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New and improved strategies for the treatment of gout by Dubchak, Natalie, Falasca, Gerald F

“…The Western world appears to be in the midst of the third great gout epidemic of all time. In this century, gout is increasing in prevalence despite an…”
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Metabolic diseases: gout by Falasca, Gerald F.

“…Gout is a disease of antiquity but is increasing once again in prevalence despite availability of reasonably effective treatments. This may be related to a…”
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Viscosupplementation for Degenerative Joint Disease of Shoulder and Ankle by Valiveti, Madhavi, Reginato, Antonio J, Falasca, Gerald F

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A Study of Musculoskeletal Manifestations in 12 Patients with SAPHO Syndrome by Steinhoff, Jeff P, Cilursu, Ana, Falasca, Gerald F, Guzman, Leonardo, Reginato, Antonio J

“…Synovium and synovial fluid findings in SAPHO (synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis) syndrome have not been well characterized, and only a…”
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Further validation of a questionnaire to identify women likely to have low bone density by Falasca, Gerald F, Dunston, Carla, Banglawala, Yasmin A

“…A questionnaire instrument called the Simple Calculated Osteoporosis Risk Estimation (SCORE*) stratifies risk for osteoporosis, potentially reducing…”
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Systemic Amyloidosis: Unusual Presentation Mistaken for a Recurrent Scabies Infection by HALEY, Erin M, NABATIAN, Adam S, KOPP, Sandra A, FALASCA, Gerald F, HAUPT, Helen M, HALPERN, Analisa V

“…We report the case of a 63-year-old woman with a history of undifferentiated connective-tissue disease, polyarthritis, and bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome who…”
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Do we really need to pay attention to the less common crystals? by Reginato, Antonio J, Falasca, Gerald F, Usmani, Qaisar

“…In addition to monosodium urate, calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate, and apatite crystals, a wide variety of less common crystals, artifacts, and, occasionally,…”
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Disability and Physician-Assisted Suicide by Falasca, G F

“…To the Editor: In his article on physician-assisted suicide (June 5 issue), 1 Mr. Batavia fails to address the issue of the “slippery slope,” which is the…”
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Musculoskeletal manifestations of osteomalacia:report of 26 cases and literature review by Reginato, Antonio J., Falasca, Gerald F., Pappu, Ramesh, McKnight, Brian, Agha, Amir

“…This study was undertaken to describe the musculoskeletal manifestationsin a selected population of 26 patients with biopsy-proven osteomalacia (OM) and…”
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Can vitamin D deficiency produce an unusual pain syndrome? by Reginato, A J, Falasca, G F

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Superoxide anion production and phagocytosis of crystals by cultured endothelial cells by Falasca, G F, Ramachandrula, A, Kelley, K A, O'Connor, C R, Reginato, A J

“…To show that cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) are capable of phagocytizing inflammation-causing crystals and of generating superoxide…”
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Reflex sympathetic dystrophy associated with antiepileptic drugs by Falasca, G F, Toly, T M, Reginato, A J, Schraeder, P L, O'Connor, C R

“…Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSDS) complicating antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy is not well acknowledged in the neurologic literature. We report 4…”
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Supravital staining of synovial fluid with Testsimplets by Reginato, A J, Maldonado, I, Reginato, A M, Falasca, G F, O'Connor, C R

“…We explored the use of Testsimplet (TS) in synovial fluid (SF) analysis. TS is a glass slide coated with a dry mixture of methylene blue and cresyl violet,…”
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