O Mesanti, B Setiyohadi, YI Kasjmir, U Budihusodo, M Oemardi – Profile of osteophyte location in different grades of functional status in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Background. Osteophyte is a reparative response to cartilage breakdown in osteoarthritis (OA) and osteophyte...

N Akil, B Setiyohadi, AMT Lubis, A Fawziah – Case Report: Osteoarticular tuberculosis of the right foot: a diagnostic delayed Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) involving the musculoskeletal system occurs in approximately 1% to 3% of patients with extrapulmonary TB. Concurrent pulmonary...

S Dewi, RG Wachjudi – Case Report: Calcinosis and myocarditis in systemic lupus erythematosus patient Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients have multi-organ involvement related to their chronic infl ammatory, autoimmune disease. Calcinosis can be clinical manifestations of SLE. Tissue calcinosis...

W Hambali, Sumariyono, K Chen – Case Report: Septic arthritis caused by Salmonella sp. Septic arthritis is a rare joint disorder, and can be caused by various pathogenic microorganisms, including bacteria, virus, mycobacterium, and fungus. The incidence of this infection...

AS Haribowo, BPP Suryana, K Handono – Case Report: Chronic polyarthritis mimicking rheumatoid arthritis in a patient with leprosy Currently leprosy is now still a global threat in the world even after the introduction of multidrug therapy (MDT), including in...

IN Suarjana – Role of leptin in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus. Leptin is a 16 kDa adipocyte-secreted hormone that regulates weight centrally and links nutritional status to neuroendocrine and immune functions. Several studies indicate that leptin plays an...

B Setiyohadi, AR Nasution, H Isbagio – Risk factors of osteoarthritis that reduce the Steinbrocker’s functional capacity of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Objective. This study was implemented to determine the risk factors of osteoarthrosis which potentially could reduce...

IN Suarjana, YI Kasjmir, H Isbagio, S Soegondo – Correlation between serum leptin concentrationand disease activity in normal body mass index premenopausal women with systemic lupus erythematosus Background. Leptin is recognized as a cytokine-like hormone with pleiotropic actions in modulating...

YI Kasjmir, AR Nasution, R Daud – Risk factors for the development of knee osteoarthritis Objective. This article presents case control study conducted at the Rheumatology Outpatient Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital. The aim of this study...

IA Ratih WM, B Setiyohadi – Avascular necrosis of the right femoral head in a systemic lupus erythematosus patient According to the 1993 Association Research Circulation Osseous, idiopathic avascular necrosis of the femoral head is defi ned as the presence...