Effect of total knee arthroplasty on other joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis evaluated by 18-FDG-PET.

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:To identify clinical risk factors associated with herpes zoster (HZ) infections in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:A case-control study of HZ infection was performed in SLE patients seen at the University of Santo Tomas Lupus Clinics from 2009-2014. Cases were matched 1:2 to SLE controls without HZ inf...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Zamora LD,Collante MTM,Navarra SV

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of antisynthase syndrome (ASS) complicated with Kaposi sarcoma, analyze its clinical characteristics, and review the literature on the topic. An 80-year-old male patient developed fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Lung high-resolution computed tomography showed nonspecific interstitial pneum...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： He N,Lu D,Xue J,Wang X

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vemurafenib is an inhibitor of the BRAF V600E mutation which is associated with tumor responses in patients with metastatic melanoma. Although it is generally well tolerated, common side effects of vemurafenib have been reported. Arthralgia is one of the more common adverse event associated with vemurafenib. We herein...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Babacan T,Türkbeyler IH,Balakan O,Pehlivan Y,Suner A,Kısacık B

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：AIM:To compare the Disease Activity Score with 28 joint (DAS28) using erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (DAS28-ESR) and DAS28 using C-reactive protein (CRP) (DAS28-CRP) with thresholds validated for DAS28-ESR in Turkish patients with rheumatoid arthritis. METHOD:The DAS28 data of 112 patients with rheumatoid arthri...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Sengul I,Akcay-Yalbuzdag S,Ince B,Goksel-Karatepe A,Kaya T

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Australia has one of the highest prevalence rates of systemic sclerosis (SSc) worldwide. In order to highlight management deficiencies and key areas for further research, it is essential to understand its local epidemiological patterns, natural history, prognosis and mortality trends over time. METHODS:To id...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Morrisroe K,Stevens W,Proudman S,Nikpour M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the level of agreement among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with the principles and recommendations of the treat-to-target (T2T) initiative in New Zealand (NZ) and to further explore specific patient opinions via online iterative surveys. METHODS:Participants with RA were recruited fro...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Benham H,Rutherford M,Kirby S,Stebbings S,White D,Sim D,Harrison A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Recent studies highlight the importance of the interleukin (IL)-17A cytokine in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). There are also reports of associations between some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in IL-17A and RA but not SLE. Notably, these findings have not been replicated ...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Montúfar-Robles I,Barbosa-Cobos RE,Alemán-Ávila I,Ramírez-Bello J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a common, chronic inflammatory disease with complex pathogenesis. In recent years, a number of susceptibility non-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes of PsA have been revealed, which also act as important factors in the pathogenesis of PsA as well as HLA genes. By searching the databases N...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Chen J,Yuan F,Fan X,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-08-06 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 examine the prevalence of sicca symptoms and secondary Sjögren's syndrome (sSS) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, and the impact of sSS on disease activity and treatment profile in RA patients. METHODS:Three hundred and seven RA patients responding positive to at least one of the questions in a questionnai...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Haga HJ,Naderi Y,Moreno AM,Peen E

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between circulating adiponectin and visfatin levels and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to establish a correlation between serum adipokine levels and RA activity. METHODS:We conducted meta-analyses on serum/plasma adiponectin or visfatin levels in patients with RA and co...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Lee YH,Bae SC

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) agonists have anti-inflammatory properties that reduce inflammatory cytokine production in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Cysteine-rich angiogenic inducer 61 (Cyr61) is associated with diseases related to chronic inflammation. The aim of this study was to investi...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Kwon EJ,Park EJ,Choi S,Kim SR,Cho M,Kim J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:It has long been a controversy that polymorphisms in FcγRIIIa (CD16A) receptors are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We aimed to verify the association of FcγRIIIa polymorphisms with SLE in a large Chinese population. METHODS:We genotyped FcγRIIIa-158V/F (rs396991) using a pyro-sequencing assay ...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Dai M,Zhou Z,Wang X,Qian X,Huang X

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with multifactorial etiology. Several studies show that genetic factors have an important part in the incidence of SLE. The C1QTNF4 gene is involved in the regulation of the inflammatory pathways by pro-inflammatory function. In the present study, w...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Pakzad B,Shirpour R,Mousavi M,Karimzadeh H,Salehi A,Kazemi M,Amini G,Akbari M,Salehi R

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To prospectively evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of repeated sodium hyaluronate injections for the treatment of knee pain due to Kashin-Beck disease (KBD). METHODS:A total of 85 patients with KBD-based knee pain were treated with two cycles of a 5-week course of sodium hyaluronate and received clinical ...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Tang X,Zhou ZK,Shen B,Kang PD,Pei FX,Li J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study was designed to examine the effect of Burdock root tea on inflammatory markers and oxidative stress indicators in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS:Thirty-six patients (10 men and 26 women) aged 50-70 years old with knee osteoarthritis referred to the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation D...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Maghsoumi-Norouzabad L,Alipoor B,Abed R,Eftekhar Sadat B,Mesgari-Abbasi M,Asghari Jafarabadi M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 72-year-old woman with slight pulmonary interstitial reticular markings was initially diagnosed with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA). Two years later, cavitated pulmonary masses appeared, and a biopsy specimen revealed granulomas. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) was diagnosed. The masses resolved with treatmen...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Fukui S,Kobayashi S,Kamei S,Takizawa Y,Setoguchi K,Hishima T

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The main objective of this study is to elucidate the clinical significance of the SLC2A9/GLUT9 rs11722228 polymorphism among male gout patients. METHOD:We consecutively recruited all newly diagnosed male gout patients who were treatment-naive from the rheumatology outpatient clinics of two Malaysian hospitals. Age...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Das Gupta E,Sakthiswary R,Lee SL,Wong SF,Hussein H,Gun SC

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In order to investigate the histological change in effect attenuation cases of etanercept compared with methotrexate (MTX), we performed immunohistochemical examination by seven different molecules. METHODS:We histologically assessed synovial tissue from five MTX-treated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients as cont...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Suzuki Y,Inoue K,Chiba J,Inoue Y,Kanbe K

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Osteoporosis in axial spondyloarthropathy (axSpA) is difficult to accurately diagnose due to osteoproliferation of the spine interfering with conventional (anteroposterior, AP) dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). This study compares AP and lateral projections of DXA when assessing bone mineral density (BMD) of ...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Fitzgerald G,Anachebe T,McCarroll K,O'Shea F

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Laboratory and immunological abnormalities seen in overt macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) may be observed in patients with untreated new onset systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SoJIA). We investigated the prevalence of clinical and traditional laboratory markers of MAS as well as soluble CD163...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Reddy VV,Myles A,Cheekatla SS,Singh S,Aggarwal A

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We conducted a prospective randomized parallel clinical trial comparing the efficacy of local steroid injection and nocturnal wrist splinting in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). METHODS:The well-validated and disease-specific Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire (BCTQ) was employed and its score at 4 week...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： So H,Chung VCH,Cheng JCK,Yip RML

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：AIM:In rheumatoid arthritis (RA) hands, we applied high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) and 3 Tesla (3 T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which are new methods for erosion detection and bone marrow edema (BME) quantification. We compared the erosion measurements between these techniqu...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Lee CH,Srikhum W,Burghardt AJ,Virayavanich W,Imboden JB,Link TM,Li X

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Behçet's disease (BD) has been recognized as an unclassified type of vasculitis with an accompanying tendency to thrombosis. No disease-specific pathology has been demonstrated so far to explain the prothrombotic state, and this predisposition is considered to be associated with endothelial activation/dysfun...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Cosan F,Oku B,Gedar Totuk OM,Abaci N,Ustek D,Diz Kucukkaya R,Gul A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if showing patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ultrasound (US) images of their inflamed joints: (i) increased belief in the necessity of medication; (ii) encouraged patient activation, that is, confidence and understanding in managing their health; and (iii) facilitated medication adherence. ...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Joplin SK,van der Zwan R,Bagga H,Joshua F,Wong PK

更新日期：2016-07-01 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