BACKGROUND: Patients with gout have comorbidities, but the impact of these comorbidities
on treatment has not been studied. METHODS: A total of 575 patients with gout were …

Objective To evaluate whether gene expression profiles could serve as biomarkers of
symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) by examining gene expression profiles in peripheral blood …

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are a class of attractive genetic markers for population
genetic studies and for identifying genetic variations underlying complex traits. However…

Emerging evidence suggests that there are IgM-autoantibodies that may play protective
roles in SLE. While IgM are often considered polyreactive, we postulate that there are distinct …

Objective To identify the incidence, risk factors, and obstetric/perinatal outcomes associated
with monozygotic twins (MZTs) after IVF. Design Nested case-control. Setting University-…

We studied the combined role of the medial meniscus in distributing load and providing
stability. Ten normal knees were loaded in combinations of compressive and shear loading as …

Background Hospital readmission after total joint arthroplasty accounts for substantial
resource consumption. Depression has been shown to impact postsurgical outcomes. We …

Objective To develop and validate a tool for individualized prediction of sudden unexpected
death in epilepsy (SUDEP) risk, we reanalyzed data from 1 cohort and 3 case–control …

Background: Congenital abnormalities when present, according to VACTERL theory, occur
nonrandomly with other congenital anomalies. This study estimates the prevalence of …

BACKGROUND: The design intent of proximally-filling lateral flare femoral stems is to load
the endosteal surface of the proximal femur both laterally and medially, to achieve normal …