Audit of closed synovial biopsy in the diagnosis of inflammatory joint disease.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to investigate the cost of living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and evaluate the influence of both demographics and specific disease characteristics on these costs. METHODS:We used a population-based questionnaire to survey 895 patients living in the city of Malmö, Sweden, during 2002. Data were o...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Jacobsson LT,Lindroth Y,Marsal L,Juran E,Bergström U,Kobelt G

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To elucidate the roles of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in cell cycle regulation and proliferation of rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast-like synovial cells (RA-FLSs). Methods: Under stimulation with IL-6/soluble interleukin-6 receptor (sIL-6R) and TNF-α, we examined the expression ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kaneshiro K,Sakai Y,Suzuki K,Uchida K,Tateishi K,Terashima Y,Kawasaki Y,Shibanuma N,Yoshida K,Hashiramoto A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine whether the serological response towards lytic cycle antigens of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is altered in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. METHOD:We used enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to investigate the prevalence of EBV early antigen diffuse (EBV-EA/D) antibodies...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Draborg AH,Jørgensen JM,Müller H,Nielsen CT,Jacobsen S,Iversen LV,Theander E,Nielsen LP,Houen G,Duus K

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To (i) examine the association between fatigue, psychosocial work characteristics (job control, support, participation in decision making, psychological job demands), and physical work requirements on the one hand and work ability of employees with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on the other, and (ii) determine t...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： de Croon EM,Sluiter JK,Nijssen TF,Kammeijer M,Dijkmans BA,Lankhorst GJ,Frings-Dresen MH

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the impact on quality of life (QoL) of omeprazole and misoprostol during healing, and omeprazole, misoprostol, and placebo during maintenance treatment in chronic NSAID users with NSAID-associated gastroduodenal lesions. METHODS:Validated baseline and follow-up QoL questionnaires were completed by...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Yeomans N,Wilson I,Långström G,Hawkey C,Naesdal J,Walan A,Wiklund I

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:The synthesis and release of collagenase in the presence of the neuropeptide substance P (SP) and capsaicin, were investigated in vitro using identical synoviocyte cultures from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). On average 10(-12) M SP augmented statistically significantly the collagenase production by approxim...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Partsch G,Matucci-Cerinic M,Marabini S,Jantsch S,Pignone A,Cagnoni M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disease. Pyrin has anti-inflammatory activity in the regulation of inflammasomes and is encoded by the Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene. MEFV gene mutations trigger the inflammatory cascade and cause familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). A relationship between various rheu...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Sever F,Kobak S,Goksel Ö,Goksel T,Orman M,Berdeli A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arthritic affection of the upper cervical spine is relatively common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Atlanto-axial subluxations are also reported to occur frequently, but it seems that neurological symptoms due to the subluxations seldom occur. We have studied 104 consecutive in-patients. In a group of 50 non-arthritics...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Haaland K,Aadland HA,Haavik TK,Vallersnes FM

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a first stage the effect of a single dose of 3 g of salsalate on serum salicylate level was compared with a single intake of 3 g of soluble or enteric-coated acetylsalicylates in 12 healthy subjects. Salsalate seems to resorb faster than the enteric-coated forms but more slowly than the soluble forms of acetylsalic...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Mielants H,Veys EM,Verbruggen G,Schelstraete

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:To report mortality and disability due to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) using data from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2015. METHOD:Using the results of GBD 2015, we present rates and trends in prevalence, mortality, years ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kiadaliri AA,Kristensen LE,Englund M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to describe fear-avoidance beliefs about physical activity and explore how these beliefs correlate with sociodemographic, disease-specific, and psychosocial factors in adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHOD:This cross-sectional study is part of the Physical Activity in Rheum...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Lööf H,Demmelmaier I,Henriksson EW,Lindblad S,Nordgren B,Opava CH,Johansson UB

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble interleukin 2 receptor (sIL2R) may be used as an index of immune perturbation. We report on the correlation between the serum levels of sIL2R, as assessed with a sandwich-ELISA, and disease activity in 61 patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and in 15 with systemic idiopathic vasculitis (SIV). The ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Danieli MG,Paoletti P,Recchioni A,Gabrielli A,Danieli G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the heritability of Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) in first-degree relatives and to identify chromosome regions likely to contain susceptibility loci for KBD. METHODS:A total of 331 probands with confirmed KBD in their pedigrees were selected from 9331 residents in 17 KBD villages of Linyou county, no...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Shi XW,Guo X,Lv AL,Kang L,Zhou YL,Zhang YZ,Wu XM,Bai YD

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare prognosis parameters and arterial site involvement in Takayasu arteritis (TA) patients with disease onset at age ≤ 18 and ≥ 21 years. METHODS:Sixty-two TA patients [American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and European League Against Rheumatism/Paediatric Rheumatology European Society (EULAR/PreS) ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Jales-Neto LH,Levy-Neto M,Bonfa E,de Carvalho JF,Pereira RM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lupus anticoagulant (LAC) is associated with the occurrence of thromboembolic complications. Assuming that thrombosis may underlie manifestations of the central nervous system (CNS) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), we studied 20 patients with SLE and CNS manifestations for the presence of LAC. ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Derksen RH,Bouma BN,Kater L

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of piroxicam and D-penicillamine on T lymphocytes, NK cell activity and rheumatoid factor production as well as clinical parameters were studied in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The level of total rheumatoid factor fell during treatment with D-penicillamine (p less than 0.02) and there was a positive...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Thoen J,Helgetveit K,Førre O,Haile Y,Kåss E

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined differences in reactions to disability between early and established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, and whether these reactions were related to age, physical functioning, acceptance of illness, or self-efficacy. METHODS:Thirty-four patients with early RA (< 2 years since diagnosis) ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Treharne GJ,Lyons AC,Booth DA,Mason SR,Kitas GD

更新日期：2004-01-01 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: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：OBJECTIVES:To determine which variables at baseline are predictive for the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from palindromic rheumatism (PR) in a Japanese population. METHODS:Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies, joint involvement pattern, genotypes of HLA-DRB1, peptidylarginine deiminase (P...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Tamai M,Kawakami A,Iwamoto N,Arima K,Aoyagi K,Eguchi K

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiographs of hands and feet were obtained from 125 consecutive patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the degree of destruction was assessed numerically on a 200-point scale using Larsen's standard radiographs as reference. The method is shown to possess a satisfactory degree of reproducibility. In 96 of these ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Wollheim FA,Pettersson H,Saxne T,Sjöblom KG

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysozyme (LZM) concentrations in synovial fluid were determined in patients with seropositive and seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and in patients whose arthritic exudates had been caused by Reiter's disease, a Yersinia enterocolitica infection, osteoarthritis, or trauma. Patients with rheumatoid disease had sig...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Klockars M,Pettersson T

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：:In studies on 779 fresh, unselected ANA+ sera, 50 (6.4%) were found to have anti-dsDNA antibodies, by using CIP (C. luciliae immunoperoxidase), and 84% of the 50 patients met the criteria for definite SLE. After freezing 36 of these sera for 13 +/- 1 months, only 52.8% were again positive by CIP. Using CIF (C. lucilia...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Lee TK,Rothberger H

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently shown that synovial fibroblasts cultured from patients with reactive or rheumatoid arthritis exhibit increased autofluorescence when compared with controls. Morphological studies suggested that this increase was related to the anomalous structure of mitochondria in cells cultured from rheumatoid or no...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Pulkki KJ,Eerola ET,Saario RM,Toivanen A,Vuorio EI

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:219 metatarsal (MTP) and 69 metacarpal (MCP) capitulae obtained during surgery from patients with definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were histologically evaluated. This evaluation, focussing on primary pathways of joint destruction by tumor-like proliferated synovial cell masses revealed 3 pathways of aggression: Path...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Fassbender HG,Seibel M,Hebert T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the fluorescence polarization of 1.6-diphenyl-1, 3, 5-hexatriene, the membrane fluidity of lymphocytes obtained from rheumatoid arthritis patients was measured during 12 months of auranofin treatment. Significant differences in fluorescence polarization values were observed following auranofin treatment. The cor...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Beccerica E,Piergiacomi G,Curatola G,Ferretti G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00