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Malignancy Is Associated with Dermatomyositis But Not Polymyositis in Northern New England, USA.

Antiochos BB, Brown LA, Li Z, Tosteson TD, Wortmann RL, Rigby WF.

J Rheumatol. 2009 Nov 16. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19918034 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Hydroxychloroquine and colchicine induced myopathy.

Lonesky TA, Kreuter JD, Wortmann RL, Rhodes CH.

J Rheumatol. 2009 Nov;36(11):2617-8. No abstract available. PMID: 19893064 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Effects of febuxostat versus allopurinol and placebo in reducing serum urate in subjects with hyperuricemia and gout: a 28-week, phase III, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group trial.

Schumacher HR Jr, Becker MA, Wortmann RL, Macdonald PA, Hunt B, Streit J, Lademacher C, Joseph-Ridge N.

Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Nov 15;59(11):1540-8.PMID: 18975369 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Drug-induced arthritic and connective tissue disorders.

Mor A, Pillinger MH, Wortmann RL, Mitnick HJ.

Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Dec;38(3):249-64. Epub 2007 Dec 31. Review.PMID: 18166218 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Management of gout in older adults: barriers to optimal control.

Hoskison KT, Wortmann RL.

Drugs Aging. 2007;24(1):21-36. Review.PMID: 17233545 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Myotoxicity associated with lipid-lowering drugs.

Baer AN, Wortmann RL.

Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2007 Jan;19(1):67-73. Review.PMID: 17143099 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The management of gout: it should be crystal clear.

Wortmann RL.

J Rheumatol. 2006 Oct;33(10):1921-2. No abstract available. PMID: 17014007 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Dermatomyositis.

Callen JP, Wortmann RL.

Clin Dermatol. 2006 Sep-Oct;24(5):363-73. Review.PMID: 16966018 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Advances in the management of gout and hyperuricaemia.

Hoskison TK, Wortmann RL.

Scand J Rheumatol. 2006 Jul-Aug;35(4):251-60. Review.PMID: 16882587 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Genetic risk factors associated with lipid-lowering drug-induced myopathies.

Vladutiu GD, Simmons Z, Isackson PJ, Tarnopolsky M, Peltier WL, Barboi AC, Sripathi N, Wortmann RL, Phillips PS.

Muscle Nerve. 2006 Aug;34(2):153-62.PMID: 16671104 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Febuxostat compared with allopurinol in patients with hyperuricemia and gout.

Becker MA, Schumacher HR Jr, Wortmann RL, MacDonald PA, Eustace D, Palo WA, Streit J, Joseph-Ridge N.

N Engl J Med. 2005 Dec 8;353(23):2450-61.PMID: 16339094 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Academic rheumatology: like it, leave it, or fight to change it.

Wortmann RL.

Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Oct 15;53(5):643-5. No abstract available. PMID: 16208650 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Dose-related statin myopathy: is it an issue?

Wortmann RL.

Cleve Clin J Med. 2005 Sep;72(9):751-3, 756. No abstract available. PMID: 16193823 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Recent advances in the management of gout and hyperuricemia.

Wortmann RL.

Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2005 May;17(3):319-24. Review.PMID: 15838244 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Frequency of myopathy in patients receiving lovastatin.

Wortmann RL, Tipping RW, Levine JG, Melin JM.

Am J Cardiol. 2005 Apr 15;95(8):983-5. Review.PMID: 15820170 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Febuxostat, a novel nonpurine selective inhibitor of xanthine oxidase: a twenty-eight-day, multicenter, phase II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-response clinical trial examining safety and efficacy in patients with gout.

Becker MA, Schumacher HR Jr, Wortmann RL, MacDonald PA, Palo WA, Eustace D, Vernillet L, Joseph-Ridge N.

Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Mar;52(3):916-23.PMID: 15751090 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Polymyositis: an overdiagnosed entity.

Miller FW, Rider LG, Plotz PH, Rutkove SB, Pestronk A, Wortmann RL, Lundberg IE, Argov Z, Isenberg DA, Lacomis D, Oddis CV.

Neurology. 2004 Jul 27;63(2):402; author reply 403. No abstract available. PMID: 15277657 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Treatment of acute gouty arthritis: one physician's approach and where this management stands relative to developments in the field.

Wortmann RL.

Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2004 Jun;6(3):235-9. Review.PMID: 15134604 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Differentiating idiopathic inflammatory myopathies from metabolic myopathies.

Wortmann RL, DiMauro S.

Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2002 Nov;28(4):759-78. Review.PMID: 12506771 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Lipid-lowering agents and myopathy.

Wortmann RL.

Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2002 Nov;14(6):643-7. Review.PMID: 12410084 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Gout and hyperuricemia.

Wortmann RL.

Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2002 May;14(3):281-6. Review.PMID: 11981327 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The clinical laboratory evaluation of the patient with noninflammatory myopathy.

Wortmann RL, Vladutiu GD.

Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2001 Aug;3(4):310-6. Review.PMID: 11470050 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Metabolic and mitochondrial myopathies.

Wortmann RL.

Curr Opin Rheumatol. 1999 Nov;11(6):462-7. Review.PMID: 10551669 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effective management of gout: an analogy.

Wortmann RL.

Am J Med. 1998 Dec;105(6):513-4. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 9870838 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The clinical philosophy of internal medicine.

Wortmann RL.

Am J Med. 1998 Apr;104(4):323-6. No abstract available. PMID: 9576402 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Muscle disease symptoms: evaluation and significance.

Wortmann RL.

Bull Rheum Dis. 1994 Oct;43(6):1-4. No abstract available. PMID: 7987432 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Searching for the cause of fibromyalgia: is there a defect in energy metabolism?

Wortmann RL.

Arthritis Rheum. 1994 Jun;37(6):790-3. No abstract available. PMID: 8003049 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The dilemma of treating patients with inclusion body myositis.

Wortmann RL.

J Rheumatol. 1992 Sep;19(9):1327-9. No abstract available. PMID: 1331440 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Joint replacement. The primary care physician's role.

Norton AJ, Wortmann RL.

Postgrad Med. 1992 Mar;91(4):267-70, 273-6.PMID: 1546016 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Metabolic myopathies.

Wortmann RL.

Curr Opin Rheumatol. 1991 Dec;3(6):925-33. Review.PMID: 1772746 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Influence of antihyperuricemic therapy on the clinical and radiographic progression of gout.

McCarthy GM, Barthelemy CR, Veum JA, Wortmann RL.

Arthritis Rheum. 1991 Dec;34(12):1489-94.PMID: 1747133 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis: basis for future therapies.

Wortmann RL.

Semin Arthritis Rheum. 1991 Oct;21(2 Suppl 1):35-9. Review.PMID: 1749947 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Synovial fluid 5'-nucleotidase activity. Relationship to other purine catabolic enzymes and to arthropathies associated with calcium crystal deposition.

Wortmann RL, Veum JA, Rachow JW.

Arthritis Rheum. 1991 Aug;34(8):1014-20.PMID: 1650220 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Diagnosis, pathogenesis, and management of reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome.

Rosenthal AK, Wortmann RL.

Compr Ther. 1991 Jun;17(6):46-50. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 1934988 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Basis for the chondro-osseous dysplasia associated with adenosine deaminase deficiency: selective toxicity to immature chondrocytes.

Wortmann RL, Tekkanat KK, Veum JA, Meyer RA Jr, Hood JO, Horton WA.

Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;309B:265-8. No abstract available. PMID: 1781380 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Molecular analysis of acquired myoadenylate deaminase deficiency in polymyositis (idiopathic inflammatory myopathy).

Sabina RL, Sulaiman AR, Wortmann RL.

Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;309B:203-5. No abstract available. PMID: 1781368 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Metabolic and mitochondrial myopathies.

Wortmann RL.

Curr Opin Rheumatol. 1989 Dec;1(4):427-31. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 2702044 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Myositis or myopathy.

Wortmann RL.

J Rheumatol. 1989 Dec;16(12):1525-7. No abstract available. PMID: 2625680 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Differential deoxyadenosine toxicity to immature rabbit cartilage in vitro. A model for the chondro-osseous dysplasia of adenosine deaminase deficiency.

Wortmann RL, Veum JA, Ryan LM, Cheung HS.

Arthritis Rheum. 1989 Aug;32(8):1014-21.PMID: 2788422 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical heterogeneity and treatment response in inclusion body myositis.

Cohen MR, Sulaiman AR, Garancis JC, Wortmann RL.

Arthritis Rheum. 1989 Jun;32(6):734-40.PMID: 2544185 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

ATP-dependent mineralization of hyaline articular cartilage matrix vesicles.

Wortmann RL, Chowdhury M, Rachow JW.

Adv Exp Med Biol. 1989;253A:81-5. No abstract available. PMID: 2560340 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Purine catabolic enzymes in human synovial fluids.

Wortmann RL, Veum JA, Rachow JW.

Adv Exp Med Biol. 1989;253A:393-8. No abstract available. PMID: 2560334 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Myoadenylate deaminase deficiency and forearm ischemic exercise testing.

Valen PA, Nakayama DA, Veum J, Sulaiman AR, Wortmann RL.

Arthritis Rheum. 1987 Jun;30(6):661-8.PMID: 3606685 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Myositis ossificans simulating acute monoarticular arthritis.

Siegert JJ, Wortmann RL.

J Rheumatol. 1986 Jun;13(3):652-4. No abstract available. PMID: 3735291 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pyrophosphohydrolase activity and inorganic pyrophosphate content of cultured human skin fibroblasts. Elevated levels in some patients with calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease.

Ryan LM, Wortmann RL, Karas B, Lynch MP, McCarty DJ.

J Clin Invest. 1986 May;77(5):1689-93.PMID: 3009553 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Myoadenylate deaminase deficiency: diagnosis by forearm ischemic exercise testing.

Valen PA, Nakayama DA, Veum JA, Wortmann RL.

Adv Exp Med Biol. 1986;195 Pt B:525-8.PMID: 3766241 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Adenosine deaminase deficiency and chondro-osseous dysplasia.

Wortmann RL, Veum JA, Cheung HS.

Adv Exp Med Biol. 1986;195 Pt A:81-3.PMID: 3487928 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ecto-nucleoside triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase activity and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease.

Wortmann RL, Ryan LM, Karas B, McCarthy DJ.

Adv Exp Med Biol. 1986;195 Pt A:153-6.PMID: 3014830 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Antihyperuricemic properties of amflutizole in gout.

Wortmann RL, Ridolfo AS, Lightfoot RW Jr, Fox IH.

J Rheumatol. 1985 Jun;12(3):540-3.PMID: 3900392 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cartilage nucleoside triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase. II. Role in extracellular pyrophosphate generation and nucleotide metabolism.

Ryan LM, Wortmann RL, Karas B, McCarty DJ Jr.

Arthritis Rheum. 1985 Apr;28(4):413-8.PMID: 2985090 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles