ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate and compare different case definitions for chronic pain to provide estimates of possible misclassification when researchers are limited by available electronic health record and administrati…
ObjectiveTo assess the prevalence of fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic widespread pain (CWP) in a population based cohort of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).MethodsPatients in a prospective survey on newly diagnosed IBD were, 5 y…
ObjectiveTo describe our experience with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients receiving protease inhibitor therapy who presented with adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder.MethodsBetween July 1996 and December 1999, 8 HIV-infe…
Inflammatory vasculopathy and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) are rare complications of scleroderma. We report a 54-year-old woman with limited cutaneous scleroderma who developed medium size and small vessel vasculitis. Inflammat…
A 45-year-old woman developed simultaneously a form of palmar and digital fibromatosis and an unusual polyarticular disorder with painful capsular contraction. The features of the bilateral shoulder involvement were consistent with the adhe…