[The medical computer as a diagnostic aid in joint pain--attitude of patients and results].

abstract：:Various rheumatic symptoms can occur in association with malignancies and are termed the so-called paraneoplastic arthropathy. The clinical picture is often similar to primary inflammatory rheumatic diseases. At present there exist no epidemiological data on this disease entity. The case of a patient with tibial pain ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Lange U,Bachmann G,Müller-Ladner U

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many rheumatological diseases are either caused by specific known proteins, such as antibodies or mediated by a plethora of cytokines. Both the unspecific immunosuppressive therapy and the specific action of biologics usually require time to be effective; therefore, extracorporeal forms of treatment are increasingly b...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Boser M,Kielstein JT

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After clinical and radiological examination, the elbows of 74 patients with rheumatoid arthritis were examined by ultrasound. Clinical examination gives a good impression of the inflammatory changes of the elbow joint. Sonography was very useful in detecting synovitis and joint effusion and their distribution in the d...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Sell S,König S,Zacher J

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We report on a 6-year-old Romanian girl with recently diagnosed hyper-IgD-syndrome. The leading symptom of this rare disease are periodic pyrexia, joint involvements (arthralgias/arthritis) and swollen lymph nodes. A permanent increase of alpha 1-acid glycoprotein fucosylation indicates persisting inflammati...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Suschke J,Walther JU

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy physical work load is a known determinant of osteoarthritis of the hip, which may account for the high risk observed among farmers. On the other hand, the data on influence of heavy manual work in the pathogenesis of hand osteoarthritis are still controversial. We examined 25 retired farm laborers who strenuousl...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Schmid L,Dreier D,Muff B,Allgayer B,Schlumpf U

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood onset rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases often continue into adulthood. These diseases are associated with a high risk of permanent disability and impairment in the quality of life of people affected. Adolescence and young adulthood represent a particular risk phase for an unfavorable long-term outcome. ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Minden K,Schalm S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pressure load is critical for vascular wall alteration. Systolic blood pressure was measured by Doppler sonography in the finger and arm arteries of 24 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and compared to a control group (n = 22) of nearly the same age. The transmitter frequency of the ultrasound probe was 9.6 MHz. ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Beste KW

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocular manifestation of sarcoidosis occurs in up to 60% of patients with confirmed systemic sarcoidosis and represents one of the most common forms of noninfectious uveitis. In known pulmonary sarcoidosis, ocular involvement can occur in up to 80% of cases. Sarcoidosis can also present only in the eye, without a syste...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Springer-Wanner C,Brauns T

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In small vessel vasculitides, imaging studies aid in determining disease extent and activity, localization for biopsy, and for disease monitoring. They do not directly delineate the vasculitic lesion. Imaging studies focus on the upper and lower respiratory tract. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) shows upper r...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Schmidt WA,Both M,Reinhold-Keller E

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photometric latex test (PLT) for the detection of rheumatoid factors (RF) has been correlated with the sensitized sheep cell test (SSC) and the latex slide test (LST). A total of 377 sera from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 120 sera from control subjects were examined. When the PLT was carried out on ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Dezelić N,Zergollern V,Dezelić G,Dürrigl T,Jurak H,Vitaus M,Androić S

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid vasculitis usually occurs on the background of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis, although in rare cases the patients can be seronegative. We report a woman with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid vasculitis who developed toxic epidermal necrolysis involving most of her body surface area, whi...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Chowdhury AC,Misra DP,Patro PS,Agarwal V

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Personalized healthcare tries to predict the effectiveness and safety in individual therapeutic approaches by defining individual patient characteristics (biomarkers), while stratification uses diagnostic patterns for groups of patients for prediction of therapeutic response with less adverse reactions caused by the d...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Behrens F,Köhm M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light and electron microscopic investigations of joint cartilage in 13 cases of septic arthritis revealed sites of cartilaginous matrix infiltrated with polymorphonuclear granulocytes. This finding confirms rather unknown morphological works done by investigators on this diseases in the late 19th and beginning of the ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Gauger M,Mohr W

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical observation suggests a frequent coincidence of back pain (BP) and fibromyalgia (FMA). Based on data from a population survey on back pain we studied the hypothesis of FMA being a frequent underlying condition of BP. We additionally studied the association of the severity of back pain and both chroni...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Hüppe A,Brockow T,Raspe H

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 74-year-old female patient with rheumatoid arthritis was diagnosed with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PcP) following therapy with methotrexate and prednisone. Although bactrim treatment was initiated and PcP was not detected by a control bronchoalveolar lavage, the patient died. The precise cause of death remains...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Bertisch B,Ruef C

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years the great progress in knowledge on bone cell biology has allowed identification of molecular structures that can be targeted with pinpoint precision (druggable targets). Osteoclasts are regulated via the RANK-RANK-ligand (RANKL) signaling pathway and osteoblasts via the Wnt signaling pathway, both of w...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Knauerhase A,Willenberg HS

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Up to now indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) followed by an antigen-specific assay specific for proteinase 3 (PR3) or myeloperoxidase (MPO) has been the standard method for the detection of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA). The development of more sensitive and highly specific PR3-ANCA and MPO-ANC...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Csernok E,Kempiners N,Hellmich B

更新日期：2017-03-01 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

authors： Kallinich T,Blank N,Braun T,Feist E,Kiltz U,Neudorf U,Oommen PT,Weseloh C,Wittkowski H,Braun J

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commonly-used serological methods for the determination of Yersinia antibodies are based on the presence of agglutinins, which are frequently absent or of low titer when arthritis begins. Stool cultures are usually negative at that time, so many Yersinia infections are underdiagnosed. On the other hand, significant ag...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Grasedyck K,Heesemann J

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with various kinds of intestinal illnesses sometimes suffer not only abdominal symptoms, but also joint involvement, leading to a reduction in quality of life. Diseases leading to inflammatory joint involvement such as inflammatory bowel disease, Whipple's disease or surgical intestinal bypass, are classified...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Ronneberger M

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Data with respect to safety and therapeutic efficacy for the combination of biological DMARDs is scarce and inhomogeneous in order to make final conclusions. To this end, data to biologic combinations is disappointing due to relatively low therapeutic efficacy and partially enhanced rates of severe infecti...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Härle P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease, which is mainly characterized by synovial hyperplasia, pathological immune phenomena and progressive destruction of the affected joints. Various cell types are involved in the pathogenesis of RA including T cells, antigen presenting cells, and endothelial ce...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Seemayer CA,Distler O,Kuchen S,Müller-Ladner U,Michel BA,Neidhart M,Gay RE,Gay S

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-based therapeutical approaches are already in clinical use and are attracting growing interest for the treatment of joint defects. Mesenchymal stem and precursor cells (MSC) cover a wide range of properties that are useful for the regeneration process of bone and cartilage defects. The following article is an ove...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Dehne T,Tschirschmann M,Lauster R,Sittinger M

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SAPHO syndrome, an acronym for synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis and osteitis, is a rare disease which affects bones, joints and the skin. The main osteoarticular features are hyperostosis and osteitis. Osteoarticular symptoms predominantly occur on the anterior chest wall but the spine and the peripheral ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Heldmann F,Kiltz U,Baraliakos X,Braun J

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OM 8930, a bacterial product with immunostimulatory capacities, was studied for its efficacy in the long-term treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Ten (10) patients with active seropositive rheumatoid arthritis were treated intermittently for six months with the agent and were evaluated according to clinical, labor...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Rosenthal M,Plattner S

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial nephritis is responsible for about 12 % of end-stage renal disease in Germany. It comprises an etiologically heterogenous group of inflammatory renal disorders which primarily affect the renal interstitium and tubuli. Drugs, predominantly antibiotics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and proton pump i...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Korsten P,Müller GA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastocysts hominis, a protozoon considered to be a nonpathogen intestinal commensal, is now discussed to be a cause of intestinal infection under certain circumstances, e.g., immunosuppression. There are two published cases of Blastocysts infection complicated by arthritis which was classified as "reactive" in one ca...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Krüger K,Kamilli I,Schattenkirchner M

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmitting a substantial amount of basic knowledge in Rheumatology to all medical students is essential for the future medical care of patients with rheumatic diseases for two reasons: on the one hand, future general practitioners will need to master the patterns of rheumatic diseases to recognize them fast enough i...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Aringer M,Baerwald C,Bergner R,Feuchtenberger M,Gebhardt C,Hagen M,Keyßer G,Lorenz HM,Witte T

更新日期：2020-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Superficial heat and cold are commonly used therapeutic methods in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Both procedures have analgesic effect. In 30 inpatients with rheumatoid arthritis the pain threshold was measured before and after warm bath and ice massage. Rheumatoid patients had significantly lower pain threshold...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Curković B,Vitulić V,Babić-Naglić D,Dürrigl T

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an intraindividual series of investigation consisting of 30 patients with rheumatoid arthritis the effect of gold therapy (Aurothioglucose) has been proved controlling biochemical and clinical parameters. Controls of the function-index by Steinbrocker et al. have shown a significant improvement in comparison with t...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Knoche U,Wagner H,Hauss WH

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00