapeutic options remain very limited and are based on classical chemotherapies. …