Placebo analgesia: friend or foe?

abstract：:Neonatal lupus is a disease characterized by one or more of the following findings: congenital heart block, cardiomyopathy, cutaneous lupus lesions, hepatobiliary disease, and thrombocytopenia. Accumulating evidence indicates that the disease is probably caused by maternal autoantibodies, particularly autoantibodies o...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Lee LA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a granulomatous inflammatory disorder that affects large vessels, especially aorta and its proximal branches. Its diagnosis can be extremely challenging due to the non-specificity of the systemic inflammatory manifestations during the early phase of the disease and usually f...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Zaldivar Villon MLF,de la Rocha JAL,Espinoza LR

更新日期：2019-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Several entities have been carefully investigated for the symptomatic and structural management of osteoarthritis. The most compelling evidence of a potential for inhibiting the structural progression of osteoarthritis has been obtained with glucosamine sulfate, while some preliminary results also suggest that chondro...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Reginster JY,Gillot V,Bruyere O,Henrotin Y

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:One justification for using expensive biologic therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been that it can reduce future healthcare utilization such as joint surgeries and physician visits. However, the evidence to support this assertion is unclear. We conducted a review of the literature for studies wh...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Bansback N,Fu E,Sun H,Guh D,Zhang W,Lacaille D,Milbers K,Anis AH

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced imaging has become essential for recognition of clinically suspected early spondyloarthritis. This report summarizes recent progress towards a data-driven comprehensive definition of a positive sacroiliac joint MRI in axial spondyloarthritis, which incorporates contextual information provided by structural le...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Weber U,Jurik AG,Lambert RG,Maksymowych WP

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the link between malignancy and vasculitis has been known for some time, the association of vasculitis and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) has only recently been reported. This article reviews the most current and landmark publications regarding MDS, as well as malignancy-associated vasculitis. We include theorie...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Agha A,Bateman H,Sterrett A,Valeriano-Marcet J

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uric acid nephrolithiasis is typically found in individuals with a low urine pH and a normal concentration of urinary uric acid. Patients with a history of gout are at greater risk of forming uric acid stones, as are patients with obesity, diabetes, or the complete metabolic syndrome. The unifying renal tubular abnorm...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Liebman SE,Taylor JG,Bushinsky DA

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the pathogenesis of SLE remains poorly understood, there is consensus that it involves a combination of genetic, hormonal, and environmental factors. New technologies applied to genomic and gene expression studies have revealed novel gene mutations and cytokine alterations in this disease. Recently, advances ...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Stichweh D,Pascual V

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apatite crystals form in physiologically calcified tissues, including the hyaline cartilage of the epiphyseal growth plate. While apatite crystals appear as unwanted deposits in other cartilage sites, more frequently, crystalline materials other than or in addition to apatite develop in dystrophic cartilage deposits. ...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Boskey AL

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TNF-blocking biologics have revolutionized the care of patients with spondyloarthritis, a group of clinically overlapping conditions that includes ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis. However, incomplete response rates speak to the need for alternative therapeutic approaches. Over the last decade, animal mo...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Smith JA

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Widespread muscle pain, fatigue, and weakness are defining characteristics of patients with fibromyalgia (FM). The aim of this review is to summarize recent investigations of muscle abnormalities in FM, which can be classified as structural, metabolic, or functional in nature. Histologic muscle abnormalities of membra...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Park JH,Niermann KJ,Olsen N

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Medical treatment with urate-lowering therapy (ULT) is efficacious. A recent publication suggested that surgery in gout is more prevalent than previously reported. This revelation led us to review what is known about surgical treatment of gout. RECENT FINDINGS:The Google Scholar database (January 1, ...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Carcione J,Bodofsky S,LaMoreaux B,Schlesinger N

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiphospholipid Syndrome Alliance for Clinical Trials and International Networking (APS ACTION) is the first-ever international network created to design and conduct large-scale, multicenter clinical trials and research in persistently antiphospholipid antibody (aPL)-positive patients. Since its inception in 2010, th...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Barbhaiya M,Andrade D,Erkan D,APS ACTION.

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The World Health Organization criteria for classification of bone mineral density (BMD) cannot be applied to premenopausal women because the relationship between BMD and fracture risk is not the same as in postmenopausal women. Approximately 2.5% of premenopausal women have BMD that is more than 2.0 standard deviation...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Lewiecki EM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic studies of pediatric rheumatologic disease are becoming increasingly focused on subfields of epidemiology. Genetic epidemiology is assuming an ever-greater role in the understanding of disease risks and pathogenesis. Such studies involve major histocompatibility complex, cytokine gene polymorphisms, T ce...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Manners PJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Pain is an intense experience that can place a heavy burden on peoples' lives. The identification of psychosocial risk factors led to the development of effective pain treatments. However, effect sizes are modest. Accumulating evidence suggests that enhancing protective factors might also impact on (w...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Hanssen MM,Peters ML,Boselie JJ,Meulders A

更新日期：2017-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Childhood arthritis is in need of a new system of classification, owing to deficiencies in the International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) criteria. We briefly review the history of classification of childhood arthritis, discuss the major criticisms of the current system, and highligh...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Rumsey DG,Laxer RM

更新日期：2020-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet's syndrome is a systemic vasculitis with an unknown etiology affecting the small and large vessels of the venous and arterial systems. At least two clusters of disease expression have been described. The first includes superficial vein thrombosis, deep vein thrombosis, and dural sinus thrombi. The second includ...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Yazici Y,Yurdakul S,Yazici H

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarthritis (OA) is a major health problem in urgent need of better treatment. Gene therapy offers to meet this need. Of the different strategies for using gene therapy in OA, local gene transfer to synovium is in the most advanced stage of development. Local gene transfer brings several advantages, including a foc...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Evans CH

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high-range estimate of 1.3% by the National Arthritis Data Workgroup for the prevalence of the entire spectrum of spondyloarthropathies (SpAs) suggests that SpAs may be more prevalent than rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the United States. Recent surveys from many European countries using the same sample population h...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Akkoc N

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Delphi Technique and Nominal Group Technique are two well-recognized consensus-formation methodologies specifically designed to combine judgments from a group of experts. The Delphi Technique utilizes a series of well-defined questionnaire-based surveys, whereas Nominal Group Technique is a structured face-to-face...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Ruperto N,Meiorin S,Iusan SM,Ravelli A,Pistorio A,Martini A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human microbiome, which represents the total collection of microorganisms (and their genes) inhabiting the human body, has increasingly been recognized as a potential key factor in the development of autoimmune disease. Multiple studies suggest that the microbiome has significant influence on immune homeostasis, w...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Manasson J,Scher JU

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis is a potentially preventable condition frequently encountered in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Bone loss in SLE is likely a multi- factorial process involving traditional osteoporosis risk factors along with lupus-related factors. Recognizing potential contributors to bone loss in pati...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Lee C,Ramsey-Goldman R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a group of inflammatory rheumatic diseases whose main clinical feature is inflammation of the axial spine. Articular, periarticular, and extra-articular manifestations can also occur, depending on the type of spondyloarthritis. The most common clinical subsets of SpA are ankylosing spondylit...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： O'Rielly DD,Rahman P

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise is an important part of treatment in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Improved functioning, ability to perform activities of daily living, and health-related quality of life have been reported in adult polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and also recently inclusion body myositis following differen...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Alexanderson H

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the body's largest organ and first line of defense against the environment, the skin plays a vital role in host immune defense. In addition to its function as a physical barrier, the skin contains an active immune surveillance network and can mount highly specific responses to eliminate invading organisms. In this ...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Fuhlbrigge RC,Chaiban R

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been known for some time that central nervous system (CNS) pain amplification is present in some individuals with osteoarthritis; the implications of this involvement, however, are just starting to be realized. In the past year, several research reviews have focused on evidence supporting shared mechanisms acro...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Murphy SL,Phillips K,Williams DA,Clauw DJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomarkers in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) may serve as surrogate end points for disease outcome and can provide insights into disease susceptibility and natural history. Biomarkers could relate to diagnosis, pathogenesis, prognosis, therapeutic response, and comorbidities. The "felt need" is, however, in the development...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Chandran V,Gladman DD

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Teriparatide (recombinant human parathyroid hormone ) is an anabolic agent approved for the treatment of patients at high risk for fracture. The Fracture Prevention Trial administered teriparatide to treatment-naïve patients, leading to its US Food and Drug Administration approval in 2002. Clinical trial data using an...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： File E,Deal C

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been few studies examining whether persons with chronic widespread pain or fibromyalgia are at increased risk for dying prematurely. Among the studies conducted there is little consistency in results. If there is an increased mortality risk, it is of the order of a 30% excess and it may be related to the li...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Macfarlane GJ

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00