Pain and pain problems among subjects with systemic lupus erythematosus in Iceland.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Thyroid dysfunction in the setting of systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been described previously. We aimed to determine the prevalence of anti-thyroid antibodies (ATA) in a large SSc cohort and to ascertain whether they are associated with distinct clinical phenotypes. METHODS:A total of 138 patients with SSc [...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Danielides S,Mavragani CP,Katsakoulas I,Zintzaras E,Drosos AA,Vlachoyiannopoulos PG,Moutsopoulos HM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the variability in the characteristics and management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients between rheumatology attending physicians and training residents in Spain. METHODS:A retrospective medical record (MR) review was performed in a probabilistic sample of 1379 RA patients from 46 centres dis...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Lopez-Gonzalez R,Hernandez-Garcia C,Abasolo L,Morado I,Lajas C,Vadillo C,Pato E,Fernandez-Gutierrez B,Jover JA,Loza E,emAR Study Group.

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to soluble ribonucleoprotein (sRNP) are by definition a prerequisite for the diagnosis mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD). They are also found in 30--40% of other rheumatic conditions with a high titred speckled IFL reaction. The same is true for the most characteristic clinical features of MCTD, viz. R...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Jonsson J,Norberg R

更新日期：1978-01-01 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：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：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：: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：OBJECTIVES:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Recent national and international guidelines suggest strict treatment of CVD risk factors in RA. The aim of this study was to evaluate the self-reported adherence to CV prevention strategies in patients with RA. METHOD...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： van Breukelen-van der Stoep DF,Zijlmans J,van Zeben D,Klop B,van de Geijn GJ,van der Meulen N,Hazes M,Birnie E,Castro Cabezas M

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：: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 subclass distribution of IgG and IgA plasma cells, and in IgG and IgA rheumatoid factor (RF) producing cells was studied in sections of synovial tissue from seropositive RA and various types of seronegative arthritis, including ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, and Reiter's syndrome. The study was perfo...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Mellbye OJ,Vartdal F,Pahle J,Mollnes TE

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:Objective: Vasculopathy in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by the obliteration of arterioles and a reduced capillary density in various tissues. In SSc, atrophic alterations of the choroid have been suggested based on morphological data acquired by optical coherence tomography (OCT). In this study, we aimed ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Ranjbar M,Rothe M,Klapa S,Lange T,Prasuhn M,Grisanti S,Riemekasten G,Humrich JY

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) and B-cell activation factor (BAFF) are B-cell stimulation and survival molecules. We have investigated whether APRIL and/or BAFF activity is enhanced in the systemic and/or intrathechal compartment of patients with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE)...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hopia L,Thangarajh M,Khademi M,Laveskog A,Wallström E,Svenungsson E,Andersson M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the serum concentration of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-related weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to investigate the relationship between TWEAK level and disease activity, proinflammatory cytokine levels, and response to anti-TNF treatment. METHODS...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Park MC,Chung SJ,Park YB,Lee SK

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiological examinations of the temporomandibular joints are not so often performed in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, greater abnormalities of the mandibular head and neck may be evaluated at cervical radiography. With a new method, where the perpendicular distance from the palato-occipital line to...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Redlund-Johnell I

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：:This paper reports the effects of peroral administration of the two non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs ibuprofen and flubiprofen on orthotopic and induced heterotopic bone. The treatment induced no effects on the mineral or hydroxyproline contents of femur compared with a control group. Nor could any generalized toxi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Törnkvist H,Nilsson OS,Bauer FC,Lindholm TS

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：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：OBJECTIVES:To compare the prognosis of subacromial impingement (SAI) stage II treated conservatively or with subacromial decompression. METHODS:A follow-up study after 4-8 years in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 90 adult cases with SAI treated in a Danish hospital from 1996 to 2000 with graded physiotherapy ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Haahr JP,Andersen JH

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To analyse the clinical features of Chinese undifferentiated spondyloarthritis (USpA) patients with predominantly axial involvement, and in particular the influence of human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) on the classification of axial USpA. ME...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Liao Z,Lin Z,Xu M,Hu Z,Li T,Wei Q,Cao S,Huang J,Pan Y,Wu Y,Gu J

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial evaluation of 25 patients suspected of suffering from Sjögren's syndrome (SS) disclosed that sialopenia and glandular atrophy without focal sialo-adenitis was the second most common cause, after SS itself, of patient complaints. This emphasizes the importance of conclusive diagnostic criteria to prevent ov...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Malmström MJ,Segerberg-Konttinen M,Tuominen TS,Hietanen JH,Wolf JE,Sane JI,Konttinen YT

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Calcium hydroxyapatite (HA) is reported to be the major constituent of soft tissue calcinosis in patients with scleroderma (systemic sclerosis, SSc). Mechanical stress and local tissue hypoxia are thought to be important in the pathogenesis of SSc calcinosis. We sought to analyse spontaneously draining mater...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hsu VM,Emge T,Schlesinger N

更新日期：2017-03-01 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: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：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：: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