Publications by authors named "J Fiter"
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- Anakinra (ANK), an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, was evaluated for its effectiveness in treating adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD), particularly for patients resistant to standard therapies and other biologics.* -
- A study involving 41 AOSD patients showed rapid improvements in clinical symptoms and laboratory results after starting ANK, with significant reductions in fever, joint pain, anemia, and lymphadenopathy over a year.* -
- While ANK proved successful for many, some joint manifestations remained challenging to treat, and the main side effects included skin issues, mild leukopenia, and various infections.*
Objective: The etiopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is not fully known; vitamin D has been shown to have immunomodulatory effects and could be implicated in it. BsmI polymorphism of vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene is involved in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis in RA. We analyzed the effect of this polymorphism on clinical activity in 123 Spanish postmenopausal women with RA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To analyze the clinical, microbiological, and radiologic features of patients without drug addiction suffering from spontaneous pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis.
Methods: We collected all microbiologically proved cases of pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis seen between January 1980 and December 1999 in a teaching hospital. Patients with prior spinal instrumentation or surgery and injection drug users were excluded.