William Musgrave's (1655-1721) system of arthritides. Did it include rheumatoid arthritis?

abstract：:Twenty-four female and 4 male patients, all fulfilling the Copenhagen criteria for primary Sjögren's syndrome (primary SS), were treated for 8 weeks with evening primrose oil (Efamol). Efamol is a seed oil which consists primarily of the n-6 essential fatty acids (EFA): cis-linoleic acid and gammalinolenic acid (GLA)....

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Oxholm P,Manthorpe R,Prause JU,Horrobin D

更新日期：1986-01-01 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 objective was to study the long-term effect (2 years) of different training programs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The method was a randomized trial with 75 patients participating. The measured variables included morning stiffness, a pain score, number of swollen joints, a health assessment score, a funct...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hansen TM,Hansen G,Langgaard AM,Rasmussen JO

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：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：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：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：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：: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

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

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：OBJECTIVES:To assess 12-month changes in nutritional status and quality of life (QoL) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients requiring home parenteral nutrition (HPN). METHOD:We conducted a retrospective, single-centre database analysis of SSc patients regarding a 12-month period of HPN at an interdisciplinary Universit...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Stanga Z,Aeberhard C,Schärer P,Kocher A,Adler S,Villiger PM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:YKL-40, also called human cartilage glycoprotein-39, is a major secretory protein of human chondrocytes in cell culture. YKL-40 mRNA is expressed by cartilage from patients with rheumatoid arthritis, but is not detectable in normal human cartilage. The aim was to investigate the distribution of YKL-40 in osteoarthriti...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Volck B,Ostergaard K,Johansen JS,Garbarsch C,Price PA

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The study was done to determine whether the new SCORE (Simple Calculated Osteoporosis Risk Estimation) index might reduce the utilization of bone mineral density (BMD) measurement. METHODS:989 consecutive patients who were referred by a range of physicians for BMD assessments at one of two clinics had a SCO...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Russell AS,Morrison RT

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen-induced arthritis (AIA) was induced in adult rabbit knee joints, using ovalbumin as antigen. After 4 weeks, intra-articular injections of 0.3 ml 1% osmium tetroxide or 100 muCi 198Au were given. The same injections were also given to normal animals. The animals were observed for up to 12 weeks. In the normal a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Ahlberg KM,Henricson AS,Telhag HT,Wollheim FA

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is reported in whom, at the time of diagnosis, the number of lymphocytes in peripheral blood and bone marrow was normal. Lymphocytic infiltration typical of PMR was detected in renal and muscle biopsy specimens, and a liver fine-needle aspirate contained an abnormal lymphocy...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： von Knorring J,Selroos O

更新日期：1977-01-01 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：:Thirty cases of unilateral or bilateral atlanto-axial arthritis are described. They were found among 606 RA patients. According to the degree of involvement, the 30 cases were divided into four groups: A. 16 cases. B. 5 cases. C. 7 cases. D. 2 cases. In two patients the atlanto-axial arthritis was the primary lesion. ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kerckhove HV

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameter that best differentiates healthy persons and patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to investigated responsiveness to treatment of various MRI parameters. METHOD:Conventional MRI and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE)-MRI of the hand were p...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Axelsen MB,Ejbjerg BJ,Hetland ML,Skjødt H,Majgaard O,Lauridsen UB,Hørslev-Petersen K,Boesen M,Kubassova O,Bliddal H,Østergaard M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) and cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) have been investigated in joint fluid in inflammatory arthropathies. A disturbed balance between cAMP and cGMP due to a depressed level of cAMP was found in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Reiter's syndrome, in comparis...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Trang LE,Lövgren O,Roch-Norlund AE,Horn RS,Walaas O

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of the essential omega-6 fatty acid Gammalinolenic acid (GLA) on fatigue associated with primary Sjögren's syndrome. METHODS:Ninety patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (with or without signs of autoimmunity) entered a 6-month double blind placebo-controlled randomised trial with...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Theander E,Horrobin DF,Jacobsson LT,Manthorpe R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was (1) to examine the prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by a county patient register, (2) to cross-validate the register findings by a postal population survey, and (3) to estimate prevalences of disease subsets according to age, sex, and levels of physical disability. The study was performed with...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kvien TK,Glennås A,Knudsrød OG,Smedstad LM,Mowinckel P,Førre O

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immobilization of a rabbit leg in extension results in the early development of an aseptic inflammation, synovial effusion and stiffening, and subsequent osteoarthritis of the knee. To study the pathogenesis of this experimental osteoarthritis, the hydrostatic pressures were measured in the knee, and distal metaphysis...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kallio PE,Michelsson JE,Björkenheim JM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of osmium tetroxide, which is used in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, was histologically and electronmicroscopically examined in the normal synovial membrane of the rabbit. The animals were albino rabbits, and they were 20 altogether. 0.3 ml. of 1% OsO(4) solution was injected, i.a., in the right knee. T...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Möttönen M,Pantio M,Nevalainen T

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Out of a total of 150 patients attending an out-patient clinic for anticoagulant therapy, 12 had disorders which normally would indicate a prolonged use of an antirheumatic drug. To 6 of these patients, naproxen (1/4 g twice daily) was given while anticoagulant treatment with phenprocoumon was continued in an unchange...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Petersen PB,Husted S,Mortensen A,Andreasen F

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement activation products, C9 and C3-containing circulating immune complexes (CIC), were evaluated in plasma and synovial fluid (SF) from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis. C3 activation products and the fluid phase terminal complement complex were considerably elevated in SF from RA pati...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Olmez U,Garred P,Mollnes TE,Harboe M,Berntzen HB,Munthe E

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased catalytic activity of synovial-type (group II) phospholipase A2 (syn-PLA2), has been associated with cartilage erosions in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. The catalytic activity of phospholipase A2 and the concentration of syn-PLA2 were measured in a prospective study in synovial fluid (SF) samples ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kortekangas P,Aro HT,Nevalainen TJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medium from cultured bovine synovial membrane when applied to articular cartilage from the same animal enhanced proteoglycan breakdown, as measured by the release of [35S]sulphate from prelabelled cartilage, principally by activating chondrocytes to secrete or activate their own enzymes. This effect persisted whether ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Jones IL,Klämfeldt A,McGuire MB

更新日期：1982-01-01 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