[Mission statement from rheumatologists in the German Society of Rheumatology (DGRh e. V.) : We live rheumatology. German version].

abstract：:Three days after cholecystectomy, seven patients received a single dose of auranofin (5 tablets Ridaura = 4.35 mg gold). At defined time points thereafter the gold content in samples of blood, plasma, urine, bile, and feces was determined by instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). Maxima of the mean gold conc...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Benn HP,Schnier C,Bauer E,Seiler KU,Elhöft H,Löffler H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A female patient developed systemic rash, lung edema, electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities and fulminant hepatitis with partial liver failure 4 weeks after the start of sulfasalazine treatment. Peripheral T-cell activation, a positive PCR test for human herpesvirus (HHV) 6 as well as eosinophilia in bronchial lavage ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Pirklbauer M,Gruber J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relative efficacy and safety of apremilast, secukinumab, and ustekinumab at different doses in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA). METHOD:A Bayesian network meta-analysis was conducted, which included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that examined the efficacy and safety of aprem...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Song GG,Lee YH

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because it is a systemic disorder, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is known to predispose affected individuals to other organ manifestations as well as arthritic problems. The serious complications include pericarditis, pulmonary and cutaneous nodules, episcleritis, and rheumatoid vasculitis. Of late, a significantly increa...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Whelan P

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Involvement of the musculoskeletal system in 50 Lyme borreliosis patients seen in Czechoslovakia is described. Thirty-three patients reported tick bites or that they had removed a tick, four patients had been bitten by some other insect. Skin reaction following tick bite were found in 29 patients. Neurologic involveme...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Valesová M,Trnavský K

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light and electron microscopic investigations of joint cartilage in 13 cases of septic arthritis revealed sites of cartilaginous matrix infiltrated with polymorphonuclear granulocytes. This finding confirms rather unknown morphological works done by investigators on this diseases in the late 19th and beginning of the ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Gauger M,Mohr W

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired host immunity has been regarded as a predisposing factor in post-primary tuberculosis in adults. Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are usually exposed to high doses of corticosteroids and eventually develop defective cellular immunity that increases the risk for active tuberculosis. SLE-associa...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Kocakoc E,Ozgocmen S,Kiris A,Ozcakar L,Boztosun Y,Yildirim N

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An attempt is made to compile the pharmacological data on the leading non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. They concern the pharmacodynamics, the pharmacokinetics and the unwanted effects of these compounds. From these data a few suggestions for rational use are made: Ibuprofen and diclofenac present as drugs with s...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Brune K

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SAPHO syndrome, an acronym for synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis and osteitis, is a rare disease which affects bones, joints and the skin. The main osteoarticular features are hyperostosis and osteitis. Osteoarticular symptoms predominantly occur on the anterior chest wall but the spine and the peripheral ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Heldmann F,Kiltz U,Baraliakos X,Braun J

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of pyoderma gangraenosum was previously made as a diagnosis of exclusion. For this reason repeated attempts have been made in recent years to develop new diagnostic scores, whereby the typical clinical and anamnestic aspects were usually taken into account and the relevant differential diagnoses were exc...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Dissemond J

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare but often fatal demyelinating disease of the central nervous system induced by the JC virus. It mainly occurs in immunocompromised patients. Growing interest in rheumatology has arisen from reports of patients with rheumatic diseases suffering from PML. A dire...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Kneitz C,Wiendl H

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Personalized healthcare tries to predict the effectiveness and safety in individual therapeutic approaches by defining individual patient characteristics (biomarkers), while stratification uses diagnostic patterns for groups of patients for prediction of therapeutic response with less adverse reactions caused by the d...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Behrens F,Köhm M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author describes the information gained from anamnesis which points to a psychogenetic cause of rheumatic complaints. These symptoms are part of the diagnostically important criteria which must be supplemented still further by means of a personal discussion with the patient. A great deal depends on the skill of th...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Mathies H

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certolizumab pegol is a new anti-TNF-alpha inhibitor which has been approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis since October 2009. Due to the modification of the antibody fragment by the adherence of polyethylene glycol (PEG) a sufficient distribution in inflammatory tissue was found in animal experiments. In ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Schmeiser T,Müller-Ladner U

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last ten years various biologics have been introduced in the therapy of rheumatic diseases. The most successful approach so far has been the inhibition of TNF alpha, which is able to suppress systemic inflammation in an unprecedented manner. However, the early observation of newly developed antinuclear antibo...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Manger K,Manger B

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical pathways for three rheumatological indications have been successfully developed in the rheumatological departments of two hospitals. These diseases were selected because of the number of inpatients seen and/or the costs for diagnostics and therapy. Three quota-concepts, the coordination of treatment processes...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Lakomek HJ,Hülsemann JL,Küttner T,Buscham K,Roeder N

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sulfhydryl groups are chemically active parts of the protein molecule and participate in many important biochemical and metabolic processes. The present material comprised 132 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 104 patients with other diseases and 44 controls. The patients with rheumatoid arthritis had decreased ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Haataja M,Kalliomäki JL

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Our aim was to adapt and implement the evidence based recommendations for the management of ankylosing spodylitis (AS) of the "Assessments in AS" (ASAS) International Working Group together with the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) within the framework of a competence network (CN) in rheumatology in the G...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Braun J,Zochling J,Märker-Hermann E,Stucki G,Böhm H,Rudwaleit M,Zeidler H,Sieper J

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients have increased proportions of OKT-4+ (helper) T cells and diminished proportions of OKT-8+ (suppressor/cytotoxic) T cells in the peripheral blood. This phenomenon corresponds to diminished inhibition of B cell activation by peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL). Seropositiv...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Lemm G,Warnatz H

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multicentric post-marketing surveillance study over 7 years including 5,124 patients is presented. According to clinical and laboratory data, the drug D-penicillamine was effective, with a tendency of loss of efficacy after therapy of 5 years or longer. Response was better in the early stage of the disease. Side eff...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Kashiwazaki S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Still's disease covers a range of disorders from systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) up to adult onset Still's disease (AOSD). The overlapping clinical features suggest that SJIA and AOSD are different manifestations of a phenotypic continuum in different age stages. Still's disease is clinically characteriz...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Föll D,Wittkowski H,Hinze C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the introduction of biologic treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), disease activity and treatment modalities have changed substantially. The current provision and developments in recent years are analyzed with annual data from the National Database of the Collaborative Arthritis Centers in Germany. ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Albrecht K,Huscher D,Eidner T,Kleinert S,Späthling-Mestekemper S,Bischoff S,Zink A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatic diseases are among the most common chronic inflammatory disorders. Besides severe pain and progressive destruction of the joints, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), spondyloarthritides (SpA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) impair working ability, reduce quality of life and if treated insufficiently may enhance mortali...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Häupl T,Skapenko A,Hoppe B,Skriner K,Burkhardt H,Poddubnyy D,Ohrndorf S,Sewerin P,Mansmann U,Stuhlmüller B,Schulze-Koops H,Burmester GR

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a polymorphic and heterogenic systemic disorder with inflammation, fibrosis and vascular damage. Early diagnosis and classification may be difficult if disease expression is oligosymptomatic (undifferentiated), presenting with only Raynaud's phenomenon or limited scleroderma. Scleroderma sp...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Genth E,Krieg T

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musculoskeletal ultrasonography (US) is an established and validated imaging technique in rheumatology. Ultrasonography is able to directly visualize soft tissue pathologies such as synovial tissue changes. Pathological findings in superficial cartilage, bone lesions and synovial tissue changes in the context of rheum...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Tamborrini G,Backhaus M,Schmidt W,Ziswiler HR

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatology training is reorganized with the implementation of the revision of the training regulations for German physicians (MWBO) to become a specialist in internal medicine and rheumatology. This article focusses on novel aspects including far-reaching waiver of reference numbers, the professionally recommended t...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Fleck M,Berliner MN,Krause A

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune system is regulated by a variety of mechanisms that prevent overwhelming immune responses and a break in tolerance. There have been indications for some time that populations of B cells are also a part of this network and able to exert regulatory functions. Here we summarize current knowledge on this previo...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Tretter T,Lorenz HM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:409 unselected outpatients were asked standardized expert system questions on the medical history of joint complaints. An average number of 30.4 +/- 6.6 out of 60 questions with 346 different answers were asked in a mean time of 20.1 +/- 6.6 min. This time, required for the questions to be displayed on the computer sc...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Schewe S,Krüger K,Herzer P,Schattenkirchner M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Influence of anti-rheumatic drugs on human lymphocytes, especially T and B cell membranes, was studies with D-penicillamine, aurothiomalate, dexamethasone, cyclophosphamide, mitomycin C and aspirin. METHOD:Peripheral blood obtained from five healthy individuals and lymphocytes were separated by centrifugati...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Yoshino S,Ishiyama I

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health policy in Germany has in recent years given priority to the self-administration of physicians, sickness funds, and hospital associations. Hence, legal regulations on quality assurance have focused on defining responsibilities and areas of primary importance, while precise processes are being defined by the self...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

authors： Luithlen E,Aufderheide E

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00