[Purpose] The aim of this study was to determine the bone mineral density, vitamin D level,
and frequencies of osteopenia and osteoporosis in patients with Parkinson’s disease and to …

Background: Although it is well known that patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) have low
bone mineral density (BMD) and serum vitamin D level, there are no studies evaluating their …

Aim Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory form of arthritis typically associated with
psoriasis and/or psoriatic nail disease. Adipocytokines were once thought to influence …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the causes of disability in the musculoskeletal system, and
depression in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and healthy controls. METHODS: A case-…

Internal Medicine Vol.50 Page 1 545 □ ORIGINAL ARTICLE □ Relationship between Primary
Nodal Generalized Osteoarthritis with Tissue Antigens HLA-A and HLA-B in the Western Black …

… Tönük, Şükrü Burak MD a,* ; Serin, Erdinc MD b ; Ayhan, Fikriye Figen MD c ; Yorgancioglu,
Zeynep Rezan MD c … Correspondence: Şükrü Burak Tönük, Abant Izzet Baysal …

Background Individuals with high systemic bone mineral density (BMD) may have an
increased risk of incident knee osteoarthritis (OA). Besides that, radiographic osteophytes are …

Joining main clinical manifestations of psoriatic skin disorder are inflammatory arthritis and
nail lesions. Repetitive microdamage has been postulated as a main triggering factor in …

Objectives: It was aimed to investigate the effects of local corticosteroid and local anesthetic
injection in patients with concomitant pes anserine bursitis and knee osteoarthritis. Methods: …

Methods The study involved 36 patients with AS, 40 with MD, and 36 healthy controls (HCs).
The participants were age-, sex-, and education-matched. Depression, anxiety, …