Debra A. Bergman

TL;DR: To examine the degree to which shared risk factors explain the relationship of periodontitis to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to determine the associations of PD and Porphyromonas gingivalis with pathologic and clinical features of RA.

TL;DR: The agonist [3H]cytisine proves to be an excellent marker for nicotinic cholinergic receptors with a very high affinity and very low background and there are significant variations and gradients in receptor density within specific brain regions, including subregions previously thought to be homogeneous.

TL;DR: Differences in transporter density could reflect different forms of the transporter, perhaps due to post-translational modifications, and they may provide a basis for differential pharmacological regulation of transporter function in discrete brain regions and disease states.

TL;DR: RA is associated with improved NHL-related outcomes, including a 40% reduced risk of death occurring as a result of lymph cancer or its treatment and approximately a 60% lower risk of lymphoma relapse or progression compared with non-RA controls, however, the survival advantage gained in RA from the acquisition of lymphomas with favorable prognoses is negated through an increased mortality from other comorbid conditions.

TL;DR: The aim of the current study was to determine whether allopurinol dose escalation is associated with cause‐specific mortality in patients with gout.