Prevalence of spondyloarthropathies in an Italian population sample: a regional community-based study.

abstract：:Vibrio vulnificus infection commonly presents as sepsis or wound infection. A case of alcoholic liver cirrhosis developed acute left heel pain and swelling 2 days after ingesting raw fish. Two sets of blood cultures indicated V. vulnificus. HLA-B27 was negative. Ultrasonography revealed left Achilles tendinitis. Fluid...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Yang CH,Shie SS,Yu KH,Jan Wu YJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Pain is a common and distressing feature of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Pain interference (PI) is underexplored in long-term conditions such as JIA. The aim of this study was to explore the factors associated with PI in young adults with JIA. Methods: All consecutive JIA patients aged 18-30 years i...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Rebane K,Orenius T,Ristolainen L,Relas H,Kautiainen H,Luosujärvi R,Säilä H,Aalto K

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：:A comparison of clinical, immunological and HLA-D region antigen features was made between 22 patients with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) and 118 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), scleroderma or primary Sjögren's syndrome. The MCTD patients had hypergammaglobulinemia more often than did those ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hämeenkorpi R,Ruuska P,Forsberg S,Tiilikainen R,Mäkitalo R,Hakala M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunoreactivity of the trophic peptide insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I; somatomedin C) was mapped in nasal mucosa biopsies from three patients with Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) and one with idiopathic midline destructive disease (IMDD; idiopathic midline granuloma). Strongly increased IGF-I immuno-reactivity...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hansson HA,Petruson B,Petruson K

更新日期：1989-01-01 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:To investigate the effects of TNF blocking therapy on synovial immune activity in rat adjuvant arthritis (AA) by measuring mRNA expression of key macrophage and T cell cytokines during PEG sTNF-RI treatment (10mg/kg) on days 8, 10 and 12. METHODS:Paw volume was assessed every 3-4 days. Ankles were removed fo...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Bush KA,Walker JS,Frazier J,Kirkham BW

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the general population of 39,418 persons within areas in the counties of Norrbotten (BD), Jämtland (Z), Skaraborg (R), Kristianstad west coast (LV), and Kristianstad east coast (L) in Sweden all the inhabitants over the age of seven (in Norrbotten over the age of 14) were investigated for the total number of cases ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hellgren L

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the influence of -308 tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) promoter polymorphism and circulating TNFalpha levels in the clinical response to adalimumab treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Eighty-one patients with active RA were genotyped for the -308 TNFalpha polym...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Cuchacovich M,Soto L,Edwardes M,Gutierrez M,Llanos C,Pacheco D,Sabugo F,Alamo M,Fuentealba C,Villanueva L,Gatica H,Schiattino I,Salazaro L,Catalan D,Valenzuela O,Salazar-Onfray F,Aguillón JC

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To apply the Rasch model to the Norwegian version of the Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES). METHOD:The ASES was included in a self-administered questionnaire sent to 224 patients attending one of three rehabilitation centres for rheumatic diseases in Norway in 2009. The fit of the ASES to the Rasch model...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Garratt AM,Klokkerud M,Løchting I,Hagen KB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate chromosome damage, by means of micronucleus frequency, in dermal fibroblasts from affected and non-affected skin from systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients and from controls. METHODS:Primary fibroblast cultures were obtained by biopsy from affected and non-affected skin from SSc patients. Control fib...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Martins EP,Fuzzi HT,Kayser C,Alarcon RT,Rocha MG,Chauffaille ML,Andrade LE

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to assess the T cell cytokines IFN-gamma, IL-2, IL-4 and IL-5 in labial salivary glands (LSG) in Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and healthy controls using RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. IFN-gamma is always or almost always produced in SS and in healthy controls. IL-2 was also found in some ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Konttinen YT,Kemppinen P,Koski H,Li TF,Jumppanen M,Hietanen J,Santavirta S,Salo T,Larsson A,Hakala M,Sorsa T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the impact on quality of life (QoL) of omeprazole and misoprostol during healing, and omeprazole, misoprostol, and placebo during maintenance treatment in chronic NSAID users with NSAID-associated gastroduodenal lesions. METHODS:Validated baseline and follow-up QoL questionnaires were completed by...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Yeomans N,Wilson I,Långström G,Hawkey C,Naesdal J,Walan A,Wiklund I

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-rays of 20 finger joints, 10 foot joints and 2 wrists of 50 female patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis of 10-15 years' duration from 1962, 1972, 1982 and 1992 were evaluated blindly for erosions. A highly significant decline was observed in erosions in finger joints. Erosions had also declined in wrists ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Heikkilä S,Isomäki H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No difference in the number of serious adverse events was reported in previous clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients treated with TNF-alpha blockade, but a patient died because of disseminated tuberculosis. A tuberculosis reactivation in a patient with IBD and anti-...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Mayordomo L,Marenco JL,Gomez-Mateos J,Rejon E

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is relevant for the patients and is important in both clinical research and daily clinical practice. Generic and disease-specific instruments for assessment of HRQoL are reviewed. Changes in HRQoL provide important information on randomized controlled clinical trial...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kvien TK,Uhlig T

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effects of physiologically relevant concentrations of multimeric adiponectin isoforms and leptin on the function of fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHOD:FLS, isolated from the synovial tissue of 21 RA patients, were stimulated for 24 h with ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kontny E,Janicka I,Skalska U,Maśliński W

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Recent national and international guidelines suggest strict treatment of CVD risk factors in RA. The aim of this study was to evaluate the self-reported adherence to CV prevention strategies in patients with RA. METHOD...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： van Breukelen-van der Stoep DF,Zijlmans J,van Zeben D,Klop B,van de Geijn GJ,van der Meulen N,Hazes M,Birnie E,Castro Cabezas M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameter that best differentiates healthy persons and patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to investigated responsiveness to treatment of various MRI parameters. METHOD:Conventional MRI and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE)-MRI of the hand were p...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Axelsen MB,Ejbjerg BJ,Hetland ML,Skjødt H,Majgaard O,Lauridsen UB,Hørslev-Petersen K,Boesen M,Kubassova O,Bliddal H,Østergaard M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble interleukin 2 receptor (sIL2R) may be used as an index of immune perturbation. We report on the correlation between the serum levels of sIL2R, as assessed with a sandwich-ELISA, and disease activity in 61 patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and in 15 with systemic idiopathic vasculitis (SIV). The ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Danieli MG,Paoletti P,Recchioni A,Gabrielli A,Danieli G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of osmium tetroxide, which is used in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, was histologically and electronmicroscopically examined in the normal synovial membrane of the rabbit. The animals were albino rabbits, and they were 20 altogether. 0.3 ml. of 1% OsO(4) solution was injected, i.a., in the right knee. T...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Möttönen M,Pantio M,Nevalainen T

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Over the past few years researchers have suggested that vitamin D plays a diverse role in autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We sought to determine the prevalence and predictors of vitamin D deficiency in a cohort of non-supplemented female SLE patients from the Mediterranean reg...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Muñoz-Ortego J,Torrente-Segarra V,Prieto-Alhambra D,Salman-Monte TC,Carbonell-Abello J

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Thirty-six patients with lateral epicondylitis of the elbow (19 women, 17 men, median age 48 yrs) were treated either with active laser or placebo, 18 patients in each group. The active laser was a GA-AL-AS 30 mW/830 nm low power laser (LPL). The study design was double blind and randomized. The treatment session cons...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Krasheninnikoff M,Ellitsgaard N,Rogvi-Hansen B,Zeuthen A,Harder K,Larsen R,Gaardbo H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cladribine (2-chlorodeoxyadenosine, 2-CdA) is a newer purine analog with specific toxicity to lymphocytes. As lymphocytes play a major role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we assessed the safety profile of low-dose 2-CdA in patients who were refractory to more than three disease-modifying drugs. Five patients were given...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Schirmer M,Mur E,Pfeiffer KP,Thaler J,Konwalinka G

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:134 cationic human IgG myeloma proteins were studied for expression of anti-DNA Idiotypic markers. 64 were studied for 16/6, F4, 3I, and 8.12, and 70 for expression of F4 and 3I. 31.3% showed at least one anti-DNA Id marker and many cationic myelomas were also positive for anti-DNA ELISA reactivity as well as anti-F(a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Williams RC Jr,Malone CC,Silvestris F

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary studies indicate that plasma zinc concentrations, as estimated by atomic absorption spectrophotometry, are reduced in rheumatoid arthritis. A relationship has also been established between metacarpal index of osteoporosis and plasma zinc concentrations in rheumatoid subjects. ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kennedy AC,Fell GS,Rooney PJ,Stevens WH,Dick WC,Buchanan WW

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficacious management of patients with avascular necrosis of bone (AVN) necessitates the identification of patients with a high risk of collapse of the femoral head. In this prospective study we imaged both hips of 10 patients with active rheumatoid arthritis, who were treated with methylprednisolone pulse therapy. M...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： van Vugt RM,Sijbrandij ES,Bijlsma JW

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial evaluation of 25 patients suspected of suffering from Sjögren's syndrome (SS) disclosed that sialopenia and glandular atrophy without focal sialo-adenitis was the second most common cause, after SS itself, of patient complaints. This emphasizes the importance of conclusive diagnostic criteria to prevent ov...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Malmström MJ,Segerberg-Konttinen M,Tuominen TS,Hietanen JH,Wolf JE,Sane JI,Konttinen YT

更新日期：1988-01-01 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