Tenosynovitis due to Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare: case report and a review of the literature.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The IL-23/IL-17 axis is central to the pathogenesis of psoriatic arthritis (PsA). We aimed to identify Th17 signalling genes that are dysregulated in synovial fluid of PsA compared to osteoarthritis (OA) patients and to determine if differences in peripheral blood can distinguish PsA from psoriasis patients ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Abji F,Pollock RA,Liang K,Chandran V,Gladman DD

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Despite the important role of the transcription factor HIF-1alpha in angiogenesis and inflammation, only a few studies on HIF-1alpha expression have been performed in RA patients. The aim of the present study was to identify the layer in synovial tissue of RA patients where HIF1a is expressed and to find out...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Brouwer E,Gouw AS,Posthumus MD,van Leeuwen MA,Boerboom AL,Bijzet J,Bos R,Limburg PC,Kallenberg CG,Westra J

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Low-dose whole-body irradiation is known to have anti-inflammatory effects. The objectives of this study were to verify that cytokine augmentation is induced by irradiation in vivo, and to assess the effectiveness of radiation in treating Behçet's disease (BD). METHODS:Whole-body and half-body irradiation wi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Kang S,Lee ES,Choi B,Lim HC,Chun M,Lee S,Sohn S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients with clinically evident autoimmune disease are at increased risk for premature cardiovascular disease (CVD). Markers of serological autoimmunity such as anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) are found in approximately 25% of the general population. Yet, the vast majority will not develop clinical autoimmune...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Solow EB,Vongpatanasin W,Skaug B,Karp DR,Ayers C,de Lemos JA

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects of rhein on the expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-1, -3, 13) and ADAMTs 4, 5 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin type-I repeat)/aggrecanases-1, -2 in interleukin-1-stimulated bovine articular chondrocytes, and to investigate the signalling pathways invo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Legendre F,Bogdanowicz P,Martin G,Domagala F,Leclercq S,Pujol JP,Ficheux H

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate basal serum prolactin (PRL) levels in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients with different degrees of skin involvement, and investigate its relationship with some of the clinical and serological parameters of the disease. METHODS:Basal serum PRL was measured in 44 SSc patients (38 F, 6 M) using a ra...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： La Montagna G,Meli R,Criscuolo T,D'Angelo S,Valentini G

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of hepatitis B virus infection and vasculitis or other immune-mediated manifestations is well documented. Reports on such manifestations in relation to hepatitis B vaccination are scarce, however. We report 2 patients who developed polyarteritis nodosa following vaccination against hepatitis B. In one ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： De Keyser F,Naeyaert JM,Hindryckx P,Elewaut D,Verplancke P,Peene I,Praet M,Veys E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of the main endogenous inhibitors of granulocyte proteases (anti-leukoprotease, alpha 1-antitrypsin, alpha 1-antichymotrypsin, and alpha 2-macroglobulin) were estimated in paired samples of synovial fluid and serum/plasma from seropositive rheumatoid arthritics and controls. Rheumatoid synovial flui...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Ekerot L,Sjöblom KG,Ohlsson K,Wollheim FA

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is general agreement that the hepatitis C virus is efficiently transmitted parenterally, while data on viral transmission from mothers to babies or by sexual or non-sexual household contact are conflicting. In Italy, hepatitis C accounts for approximately 20% of all cases of acute viral hepatitis. It is more fre...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Tanzi E,Romano L,Zanetti AR

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary central nervous system vasculitis (PCNSV) is an uncommon condition that affects the brain and the spinal cord. It is heterogeneous in presenting characteristics and outcomes. We report a patient with a catastrophic rapidly progressive course refractory to intensive treatment with pulses of methylprednisolone a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Salvarani C,Brown RD Jr,Morris JM,Huston J 3rd,Hunder GG

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A non-invasive imaging technique (laser Doppler perfusion imaging-LDI) based on measurement of backscattered Doppler-broadened near infra-red laser radiation was used to provide two-dimensional images of perfusion over the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints of a group of normal subjects compared to a group...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Ferrell WR,Sturrock RD,Mallik AK,Abbot NC,Lockhart JC,Edmondson WD

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine prognostic factors for the Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI) progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in clinical practice. METHODS:We evaluated 388 biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (bDMARD)-naïve Japanese patients with RA with moderate to h...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Sumiyoshi R,Hidaka T,Koga T,Okada A,Fukuda T,Ishii T,Ueki Y,Kodera T,Nakashima M,Takahashi Y,Honda S,Horai Y,Watanabe R,Okuno H,Aramaki T,Izumiyama T,Takai O,Miyashita T,Kawashiri SY,Iwamoto N,Ichinose K,Tamai M

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of iloprost, a derivative of prostacyclin, as a possible disease-modifying agent for systemic sclerosis (SSc). METHODS:Fifty-six consecutive SSc patients treated for a median period of 4 years with cyclic infusions of iloprost for severe Raynaud's phenomenon and ischemic ulcers were comp...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Airò P,Rossi M,Scarsi M,Danieli E,Grottolo A,Zambruni A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the effectiveness and safety of tocilizumab (TCZ), an interleukin-6 receptor inhibitor, in a cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) recruited in clinical practice. METHODS:TRUST was an observational study in RA patients who started treatment with TCZ in the 6 months prior to site acti...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Caporali R,Idolazzi L,Bombardieri S,Ferraccioli G,Gerli R,Govoni M,Matucci Cerinic M,Pomponio G,Salaffi F,Tirri R,Benaglio F,Bianchino L,Sarzi-Puttini P,TRUST study investigators.

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine how well a spot urine sample of patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can predict 24-hour urinary pyridinoline and deoxypyridinoline excretion. METHODS:Urine samples of 11 hospitalized RA patients taken on 2 consecutive days at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. were compared with samples from 24-hour c...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Verhoeven AC,Boers M,te Koppele JM,van der Laan WH,de Roos J,van der Linden S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alteration of the distribution pattern and composition of glycosaminoglycans (GAG) and proteoglycans may play an important role in the development of autoimmune diseases. Recent experiments indicate that anti-DNA antibodies cross-reacting with hyaluronic acid, heparan sulphate and chondroitin sulphate are present in p...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Hansen C,Otto E,Kuhlemann K,Förster G,Kahaly GJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The epidemiology of giant cell arteritis (GCA) may indicate a pathogenetic relationship between GCA and female sex hormone metabolism; GCA is two to four times more common in women compared with men. Our previous analyses gave no support for the hypothesis that the pathogenesis of GCA should be related to som...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Larsson K,Nordborg C,Moslemi AR,Nordborg E

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterise the effects of rituximab on synovial tissue of patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Arthroscopic biopsy of knee joint synovium was performed on 6 patients with seropositive RA prior to commencing rituximab. Four patients underwent repeat biopsy eight weeks following com...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Walsh CA,Fearon U,FitzGerald O,Veale DJ,Bresnihan B

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiperinuclear factor (APF) test is as sensitive and specific for rheumatoid arthritis as the classical rheumatoid factor tests. Five European laboratories decided to perform a consensus study on the interlaboratory variability of the APF test. They used different donor cells, different conjugates and different c...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Feltkamp TE,Berthelot JM,Boerbooms AM,Geertzen HG,Hoet R,De Keyser F,van Venrooij WJ,Verbruggen G,Veys EM,Youinou P

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Autoimmune thyroiditis (ATD) has been linked to various forms of arthritis. The relationship with spinal degenerative disc disease (DDD) is not known. We studied the association between ATD and spinal DDD. METHODS:We performed a cross-sectional analysis of patients who had data on both anti-thyroid peroxida...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Shrestha A,Cohen HW,Tagoe CE

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To establish the weight of the subjective components of the Disease Activity index for Psoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA) in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients and comorbid fibromyalgia syndrome (FM). METHODS:In PsA patients not fulfilling the DAPSA remission, it has been calculated the DAPSA-patient (DAPSA-P), an...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Di Carlo M,Tardella M,Di Matteo A,Beci G,De Angelis R,Salaffi F

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the efficacy and safety of low-dose etanercept treatment after clinical remission of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in the real world. METHODS:Data on 134 AS patients who were treated with etanercept for more than 12 months and achieved clinical remission (BASDAI<4 and CRP<0.5 mg/dL) were extrac...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Park JW,Yoon YI,Lee JH,Park JK,Lee EB,Song YW,Lee EY

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Remission is now the accepted goal of management in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This article highlights the controversies surrounding the definition of remission and reviews the potential of current treatment options to achieve remission. Defining "true" remission can be difficult based on current criteria, which do no...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Saleem B,Nizam S,Emery P

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:US and MRI play a significant role in the diagnosis of rheumatic diseases and in monitoring treatment response. This systematic review summarises and evaluates available evidence on the value of low-field MRI compared to US in rheumatic diseases. METHODS:A computerised literature search was conducted by a s...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Aleo E,Barbieri F,Sconfienza L,Zampogna G,Garlaschi G,Cimmino MA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Defining predictors of damage would improve patient care. We applied damage indexes to patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and identified the predictors of damage. METHODS:This is a cross-sectional analysis of 926 FMF patients, who fulfilled the Tel-Hashomer criteria and had at least six months...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Babaoglu H,Armagan B,Bodakci E,Satis H,Atas N,Sari A,Yasar Bilge NS,Bilici Salman R,Yardimci GK,Avanoglu Guler A,Karadeniz H,Kilic L,Ozturk MA,Goker B,Haznedaroglu S,Kalyoncu U,Kasifoglu T,Tufan A

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peak incidences of giant cell arteritis (GCA) following human Parvovirus epidemics were found in 2 previous epidemiological studies. The incidence of GCA [temporal arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica (TA + PMR)] was studied before and after a major epidemic of human Parvovirus in 1994. Clinical data from the National...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Elling H,Olsson AT,Elling P

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early arthritis is challenging because the clinical picture often does not allow a distinction between rheumatoid arthritis (RA), self-limiting disease, and other forms of inflammatory arthritis. In Germany the first early synovitis clinic and several inception cohorts of patients with early RA were initiated and eval...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Zeidler H,Merkesdal S,Hülsemann JL

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the results of the cross-cultural adaptation and validation into the Austrian language of the parentís version of two health related quality of life instruments. The Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) is a disease specific health instrument that measures functional ability in daily livin...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Huemer C,Ruperto N,Huemer M,Sailer-Hoeck M,Kaulfersch W,Schwarz R,Rettenbacher A,Kenzian H,Artacker G,Pilz I,Bernecker M,Huppertz HI,Landgraf JM,Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation.

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In this study, we used hypercholesterolaemic apolipoprotein E-deficient (Apoe-/-) mice to investigate LDL/oxLDL effect on synovial inflammation and cartilage destruction during antigen-induced arthritis (AIA). Further, as macrophage FcγRs are crucial to immune complex-mediated AIA, we investigated in vitro t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Ascone G,Di Ceglie I,van den Bosch MHJ,Kruisbergen NNL,Walgreen B,Sloetjes AW,Lindhout E,Joosten LAB,van de Loo FAJ,Koenders MI,van der Kraan PM,Blom AB,van Lent PLEM

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study aimed to investigate the interactions among salivary S. mutans colonisation, serum mannose binding lectin level (MBL), oral ulcer activity and disease course in patients with Behçet's disease (BD). METHODS:One hundred and six BD patients, 25 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 42 he...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Mumcu G,Inanc N,Aydin SZ,Ergun T,Direskeneli H

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00