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  Relationships between chronic comorbidities and the atherosclerosis indicators ankle-brachial index and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

  Chun-Chuan Lee, Ming-Chieh Tsai, Sung-Chen Liu, Chi-Feng Pan

  July 25, 66 (6) 966-972; DOI: 10.1136/jim-2017-000638
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  An ultrasound automated method for non-invasive assessment of carotid artery pulse wave velocity

  Enrico Maria Zardi, Luca Di Geso, Antonella Afeltra, Domenico Maria Zardi, Chiara Giorgi, Fausto Salaffi, Marina Carotti, Marwin Gutierrez, Emilio Filippucci, Walter Grassi

  July 25, 66 (6) 973-979; DOI: 10.1136/jim-2017-000430
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  Lumbar spine bone mineral density Z-score discrepancies by dual X-ray absorptiometry do not predict vertebral fractures in children

  Tasma Harindhanavudhi, Anna Petryk, Richard Jones, Amanda Regodón Wallin, James S Hodges, Sara Van Nortwick, Bradley S Miller, Tara L Holm, Kyriakie Sarafoglou

  July 25, 66 (6) 980-985; DOI: 10.1136/jim-2018-000738
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  Predictors of prolonged length of hospital stay for infants with bronchiolitis

  Carlos E Rodríguez-Martínez, Monica P Sossa-Briceño, Gustavo Nino

  July 25, 66 (6) 986-991; DOI: 10.1136/jim-2018-000708
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  Development of a novel clinical staging model for cirrhosis using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

  Mona Haj, Mary Hart, Don C Rockey

  July 25, 66 (6) 992-997; DOI: 10.1136/jim-2018-000709
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  Risks of irritable bowel syndrome in children with infantile urinary tract infection: a 13-year nationwide cohort study

  Teck-King Tan, Miguel Saps, Cheng-Li Lin, Chang-Ching Wei

  July 25, 66 (6) 998-1003; DOI: 10.1136/jim-2017-000703
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  The impact of low-dose glucocorticoids on disease activity, bone mineral density, fragility fractures, and 10-year probability of fractures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

  Tien-Tsai Cheng, Han-Ming Lai, Shan-Fu Yu, Wen-Chan Chiu, Chung-Yuan Hsu, Jia-Feng Chen, Ying-Chou Chen

  July 25, 66 (6) 1004-1007; DOI: 10.1136/jim-2018-000723
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  Study on the influence of pregnancy-induced hypertension on neonatal birth weight

  Fangliang Lei, Danmeng Liu, Yuan Shen, Lili Zhang, Shanshan Li, Xin Liu, Guoshuai Shi, Jiamei Li, Yaling Zhao, Yijun Kang, Shaonong Dang, Hong Yan

  July 25, 66 (6) 1008-1014; DOI: 10.1136/jim-2017-000626
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  Ultrasound is more reliable than inflammatory parameters to evaluate disease activity in patients with RA receiving tocilizumab therapy

  Wen-Chan Chiu, Han-Ming Lai, Chi-Hua Ko, Jia-Feng Chen, Chung-Yuan Hsu, Ying-Chou Chen

  July 25, 66 (6) 1015-1018; DOI: 10.1136/jim-2017-000705