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Original research

• Relationships between chronic comorbidities and the atherosclerosis indicators ankle-brachial index and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (25 July, 2018)

  Chun-Chuan Lee, Ming-Chieh Tsai, Sung-Chen Liu, Chi-Feng Pan
• An ultrasound automated method for non-invasive assessment of carotid artery pulse wave velocity (25 July, 2018)

  Enrico Maria Zardi, Luca Di Geso, Antonella Afeltra, Domenico Maria Zardi, Chiara Giorgi, Fausto Salaffi, Marina Carotti, Marwin Gutierrez, Emilio Filippucci, Walter Grassi
• Lumbar spine bone mineral density Z-score discrepancies by dual X-ray absorptiometry do not predict vertebral fractures in children (25 July, 2018)

  Tasma Harindhanavudhi, Anna Petryk, Richard Jones, Amanda Regodón Wallin, James S Hodges, Sara Van Nortwick, Bradley S Miller, Tara L Holm, Kyriakie Sarafoglou
• Predictors of prolonged length of hospital stay for infants with bronchiolitis (25 July, 2018)

  Carlos E Rodríguez-Martínez, Monica P Sossa-Briceño, Gustavo Nino
• Development of a novel clinical staging model for cirrhosis using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (25 July, 2018)

  Mona Haj, Mary Hart, Don C Rockey
• Risks of irritable bowel syndrome in children with infantile urinary tract infection: a 13-year nationwide cohort study (25 July, 2018)

  Teck-King Tan, Miguel Saps, Cheng-Li Lin, Chang-Ching Wei
• 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 (25 July, 2018)

  Tien-Tsai Cheng, Han-Ming Lai, Shan-Fu Yu, Wen-Chan Chiu, Chung-Yuan Hsu, Jia-Feng Chen, Ying-Chou Chen
• Study on the influence of pregnancy-induced hypertension on neonatal birth weight (25 July, 2018)

  Fangliang Lei, Danmeng Liu, Yuan Shen, Lili Zhang, Shanshan Li, Xin Liu, Guoshuai Shi, Jiamei Li, Yaling Zhao, Yijun Kang, Shaonong Dang, Hong Yan
• Ultrasound is more reliable than inflammatory parameters to evaluate disease activity in patients with RA receiving tocilizumab therapy (25 July, 2018)

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