Central sensitization and its relationship with health profile in Behçet's disease.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The present study aimed to conduct an epidemiological survey of Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI) scores in an older adult population and to investigate the association between the CSI scores, age, sex, pain intensity, site of pain, and health-related quality of life (QOL). METHODS:Participants were 373...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Ide K,Yasuda T,Hasegawa T,Yamato Y,Yoshida G,Banno T,Arima H,Oe S,Mihara Y,Ushirozako H,Yamada T,Watanabe Y,Nakai K,Hoshino H,Matsuyama Y

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis to quantitatively evaluate the association of cytokine gene polymorphisms with systemic sclerosis (SSc) susceptibility. Electronic databases were used to identify published studies before July 2011. In total, 23 case-control studies including 3524 SSc cases and 6086 healthy c...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Peng WJ,Pan HF,Tao JH,Wang BX,Lu MM,Wang S,He Q,Wang J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study is to clarify the surgical indication for rheumatoid forefoot deformity according to background characteristics and plantar pressure. METHODS:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis were divided into a non-surgical group (group N) and a surgical group (group S). The former consisted o...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Lee H,Ishikawa H,Miyagawa Y,Takai C,Nomura Y,Nemoto T,Kobayashi D,Abe A,Otani H,Ito S,Nakazono K,Ishii T,Saito S,Tokuhashi Y,Murasawa A

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was performed to investigate the clinical and radiological results of the Sauvé-Kapandji (S-K) procedure for the rheumatoid wrist. One hundred and eight rheumatoid wrists in 98 patients were operated on in our institute from 1992 to 2000, and in 82 wrists we used the S-K procedure. In other cases...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Momohara S,Mamizuka K,Yonemoto K,Tomatsu T,Inoue K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate CD44 levels in articular cartilage of knee osteoarthritis (OA) and the relationship between CD44 and severity of the disease. METHODS:All 50 cartilage tissues included normal and OA cartilage, and were ascribed to the following four groups on the basis of modified Mankin score: normal, mild l...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Zhang FJ,Luo W,Gao SG,Su DZ,Li YS,Zeng C,Lei GH

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract An accumulating body of evidence shows that gene therapy can be successfully used to treat animal models of arthritis. Based on this success, a clinical trial of gene therapy for rheumatoid arthritis has been initiated. We review the methods and genes used for the previous gene transfer experiments, including...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Kohsaka H

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare disease of unknown etiology causing systematic inflammation and resulting in destruction of cartilaginous tissues. We describe here an 18-year-old Japanese woman who developed severe airway stenosis as the initial symptom with auricular, nasal, and ocular inflammation. The effec...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Yamaoka K,Saito K,Hanami K,Nakayamada S,Nawata M,Iwata S,Azuma T,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract This work was undertaken to determine baseline urate metabolism in patients during the intermittent phase of gouty arthritis in order to decide on the best treatment for hyperuricemia. Parameters affecting serum urate levels, including uric acid clearance and urinary urate excretion, were re-evaluated in 30 p...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Tsutani H,Kiriba C,Imamura S,Yoshio N,Nakamura T,Ueda T

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovial vascularization in the knee joints of six patients with rheumatoid arthritis who were treated with infliximab was evaluated by Doppler sonography. Power Doppler sonography demonstrated a significant reduction of color flow signals (P < 0.05), and spectral Doppler sonography demonstrated a significant increase...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Takahashi A,Sato A,Yamadera Y,Takeda I,Kanno T,Ohguchi Y,Nishimaki T,Kasukawa R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The prediction of hip osteoarthritis (OA) progression is still a difficult issue. We have adopted (18)F-fluoride positron emission tomography (PET) for the evaluation of hip osteoarthritis, and investigated the prediction utility of (18)F-fluoride PET for both pain worsening and OA progression using a logisti...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Kobayashi N,Inaba Y,Yukizawa Y,Ike H,Kubota S,Inoue T,Saito T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the severe adverse effects of intra-articular injection in the knee is septic arthritis of the knee joint. Staphylococcus aureus is the most frequent pathogen of septic arthritis. Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) refers to a spectrum of blistering skin diseases caused by S. aureus exfoliative toxins....

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Kunugiza Y,Tani M,Tomita T,Yoshikawa H

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a fascinating clinical entity first reported in this century in Japan, and includes a wide variety of diseases, such as formerly named Mikulicz's disease (MD), autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP), interstitial nephritis, prostatitis and retroperitoneal fibrosis. The Japanese IgG4 team organ...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Umehara H,Okazaki K,Kawa S,Takahashi H,Goto H,Matsui S,Ishizaka N,Akamizu T,Sato Y,Kawano M,Research Program for Intractable Disease by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) Japan.

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to show whether the disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients had improved in Japan, and whether the improvement of disease activity had resulted in a better outcome of patients. In a single-institute-based prospective observational cohort of RA patients (Institute of Rheum...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Yamanaka H,Inoue E,Singh G,Tanaka E,Nakajima A,Taniguchi A,Hara M,Tomatsu T,Kamatani N

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Interleukin-6 receptor antagonist, tocilizumab (TCZ), is known to be effective in the treatment of amyloidosis in patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). But there are limited data about the effect of TCZ on frequency of attacks. In the current study, we aimed to find out whether TCZ therapy could decreas...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Colak S,Tekgoz E,Cinar M,Yilmaz S

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: To assess the effects of belimumab on disease activity across multiple organ domains in Japanese patients from the Phase 3 randomized, double-blind, North-East Asia study, BEL113750 (NCT01345253).Methods: Patients, aged ≥18 years, with American College of Rheumatology-defined systemic lupus erythematosus (...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Tanaka Y,Bass D,Chu M,Egginton S,Ji B,Roth D

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract A woman with Sjögren's syndrome concurrently suffered bilateral fractures of the femoral neck without any proximate cause, while she had aseptic necrosis of the femoral head resulting from the treatment for Sjögren's syndrome. According to previous reports, fractures of the femoral neck following aseptic necr...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Kamiya M,Ueno M,Yamaguchi H,Kanata S,Sohen S

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient who had a 4-year history of adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) and showed a prominent increase in large granular lymphocytes (LGL) when she developed severe Pseudomonas conjunctivitis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa, skin eruptions, liver damage, and abnormal findings in coagulation studies, without ...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Tabata R,Tabata C,Fukuda H,Kotani H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chondrocytes of cartilage have so far been reported to include three mechanoresponsive genes: cartilage matrix protein (CMP, matrilin-1), type X collagen, and Indian hedgehog (Ihh). In fact, all of the genes identified in these chondrocytes are associated solely with mechanical stress. In this study we examined th...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Kanbe K,Inoue K,Xiang C,Chen Q

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patient described here is a 49-year-old woman who had hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Her RA had been successfully managed with methotrexate for about 10 years. After a sustained virological response was achieved with interferon therapy, treatment with adalimumab was instituted. Th...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Noguchi O,Gibo Y

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Several biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) are currently available for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Increasing evidence indicates that second-line bDMARDs are effective for inadequate responders to first-line bDMARDs. However, all previous studies investigated the use o...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Matsuno H,Katayama K

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: This study aimed to clarify whether plasma acrolein level actually increases in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, and to elucidate whether any relationship exists between the levels and the RA background variables.Methods: Plasma levels of protein-conjugated acrolein (PC-Acro) in 84 patients (RA group) an...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Kawabata C,Nagasawa T,Ono M,Tarumoto N,Katoh N,Hotta Y,Kawano H,Igarashi K,Shiokawa K,Nishimura K

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Joint space narrowing and osteophyte formation, radiographic features of knee osteoarthritis (OA), are not necessarily synchronous processes. We evaluated the relationship between medial minimum joint space width (mJSW) and osteophyte formation. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective study of 1050 individuals...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Komatsu D,Hasegawa Y,Kojima T,Seki T,Higuchi Y,Ishiguro N

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related disease' is a new clinical concept of multi-organ diseases, with Mikulicz's disease (MD) being a clinical phenotype of IgG4-related disease. To clarify the clinical characteristics of respiratory involvement associated with IgG4-related MD, we retrospectively assessed 25 patients with...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Matsui S,Taki H,Shinoda K,Suzuki K,Hayashi R,Tobe K,Tokimitsu Y,Ishida M,Fushiki H,Seto H,Fukuoka J,Ishizawa S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Upper limit of methotrexate (MTX) for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was recently increased from 8 to 16 mg/week in Japan. We therefore examined the effect of concomitant MTX dose on the efficacy of adalimumab (ADA) in clinical practice. METHOD:Sixty-one consecutive RA patients treated with ADA were...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Nakashima Y,Miyahara H,Kondo M,Fukuda T,Harada H,Haraguchi A,Inoue Y,Ishinishi T,Maekawa M,Maeyama A,Nakashima M,Shono E,Suematsu E,Shimauchi T,Tsuru T,Tsukamoto H,Yoshizawa S,Yoshizawa S,Iwamoto Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa (cutaneous PAN) is a form of necrotizing vasculitis of small- and medium-sized arteries, primarily involving the skin. In juvenile cases, cutaneous PAN is known to be frequently associated with Group A β-hemolytic Streptococcus (GAS) infections. We herein describe the first reported juve...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Yamamoto T,Inoue Y,Tomiita M,Oikawa M,Kambe N,Arima T,Shimojo N,Kohno Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of morphologic and functional cardiac abnormalities in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to correlate the findings with levels of anti-Ro/SS-A, anti-La/SS-B, and anti-cardiolipin antibody (aCL). Sixty-two patients with SLE were enrolled in this stu...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Shahin AA,Shahin HA,Hamid MA,Amin MA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to analyze clinical features and treatment outcomes of otitis media caused by antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), i.e. otitis media with AAV (OMAAV). METHODS:This survey was performed between December 2013 and February 2014. The study began with a preliminary surv...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Harabuchi Y,Kishibe K,Tateyama K,Morita Y,Yoshida N,Kunimoto Y,Matsui T,Sakaguchi H,Okada M,Watanabe T,Inagaki A,Kobayashi S,Iino Y,Murakami S,Takahashi H,Tono T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are heterogeneous disorders that affect the skeletal muscles. Polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and inclusion body myositis are major IIM subsets. Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy became recognized as a potentially new IIM subset. Since the new classification criteria publish...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Sasaki H,Kohsaka H

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of estrogen therapy on changes in arthritis and bone mineral density (BMD) was evaluated using an estrogen-replete collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) rat model. Seven-month-old female Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 30) were divided into the three groups; control (CONT), collagen sensitization (CIA), and CIA + 17...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Yoshioka T,Hagino H,Yamasaki D,Okano T,Teshima R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old woman was admitted for long-lasting fever and recurrent opportunistic infections during the treatment of SLE. She had been diagnosed as SLE and type-IV nephritis based on a renal biopsy and serological findings. A colonoscopy and liver biopsy revealed disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection. H...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Ochi S,Kato S,Nakamura-Uchiyama F,Ohnishi K,Saito Y

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00