S. Accardo

Long term treatment of chronic Lyme arthritis with benzathine penicillin.

Cimmino, M A, Accardo, S

The cases are reported of two patients with chronic Lyme arthritis resistant to the recommended antibiotic regimens who were cured by long term treatment with benzathine penicillin. It is suggested...

Long term treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica with deflazacort.

Cimmino, M A, Moggiana, G, Montecucco, C, Caporali, R, Accardo, S

OBJECTIVES--To evaluate the long term efficacy and tolerability of deflazacort, a corticosteroid reputed to have only minor side effects, in the treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). METHODS--In...

Prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in Italy: the Chiavari study

Cimmino, M., Parisi, M., Moggiana, G., Mela, G., Accardo, S.

OBJECTIVE—To ascertain the prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in an Italian general population.
METHODS—The study was performed in the years 1991-92 in Chiavari, a small town located on...

Androgen metabolism and inhibition of interleukin-1 synthesis in primary cultured human synovial macrophages

Cutolo, M., Accardo, S., Villaggio, B., Barone, A., Sulli, A., Balleari, E., ...

The presence of androgen receptors on synovial macrophages in human normal and rheumatoid synovial tissues has been described previously. It is now reported that primary cultured human macrophages...