Publications by authors named "H Bent"

Objective: To measure the agreement between computer and paper-administered versions of Bath ankylosing spondylitis (AS) questionnaires and the Quebec Scale for low back pain (LBP).

Methods: Fifty patients with LBP completed the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), Functional Index (BASFI), Global Score (BAS-G), and the Quebec Scale. Outcome measures were administered both in traditional paper format and by computerized touch-screen system.

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To determine autoantibodies against nuclear constituents, parietal cells, smooth muscles, mitochondria, microsomes of the thyreoidea and against myocard we use 4 micrometer cryostat tissue sections or monolayer cell preparations. After stepwise desiccation they are shortly heated to 100 degrees C. Antigenicity and histological structures are fully preserved for months, if these substrates were stored at -20 degrees C, provided that rehydration by even traces of moisture is carefully prevented.

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