The frequency of Leu 1+B cells in autoantibody positive and negative autoimmune diseases and in neonatal cord blood.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the incidence and clinical features in patients with cytomegalovirus (CMV)-positive antigenemia during high dose corticosteroid therapy for collagen vascular diseases, and risk factors associated with it. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We examined retrospectively 35 consecutive patients for the presence...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Yamashita M,Ishii T,Iwama N,Takahashi H

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to assess the prevalence of interatrial electromechanical dyssynchrony in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients, and to study the correlation between interatrial delay and standard follow-up parameters. METHODS:Forty consecutive patients with SSc were studied. Classical echocardiographic measurements w...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Eicher JC,Berthier S,Aho LS,Lorcerie B,Bonnotte B,Laurent G

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the ex vivo therapeutic efficacy of diacerein and its active metabolite, rhein, on osteoarthritic (OA) cartilage chondrocyte DNA fragmentation and death in the experimental canine model of OA. The study also aimed to explore the effect of the drug on the lev...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Pelletier JP,Mineau F,Boileau C,Martel-Pelletier J

更新日期：2003-03-01 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：:Pericarditis has several different causes, however, in about 70% of paediatric patients, a specific aetiology cannot be detected and the pericarditis is considered idiopathic. Recurrences may occur in up to 15-30% of cases. The pathogenesis of recurrent disease is controversial. Infectious, autoimmune and autoinflamma...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Gaspari S,Marsili M,Imazio M,Brucato A,Di Blasi Lo Cuccio C,Chiarelli F,Breda L

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyse the correlation between the number of joint-contractures and other major clinical findings in a follow-up study of 131 patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). METHODS:The range of motion of joints (ROM), HAQ-DI, and the major clinical characteristics were assessed. RESULTS:A high frequency of co...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Bálint Z,Farkas H,Farkas N,Minier T,Kumánovics G,Horváth K,Solyom AI,Czirják L,Varjú C

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex Regional Pain syndrome type I (CRPS-I) is a disease characterised by extreme pain for which no gold-standard treatment exists to date. In recent years a possible role for bisphosphonates in the treatment of CRPS-I has been proposed. These drugs were first used for their effect in decreasing pain in bone diseas...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Varenna M,Adami S,Sinigaglia L

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune thyroid disease is common in patients with either systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or Sjögren's syndrome (SS); however, whether the risk is greater than in well matched controls is not clear. Antinuclear antibodies are found in the sera of patients with autoimmune thyroid disease, but there is no evidence...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Scofield RH

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the educational needs of people with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), test differences across patient subgroups and identify factors independently associated with their educational needs. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional analytic study. Patients with AS and PsA complete...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Marques ML,Ferreira RJO,Machado PM,Marques A,da Silva JAP,Ndosi M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two cases, a 28-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man, with mouth and genital ulcers with inflamed cartilage (chondritis of the nose and ears) (MAGIC syndrome). The conditions of both patients were resolved by treatment with corticosteroid and colchicine. We also review the English literature related to thi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Nanke Y,Kamatani N,Kobashigawa T,Yago T,Furuya T,Kotake S

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the composition and expression of sialic acid in the labial salivary glands (LSG) in Sjögren's syndrome (SS). METHODS:LSG of 19 patients with primary SS (n = 11) or secondary SS (n = 8) were studied. Specimens from 7 healthy women served as controls. Computer-assisted microscopy was employed t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Penaloza A,Decaestecker C,Ribaï P,Nagy N,Salmon I,Appelboom T,Danguy A,Kiss R,Steinfeld S

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) constitute a subgroup of life-threatening diseases which affects the kidney in more than half of the patients at diagnosis. Currently, little has been published focusing on AAV patients with dialysis. We analysed AAV patients with chronic...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Chen YX,Zhang W,Chen XN,Ni LY,Shen PY,Wang WM,Chen N

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune multi-organ disease with an unpredictable course. SLE causes functional disability, changes in body appearance, and psychological distress. When faced with SLE, patients have to implement coping strategies. Therefore, the aim of this study was to des...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Farhat MM,Morell-Dubois S,Le Gouellec N,Launay D,Maillard H,Balquet MH,Azar R,Quemeneur T,Boldron A,Bataille P,Lambert M,Lanteri A,Buchdahl AL,Sobanski V,Hatron PY,Hachulla E,Clerson P,ESSTIM Investigators group.

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:An impaired availability of nitric oxide (NO), related to polymorphisms in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene, may influence the microvasculature in systemic Sclerosis (SSc). Three potential eNOS gene polymorphisms [tandem 27-bp repeats (VNTR) in intron 4, T786C in promoter region and G894T in exo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Sinici I,Kalyoncu U,Karahan S,Kiraz S,Atalar E

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of malignancy with scleroderma is very rare in childhood. A 13-year-old girl was diagnosed as having thymic carcinoma and received systemic chemotherapy. She presented with symptoms of Raynaud's phenomenon 9 months after the cessation of chemotherapy. She also had difficulty in swallowing. Based on the...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Emir S,Kutluk T,Topaloğlu R,Bakkaloğlu A,Büyükpamukçu M

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：:Twenty-three per cent of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients show an increase of serum IgA concentrations. To determine the role of mucous-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) in the elevation of serum IgA in RA, we studied the serum secretory-IgA (s-IgA) in 63 RA patients and in 30 healthy controls. We also analysed the ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Jorgensen C,Bologna C,Gutierrez M,Anaya JM,Reme T,Sany J

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy and safety of intraarticular glucocorticoid injection to its systemic use for treatment of knee synovitis in rheumatoid patients. METHODS:A randomized double-blind controlled study was conducted including 60 patients with RA. Patients were randomized to receive either a single intraar...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Konai MS,Vilar Furtado RN,Dos Santos MF,Natour J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe or determine reference values for the intracapsular cavity and its joint recess of the hip, knee and joints of the hand and for the tendon sheaths of fingers, examined with B-mode gray-scale ultrasonography (US) and power Doppler (PD) in healthy children. METHODS:Sixty healthy children (31 boys a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Collado P,Naredo E,Calvo C,Crespo M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a patient (BAR) affected by chronic active hepatitis we isolated a cryoglobulin constituted of polyclonal IgM (k and lambda) and a monoclonal IgG3 lambda. The IgM represented the antibody of the cryoglobulin complex. This type of cryoglobulin, where the monoclonal component is the antigen and not the antibody, cann...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Bellotti V,Zorzoli I,Bossi A,Rancati E,Salvadeo A,Merlini G

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of secondary patient data, particularly represented by claims data, has increased in recent years. The strength of this approach involves easy access to data that have been generated for administrative purposes. By contrast, collection of primary data for research is time-consuming and may therefore appear o...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Richter A,Meißner Y,Strangfeld A,Zink A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric research has been limited regarding the neuropsychologic status in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) despite frequent involvement of the central nervous system early in the disease process. SLE is a multisystem autoimmune disorder which often presents with significant neuropsychiatric manifestations includi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Papero PH,Bluestein HG,White P,Lipnick RN

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyse clinical severity/activity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) according to smoking status. METHODS:The QUEST-RA multinational database reviews patients for Core Data Set measures including 28 swollen and tender joint count, physician global estimate, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), HAQ-function, ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Naranjo A,Toloza S,Guimaraes da Silveira I,Lazovskis J,Hetland ML,Hamoud H,Peets T,Mäkinen H,Gossec L,Herborn G,Skopouli FN,Rojkovich B,Aggarwal A,Minnock P,Cazzato M,Yamanaka H,Oyoo O,Rexhepi S,Andersone D,Baranaus

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac conducting tissue antibodies (CCTA) were detected, using indirect immunofluorescence, in 8 (25%) out of 32 sera from patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) and in 39 (35%) out of 110 with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Conduction abnormalities, namely right bundle branch block, were present in 19 (59%)...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Volta U,Villecco AS,Bianchi FB,Varotti C,Cassani F,Lenzi M,Veronesi S,Tosti A,Pisi E

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was intended to verify the likelihood of homing of intra-articularily injected mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and its involvement in the healing process of experimentally induced, acute and chronic, partial chondral defects in dogs. METHODS:Partial thickness chondral defects were created on the la...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Mokbel A,El-Tookhy O,Shamaa AA,Sabry D,Rashed L,Mostafa A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify biomarkers for disease activity in IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) and primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). METHODS:Forty-three consecutive treatment-naïve patients with IgG4-RD, 62 patients with pSS, and 5 patients with sicca syndrome were enrolled. IgG4-RD and pSS disease activity was assessed bas...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Akiyama M,Sasaki T,Kaneko Y,Yasuoka H,Suzuki K,Yamaoka K,Takeuchi T

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:IL-8 is thought to be the principal chemokine responsible for neutrophil activation and tissue infiltration in patients with Behçet's disease (BD). In various studies serum levels of IL-8 were reported to be increased. METHODS:IL-8 mRNA was purified from both peripheral whole blood samples and separated lymp...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Mantas C,Direskeneli H,Oz D,Yavuz S,Akoglu T

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to have an overview of the current approach to psoriatic arthritis (PsA) by a group of Italian rheumatologists. METHODS:Rheumatologists from all around Italy were asked to participate in a survey to give their opinion on a number of statements made by a panel of rheumatologists...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Marchesoni A,Lubrano E,Manara M,Ramonda R,Salvarani C,Olivieri I

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the rate and baseline prognostic factors of disability measured by the modified HAQ (MHAQ), in a series of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) after two years of therapy with a structured algorithm using disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). METHODS:One hundred and five patien...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology

authors： Graell E,Vazquez I,Larrosa M,Rodríguez-Cros JR,Hernández MV,Gratacós J,Gómez A,Cañete JD,Gómez-Puerta JA,Sanmartí R

更新日期：2009-03-01 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