Immobilization leads to early changes in hydrostatic pressure of bone and joint. A study on experimental osteoarthritis in rabbits.

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

abstract：:Cytokines are signalling glycoproteins mediating acute inflammation, chronic inflammation, and connective tissue destruction. The present study was designed to characterize the profile of cytokine message in normal human articular cartilage and from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA), by m...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Leistad L,Ostensen M,Faxvaag A

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To examine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans for bone lesions typical of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the wrist joints of healthy individuals. METHODS:Thirty-one symptomless healthy persons (13/18 men/women), mean age 49 years (range 32-64 years), were included. MRI scans and radiographs of both wrists ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Palosaari K,Vuotila J,Soini I,Kaarela K,Kautiainen H,Hakala M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the impact of a broad spectrum of different polymorphisms within the interleukin-10 (IL-10) promoter gene on disease susceptibility to primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS), clinical manifestations, and autoantibody production. METHODS:We genotyped 111 unrelated German Caucasian patients with pSS and...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Willeke P,Gaubitz M,Schotte H,Becker H,Domschke W,Schlüter B

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:FURIN is a proprotein convertase enzyme that inhibits the proinflammatory function of T cells and myeloid cells. Elevated FURIN expression levels have been reported in immune-mediated diseases, such as primary Sjögren's syndrome. Here, we investigated the levels of FURIN in peripheral blood (PB) and synovial ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Valli A,Ranta N,Grönholm A,Silvennoinen O,Pesu M,Isomäki P

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied HLA antigens in 105 unrelated American Caucasian patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 70 of them with familial disease. HLA-DR4 was observed in 71% of familial RA, 63% of non-familial RA, and 27% of normal controls, confirming the already well-established association between HLA-DR4 and both familial an...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Khan MA,Wolfe F,Kleinheksel SM,Molta C

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to establish the benefit of an additional hypothetical laboratory criterion for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), comprising positivity for antikeratin antibody (AKA) and/or antiperinuclear factor (APF). The tests were applied to a series of 308 hospital patients with various recent-onset inflammator...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： von Essen R,Kurki P,Isomäki H,Okubo S,Kautiainen H,Aho K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate changes in whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WBMRI) inflammatory and structural lesions in most joints and entheses in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with adalimumab. METHODS:WBMRI was obtained at weeks 0, 6, 16, and 52 in a 52 week follow-up study of 37 RA patients start...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Axelsen MB,Eshed I,Østergaard M,Hetland ML,Møller JM,Jensen DV,Krintel SB,Hansen MS,Terslev L,Klarlund M,Poggenborg RP,Balding L,Pedersen SJ

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：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：: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：OBJECTIVE:Chronic renal disease other than scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) is not well documented in systemic sclerosis (SSc). We examined the occurrence of decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in a large consecutive SSc cohort and analysed whether it was related to SSc or could be related to other causes. METHOD...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Scheja A,Bartosik I,Wuttge DM,Hesselstrand R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In psoriatic spondylitis, the complication of cervical cord compression with myelopathy is rare. We present a case of psoriatic spondylitis causing cervical myelopathy which required surgical intervention, and review the literature of reported neurological complications in psoriatic spondylitis. ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Akagi S,Saito T,Kato I,Ogawa R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the efficacy and toxicity of cyclosporine A (CsA) in combination with methotrexate (MTX) or hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Fourteen patients with active RA who had failed to respond adequately to injectable MTX and 14 who had failed to respond to oral HCQ h...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Salaffi F,Carotti M,Cervini C

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：: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：:Pulmonary hemorrhage is a rare, but serious manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Herein, we report 13 cases of severe pulmonary hemorrhage in SLE. Hemoptysis was present in 11 patients. All thirteen patients had active nephritis and were in the stage of nephrotic syndrome. A majority of the patients ha...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Liu MF,Lee JH,Weng TH,Lee YY

更新日期：1998-01-01 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:Serum interleukin-18 (IL-18) levels are increased in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD). In addition, IL-18 levels are increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and are associated with arthritis activity. We determined whether increased IL-18 levels are associated with ILD in RA. METHOD...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Matsuo T,Hashimoto M,Ito I,Kubo T,Uozumi R,Furu M,Ito H,Fujii T,Tanaka M,Terao C,Kono H,Mori M,Hamaguchi M,Yamamoto W,Ohmura K,Morita S,Mimori T

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A vast accumulation of clinical experience and controlled studies justifies the use of gold compounds in selected cases of rheumatoid arthritis. The striking therapeutical efficacy observed in some patients has stimulated active research to clarify the pharmacokinetics and mechanisms of action of gold compounds. Based...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Gottlieb NL,Bjelle A

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain data on the incidence of Reiter's syndrome (RS) as well as on possible simultaneously appearing signs and symptoms of RS in sexual couples we have made interview reports of randomly selected 530 persons: 219 males and 311 females, aged 15 to 54. None had RS. Six males (2.7%) and seven females (2.3%) had a hi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Vilppula AH,Yli-Kerttula UI,Terho PE

更新日期：1982-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To establish by ultrasonography (US) the frequency of calcaneal entheses involvement in erosive osteoarthritis (EOA), nodal osteoarthritis (NOA), RA and PsA, and to compare these results in order to aid clinicians in the differential diagnosis among these diseases. A comparison between US results and radiogra...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Falsetti P,Frediani B,Fioravanti A,Acciai C,Baldi F,Filippou G,Marcolongo R

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of both multiple sclerosis (MS) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has previously been described in several members within the same family and in twins of successive generations, but the finding of both diseases in one patient is a great rarity. We here report on a rare coexistence of MS and SLE bot...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hietaharju A,Peltola J,Seppä J,Luukkainen R,Dastidar P

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficacious management of patients with avascular necrosis of bone (AVN) necessitates the identification of patients with a high risk of collapse of the femoral head. In this prospective study we imaged both hips of 10 patients with active rheumatoid arthritis, who were treated with methylprednisolone pulse therapy. M...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： van Vugt RM,Sijbrandij ES,Bijlsma JW

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：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：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：:Nine patients suffering from chronic rheumatoid arthritis were each given single doses of 1 g acetylsalicylic acid, in the form of each of the preparations studied: an enteric-coated tablet, a microcrystalline tablet, and a capsule containing enterosoluble granules. Absorption from each preparation was good in all pat...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Martio J,Kahela P

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00