Abstract：
:Conventional radiography, ultrasonography (US), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography, and scintigraphy are imaging techniques in use for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Conventional radiography of the hands and the forefeet should be performed every 6 to 12 months in the first two years, and every 12 to 24 months after two years, in search of erosions. If radiography fails to detect erosions, radiography using a second plane should be done. US or MRI may be used to detect earlier erosions if therapeutic consequences exist. In severe RA, radiography of the cervical spine in the neutral position and with inclination should be performed every 3 to 4 years. MRI should be done, if the distance between atlas and dens is >4 mm. Scintigraphy is indicated if arthralgia occurs in many joints. US may detect or exclude inflammatory changes if arthralgia occurs in a few joints. Single symptomatic joints may be assessed by US to differentiate pathologies. Radiography aids in establishing a differential diagnosis, e. g., to detect osteoarthritis. MRI is indicated if the radiography or US is equivocal. It is indicated to diagnose osteonecrosis or meniscal lesions. Arthrocenthesis may be done without imaging or under radiographic or sonographic guidance.
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Z Rheumatoljournal_title
Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologieauthors
Kellner H,Schmidt W,Rau Rdoi
10.1007/s00393-005-0720-xkeywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
2005-11-01 00:00:00pages
553-6issue
8eissn
0340-1855issn
1435-1250journal_volume
64pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are associated with increased mortality, largely as a consequence of cardiovascular (CV) disease. Studies found relative risk ratios of 2 for myocardial infarction in RA and up to 7 for myocardial infarction in SLE patients.Beyond the traditional CV risk...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-009-0585-5
更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:ECG from 200 patients with radiologically and clinically definite rheumatoid arthritis were compared with those from a healthy group with the same age and sex distribution. The frequency of pathological changes of the ECG was found to be the same in both groups. Therefore doubt remains whether the pathological changes...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in Germany is a rare, genetically linked disease of childhood and adolescence, which is characterized by recurrent febrile episodes and clinical signs of peritonitis, pleuritis and arthritis. Treatment with colchicine is effective and well-tolerated in the majority of patie...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-018-0588-1
更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Drug treatment in the polymorbid elderly should focus on the more important symptoms. Pharmacokinetic differences should be considered, e.g. a reduced volume of distribution and decreased liver and renal function. Special alterations in the pharmacodynamics with respect to the central nervous system and other organs a...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In general, the risk of serious infections increases with age, mainly explained by immunosenescence and accumulation of comorbidities. Those patients with rheumatoid arthritis who are of advanced age and require treatment with immunosuppressive agents are at particular risk to develop an infectious disease. Actual req...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-013-1243-5
更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:D-penicillamine treatment of 50 patients with rheumatoid arthritis with negative ANF tests, was followed by means of protein disk electrophoresis of the urine. In the beginning the urine proteins were analysed every 4 weeks, later at intervals of 3 to 6 months. A glomerular proteinuria, caused by an immune-complex nep...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-011-0842-2
更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-014-1556-z
更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The "German Society of Rheumatology" was founded in Bad Neuenahr in the Federal Republic of Germany In 1947. The society perceived itself as the successor to the "German Society for the Abatement of Rheumatism". The primary aim of the society was close cooperation with other German-speaking rheumatological societies i...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 历史文章,杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-010-0674-5
更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Taking part in physical education is an important element of social participation for children with chronic diseases. Nevertheless, children suffering from rheumatism mostly receive recommendations to stop sport activities either completely or partially, without underlying scientific guidelines. OBJECTIVE:T...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-018-0518-2
更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s003930170011
更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s003930050048
更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Sulfasalazine was used as second line agent in 15 children with different forms of rheumatoid arthritis. In 9 cases amelioration could be achieved with respect to clinical symptoms as well as laboratory parameters. Thus, sulfasalazine can be recommended as basic medication also in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. ...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The neonatal lupus erythematosus syndrome, first described by McCuistion and Schoch in 1954, is associated with characteristic skin lesions and congenital heart block in the new-born, and the presence of Ro-(SSA), La-(SSB), or RNP antibodies in mothers and infants. A transplacental transference of maternal autoantibod...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:NSAIDs, including acetylsalicylic acid, are frequently classified as peripherally-acting analgesics. This is based on the fact that these substances, among other effects, inhibit the biosynthesis of prostaglandines. A few solid arguments, however, stand against an exclusively peripheral mode of the analgesic action of...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:After approval of TNF and interleukin-1 inhibiting agents for treatment of refractory rheumathoid arthritis, new agents inhibiting interleukin-6 and costimulatory pathways are entering clinical phase I and II trials. Blockade of costimulation by using a CTLA4 immunoglobulin fusion protein (CTLA4Ig), which inhibits the...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-003-0547-2
更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Reactive arthritis is an inflammatory joint disease induced by a preceding, sometimes asymptomatic bacterial infection outside the joints. With an estimated prevalence of 40/100,000 inhabitants, the disease primarily affects adults between the ages of 20 and 40 years. The clinical presentation is typically characteriz...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-013-1281-z
更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) tend to be less physically active. Physical activity has been shown to have a positive impact on disease activity and quality of life and is recommended by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) as an integral component of standard treatment. OBJECTIVE:A cross...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-020-00830-2
更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The antidesoxyribonuclease B reaction shows in persons of all classes of age examined a similar distribution of titres as the antistreptolysin reaction. The anti DNase B titres however are mostly lower than the titres of the antistreptolysin reaction, except in the group of children, 6 to 17 years of age, suffering fr...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:For a long time, most of the infectious diseases seemed to have become under control. In particular, vaccinations have contributed to this development. In recent years newly occurring bacterial infections caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens and viral infections, such as the chikungunya virus, influenza epidemics a...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-020-00875-3
更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Health services research in rheumatology investigates the healthcare needs, the quality of care and trends in healthcare for patients with musculoskeletal disorders. Using rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as an example, key results of health services research during the last 25 years are summarized. There are currently appro...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-013-1258-y
更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Within the group of inflammatory rheumatic diseases, spondyloarthropathy is the most common diagnosis after rheumatoid arthritis. Its prevalence was long underestimated. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and undifferentiated spondyloathropathy (uSpA) are the most common subgroups in western countries. There are still diffic...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s003930200004
更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by heterogeneous clinical symptoms. Peripheral skin fibrosis can be a common symptom. Nevertheless, a variety of diseases with different etiologies are associated with a thickening of the skin and make the initial diagnosis of systemic sclerosis more difficult. OBJE...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-018-0538-y
更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The influence of the oxicams, a special group of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, to the sister chromatid exchange (SCE) was determined on human lymphocytes in vitro and in vivo. The analysis of SCE is a sensitive parameter indicating chromosomal damage. The cytogenetic examinations of Lornoxicam, Tenoxicam, and...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In recent years, new findings in immunology have been successfully converted to therapeutic principles, in particular for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondylarthritides. The introduction of cytokine blockers in RA using tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and interleukin (IL)-1 inhibitors presented the first original ...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-009-0436-4
更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00
