Effectiveness of exercise in management of fibromyalgia.

abstract：:Raloxifene, a selective estrogen receptor modulator, is currently used for both prevention and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Recent data from the MORE (Multiple Outcomes of Raloxifene Evaluation) trial have evaluated health-related quality of life, 1-year clinical vertebral fracture reduction, and the corr...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Gluck O,Maricic M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing evidence that distinct molecular and cellular interactions in the rheumatoid synovium result in a complex cascade of pathophysiologic events. These interactions finally lead to progressive joint destruction, in a way that is different from all other joint diseases. Keystones are inflammation, prolifer...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Müller-Ladner U

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The objective of this review is to provide an update on exercise and clinical assessment in the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. RECENT FINDINGS:Polymyositis, dermatomyositis and inclusion body myositis are rare conditions with muscle weakness as a common prominent feature. Earlier, these patients...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Alexanderson H,Lundberg IE

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Evidence accumulated since 2010 indicates that human osteoarthritis should now be reclassified as a systemic musculoskeletal disease rather than a focal disorder of synovial joints. RECENT FINDINGS:Inflammation was seen as the key component promoting synovitis as well as progression of cartilage and ...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Malemud CJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neoplasia in an important cause of rheumatic disease. The mechanisms are either direct infiltration of the bone and joint, or indirect infiltration with manifestations distant from the site of neoplastic involvement. Many of the reports reviewed in this article center on direct associations. In particular, there is a ...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Schwarzer AC,Schrieber L

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review aims to describe the spectrum of clinical, histological, and serological features in patients with immune-mediated necrotizing myopathies (IMNMs). RECENT FINDINGS:Autoantibodies recognizing the signal recognition particle (SRP) or 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMGCR) define tw...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Pinal-Fernandez I,Mammen AL

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reviews articles published in 2000 and 2001 about occupational physical activities as risk factors for osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee and hip. Six studies were identified in MEDLINE and EMBASE; five case-control studies and one cross-sectional study. Criteria for OA were: (on the waiting list for) joint re...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Schouten JS,de Bie RA,Swaen G

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Refinement of criteria for classifying childhood rheumatic diseases has contributed to earlier, more complete, and more precise diagnosis of children with spondyloarthropathies. Recent additions to the literature have contributed new international perspectives relating to the prevalence of juvenile spondyloarthropathi...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Rosenberg AM

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To highlight recent evidence regarding the contribution of traditional and nontraditional [e.g. inflammatory markers, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) features] risk factors toward the excess cardiovascular risk in RA. RECENT FINDINGS:The impact of traditional risk factors on the development of cardiovascul...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Gabriel SE,Crowson CS

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:It is well recognized that the complement system plays multiple roles in systemic lupus erythematosus. Activation of the classical pathway by immune complexes leads to the generation of inflammatory mediators, thus promoting tissue injury. Complement activation also plays an important role in the main...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Karp DR

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of evidence is shedding light on how vascular injury, tissue mononuclear cell infiltrates, and fibrogenesis are related in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis. Recent evidence points to a role for adhesion molecules in the binding of mononuclear leukocytes to endothelium and transvascular migration o...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Postlethwaite AE

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) is a distinct clinical entity with characteristic clinical and radiographic features; however, a multitude of other metabolic, infectious and inflammatory disorders mimic it both clinically and radiographically. RECENT FINDINGS:We present in this review article recent ...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Merjanah S,Igoe A,Magrey M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review will explore two new aspects of the involvement of viruses in multiple sclerosis pathogenesis. The first aspect is the complex interactions between viruses. The second aspect is the proposal of a mechanism by which autoreactive T cells are able to escape thymic selection and potentially re...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Cusick MF,Libbey JE,Fujinami RS

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:In contrast to the disease remission enjoyed by a majority of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients during pregnancy, the immediate postpartum period is generally characterized by flare. Managing symptoms during this time is challenging because the potential transfer of medication into the breast milk of...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Sammaritano LR,Bermas BL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial infections can clinically mimic a primary vasculitic syndrome and can directly cause a vasculitis that may respond to prompt recognition and treatment of the infection. Increasing direct and indirect evidence is establishing links between certain infections and vasculopathies, including aortitis, atheroscler...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Mandell BF,Calabrese LH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet's disease and Takayasu's disease in children are uncommon and may have an insidious course leading to a delayed diagnosis. Both diseases usually occur in late childhood, although disease onset in the first year of life has been reported. Compared with adults, Behçet's disease in children appears to be character...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Martini A

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To help clinicians to distinguish between myositis (and other immune-mediated and immunosuppressant-responsive disorders) and its many clinical mimics. RECENT FINDINGS:Increasing experience has shown that findings from conventional investigations, such as muscle biopsy, can be misleading. More specia...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Hilton-Jones D

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this study is to review the evidence and recent developments leading to novel therapeutics in scleroderma. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent advances have been made in understanding the key pathogenetic aspects of scleroderma, and these have led to potential targeted therapeutic agents for the ma...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Ong VH,Denton CP

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant advances were made this year in the understanding of serum amyloid A isotypes and in the definition of different amyloid light-chain proteins. Increasing numbers of hereditary amyloid-related transthyretin mutations have been reported (more than 30 to date). Two new hereditary amyloid proteins in several d...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Cohen AS

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:An increased expression of type I interferon (IFN) regulated genes (an IFN signature) has been reported in blood and tissue cells from patients with SLE and other autoimmune diseases. We review the possible mechanisms behind the IFN signature as well as clinical and therapeutic consequences of this ob...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Rönnblom L,Eloranta ML

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome, which is associated with the ingestion of L-tryptophan that contained products, occurred as an epidemic in the United States in 1989. Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome is similar in many ways to the toxic-oil syndrome, which occurred in Spain in 1981, and to diffuse fasciitis with eosino...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Silver RM

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the opportunity for long-term follow-up, it has been appreciated that disease severity may vary considerably in patients with Wegener's granulomatosis, polyarteritis nodosa, microscopic polyangiitis, and Churg-Strauss syndrome. Although combined therapy with cyclophosphamide and glucocorticoids continues to be th...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Langford CA,Sneller MC

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) or Forestier's disease is a common disorder among older adults. The diagnosis is based solely on radiographic abnormalities defined using the Resnick criteria. DISH is characterized by ossification of the anterior longitudinal ligament of the spine and v...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Sarzi-Puttini P,Atzeni F

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To examine recent developments relating to cardiac involvement in the adult idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) and those inherited muscle diseases which may present in adulthood and mimic IIM. RECENT FINDINGS:Cardiac involvement is a common feature of IIM and inherited muscle diseases. Frequenc...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Lilleker JB,Roberts M,Diederichsen L

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet's disease is a systemic inflammatory disorder capable of inducing thrombophlebitis. Clinicopathologically, it is characterized by neutrophil and platelet hyperfunction. Lesions are formed presumably because neutrophils infiltrating the affected tissue release active oxygen and lysosomal enzymes in large amounts...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Hashimoto T,Takeuchi A

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial lung disease frequently complicates rheumatic disorders, especially polymyositis-dermatomyositis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic sclerosis, and mixed connective tissue disease. In this article, we review the current data supporting the use of azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, chlorambucil, cyclosporine, and...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： McCune WJ,Vallance DK,Lynch JP 3rd

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multiorgan autoimmune disease characterized by IgG-autoantibodies to nuclear antigens that can deposit in the kidney and trigger lupus nephritis. Neutrophils accumulate in the kidneys of patients with proliferative LUPUS NEPHRITIS and neutrophil products and a s...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Nishi H,Mayadas TN

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Myositis, or idiopathic inflammatory myopathy, is an overarching concept that includes dermatomyositis, polymyositis, immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy and the antisynthetase syndrome. Glucocorticoids are still considered the mainstay of treatment of myositis but some patients require add-on immuno...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Pipitone N,Salvarani C

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Connective tissue diseases (CTDs) frequently present with one or only a few symptoms, which does not allow prompt diagnosis. Raynaud's phenomenon is one of those symptoms. However, only a minority of patients who present with Raynaud's phenomenon develop a CTD. Prognostic factors for the future development of CTD in s...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Kallenberg CG

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Despite its critical roles in body movement, structure, and metabolism, skeletal muscle remains underappreciated in the context of rheumatoid arthritis. In rheumatoid arthritis, chronic inflammation, physical inactivity, and medication toxicities impair skeletal muscle. These skeletal muscle alteratio...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Andonian BJ,Huffman KM

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00