Effect of particle size on alumina-induced production of reactive oxygen metabolites by human leukocytes.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the link between metabolic syndrome (MetS), endothelial injury, and atherosclerosis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:Consecutive SLE patients without a history of arterial thrombosis were screened for atherosclerosis at the carotid and coronary arteries by B-mode ultraso...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Mok CC,Poon WL,Lai JP,Wong CK,Chiu SM,Wong CK,Lun SW,Ko GT,Lam CW,Lam CS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to test whether orosomucoid like 3 (ORMDL3) and 17q21 variants are associated with susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in a Chinese population. METHOD:A total of 753 unrelated AS patients and 1120 ethnically matched healthy controls were recruited. Seven single nucleotide...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Qiu R,Zhang H,Zhao H,Li J,Guo C,Gong Y,Liu Q

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cladribine (2-chlorodeoxyadenosine, 2-CdA) is a newer purine analog with specific toxicity to lymphocytes. As lymphocytes play a major role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we assessed the safety profile of low-dose 2-CdA in patients who were refractory to more than three disease-modifying drugs. Five patients were given...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Schirmer M,Mur E,Pfeiffer KP,Thaler J,Konwalinka G

更新日期：1997-01-01 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:To investigate the molecular and biochemical profile of skeletal muscle mitochondria of patients with isolated polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We included patients with a recent diagnosis of PMR and as control healthy individuals submitted to orthopedic surgery. Skeletal muscle was obtaine...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Miró O,Jarreta D,Casademont J,Barrientos A,Rodríguez B,Gómez M,Nunes V,Urbano-Márquez A,Cardellach F

更新日期：1999-01-01 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:To determine whether high-frequency ultrasound (US) yielding separate assessments of intima and media thickness gives additional information about the vascular morphology compared with the total common carotid artery intima-media thickness (CCA-IMT). METHODS:Using a 22 MHz US instrument, we determined the ne...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Leonard D,Akhter T,Nordmark G,Rönnblom L,Naessen T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results and side effects were compared in 100 patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with 600 mg penicillamine daily and 100 patients given 300 mg daily. While haemoglobin rose and erythrocyte sedimentation rate dropped in both the 300 mg and the 600 mg cohort, no significant improvement in clinical measure could ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Nissilä M,Nuotio P,von Essen R,Mäkisara P

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With improved disease survival, arterial thromboembolism has become an important cause of morbidity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A number of conventional and non-conventional risk factors are associated with accelerated atherosclerosis. Regular surveillance and control of traditional risk facto...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Mok CC

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rate of grip development (power), time to reach maximum grip strength and fatigue were not affected by the diurnal variation known to influence maximum grip strength and work during grip formation in normal subjects. Rheumatoid hands were less affected by exercise or temperature change of the forearm than were normal ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Pearson R,MacKinnon MJ,Meek AP,Myers DB,Palmer DG

更新日期：1982-01-01 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：:Four patients with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) were treated with (D)-penicillamine (1.2-1.8 g/d) for 18-60 months. All patients improved. Vital capillary microscopy demonstrated that the number of visible skin capillaries increased during therapy, thus indicating a more efficient nutritional circulation. ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Mellstedt H,Fagrell B,Holm G,Björkholm M

更新日期：1977-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the gustatory and olfactory functions of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared to sex- and age-matched healthy subjects and to investigate a potential relationship between disease activity [using the 28-joint Disease Activity Score (DAS28)] and chemosensory capacity. Furthermore, to di...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Steinbach S,Proft F,Schulze-Koops H,Hundt W,Heinrich P,Schulz S,Gruenke M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between trabecular bone score (TBS) and new bone formation in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients, and to investigate whether TBS is independently associated with new bone formation. METHOD:Sixty-eight patients with AS underwent spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and dual-en...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kang KY,Jung JY,Lee SK,Min HK,Hong YS,Park SH,Ju JH

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the relative role of HLA-DR antigens in the susceptibility to, and clinical expression of psoriatic arthritis (PsA). PATIENTS AND METHODS:A retrospective cohort study of 120 patients with PsA who were assessed according to a standard protocol. Patients were classified in accordance with the predom...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Queiro-Silva R,Torre-Alonso JC,Tinturé-Eguren T,López-Lagunas I

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 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-eight patients (age 27-73 years) with unilateral hip pain, restricted movement of the hip joint and radiologically no or only slight osteoarthrosis were studied in a double-blind controlled clinical trial. Twenty-one patients received active treatment with hip joint distension arthrography and 17 received place...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Høilund-Carlsen PF,Meinicke J,Christiansen B,Karle AK,Stage P,Uhrenholdt A

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fc-receptors for IgG (Fc gamma R) are important triggers of effector function in macrophages. We have investigated the distribution of cells bearing Fc gamma R I, Fc gamma R II, and Fc gamma R III in 14 synovia and 3 nodules from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, using monoclonal antibodies on serial cryostat sectio...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Bröker BM,Edwards JC,Fanger MW,Lydyard PM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presenting symptoms in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) may be atypical. We report herein two old females who developed a bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome several months before the typical symptoms of PMR appeared. In both patients the diagnosis of PMR was overlooked and a surgical release of the median nerve was performe...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Herrera B,Sanmartí R,Ponce A,Lopez-Soto A,Muñoz-Gómez J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: To study associations between different anthropometric measures and incident gout, and to find the best predictive measure. Method: We used the baseline investigation from the Malmö Diet and Cancer study, excluding cases of prevalent gout (n = 28 081). Cox regression for each anthropometric measurement was...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Wändell P,Andreasson A,Hagström H,Kapetanovic MC,Carlsson AC

更新日期：2019-07-01 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 case of gold-induced enterocolitis in a 69-year-old female with rheumatoid arthritis who had received the new gold compound by oral administration (Auranofin (AF) for 4 weeks) is reported. Mild diarrhoea is a commonly described side effect accompanying AF, but in this case a severe colitis developed. The course of t...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Jarner D,Nielsen AM

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：:Patients with post-venereal Reiter's syndrome, living in the districts of Egedesminde and Jakobshavn in Greenland, were ascertained from medical records and patient examinations. Fifty-one patients were found to have definite Reiter's syndrome according to the ARA proposed criteria. The prevalence of the disease is 1....

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Bardin T,Enel C,Lathrop M,Becker-Christensen F

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of PAF-acether (PAF), its specific degrading enzyme acetylhydrolase, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) concentrations in blood and synovial fluid (SF) from patients with active RA. The variations of the mediators were also evaluated after corticosteroid perfusions in 7 ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hilliquin P,Houbaba H,Aissa J,Benveniste J,Menkes CJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of bilateral temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis in a Chinese male patient with ankylosing spondylitis is presented. A review of the literature emphasizes the rarity of this arthro-pathology in ankylosing spondylitis. The importance in the recognition of this complication by clinical examination supplemente...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Chow TK,Ng WL,Tam CK,Kung N

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：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