L Hamijoyo – Tuberculous arthritis: an overview Tuberculous arthritis is a part of tuberculosis infection. Although the number of this disease is very small compared to the other causes of muskuloskeletal infection, it can cause joint damage and eventually disability...

YI Kasjmir F Imelda L Erawati – Role of diacerein in pain intensity and functional status in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Z Albar – Vitamin D and inflammation The discovery that most body cells and tissues have vitamin D receptors and that some of them have the enzymatic machinery to convert the circulating form of vitamin D (25-hydroxyvitamin D) into the...

S Hadi, D Sudarsono, B Suntoko – Hyperuricemia and Pro Inflammatory Cytokine (IL-1?, IL-6, and TNF-?) Background. Rugerio et al 2006 reported that there were a positive correlation between the level of hyperuricemia and the level of IL-1β, IL-6, and...

M Suwito, K Handono, H Kalim, BPP Suryana, CS Wahono – Correlation between anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies and the severity of clinical manifestation,laboratory manifestation, and radiological joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis patients Background. The second generation anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide test...

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...