Marital and sexual satisfaction in patients with RA and their spouses.

abstract：:We investigated the frequency of gut inflammation and the role of gut lesion in the pathogenesis of the ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in Korean patients. Ileocolonoscopy and biopsy of the colon and terminal ileum were performed on 24 Korean patients with AS. Endoscopic lesions were observed in 7 patients (29.2%). The le...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Lee YH,Ji JD,Kim JS,Bak YT,Lee CH,Kim CH,Chae YS,Song GG

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal permeability to polyethyleneglycols (PEGs) of varying size in patients with rheumatoid arthritis has been investigated. Permeability was determined by measuring the 6-hour urinary recovery of different-sized PEGs after oral intake of PEG 400, PEG 1000, or PEG 3000. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis exc...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Tagesson C,Bengtsson A

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arthritic affection of the upper cervical spine is relatively common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Atlanto-axial subluxations are also reported to occur frequently, but it seems that neurological symptoms due to the subluxations seldom occur. We have studied 104 consecutive in-patients. In a group of 50 non-arthritics...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Haaland K,Aadland HA,Haavik TK,Vallersnes FM

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently shown that synoviocytes and extracellular matrices exhibit distinct patterns of carbohydrate expression. Their biological relevance is however not known. The purpose of the present study was to find out whether human synovial tissue would also show a specific receptor pattern for complex sugar molecul...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Zschäbitz A,Gabius HJ,Stofft E,Reichel W

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To report mortality and disability due to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) using data from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2015. METHOD:Using the results of GBD 2015, we present rates and trends in prevalence, mortality, years ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kiadaliri AA,Kristensen LE,Englund M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Progressive destruction of synovial joint cartilage and bone occurs in pathological conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) because of the overproduction of pro-inflammatory cytokines and activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB). Through the screening of NF-κB inhibitors by a luciferase reporter gen...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Liu Q,Zhao J,Tan R,Zhou H,Lin Z,Zheng M,Romas E,Xu J,Sims NA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Vascular endothelial function and common carotid artery intima-medial thickness (CCA-IMT) are well-established surrogate markers for early atherosclerotic disease, which accounts for 30-40% of excess mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Our aim was to investigate whether long-term treatment with ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Sidiropoulos PI,Siakka P,Pagonidis K,Raptopoulou A,Kritikos H,Tsetis D,Boumpas DT

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of bilateral temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis in a Chinese male patient with ankylosing spondylitis is presented. A review of the literature emphasizes the rarity of this arthro-pathology in ankylosing spondylitis. The importance in the recognition of this complication by clinical examination supplemente...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Chow TK,Ng WL,Tam CK,Kung N

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of PAF-acether (PAF), its specific degrading enzyme acetylhydrolase, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) concentrations in blood and synovial fluid (SF) from patients with active RA. The variations of the mediators were also evaluated after corticosteroid perfusions in 7 ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hilliquin P,Houbaba H,Aissa J,Benveniste J,Menkes CJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole blood cell culture has great advantage over isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cell culture, because it needs only small amounts of blood and is fast to perform. The current report focuses on the measurement of IL-6 and TNF alpha produced by peripheral blood monocytes of patients with systemic lupus erythemat...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Swaak AJ,van den Brink HG,Aarden LA

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：: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：: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：:To determine the reliability of tender point assessment by manual palpation in patients with fibromyalgia, and to investigate the sources of variance, tender point scores by manual palpation were obtained in 30 fibromyalgia patients by 2 investigators; the assessments were repeated after 1 week. Test-retest stability ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Jacobs JW,Geenen R,van der Heide A,Rasker JJ,Bijlsma JW

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize the features of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in patients who flare after a period of inactive disease, we conducted a retrospective chart review. We identified 24 records from SLE patients who had been tapered to 5 mg/day or less of prednisone for at least 3 months. No initial clinical disease ma...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Aranow C,Emy J,Barland P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to relate postural control, as measured on a quantitative test battery as standing balance on an AMTI force platform, to results of muscle function of the lower extremities, aerobic capacity, disease characteristics, attitudes revealing anxiety, and demographic variables in patients wi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Ekdahl C

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The right knee of adult rabbits was immobilized in extension for 5 weeks. The rabbits were then allowed to move freely for 8 weeks. Some rabbits were given 100 mg of ibuprofen (Brufen) daily per os during the immobilization and remobilization periods. The controls were not given any drug. The development of the thickn...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Michelsson JE

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Platelets are thought to participate in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We showed recently an in vivo increase in platelet-endothelial cell interactions in mice with antigen-induced arthritis (AiA). The underlying mechanisms are not yet clear. The aim of th...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Schmitt-Sody M,Metz P,Klose A,Gottschalk O,Zysk S,Hausdorf J,Veihelmann A,Jansson V

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the effects of peroral administration of the two non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs ibuprofen and flubiprofen on orthotopic and induced heterotopic bone. The treatment induced no effects on the mineral or hydroxyproline contents of femur compared with a control group. Nor could any generalized toxi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Törnkvist H,Nilsson OS,Bauer FC,Lindholm TS

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to investigate the possible effects of vimentin (Vim) and citrullinated Vim (cVim) on proliferation capacity, pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion, and the expression of peptidylarginine deiminase type 4 (PADI4) and receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand (RANKL) in cultured fibroblast-li...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Fan LY,He DY,Wang Q,Zong M,Zhang H,Yang L,Sun LS

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inflammatory cells in the minor salivary glands in situ in 11 patients with Sjögren's syndrome were characterized by using intracellular markers for T lymphocytes, plasma cells, mononuclear phagocytes and granulocytes. The methods used to demonstrate the markers were optimized histochemical and immunoperoxidase te...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Konttinen YT

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 9 patients with active rheumatoid arthritis we studied gastrointestinal blood loss during well tolerated therapy with the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug naproxen, 500 mg twice daily. The mean gastrointestinal blood loss, assessed with reinfused autologous 51Cr-labelled erythrocytes, was 1.4 +/- 0.6 ml/day (me...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： van den Ouweland FA,Corstens FH,van de Putte LB,Gribnau FW

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this retrospective analysis of the DMARD CPH 82 in 44 Icelandic patients with severe refractory arthritis, clinical tolerance was good and serious side effects absent, although the majority were using the drug in combination with other DMARDS. Side effects leading to discontinuation were seen in 16% and the three y...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Gudmundsdóttir ES,Jónsson H

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:Ultrasound detects effusion and synovial proliferation caused by synovitis. The study was undertaken to evaluate the signs of synovitis in patients with primary Sjögren's Syndrome (SS). Joint effusion was detected and synovial thickness was measured in the suprapatellar synovial bursa. Results have been compared with ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Iagnocco A,Coari G,Palombi G,Valesini G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) frequently causes temporomandibular joint (TMJ) inflammation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of orofacial pain and temporomandibular dysfunction in patients with JIA and controls. METHODS. Forty-one patients with JIA and 41 age- and sex-matched healthy ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Leksell E,Ernberg M,Magnusson B,Hedenberg-Magnusson B

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:Radiological examinations of the temporomandibular joints are not so often performed in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, greater abnormalities of the mandibular head and neck may be evaluated at cervical radiography. With a new method, where the perpendicular distance from the palato-occipital line to...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Redlund-Johnell I

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In 2010, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) proposed new criteria for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia (FM) in the context of objections to components of the criteria of 1990. The new criteria consider the Widespread Pain Index (WPI) and the Symptom Severity Score (SSS). This study evaluated the implica...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Egloff N,von Känel R,Müller V,Egle UT,Kokinogenis G,Lederbogen S,Durrer B,Stauber S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00