A follow-up study of the progress of keratoconjunctivitis sicca and response to treatment in primary Sjögren's syndrome.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the molecular and biochemical profile of skeletal muscle mitochondria of patients with isolated polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We included patients with a recent diagnosis of PMR and as control healthy individuals submitted to orthopedic surgery. Skeletal muscle was obtaine...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Miró O,Jarreta D,Casademont J,Barrientos A,Rodríguez B,Gómez M,Nunes V,Urbano-Márquez A,Cardellach F

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the influence of geographic variation on the risk of digital ulcer (DU) development in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. METHODS:This cross-sectional, multicentre study evaluated patients with SSc from centres located in different geographic regions of Brazil (subtropical and tropical climate zo...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Souza E,Muller CS,Horimoto A,Rezende RA,Guimarães I,Mariz HA,Dantas AT,Da Costa IP,Del-Rio A,Sekiyama J,Kahwage CB,Kayser C

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an uncommon immunological disorder with multisystemic involvement. Neurological and neuropsychiatric manifestations in this disease are multifactorial and can involve any part of this system. We describe one patient presenting with spastic quadriparesis as an early clinical manife...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Gupta A,Singh S,Singh P,Ahluwalia J,Rath S,Minz RW

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative value of nine spinal and thoracic mobility measurements was investigated in 73 male patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The value of a test was obtained by the relative ranks of validity, reliability and sensitivity to change. Validity was determined as age-adjusted correlation of the test result w...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Viitanen JV,Kautiainen H,Suni J,Kokko ML,Lehtinen K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to relate postural control, as measured on a quantitative test battery as standing balance on an AMTI force platform, to results of muscle function of the lower extremities, aerobic capacity, disease characteristics, attitudes revealing anxiety, and demographic variables in patients wi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Ekdahl C

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:No difference in the number of serious adverse events was reported in previous clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients treated with TNF-alpha blockade, but a patient died because of disseminated tuberculosis. A tuberculosis reactivation in a patient with IBD and anti-...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Mayordomo L,Marenco JL,Gomez-Mateos J,Rejon E

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the feasibility of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided high power focused ultrasound (FUS) to perform synovectomy noninvasively. METHODS:Five New Zealand white male rabbit knees with experimentally induced arthritis underwent MRI-guided thermal surgery by high power (60 W/10 s) sonication....

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Foldes K,Hynynen K,Shortkroff S,Winalski CS,Collucci V,Koskinen SK,McDannold N,Jolesz F

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is characterized by recurrent attacks of fever and serositis. Typical attacks of FMF last 3 to 5 days. Fever and myalgia are not always improved by colchicine therapy and sometimes require steroid therapy. We present two cases of severe prolonged febrile myalgia where steroid therapy...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Odabas AR,Cetinkaya R,Selcuk Y,Kaya H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) may present as 'idiopathic' retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRPF). We aimed to determine the occurrence of IgG4-retroperitoneal fibrosis (IgG4-RPF) in a nationwide study on patients with newly diagnosed IRPF, and to compare histopathological, imaging, and clinical features in the I...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Lomborg N,Jakobsen M,Bode CS,Junker P

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fc-receptors for IgG (Fc gamma R) are important triggers of effector function in macrophages. We have investigated the distribution of cells bearing Fc gamma R I, Fc gamma R II, and Fc gamma R III in 14 synovia and 3 nodules from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, using monoclonal antibodies on serial cryostat sectio...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Bröker BM,Edwards JC,Fanger MW,Lydyard PM

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:Cyclic adenosine-3', 5'-monophosphate (cAMP) may influence important mechanisms in the inflammatory process, and fasting has been claimed to be clinically beneficial in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A study was therefore designed to measure the concentrations of plasma cAMP in RA patients not undergoing drug treatment du...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Trang LE,Lövgren O,Bendz R,Mjös O

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：:Levels of cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) and cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) have been investigated in joint fluid in inflammatory arthropathies. A disturbed balance between cAMP and cGMP due to a depressed level of cAMP was found in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Reiter's syndrome, in comparis...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Trang LE,Lövgren O,Roch-Norlund AE,Horn RS,Walaas O

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presenting symptoms in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) may be atypical. We report herein two old females who developed a bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome several months before the typical symptoms of PMR appeared. In both patients the diagnosis of PMR was overlooked and a surgical release of the median nerve was performe...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Herrera B,Sanmartí R,Ponce A,Lopez-Soto A,Muñoz-Gómez J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Erosion healing in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is difficult to demonstrate. This extension study aimed to determine whether 2 years of teriparatide (TPTD) produces erosion healing. Method: Subjects in a previous 12 month randomized controlled trial of TPTD in RA were invited to receive 12 additional months of...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Duryea J,Gravallese EM,Wortman JR,Xu C,Lu B,Kay J,Solomon DH

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of inflammation through exposure to tumour necrosis factor (TNF)alpha on T lymphocytes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:We studied the effect of TNFalpha on T-lymphocyte apoptosis in patients with SLE, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and in healthy controls. Apo...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Habib HM,Taher TE,Isenberg DA,Mageed RA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Schnitzler syndrome (SchS) is an autoinflammatory disorder characterized by chronic urticaria, fever, and monoclonal gammopathy. The success of interleukin-1 (IL-1) blocking therapies suggests a crucial role for IL-1 in disease induction. The aim of this study is to perform a comprehensive analysis of IL-1 f...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Migliorini P,Italiani P,Pratesi F,Puxeddu I,Boraschi D

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:The study was done to determine whether the new SCORE (Simple Calculated Osteoporosis Risk Estimation) index might reduce the utilization of bone mineral density (BMD) measurement. METHODS:989 consecutive patients who were referred by a range of physicians for BMD assessments at one of two clinics had a SCO...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Russell AS,Morrison RT

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the state of dentition between rheumatoid and control patients, ortopanthomograms were taken of 126 rheumatoid and 119 control patients. This roenthenologic examination revealed a signficantly higher incidence of teeth loss among the rheumatoid patients than among the control patients. To determine whether ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Malmström M,Calonius PE

更新日期：1975-01-01 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 aim of the present study was to assess the T cell cytokines IFN-gamma, IL-2, IL-4 and IL-5 in labial salivary glands (LSG) in Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and healthy controls using RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. IFN-gamma is always or almost always produced in SS and in healthy controls. IL-2 was also found in some ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Konttinen YT,Kemppinen P,Koski H,Li TF,Jumppanen M,Hietanen J,Santavirta S,Salo T,Larsson A,Hakala M,Sorsa T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) frequently causes temporomandibular joint (TMJ) inflammation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of orofacial pain and temporomandibular dysfunction in patients with JIA and controls. METHODS. Forty-one patients with JIA and 41 age- and sex-matched healthy ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Leksell E,Ernberg M,Magnusson B,Hedenberg-Magnusson B

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The associations between the lumbar and femoral bone mineral and several body constitutional, lifestyle, and disease related variables were studied in 111 children with juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA) by factor and multiple linear regression analyses. In addition to the measurement of bone mineral density (BMD), bone...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kotaniemi A,Savolainen A,Kröger H,Kautiainen H,Isomäki H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: To study associations between different anthropometric measures and incident gout, and to find the best predictive measure. Method: We used the baseline investigation from the Malmö Diet and Cancer study, excluding cases of prevalent gout (n = 28 081). Cox regression for each anthropometric measurement was...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Wändell P,Andreasson A,Hagström H,Kapetanovic MC,Carlsson AC

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the influence of -308 tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) promoter polymorphism and circulating TNFalpha levels in the clinical response to adalimumab treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Eighty-one patients with active RA were genotyped for the -308 TNFalpha polym...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Cuchacovich M,Soto L,Edwardes M,Gutierrez M,Llanos C,Pacheco D,Sabugo F,Alamo M,Fuentealba C,Villanueva L,Gatica H,Schiattino I,Salazaro L,Catalan D,Valenzuela O,Salazar-Onfray F,Aguillón JC

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

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