Radiographic assessment in relation to clinical and biochemical variables in rheumatoid arthritis.

abstract：:Objective: Predicting treatment response and disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains an elusive endeavour. Identifying subgroups of patients with similar progression is essential for understanding what hinders improvement. However, this cannot be achieved with response criteria based on current versus...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Leu Agelii M,Andersson M,Jones BL,Sjöwall C,Kastbom A,Hafström I,Forslind K,Gjertsson I

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary cultures of neonatal dermal fibroblasts from two strains of mice (A/J and C57BL6/J) were utilized as an in vitro system to investigate the effects of glucocorticoids on cell growth and collagen synthesis. Protein and DNA synthesis were lower in untreated (control) A/J fibroblasts than in C57BL6/J fibroblasts. ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Verbruggen LA,Orloff S,Rao VH,Salomon DS

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：:Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary gives the following definition of dactylitis (deltaalphachitauupsilonlambdaomicronsigma = digit): 'inflammation of a finger or toe'. Although any inflammatory process involving the fingers or toes may be called dactylitis, the term has entered in current use only in some well-d...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Olivieri I,Scarano E,Padula A,Giasi V,Priolo F

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evidence base for treatment of systemic vasculitis is reviewed in this article. Accurate diagnosis and evaluation of disease status is crucial to the appropriate management of these cases and disease status should be employed as a means of staging so that appropriate therapy can be offered tailored to the individu...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Luqmani RA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the clonal characteristics of B cells in the synovial membranes of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. METHODS:The clonality of B cells at separate sites of the synovial membrane and other tissues from RA patients were investigated by a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction with a VH...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Shiokawa S,Matsumato N,Nishimura J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to analyse differences in clinical presentation in patients with early (< 3 years' duration) systemic sclerosis (SSc), comparing three age groups according to disease subsets. METHOD:Cross-sectional analysis of the prospective EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research database (EUSTAR) ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Carreira PE,Carmona L,Joven BE,Loza E,Andréu JL,Riemekasten G,Vettori S,Balbir-Gurman A,Airò P,Walker U,Damjanov N,Matucci-Cerinic M,Ananieva LP,Rednic S,Czirják L,Distler O,Farge D,Hesselstrand R,Corrado A,Caramasc

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether high-frequency ultrasound (US) yielding separate assessments of intima and media thickness gives additional information about the vascular morphology compared with the total common carotid artery intima-media thickness (CCA-IMT). METHODS:Using a 22 MHz US instrument, we determined the ne...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Leonard D,Akhter T,Nordmark G,Rönnblom L,Naessen T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protracted febrile myalgia (PFM) is a rare form of vasculitic disease that affects patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Mutation analysis performed in 15 patients who suffered from this disorder showed that 9 of the 15 patients were homozygous for M694V. FMF in these 9 patients was associated with more se...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Sidi G,Shinar Y,Livneh A,Langevitz P,Pras M,Pras E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Thyroid dysfunction in the setting of systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been described previously. We aimed to determine the prevalence of anti-thyroid antibodies (ATA) in a large SSc cohort and to ascertain whether they are associated with distinct clinical phenotypes. METHODS:A total of 138 patients with SSc [...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Danielides S,Mavragani CP,Katsakoulas I,Zintzaras E,Drosos AA,Vlachoyiannopoulos PG,Moutsopoulos HM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated the antibody levels against early antigens of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), and human herpesvirus 6 (HHV6) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and healthy controls, and further correlated these antibodies to haematology/biochemistry, serology, and disease activit...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Rasmussen NS,Draborg AH,Nielsen CT,Jacobsen S,Houen G

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Vibrio vulnificus infection commonly presents as sepsis or wound infection. A case of alcoholic liver cirrhosis developed acute left heel pain and swelling 2 days after ingesting raw fish. Two sets of blood cultures indicated V. vulnificus. HLA-B27 was negative. Ultrasonography revealed left Achilles tendinitis. Fluid...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Yang CH,Shie SS,Yu KH,Jan Wu YJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether HLA-DR alleles are associated with the development and clinical features of systemic sclerosis (SSc) in Koreans. METHODS:Seventy-nine patients (74 women and five men; 45 diffuse types and 34 limited types; mean age at diagnosis 43.9 years) fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Joung CI,Jun JB,Chung WT,Song GG,Choe JY,Chang HK,Yoo DH

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the role of crystal size in the biologic response, we quantitated the generation of reactive oxygen metabolites in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) or mononuclear leukocytes (MNs) with a chemiluminescence assay using 6 alpha-alumina preparations with average diameters of 0.6, 0.8, 3.2, 7.5, 28 and 6...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Nagase M,Nishiya H,Takeuchi H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cogan's syndrome (CS) is a rare multisystemic disease characterized by vestibuloauditory dysfunction, inflammatory eye disease and vasculitis. Aortic aneurysms due to aortitis are under-recognized in CS, and are potentially fatal, with two of eight reported cases dying from aneurysm/arterial rupture. The presence of a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Low AH,Su JW,Sin KY,Fong KY,Thumboo J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Calcium hydroxyapatite (HA) is reported to be the major constituent of soft tissue calcinosis in patients with scleroderma (systemic sclerosis, SSc). Mechanical stress and local tissue hypoxia are thought to be important in the pathogenesis of SSc calcinosis. We sought to analyse spontaneously draining mater...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hsu VM,Emge T,Schlesinger N

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison of clinical, immunological and HLA-D region antigen features was made between 22 patients with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) and 118 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), scleroderma or primary Sjögren's syndrome. The MCTD patients had hypergammaglobulinemia more often than did those ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hämeenkorpi R,Ruuska P,Forsberg S,Tiilikainen R,Mäkitalo R,Hakala M

更新日期：1993-01-01 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

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：OBJECTIVES:To study the prevalence of comorbid conditions at diagnosis and during follow-up in a cohort of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) followed prospectively over 20 years, and to identify possible early predictive factors for future comorbidities. METHODS:A community-based cohort of 183 patients (me...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kapetanovic MC,Lindqvist E,Simonsson M,Geborek P,Saxne T,Eberhardt K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using Doppler echocardiography (DE), we measured pulmonary arterial systolic pressure (PASP) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients without coexisting cardiopulmonary diseases. Accepting the normal upper limit of PASP as 30 mmHg, we found elevated PASP in 11 out of 40 (27.5%) RA patients, values being mostly 30-40 mmHg...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Keser G,Capar I,Aksu K,Inal V,Danaoğlu Z,Savas R,Oksel F,Tunc E,Kabasakal Y,Kitapcioglu G,Doganavsargil E

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The significance of C-reactive protein (CRP) elevation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in the pretreatment stage was assessed with reference to other laboratory data obtained simultaneously. Sixteen of 31 cases were CRP-positive, and the CR-positive group contained significantly more cases with uri...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Inoue T,Kanayama Y,Katoh N,Ohe A,Amatsu K,Okamura M,Horiguchi T

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate chromosome damage, by means of micronucleus frequency, in dermal fibroblasts from affected and non-affected skin from systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients and from controls. METHODS:Primary fibroblast cultures were obtained by biopsy from affected and non-affected skin from SSc patients. Control fib...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Martins EP,Fuzzi HT,Kayser C,Alarcon RT,Rocha MG,Chauffaille ML,Andrade LE

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Low body weight is an easily assessable cause of Raynaud's phenomenon (RP), and is frequently overlooked by clinicians. We aim to investigate the association of low body weight (body mass index < 18.5 kg/m2), involuntary weight loss, and nutritional restrictions with the presence of RP. Method: Participant...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Abdulle AE,Arends S,van Goor H,Brouwer E,van Roon AM,Westra J,Herrick AL,de Leeuw K,Mulder DJ

更新日期：2020-10-16 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：:Preliminary studies indicate that plasma zinc concentrations, as estimated by atomic absorption spectrophotometry, are reduced in rheumatoid arthritis. A relationship has also been established between metacarpal index of osteoporosis and plasma zinc concentrations in rheumatoid subjects. ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kennedy AC,Fell GS,Rooney PJ,Stevens WH,Dick WC,Buchanan WW

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 100 adult patients with definite rheumatoid arthritis of at most 3 years' duration and with no previous penicillamine, gold or systemic corticosteroid treatment, 50 patients were treated with D-penicillamine and 50 with gold for one yar. The dose of penicillamine was 600 mg daily. Sodium aurothiomalate ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Mäkisara P,Nissilä M,Kajander A,Martio J,von Essen R,Anttila P,Mäkisara GL

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：:An account is given of a viscometer which can be used for measuring the viscosity of synovial fluid when only small quantities are avaliable (0.15 ml) and taking into account the non-Newtonian character of the fluid. A technical description of the apparatus is given. A series of experiments are reported in which bovin...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Reimann I,Stougaard J,Northeved A

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00