Are tender point scores assessed by manual palpation in fibromyalgia reliable? An investigation into the variance of tender point scores.

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: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：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：:106 women and 38 men suffering from definite or classical rheumatoid arthritis underwent a pulmonary function test. The results were correlated to the duration and various clinical activity parameters of the disease. Pulmonary diffusion capacity was found to be reduced compared with the predicted values (p less than 0...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Oxholm P,Madsen EB,Manthorpe R,Rasmussen FV

更新日期：1982-01-01 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：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：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：:Fifty-one patients with different connective tissue diseases in either active or clinically inactive phase were studied to detect the incidence of chronic or subclinical consumption coagulopathy in these forms. Every patient received intravenously 20 mu Ci of [125I] fibrinogen and the clearance of the labeled fibrinog...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Canesi BA,Banfi F,Rossi AF,Sinigaglia L

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：:We investigated the frequency of gut inflammation and the role of gut lesion in the pathogenesis of the ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in Korean patients. Ileocolonoscopy and biopsy of the colon and terminal ileum were performed on 24 Korean patients with AS. Endoscopic lesions were observed in 7 patients (29.2%). The le...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Lee YH,Ji JD,Kim JS,Bak YT,Lee CH,Kim CH,Chae YS,Song GG

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of low-dose oral methotrexate (MTX) as treatment for patients with Kawasaki disease (KD) resistant to intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). METHODS:The subjects were four patients with KD, aged 8 months to 8 years old, who showed persistent disease after treatment with high-dose IVIG (2 g...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Ahn SY,Kim DS

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole blood cell culture has great advantage over isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cell culture, because it needs only small amounts of blood and is fast to perform. The current report focuses on the measurement of IL-6 and TNF alpha produced by peripheral blood monocytes of patients with systemic lupus erythemat...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Swaak AJ,van den Brink HG,Aarden LA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of spondyloarthropathies (SpA) in an adult population in Marche, a region located in central Italy. METHODS:A cross-sectional population-based study was conducted on a target adult population of 20 882. Questionnaires were sent to a random sample of 3664 individuals aged 18 years a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： De Angelis R,Salaffi F,Grassi W

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-six patients with lateral epicondylitis of the elbow (19 women, 17 men, median age 48 yrs) were treated either with active laser or placebo, 18 patients in each group. The active laser was a GA-AL-AS 30 mW/830 nm low power laser (LPL). The study design was double blind and randomized. The treatment session cons...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Krasheninnikoff M,Ellitsgaard N,Rogvi-Hansen B,Zeuthen A,Harder K,Larsen R,Gaardbo H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Progressive destruction of synovial joint cartilage and bone occurs in pathological conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) because of the overproduction of pro-inflammatory cytokines and activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB). Through the screening of NF-κB inhibitors by a luciferase reporter gen...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Liu Q,Zhao J,Tan R,Zhou H,Lin Z,Zheng M,Romas E,Xu J,Sims NA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duplicate platelet survival studies were carried out on 10 patients with SLE. At the time of the first study 5 of them (group I) were untreated and the remaining 5 (group II) were receiving corticosteroid (CS) therapy. The second study was performed while group I patients received CS and group II patients CS + azathio...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kutti J,Bergström AL

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of TNF blocking therapy on synovial immune activity in rat adjuvant arthritis (AA) by measuring mRNA expression of key macrophage and T cell cytokines during PEG sTNF-RI treatment (10mg/kg) on days 8, 10 and 12. METHODS:Paw volume was assessed every 3-4 days. Ankles were removed fo...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Bush KA,Walker JS,Frazier J,Kirkham BW

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：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：:T cell receptor (V beta) use in the response to type II collagen and cartilage proteoglycans was analysed in peripheral blood and synovial fluid T cells from RA patients. T cells from RA patients with an immune response to connective tissue antigens, and paired PB and SF samples were stimulated in vitro with type II c...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Cuesta IA,Sud S,Song Z,Affholter JA,Karvonen RL,Fernández-Madrid F,Wooley PH

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the state of dentition between rheumatoid and control patients, ortopanthomograms were taken of 126 rheumatoid and 119 control patients. This roenthenologic examination revealed a signficantly higher incidence of teeth loss among the rheumatoid patients than among the control patients. To determine whether ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Malmström M,Calonius PE

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The variation between four radiologists in the evaluation of hand, wrist, and foot radiographs of rheumatoid arthritis was examined. The recognition of individual radiologic changes varied considerably as judged by the findings of the different observers. Erosion and joint space narrowing were interpreted more uniform...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Larsen A,Edgren J,Harju E,Laasonen L,Reitamo T

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Association with human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB alleles, implicated in the aetiopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is found to be different in various ethnic groups. This study aimed to investigate DRB1 alleles in RA patients in Turkey, and to examine the effect of these alleles on disease severity...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kinikli G,Ateş A,Turgay M,Akay G,Kinikli S,Tokgöz G

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently shown that synoviocytes and extracellular matrices exhibit distinct patterns of carbohydrate expression. Their biological relevance is however not known. The purpose of the present study was to find out whether human synovial tissue would also show a specific receptor pattern for complex sugar molecul...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Zschäbitz A,Gabius HJ,Stofft E,Reichel W

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correlation among the various markers of activated T cells (soluble interleukin 2 receptor (sIL-2R), HLA-DR+ and HLA-DP+ T cells, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) positive lymphocytes) were examined in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and related to the cell cycle. The concentration of sI...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Tokano Y,Morimoto S,Hishikawa T,Murashima A,Abe M,Sekigawa I,Takasaki Y,Hashimoto H,Okumura K,Shirai T,Hirose S

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：: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：:The effect of indomethacin and naproxen on collagen metabolism was studied in arthritic animals after an injection of [3H]-proline, both the specific and total radioactivity of [3H]-hydroxyproline being determined in skin collagen fractions and in urine. It was found that collagen synthesis and conversion of soluble t...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Arumugham R,Bose SM

更新日期：1981-01-01 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