Gold compounds in rheumatoid arthritis. Report of a symposium.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective was to prospectively evaluate the short as well as the long-term effects of intensive physiotherapy in a stable, sunny and warm climate on physical function and health related quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondylarthropathies (SpA). METHODS:Ninety-three Swedish...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hafström I,Hallengren M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of a disease flare-up and the side-effects experienced during the use of oral contraceptives (OCs) were studied in 85 female SLE patients, 18-44 years old, regularly attending two specialist rheumatological clinics. Thirty-one patients had used combined oral contraceptives (cOCs) during or after the onset of ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Julkunen HA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Platelets are thought to participate in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We showed recently an in vivo increase in platelet-endothelial cell interactions in mice with antigen-induced arthritis (AiA). The underlying mechanisms are not yet clear. The aim of th...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Schmitt-Sody M,Metz P,Klose A,Gottschalk O,Zysk S,Hausdorf J,Veihelmann A,Jansson V

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An investigation has been carried out on the presence of iron in striated muscle from normal individuals and from patients with rheumatoid disease. The methods used for the estimation of iron required a neutron activation analysis of total iron and extraction of hemoglobin in cyanide buffer. The results disclosed that...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Goldie IF,Bjönness T,Tiselius P,Plantin LO,Sato T

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：: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：:The aim of the present study was to relate postural control, as measured on a quantitative test battery as standing balance on an AMTI force platform, to results of muscle function of the lower extremities, aerobic capacity, disease characteristics, attitudes revealing anxiety, and demographic variables in patients wi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Ekdahl C

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen consumption was investigated during phagocytosis by leukocytes in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, dermatomyositis, systemic lupus erythematosus and scleroderma. Compared with the situation in normal persons, the mean oxygen consumption in the total patient group was ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kvarstein B,Blichfeldt P

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-rays of 20 finger joints, 10 foot joints and 2 wrists of 50 female patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis of 10-15 years' duration from 1962, 1972, 1982 and 1992 were evaluated blindly for erosions. A highly significant decline was observed in erosions in finger joints. Erosions had also declined in wrists ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Heikkilä S,Isomäki H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sets out to determine predictors of marital and sexual satisfaction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and their spouses. Fifty-nine patients and their spouses completed questionnaires independent from each other. Multiple correlations with marital and sexual satisfaction were computed for demograph...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： van Lankveld W,Ruiterkamp G,Näring G,de Rooij DJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (GCs) have powerful and potent anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and many other diseases. These effects are mediated by up to four different mechanisms of action: cytosolic glucocorticoid receptor (cGCR)-mediated classical genomic and rapid non-genomic effects,...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Buttgereit F,Saag KG,Cutolo M,da Silva JA,Bijlsma JW

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Interleukin-1 (IL-1) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several rheumatic inflammatory diseases, including adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) and systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SoJIA). Several clinical trials also suggest that anakinra, a human recombinant interleukin-1 receptor antagon...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Youm JY,Woo JH,Kim TH,Bae SC,Yoo DH

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：: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：:Nine patients with active classical rheumatoid arthritis (ARA criteria) were studied with reference to circadian variation of immunological and clinical parameters. Complement-mediated solubilization (CMS) of immune complexes (IC) and the level of circulating IC were found to be inversely related with low CMS and incr...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Petersen I,Baatrup G,Brandslund I,Teisner B,Rasmussen GG,Svehag SE

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：:Sixty-eight patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) are described. In 42, histological evidence of arteritis was recorded at biopsy of a temporal artery. Twenty-six patients were included according to clinical criteria. In 20 patients the onset of illness was associated with an infection. The first symptom was: in 30...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Malmvall BE,Bengtsson BA

更新日期：1978-01-01 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：: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：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 provide a thorough description of team rehabilitation care and compare the structure, process, and outcomes in two specialized arthritis rehabilitation settings. METHODS:Patients with inflammatory arthritis scheduled for inpatient rehabilitation in seven specialized rehabilitation centres and three rheum...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Klokkerud M,Hagen KB,Løchting I,Uhlig T,Kjeken I,Grotle M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The main aim of the study was to examine whether patients with spondyloarthritides underwent their first coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) at a younger age than those without spondyloarthritides. METHODS:Patients who underwent their first CABG at the Feiring Heart Clinic during 2001-2005 were preoperat...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hollan I,Saatvedt K,Almdahl SM,Mikkelsen K,Moer R,Halvorsen P,Veel T,Førre OT

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with familial Pelger-Huet (PH) anomaly, which accompanied tuberculosis, and acute polyarthritis is described. Investigations surrounding this case suggests that the immunological abnormalities may be associated with the PH anomaly and the tuberculosis, and that the complications may be related to the develop...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Suzuki N,Yasutake T,Ushiyama O,Hiida M,Ohta A,Yamaguchi M

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:The effect of glycosaminoglycan polysulphate as medication for osteoarthritis was studied in an experimental model of osteoarthritis induced by periodic immobilization of rabbit knees. In a pilot experiment with 5 weeks of continuous immobilization there were indistinct differences between treated and control groups. ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Vanharanta H

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the expression of bcl-2, p53, and caspase 3, and measure the Ki-67 proliferation index as well as DNA content and DNA fragmentation in a case of diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) of the knee with aggressive clinical behaviour. METHODS:Expression of p53, Bcl-2 and Ki-67 was investig...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Berger I,Paessler HH,Weckauf H,Ehemann V,Helmchen B

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aims of this study were to measure the levels of interleukin (IL)-33 and ST2 and T-helper (Th)2-associated cytokines (IL-13, IL-4, IL-5) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and examine the correlation of serum cytokine levels with disease activity and laboratory parameters. METHOD:Serum IL-33,...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Li GX,Wang S,Duan ZH,Zeng Z,Pan FM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radiological study of osteoarthrosis of the hips and knees has been performed in 364 female specialist physical education teachers, aged 46--60 years, who qualified between the years 1935 and 1950. The teachers were contacted by postal questionnaire and A.P. radiographs of the pelvis and knees were performed at a ho...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Eastmond CJ,Hudson A,Wright V

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00