Intra-articular glucocorticoid treatment of the rheumatoid wrist. An ultrasonographic study.

abstract：:The effect of transcutaneous nerve stimulation (TNS) on joint pain was studied in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Three different forms of TNS were used in an attempt to evaluate the influence of placebo effects. The results were evaluated by means of loading tests and from the patients' own assessments of pain re...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Mannheimer C,Lund S,Carlsson CA

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently shown that synovial fibroblasts cultured from patients with reactive or rheumatoid arthritis exhibit increased autofluorescence when compared with controls. Morphological studies suggested that this increase was related to the anomalous structure of mitochondria in cells cultured from rheumatoid or no...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Pulkki KJ,Eerola ET,Saario RM,Toivanen A,Vuorio EI

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison of clinical, immunological and HLA-D region antigen features was made between 22 patients with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) and 118 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), scleroderma or primary Sjögren's syndrome. The MCTD patients had hypergammaglobulinemia more often than did those ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hämeenkorpi R,Ruuska P,Forsberg S,Tiilikainen R,Mäkitalo R,Hakala M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our previous study identified rs559946, a human urate transporter 1 (hURAT1) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), as being significantly associated with risk of primary hyperuricaemia (HUA) in a Han Chinese population. In the current study we aimed to identify the genetic effects of rs559946 on gout suscept...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Li C,Yu Q,Han L,Wang C,Chu N,Liu S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evidence base for treatment of systemic vasculitis is reviewed in this article. Accurate diagnosis and evaluation of disease status is crucial to the appropriate management of these cases and disease status should be employed as a means of staging so that appropriate therapy can be offered tailored to the individu...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Luqmani RA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the expression of bcl-2, p53, and caspase 3, and measure the Ki-67 proliferation index as well as DNA content and DNA fragmentation in a case of diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) of the knee with aggressive clinical behaviour. METHODS:Expression of p53, Bcl-2 and Ki-67 was investig...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Berger I,Paessler HH,Weckauf H,Ehemann V,Helmchen B

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the clinical and bacteriological features of recurrent tonsillitis between patients with and without juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS:A total of 122 participants, aged 2-18 years, were consecutively recruited into four groups: (i) JIA and recurrent tonsillitis; (ii) JIA; (iii) recurre...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Astrauskiene D,Bernotiene E,Bytautiene J,Sakalinskas V,Panaviene V,Venaliene J,Lesinskas E

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of one week's treatment with acetylsalicylic acid, ketoprofen, ketoprofen sustained-release capsules (Biovail capsules), and ketoprofen sustained-release tablets (IBP tablet) on gastrointestinal bleeding was investigated in 41 healthy male volunteers by means of a radiochromium assay. The physiological f...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Ranløv PJ,Nielsen SP,Bärenholdt O

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hemorrhage is a rare, but serious manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Herein, we report 13 cases of severe pulmonary hemorrhage in SLE. Hemoptysis was present in 11 patients. All thirteen patients had active nephritis and were in the stage of nephrotic syndrome. A majority of the patients ha...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Liu MF,Lee JH,Weng TH,Lee YY

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To describe the frequency and predisposing factors of aortic structural disease among patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA). Method: A retrospective review identified all patients with biopsy-proven GCA from 1998 to 2013 with aortic imaging. Kaplan-Meier methods were used to estimate cumula...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Koster MJ,Crowson CS,Labarca C,Warrington KJ

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Reactive arthritis (ReA) is a sterile joint inflammation triggered by a remote infection and associated with human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-B27. Its pathogenesis is unknown, but abnormal response to microbial structures or endogenous inflammatory mediators may be involved. We studied responses in leucocyte si...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Alanärä T,Aittomäki S,Kuuliala K,Kuuliala A,Siitonen S,Leirisalo-Repo M,Repo H

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is reported in whom, at the time of diagnosis, the number of lymphocytes in peripheral blood and bone marrow was normal. Lymphocytic infiltration typical of PMR was detected in renal and muscle biopsy specimens, and a liver fine-needle aspirate contained an abnormal lymphocy...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： von Knorring J,Selroos O

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the role of copper in inflammatory rheumatic diseases, serum copper, serum ceruloplasmin concentration, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and radio-copper studies were performed in 11 male patients with ankylosing spondylitis, in 12 female patients with rheumatoid arthritis and in 7 normal male subjects. The oc...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Aiginger P,Kolarz G,Willvonseder R

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult Still's disease (ASD) is a rare systemic disorder characterized by fever, arthralgia, cutaneous rash, and lymphadenopathy, with high polymorphonuclear leucocytosis and low glycosylated ferritinaemia. Kidney involvement has been reported rarely. We present a patient with ASD who developed haemolytic uraemic syndr...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Quéméneur T,Noel LH,Kyndt X,Droz D,Fleury D,Binaut R,Lemaitre V,Gobert P,Vanhille P

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ANA testing by immunofluorescence technique (F-ANA) is nowadays still performed in much the same way as 45 years ago when the test was introduced. Due to its low specificity the F-ANA test has a poor predictive value for systemic autoimmune diseases and in addition has proven difficult to standardise. In the meantime,...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Nossent H,Rekvig OP

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the prevalence of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in patients with different forms of connective tissue disease (CTD) using non-invasive procedures including high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and to evaluate the relationship between the imaging and functional status of the patients. METHO...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Afeltra A,Zennaro D,Garzia P,Gigante A,Vadacca M,Ruggiero A,Dardes N,Navajas MF,Zobel BB,Amoroso A

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:106 women and 38 men suffering from definite or classical rheumatoid arthritis underwent a pulmonary function test. The results were correlated to the duration and various clinical activity parameters of the disease. Pulmonary diffusion capacity was found to be reduced compared with the predicted values (p less than 0...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Oxholm P,Madsen EB,Manthorpe R,Rasmussen FV

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is the first report of the permeability status of nailfold capillaries in psoriatic arthritis (PA). "Traditional" nailfold capillary microscopy and intravital fluorescence videomicroscopy were carried out at the nailfold of 13 patients with PA. Twenty five healthy subjects served as controls for nailfold ca...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Grassi W,Core P,Carlino G,Cervini C

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one patients with different connective tissue diseases in either active or clinically inactive phase were studied to detect the incidence of chronic or subclinical consumption coagulopathy in these forms. Every patient received intravenously 20 mu Ci of [125I] fibrinogen and the clearance of the labeled fibrinog...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Canesi BA,Banfi F,Rossi AF,Sinigaglia L

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to test whether orosomucoid like 3 (ORMDL3) and 17q21 variants are associated with susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in a Chinese population. METHOD:A total of 753 unrelated AS patients and 1120 ethnically matched healthy controls were recruited. Seven single nucleotide...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Qiu R,Zhang H,Zhao H,Li J,Guo C,Gong Y,Liu Q

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic disorders have been described in a variety of connective tissue disorders. Although an association between allergy and primary Sjögren's syndrome has been suggested, it has not been well documented. The purpose of this study was to analyze the prevalence of several types of allergic disorders in a cohort of p...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Tishler M,Paran D,Yaron M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of rheumatoid arthritis on locomotion status were assessed in an epidemiologically representative Swedish population sample. In a steady community of 12,707 inhabitants, 82 patients were found fulfilling ARA criteria 5-8 (Rome 1961). Prevalence was 0.51% for men, 0.78 for women and 0.65 in the overall popu...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Jonsson B,Larsson SE

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the fluorescence polarization of 1.6-diphenyl-1, 3, 5-hexatriene, the membrane fluidity of lymphocytes obtained from rheumatoid arthritis patients was measured during 12 months of auranofin treatment. Significant differences in fluorescence polarization values were observed following auranofin treatment. The cor...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Beccerica E,Piergiacomi G,Curatola G,Ferretti G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients with active classical rheumatoid arthritis (ARA criteria) were studied with reference to circadian variation of immunological and clinical parameters. Complement-mediated solubilization (CMS) of immune complexes (IC) and the level of circulating IC were found to be inversely related with low CMS and incr...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Petersen I,Baatrup G,Brandslund I,Teisner B,Rasmussen GG,Svehag SE

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Infectious brain lesions (IBLs) are life-threatening in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of IBL in SLE patients and the clinical characteristics of SLE patients with IBL. METHODS:Medical charts of 15 consecutive SLE patients with IBL admi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Xu Y,Xu D,Zhang T,Leng XM,Zhang FC,Zeng XF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is relevant for the patients and is important in both clinical research and daily clinical practice. Generic and disease-specific instruments for assessment of HRQoL are reviewed. Changes in HRQoL provide important information on randomized controlled clinical trial...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kvien TK,Uhlig T

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: The aim of this study was to review the literature to identify studies reporting repair of erosions in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Method: A systematic literature search for publications on the repair of erosions was performed in PubMed and Embase, limited to human adults and published in English. Titles, abs...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Forslind K,Svensson B

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 100 adult patients with definite rheumatoid arthritis of at most 3 years' duration and with no previous penicillamine, gold or systemic corticosteroid treatment, 50 patients were treated with D-penicillamine and 50 with gold for one yar. The dose of penicillamine was 600 mg daily. Sodium aurothiomalate ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Mäkisara P,Nissilä M,Kajander A,Martio J,von Essen R,Anttila P,Mäkisara GL

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medium from cultured bovine synovial membrane when applied to articular cartilage from the same animal enhanced proteoglycan breakdown, as measured by the release of [35S]sulphate from prelabelled cartilage, principally by activating chondrocytes to secrete or activate their own enzymes. This effect persisted whether ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Jones IL,Klämfeldt A,McGuire MB

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cladribine (2-chlorodeoxyadenosine, 2-CdA) is a newer purine analog with specific toxicity to lymphocytes. As lymphocytes play a major role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we assessed the safety profile of low-dose 2-CdA in patients who were refractory to more than three disease-modifying drugs. Five patients were given...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Schirmer M,Mur E,Pfeiffer KP,Thaler J,Konwalinka G

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00