Usual interstitial pneumonia following resolution of cavitated pulmonary masses in a patient with ANCA-associated vasculitis.

abstract：AIM:Numerous epidemiologic studies have evaluated the association between overweight and hand osteoarthritis; However, the existing results are inconsistent. METHODS:Systematic searches were performed and reference lists from the retrieved trials were searched. This meta-analysis and meta-regression was executed to id...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Jiang L,Xie X,Wang Y,Wang Y,Lu Y,Tian T,Chu M,Shen Y

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In this study we aimed at identifying the bone mineral density (BMD) reference values of hands, according to age, measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) and assessing the correlation of these values with lumbar and femoral BMD values. METHOD:A total of 403 healthy women aged between 20 and 70 particip...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Alioglu K,Dogu B,Sirzai H,Yilmaz F,Kuran B

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Under physiological stress, the membranes of organelles undergo conformational change to tubulo-reticular structures (TRS) for gaining survival advantage. We aim to explore whether TRS formation in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) correlates wi...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Mak A,Almsherqi ZA,Lai YW,Cheak AA,Deng Y

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Multidisciplinary discussions (MDDs) have emphasized improve medical services and outcomes. We used a multidisciplinary approach to explore whether patient emotional satisfaction and confidence affected treatment outcomes in rheumatic disease (RD)-related interstitial lung disease (ILD). METHODS:From Decemb...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Jeong SO,Uh ST,Park S,Kim HS

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE:Peripheral neuropathies (PN) are heterogeneous nerve disorders; frequently rheumatic patients have neuropathic symptoms. In some rheumatic diseases (RD) PN are secondary to nerve compression while others are related to metabolic abnormalities, inflammation or vasculitis. Our aim was to explore the ...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： López-López CO,Montes Castillo ML,Soto-Fajardo RC,Sandoval-García LF,Loyola-Sánchez A,Burgos-Vargas R,Peláez-Ballestas I,Álvarez Hernández E,Vázquez-Mellado J

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of subclinical synovitis detected by ultrasonography (US) on the ankles and feet of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the data of patients (n = 59) who underwent US. RESULTS:The functional ability and quality of life (QoL) of patients in the su...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Inamo J,Kaneko Y,Sakata K,Takeuchi T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Joint diseases in antiquity and the Renaissance were generally known by the all-encompassing term, gout (podagra or gotta). Only in later centuries was there a differentiation in the types of joint diseases, distinguishing gout in the modern sense from other arthritic and rheumatic disorders. The present article illus...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Weisz GM,Albury WR,Lippi D,Matucci-Cerinic M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are immune-mediated conditions that affect striated muscle, and are frequently associated with dysphagia. Dysphagia in these cases can be due to weakness of the muscles involved in swallowing or the presence of restrictive pharyngeal defects, such as cricopharyngeal b...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Adams CL,Lohan S,Bruce A,Kamalaraj N,Gunaratne S,White R

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:An elevated serum uric acid level is associated with various diseases, such as gout, hypertension, renal impairment, and diabetes. Heavy metals, including lead and cadmium, are suspected to increase serum uric acid levels, but evidence regarding this is not sufficient, particularly in the Asian population. Therefor...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Jung W,Kim Y,Lihm H,Kang J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe baseline characteristics of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) with right heart catheterization (RHC)-confirmed pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and explore risk factors for PAH in pSS. METHODS:This case-control study included consecutive patients hospitalized with pSS-PAH from 2007 to...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Yan S,Li M,Wang H,Yang X,Zhao J,Wang Q,Liu Y,Lai J,Tian Z,Song H,Zhao Y,Zeng X

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Nonspecific chronic synovitis of the knee joint was reported by Pollard in 1962 and its pathogenesis is considered to be a physiological reaction to intra-articular disease. In this study, we evaluated the pathological findings of the synovium of early osteoarthritis (OA)-affected knee joints with hydrarthrosis in ...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Kurose R,Kakizaki H,Akimoto H,Yagihashi N,Sawai T

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine hepatitis B virus (HBV) screening rates in patients receiving anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α therapy and the frequency of HBV reactivation in patients with resolved hepatitis B virus infection (hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] negative, hepatitis B core antibo...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Fidan S,Capkın E,Arıca DA,Durak S,Okatan IE

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Region-specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL) scores or utility values are representative and pivotal for economic evaluations as they are influenced by the value judgment of the local population. This study systematically reviewed and pooled EuroQoL-5 Dimension (EQ-5D) utility scores of rheumatoi...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Haridoss M,Bagepally BS,Natarajan M

更新日期：2021-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the serum levels of soluble toll-like receptor (sTLR2) as an endogenous negative regulator of TLR2 signaling in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients, to investigate the correlation between sTLR2 and SLE disease activity index (SELDAI), SLE-related cardiovascular risk factors and ventricular dysfunc...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Houssen ME,El-Mahdy RH,Shahin DA

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) is a rare disease characterized by chronic, nonspecific inflammatory and sclerotic or fibrotic tissue in the periaortic or periiliac retroperitoneum that encases adjacent structures. There will be a series of clinical manifestations once the proliferated fibrous tissues encase the abdomi...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Lian L,Wang C,Tian JL

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary systemic vasculitis is a group of heterogeneous disorders, characterized by inflammation of blood vessels causing end organ damage from ischemia, aneurysm formation or dissection. Delay in the early diagnosis owing to non-specific symptoms, lack of definitive serological tests, limited availability of biopsy a...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Danve A,O'Dell J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects on hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia in gouty patients receiving uric acid-lowering therapy (UALT). METHODS:A retrospective study was performed from January 2015 to December 2017 in gouty patients receiving UALT. A total of 124 gouty patients with hypercholesterolemia or hype...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Wu J,Zhang YP,Qu Y,Jie LG,Deng JX,Yu QH

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a major cause of mortality in connective tissue disease (CTD). The survival rates and mortality-predictive factors of a nationwide registry of Korean patients with CTD-PH measured by echocardiography were determined. METHODS:Patients with CTD-PH were enrolled between...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Kang KY,Jeon CH,Choi SJ,Yoon BY,Choi CB,Lee CH,Suh CH,Lee CW,Cho CS,Nam EJ,Koh EM,Kim HY,Choi HJ,Kim HA,Jun JB,Lee J,Kim J,Ji JD,Min JK,Kim KJ,Shin K,So MW,Kwon SR,Kim SK,Nah SS,Kwok SK,Lee SK,Lee SW

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the first Australian cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) disease (COVID-19) pneumonia treated with the interleukin-6 receptor antagonist tocilizumab. METHODS:Retrospective, open-label, real-world, uncontrolled, single-arm case series conducted in 2 tertiary hospitals in...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： West TA,Malik S,Nalpantidis A,Tran T,Cannon C,Bhonagiri D,Chan K,Cheong E,Wan Sai Cheong J,Cheung W,Choudhury F,Ernest D,Farah CS,Fernando S,Kanapathipillai R,Kol M,Murfin B,Naqvi H,Shah A,Wagh A,Ojaimi S,Franku

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Colchicine prophylaxis is the single most important factor in ameliorating familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) for the prevention of both attacks and secondary amyloidosis. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the exact proportion of those patients who do not respond to colchicine and to characterize their d...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Melikoglu MA,Senel K

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae with predominant involvement of skin and nerves. We present a 70-year-old man with leprosy whose initial presentation resembled rheumatologic disease, due to leprae reaction. He presented with an 8-week history of worsening neuropathic pain in...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Baharuddin H,Taib T,Zain MM,Ch'ng S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the outcomes of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in Thai children. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study. All JIA patients in a rheumatology clinic, Ramathibodi Hospital, between July 1997 and December 2012 were enrolled. The patient data were reviewed from medical records. At the most recent follow...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Vilaiyuk S,Soponkanaporn S,Jaovisidha S,Benjaponpitak S,Manuyakorn W

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by immune abnormalities, progressive fibrosis of the skin and internal organs, and microvascular injury and damage. Interleukin-21 receptor (IL-21R) is expressed in the epidermis from patients with SSc. However, information describing the role of IL-21 in SSc is limited. M...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Lei L,He ZY,Zhao C,Sun XJ,Zhong XN

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to cadmium links smoking, the most import antetiological factor in the development of seropositive RA, and many of the other known contemporary risk factors. Epidemiological studies investigating the link between smoking, occupations, social class, region of residency and RA should consider cadmium exposure a...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Hutchinson D

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Inflammatory joint diseases (IJDs) are chronic arthritis, but frequently present with co-morbidities of other organs and systems, which is known as extra-articular manifestations (EAMs). It is still unclear which clinical characteristics or bio-markers can predict the development of EAMs. The aim of this study was ...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Yan S,Cui Y,Zhang X,Zhang G,Dong G,Feng Y,Song Y

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though, Hippocrates recognized gout as an affection of older men and a product of high living long back in 5th century BC, this painful condition promises to accompany humanity to the 21st century. The incidence is progressively rising and females are also affected in the modern era. There are also regional and e...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Paul BJ,James R

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the disease activity and current pharmacological interventions used to achieve remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in Australia. METHODS:Rheumatoid arthritis patients treated in participating Australian clinics were included in the study. Patient demographics, disease onset, medicati...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Littlejohn G,Roberts L,Arnold M,Bird P,Burnet S,de Jager J,Griffiths H,Nicholls D,Scott J,Zochling J,Tymms KE

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In June 2015, the Thai Rheumatism Association (TRA) approved an update of its recommendation for the use of biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) and targeted synthetic (tsDMARD) in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to cover those currently available in Thailand (etanercept, infliximab,...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Louthrenoo W,Kasitanon N,Katchamart W,Aiewruengsurat D,Chevaisrakul P,Chiowchanwisawakit P,Dechanuwong P,Hanvivadhanakul P,Mahakkanukrauh A,Manavathongchai S,Muangchan C,Narongroeknawin P,Phumethum V,Siripaitoon B,Suesuwan A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare levels of lipid peroxidation and antioxidants in synovial fluid from primary knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients with severe cartilage damage undergoing total knee replacement with those in the synovial fluid from injured knee joint patients with intact cartilage undergoing knee arthroscopy. METHODS:Thirt...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Sutipornpalangkul W,Morales NP,Charoencholvanich K,Harnroongroj T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the utility of fluorine-18-labelled deoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) in routine clinical practice to diagnose and monitor disease activity and treatment response in large vessel vasculitis in a South Australian cohort. METHODS:We performed a retrospective clinical audit of adult ...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Nguyen AD,Crowhurst T,Lester S,Dobson R,Bartholomeusz D,Hill C

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00