N Kertia, DN Wachid, PN Krishnan – Diagnostic criteria of knee osteoarthritis in rheumatology outpatient clinic, Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic condition characterized by the breakdown of joints cartilage. Approximately 25% of persons 55 years...

B Setiyohadi, R Sinto – Case Report:Experience with cyclophosphamide in the treatment of a young woman with refractory dermatomyositis Dermatomyositis is an idiopathic infl ammatory myopathy characterized by the presence of rash and moderate-to-severe muscle weakness secondary to infl ammation...

M Febyani, H Purbo D, L Hamijoyo, E Sutedja, O Suwarsa – Case Report: Sclerodermatomyositis The classification of rheumatic diseases is still challenging due to several reasons. First, those diseases have several differential clinical features, which giving overlap symptoms. Second,...

B Setiyohadi, D Santosa, Titis, AA Abdullah – Case Report: Septic arthritis in malignancy. Septic arthritis is an infection of a joint, which can be caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites. The infection may happen in distant sites of...

A Pramono, Sumariyono, H Isbagio – Reliability and validity of European Quality of Life 5 Dimension (EQ-5D) for measuring health-related quality of life in knee osteoarthritis patients at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital Background: Quality of life is very important to...

JA Ongkowijaya, B Setiyohadi, IARW Manuaba, YI Kasjmir – Correlation of interleukin-17 with disease activity and hand joint damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disease involving various types of cytokines. One of them is...

Lusiani, B Setiyohadi, N Sukmana, M Abdullah – Prevalence of anti–C-reactive protein autoantibody and its correlation with disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus patients at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease with...

B Setiyohadi, MS Azizi, IW Yuliani, N Sukmana, Suhendro, M Simadibrata,CM Rumende, AS Sulaiman, R Wahyuningsih, Lisnawati, MA Yudharto, N Anggraini, R Sandra, F Oktaviana – Case Report: Invasive aspergillosis in a systemic lupus erythematosus patient Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...

Gunawan, A Harahap, B Setiyohadi, CM Rumende – Case report: Tuberculous osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent patient with miliary tuberculosis Osteomyelitis is an infection of the bone, which may be caused by direct pathogen inoculation following trauma of surgery, contiguous spread...

Gunawan, B Setiyohadi – Diagnosis and management of osteomyelitis Osteomyelitis is an infection of the bone that causes bone destruction and formation of new bone as the result of the infl ammatory process. Proper diagnosis in osteomyelitis is important since...