Magnetic resonance imaging of the hand joints in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and arthralgia: a pilot study.

abstract：:Background: Chronic inflammation, as determined by persistently elevated acute-phase reactants in attack-free periods, can occasionally be observed in patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and is suggested to be a risk factor for the development of amyloidosis. We aimed to investigate the underlying causes ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Varan O,Kucuk H,Babaoglu H,Tecer D,Atas N,Bilici Salman R,Satıs H,Ozturk MA,Haznedaroglu S,Goker B,Tufan A

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis and release of collagenase in the presence of the neuropeptide substance P (SP) and capsaicin, were investigated in vitro using identical synoviocyte cultures from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). On average 10(-12) M SP augmented statistically significantly the collagenase production by approxim...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Partsch G,Matucci-Cerinic M,Marabini S,Jantsch S,Pignone A,Cagnoni M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Involvement of brain parenchyma or meninges in ANCA-associated small-vessel vasculitis such as Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is not uncommon. In contrast, involvement of the pituitary is exceedingly rare with only a few cases reported so far. The diagnosis is usually made on the basis of imaging techniques and abnorma...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Woywodt A,Knoblauch H,Kettritz R,Schneider W,Göbel U

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-four patients with Sjögren's syndrome were retrospectively examined in order to evaluate longitudinal alterations in objective ocular disease parameters and their possible relation to systemic bromhexine treatment. Twenty-three patients (68%) were initially found to respond to peroral bromhexine treatment and w...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kriegbaum NJ,von Linstow M,Oxholm P,Prause JU

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sets out to determine predictors of marital and sexual satisfaction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and their spouses. Fifty-nine patients and their spouses completed questionnaires independent from each other. Multiple correlations with marital and sexual satisfaction were computed for demograph...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： van Lankveld W,Ruiterkamp G,Näring G,de Rooij DJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:The effect of glycosaminoglycan polysulphate as medication for osteoarthritis was studied in an experimental model of osteoarthritis induced by periodic immobilization of rabbit knees. In a pilot experiment with 5 weeks of continuous immobilization there were indistinct differences between treated and control groups. ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Vanharanta H

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Infectious brain lesions (IBLs) are life-threatening in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of IBL in SLE patients and the clinical characteristics of SLE patients with IBL. METHODS:Medical charts of 15 consecutive SLE patients with IBL admi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Xu Y,Xu D,Zhang T,Leng XM,Zhang FC,Zeng XF

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：: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：:To investigate whether the therapeutic effect of etidronate is affected by the time of ingestion we have retrospectively studied 110 osteoporotic patients. They had been taking etidronate according to the manufacturer's instructions for a mean duration of 2.6 years either on waking (n=47), on retiring (n=47), or durin...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Cook GJ,Blake GM,Fogelman I

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The changes in MR-determined synovial membrane volume, early synovial enhancement, and cartilage and bone erosions after osmic acid knee synovectomy were studied. Gadolinium-DTPA enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of 18 knees with persistent arthritis was performed before and 1 month after treatment. The synovi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Ostergaard M,Stoltenberg M,Gideon P,Wieslander S,Sonne-Holm S,Kryger P,Sonne M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the efficacy and toxicity of cyclosporine A (CsA) in combination with methotrexate (MTX) or hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Fourteen patients with active RA who had failed to respond adequately to injectable MTX and 14 who had failed to respond to oral HCQ h...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Salaffi F,Carotti M,Cervini C

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between trabecular bone score (TBS) and new bone formation in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients, and to investigate whether TBS is independently associated with new bone formation. METHOD:Sixty-eight patients with AS underwent spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and dual-en...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kang KY,Jung JY,Lee SK,Min HK,Hong YS,Park SH,Ju JH

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen consumption was investigated during phagocytosis by leukocytes in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, dermatomyositis, systemic lupus erythematosus and scleroderma. Compared with the situation in normal persons, the mean oxygen consumption in the total patient group was ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kvarstein B,Blichfeldt P

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the fluorescence polarization of 1.6-diphenyl-1, 3, 5-hexatriene, the membrane fluidity of lymphocytes obtained from rheumatoid arthritis patients was measured during 12 months of auranofin treatment. Significant differences in fluorescence polarization values were observed following auranofin treatment. The cor...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Beccerica E,Piergiacomi G,Curatola G,Ferretti G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy of adalimumab, etanercept, and infliximab in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) taking concomitant methotrexate (MTX) by calculating the number needed to treat (NNT) using three different methods. METHODS:A systematic literature search of the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kristensen LE,Christensen R,Bliddal H,Geborek P,Danneskiold-Samsøe B,Saxne T

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one patients with different connective tissue diseases in either active or clinically inactive phase were studied to detect the incidence of chronic or subclinical consumption coagulopathy in these forms. Every patient received intravenously 20 mu Ci of [125I] fibrinogen and the clearance of the labeled fibrinog...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Canesi BA,Banfi F,Rossi AF,Sinigaglia L

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：:The effects of rheumatoid arthritis on locomotion status were assessed in an epidemiologically representative Swedish population sample. In a steady community of 12,707 inhabitants, 82 patients were found fulfilling ARA criteria 5-8 (Rome 1961). Prevalence was 0.51% for men, 0.78 for women and 0.65 in the overall popu...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Jonsson B,Larsson SE

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyse the clinical features of Chinese undifferentiated spondyloarthritis (USpA) patients with predominantly axial involvement, and in particular the influence of human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) on the classification of axial USpA. ME...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Liao Z,Lin Z,Xu M,Hu Z,Li T,Wei Q,Cao S,Huang J,Pan Y,Wu Y,Gu J

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 100 adult patients with definite rheumatoid arthritis of at most 3 years' duration and with no previous penicillamine, gold or systemic corticosteroid treatment, 50 patients were treated with D-penicillamine and 50 with gold for one yar. The dose of penicillamine was 600 mg daily. Sodium aurothiomalate ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Mäkisara P,Nissilä M,Kajander A,Martio J,von Essen R,Anttila P,Mäkisara GL

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated the antibody levels against early antigens of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), and human herpesvirus 6 (HHV6) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and healthy controls, and further correlated these antibodies to haematology/biochemistry, serology, and disease activit...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Rasmussen NS,Draborg AH,Nielsen CT,Jacobsen S,Houen G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to analyse differences in clinical presentation in patients with early (< 3 years' duration) systemic sclerosis (SSc), comparing three age groups according to disease subsets. METHOD:Cross-sectional analysis of the prospective EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research database (EUSTAR) ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Carreira PE,Carmona L,Joven BE,Loza E,Andréu JL,Riemekasten G,Vettori S,Balbir-Gurman A,Airò P,Walker U,Damjanov N,Matucci-Cerinic M,Ananieva LP,Rednic S,Czirják L,Distler O,Farge D,Hesselstrand R,Corrado A,Caramasc

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biopsy specimens of human articular cartilage were taken from the caudal summits and from the posterior part of both epicondyles of the right lower femoral epiphysis of 20 individuals within 12 hours post mortem. 12 articular surfaces were normal and 8 included changes attributable to osteoarthrosis. In one individual...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Bjelle A

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perinatal outcome in infants of women with rheumatic disease notified between 1967 95 to the Medical Birth Registry of Norway was compared to women without such disease. Logistic regression provided odds ratios for associations between rheumatic disease and perinatal outcome for 3 time periods: 1967-76, 1977-86, and 1...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Skomsvoll JF,Ostensen M,Irgens LM,Baste V

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Association with human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB alleles, implicated in the aetiopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is found to be different in various ethnic groups. This study aimed to investigate DRB1 alleles in RA patients in Turkey, and to examine the effect of these alleles on disease severity...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kinikli G,Ateş A,Turgay M,Akay G,Kinikli S,Tokgöz G

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans for bone lesions typical of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the wrist joints of healthy individuals. METHODS:Thirty-one symptomless healthy persons (13/18 men/women), mean age 49 years (range 32-64 years), were included. MRI scans and radiographs of both wrists ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Palosaari K,Vuotila J,Soini I,Kaarela K,Kautiainen H,Hakala M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cationic lipid complexes bind to angiogenic endothelial cells of solid tumours and microvessels of chronic inflammatory tissue. Methotrexate (MTX) is one of the drugs used in the therapy of rheumatoid arthritis (RA); it is applied systemically but can have serious side-effects. The aim of this study was to i...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Gottschalk O,Metz P,Dao Trong ML,Altenberger S,Jansson V,Mutschler W,Schmitt-Sody M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four female and 4 male patients, all fulfilling the Copenhagen criteria for primary Sjögren's syndrome (primary SS), were treated for 8 weeks with evening primrose oil (Efamol). Efamol is a seed oil which consists primarily of the n-6 essential fatty acids (EFA): cis-linoleic acid and gammalinolenic acid (GLA)....

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Oxholm P,Manthorpe R,Prause JU,Horrobin D

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00