X-ray diffraction analysis of spontaneously draining calcinosis in scleroderma patients.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present randomized controlled trial compared arthrocentesis of the effusive knee followed by corticosteroid injection performed by the conventional anatomic landmark palpation-guided technique to the same procedure performed with ultrasound (US) needle guidance. METHODS:Sixty-four palpably effusive knees...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Sibbitt WL Jr,Kettwich LG,Band PA,Chavez-Chiang NR,DeLea SL,Haseler LJ,Bankhurst AD

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reports of the rheumatic manifestations of Campylobacter jejuni and C. fetus infections in adults are reviewed in order to determine the most common presentations and which individuals are at risk for rheumatic disease. Relevant English-language articles were identified through a Medline search and from bibliographies...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Peterson MC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the role of copper in inflammatory rheumatic diseases, serum copper, serum ceruloplasmin concentration, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and radio-copper studies were performed in 11 male patients with ankylosing spondylitis, in 12 female patients with rheumatoid arthritis and in 7 normal male subjects. The oc...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Aiginger P,Kolarz G,Willvonseder R

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty consecutive patients with RA and clinical wrist synovitis were randomly allocated to either receive an injection of glucocorticoid into the radiocarpal joint or have the same amount of drug divided into the radiocarpal and midcarpal joints. Inferior radioulnar joint synovitis was treated with extra steroid injec...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Koski JM,Hermunen H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound detects effusion and synovial proliferation caused by synovitis. The study was undertaken to evaluate the signs of synovitis in patients with primary Sjögren's Syndrome (SS). Joint effusion was detected and synovial thickness was measured in the suprapatellar synovial bursa. Results have been compared with ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Iagnocco A,Coari G,Palombi G,Valesini G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to study the long-term effect (2 years) of different training programs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The method was a randomized trial with 75 patients participating. The measured variables included morning stiffness, a pain score, number of swollen joints, a health assessment score, a funct...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hansen TM,Hansen G,Langgaard AM,Rasmussen JO

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a heterogeneous inflammatory disease associated with psoriasis. Underlying genetic factors are considered important for disease expression and prognosis of PsA. Interleukin-1β-regulating protein complexes called inflammasomes are associated with several inflammatory diseases, e....

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Juneblad K,Kastbom A,Johansson L,Rantapää-Dahlqvist S,Söderkvist P,Alenius GM

更新日期：2020-12-10 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:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic, inflammatory disease. Renal involvement worsens the course of RA and increases mortality. It is suggested that chronic inflammatory processes may contribute to renal impairment. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of chronic inflammation and RA activit...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Targońska-Stepniak B,Majdan M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if calprotectin is predictive for outcome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Fifty six RA in-patients with variable disease duration were prospectively followed for five years. Clinical and laboratory data were collected to assess disease activity. Health Assessment Questionnair...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Madland TM,Hordvik M,Haga HJ,Jonsson R,Brun JG

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult Still's disease (ASD) is a rare systemic disorder characterized by fever, arthralgia, cutaneous rash, and lymphadenopathy, with high polymorphonuclear leucocytosis and low glycosylated ferritinaemia. Kidney involvement has been reported rarely. We present a patient with ASD who developed haemolytic uraemic syndr...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Quéméneur T,Noel LH,Kyndt X,Droz D,Fleury D,Binaut R,Lemaitre V,Gobert P,Vanhille P

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that approximately one-third of patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) express high concentrations of antibodies marked by the rheumatoid factor cross reactive idiotype (RCRI) in their sera (6). In order to determine if an expression of RCRI is associated with certain clinical feature...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Ilowite NT,O'Reilly ME,Hatam L,Wedgwood JF,Bonagura VR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in the synovial fluids and sera of patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and to identify the IL-6-secreting cells. METHODS:Serum, synovial fluid, synovial tissue, and articular cartilage samples were collected from 49 OA patients with end-stage knee or hip OA who und...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Doss F,Menard J,Hauschild M,Kreutzer HJ,Mittlmeier T,Müller-Steinhardt M,Müller B

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic disease with extensive vascular involvement. The aim of this study was to investigate the cumulative incidence of large vessel involvement (LVI) in GCA, the distribution of vessels involved, and predictors for LVI. METHOD:Patients with biopsy-proven GCA in a defined ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Naderi N,Mohammad AJ,Turesson C

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SA 96 (N-(2-mercapto-2-methylpropanoyl)-L-cysteine) is a new sulfhydryl compound having a relatively similar chemical structure to Tiopronin and D-penicillamine. An open trial of SA 96 treatment (300 mg/day after meals for 16 weeks) was carried out in 11 patients with definite or classical rheumatoid arthritis and wit...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Ishikawa K,Sakaguchi M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In 2010, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) proposed new criteria for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia (FM) in the context of objections to components of the criteria of 1990. The new criteria consider the Widespread Pain Index (WPI) and the Symptom Severity Score (SSS). This study evaluated the implica...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Egloff N,von Känel R,Müller V,Egle UT,Kokinogenis G,Lederbogen S,Durrer B,Stauber S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In biopsies from normal-looking skin, immune complexes in the dermo-epidermal junction zone were found by a direct immunofluorescence technique in 14 of 17 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, in 6 of 12 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, but in none of 10 patients with temporal arteritis and 25 normal control...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Permin H,Juhl F,Wiik A,Balslov JT

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal permeability to polyethyleneglycols (PEGs) of varying size in patients with rheumatoid arthritis has been investigated. Permeability was determined by measuring the 6-hour urinary recovery of different-sized PEGs after oral intake of PEG 400, PEG 1000, or PEG 3000. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis exc...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Tagesson C,Bengtsson A

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：:Several different sets of diagnostic criteria of rheumatoid arthritis in children are in practical use. The criteria most widely applied are discussed here, especially with regard to clinical studies. Reasons are presented for the selection of criteria used in the present controlled clinical studies on rheumatic child...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kvien TK,Høyeraal HM,Kåss E

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of 113 knees of 72 patients treated with intra-articular injection of osmic acid for chronic exudative synovitis caused by various rheumatic diseases is reported. Certain cases presented abnormal radiological opacities, statistically more frequent after the injection of 200 mg than after 100 mg of osmic acid (...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Boussina I,Lagier R,Ott H,Fallet GH

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Aseptic loosening is one of the most important problems that can occur after total hip arthroplasty (THA). In this study, we analysed levels of large tenascin-C (TN-C) variants and compared them in pseudosynovial fluid from patients with aseptic loosening after THA with those in synovial fluid from patients u...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hasegawa M,Sudo A,Nagakura T,Hirata H,Kinoshita N,Yoshida T,Uchida A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of low-dose oral methotrexate (MTX) as treatment for patients with Kawasaki disease (KD) resistant to intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). METHODS:The subjects were four patients with KD, aged 8 months to 8 years old, who showed persistent disease after treatment with high-dose IVIG (2 g...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Ahn SY,Kim DS

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess 12-month changes in nutritional status and quality of life (QoL) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients requiring home parenteral nutrition (HPN). METHOD:We conducted a retrospective, single-centre database analysis of SSc patients regarding a 12-month period of HPN at an interdisciplinary Universit...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Stanga Z,Aeberhard C,Schärer P,Kocher A,Adler S,Villiger PM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of a disease flare-up and the side-effects experienced during the use of oral contraceptives (OCs) were studied in 85 female SLE patients, 18-44 years old, regularly attending two specialist rheumatological clinics. Thirty-one patients had used combined oral contraceptives (cOCs) during or after the onset of ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Julkunen HA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with familial Pelger-Huet (PH) anomaly, which accompanied tuberculosis, and acute polyarthritis is described. Investigations surrounding this case suggests that the immunological abnormalities may be associated with the PH anomaly and the tuberculosis, and that the complications may be related to the develop...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Suzuki N,Yasutake T,Ushiyama O,Hiida M,Ohta A,Yamaguchi M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical outcome and tolerability following treatment with samarium-153 particulate hydroxyapatite was evaluated in patients with persistent rheumatoid knee synovitis. The clinical review of 18 patients treated with intra-articular samarium-153 particulate hydroxyapatite combined with triamcinolone hexacetonide wh...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Clunie G,Lui D,Cullum I,Ell PJ,Edwards JC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate ultrasonographic criteria for examination of the major salivary glands in the diagnosis of primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS). METHOD:A total of 209 consecutive patients with rheumatic diseases were selected according to the American-European Consensus Group (AECG) classification criteria for SS. On...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Milic VD,Petrovic RR,Boricic IV,Radunovic GL,Pejnovic NN,Soldatovic I,Damjanov NS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Platelets are thought to participate in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We showed recently an in vivo increase in platelet-endothelial cell interactions in mice with antigen-induced arthritis (AiA). The underlying mechanisms are not yet clear. The aim of th...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Schmitt-Sody M,Metz P,Klose A,Gottschalk O,Zysk S,Hausdorf J,Veihelmann A,Jansson V

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) and B-cell activation factor (BAFF) are B-cell stimulation and survival molecules. We have investigated whether APRIL and/or BAFF activity is enhanced in the systemic and/or intrathechal compartment of patients with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE)...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hopia L,Thangarajh M,Khademi M,Laveskog A,Wallström E,Svenungsson E,Andersson M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00