Search Results - "Shiroky, J B"

Thyroid dysfunction in rheumatoid arthritis: a controlled prospective survey by Shiroky, J B, Cohen, M, Ballachey, M L, Neville, C

“…OBJECTIVES--To determine whether thyroid dysfunction is found with increased frequency in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS--A controlled…”
Get full text

Complications of immunosuppression associated with weekly low dose methotrexate by Shiroky, J B, Frost, A, Skelton, J D, Haegert, D G, Newkirk, M M, Neville, C

“…Complications of immunosuppression are thought to be rare with the use of low dose pulse methotrexate (MTX) for nonneoplastic conditions. We describe 4…”
Get more information

The use of folates concomitantly with low-dose pulse methotrexate by Shiroky, J B

“…Toxicities related to low-dose weekly methotrexate are largely due to its antifolate properties. Preexisting folate deficiency is associated with methotrexate…”
Get more information

Chest radiographs as a screening test for diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis by Mata, S, Hill, R O, Joseph, L, Kaplan, P, Dussault, R, Watts, C S, Fitzcharles, M A, Shiroky, J B, Fortin, P R, Esdaile, J M

“…To evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, predictive value, interrater reliability and intrarater reliability of using chest radiographs as a screening tool…”
Get more information

High dose intravenous methotrexate for refractory rheumatoid arthritis by Shiroky, J B, Neville, C, Skelton, J D

“…Eight patients with active rheumatoid arthritis were given high dose intravenous methotrexate (MTX) (500 mg/m2) followed by oral leucovorin every 2 weeks for…”
Get more information

Destructive arthropathy of primary hypothyroidism by Shiroky, J B

Get more information

Reversible Lymphomas by Shiroky, Jeffrey B, Newkirk, Marianna M, Kamel, Onsi W, van de Rijn, Matthijs, Warnke, Roger A, Dorfman, Ronald F

“…To the Editor: Kamel et al. (May 6 issue) 1 reported two cases of reversible lymphomas associated with methotrexate therapy for rheumatic diseases. As they…”
Get full text

Combination of sulphasalazine and methotrexate in the management of rheumatoid arthritis--view based on personal clinical experience by Shiroky, J B

“…Over the past fifteen years, there has been increasing interest in the use of combinations of medications to better suppress the inflammatory process that…”
Get more information

Experimental basis of innovative therapies of rheumatoid arthritis by Shiroky, J B, Yocum, D E, Wilder, R L, Klippel, J H

Get more information

Folic acid and methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis by Shiroky, J B

Get full text

Combination sulfasalazine and methotrexate in the management of rheumatoid arthritis by Shiroky, J B

“…I wished to review the pharmacology and current clinical experience with the combination of methotrexate and sulfasalazine as a management for rheumatoid…”
Get more information

Low-dose methotrexate with leucovorin (folinic acid) in the management of rheumatoid arthritis. Results of a multicenter randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial by Shiroky, J B, Neville, C, Esdaile, J M, Choquette, D, Zummer, M, Hazeltine, M, Bykerk, V, Kanji, M, St-Pierre, A, Robidoux, L

“…To determine whether the side effects of methotrexate can be decreased by the concurrent use of leucovorin, without affecting the efficacy of the methotrexate…”
Get more information

Folic acid and methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis by Cooper, B A

Get full text

Combination methotrexate and sulfasalazine in the management of rheumatoid arthritis: case observations by Shiroky, J B, Watts, C S, Neville, C

“…Four patients with rheumatoid arthritis received a combination of methotrexate and sulfasalazine for a mean of 24 months (range 20-28 months). All 4 patients…”
Get more information

Detection of cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus and herpes virus-6 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with or without Sjögren's syndrome by Newkirk, M M, Watanabe Duffy, K N, Leclerc, J, Lambert, N, Shiroky, J B

“…The frequency of latent viral infection by cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) was investigated in patients with RA with…”
Get more information

Rheumatic disease patients, prone to Sjögren's syndrome and/or lymphoma, mount an antibody response to BHRF1, the Epstein-Barr viral homologue of BCL-2 by NEWKIRK, M. M, SHIROKY, J. B, JOHNSON, N, DANOFF, D, ISENBERG, D. A, SHUSTIK, C, PEARSON, G. R

“…The IgG response to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) early antigens [BHRF1 (p 17.1), the viral homologue of bcl-2, and BMRF1 (p50.10), a DNA binding protein] was…”
Get full text

Effects of furosemide on the oral cavity by Atkinson, J C, Shiroky, J B, Macynski, A, Fox, P C

“…Furosemide, a potent loop diuretic, has been reported to cause xerostomia, a sensation of oral dryness. We obtained urine and salivary secretions from five…”
Get more information

Unsubstantiated "risk" of antifolate toxicity with combination methotrexate and sulfasalazine therapy by Shiroky, J B

Get more information

Rheumatic disease patients, prone to Sjorgren's syndrome and/or lymphoma, mount an antibody response to BHRF1, the Epstein-Barr viral homologue of BCL-2 by Newkirk, M M, Shiroky, J B, Johnson, N, Danoff, D

Get full text

A controlled trial comparing sulfasalazine, gold sodium thiomalate, and placebo in rheumatoid arthritis by Williams, H J, Ward, J R, Dahl, S L, Clegg, D O, Willkens, R F, Oglesby, T, Weisman, M H, Schlegel, S, Michaels, R M, Luggen, M E

“…One hundred eight-six patients with active rheumatoid arthritis were evaluated in a double-blind, randomized study that compared treatment with sulfasalazine…”
Get more information