Cationic myeloma M-components frequently show cross-reacting anti-DNA, Anti-F(ab')2 and anti-nucleosome specificities.

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

abstract：:The degrees of anaemia and microcytosis in 100 patients with juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA) were analysed according to the pattern of disease and its activity. Microcytosis was common (40% of patients had a mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of less than 75 fl), sometimes severe (MCV less than 65 fl in 14 patients), and ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Harvey AR,Pippard MJ,Ansell BM

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients with a radiological diagnosis of Osteitis condensans ilii (OCI) had clinical features similar to those of 8 patients with sacro-iliitis (SI). The X-ray appearances may be very difficult to differentiate on standard films and discrimination between the two conditions has to be made from a combination of ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Withrington RH,Sturge RA,Mitchell N

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Involvement of brain parenchyma or meninges in ANCA-associated small-vessel vasculitis such as Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is not uncommon. In contrast, involvement of the pituitary is exceedingly rare with only a few cases reported so far. The diagnosis is usually made on the basis of imaging techniques and abnorma...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Woywodt A,Knoblauch H,Kettritz R,Schneider W,Göbel U

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：: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：:An account is given of a viscometer which can be used for measuring the viscosity of synovial fluid when only small quantities are avaliable (0.15 ml) and taking into account the non-Newtonian character of the fluid. A technical description of the apparatus is given. A series of experiments are reported in which bovin...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Reimann I,Stougaard J,Northeved A

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty consecutive patients with RA and clinical wrist synovitis were randomly allocated to either receive an injection of glucocorticoid into the radiocarpal joint or have the same amount of drug divided into the radiocarpal and midcarpal joints. Inferior radioulnar joint synovitis was treated with extra steroid injec...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Koski JM,Hermunen H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis and release of collagenase in the presence of the neuropeptide substance P (SP) and capsaicin, were investigated in vitro using identical synoviocyte cultures from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). On average 10(-12) M SP augmented statistically significantly the collagenase production by approxim...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Partsch G,Matucci-Cerinic M,Marabini S,Jantsch S,Pignone A,Cagnoni M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protracted febrile myalgia (PFM) is a rare form of vasculitic disease that affects patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Mutation analysis performed in 15 patients who suffered from this disorder showed that 9 of the 15 patients were homozygous for M694V. FMF in these 9 patients was associated with more se...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Sidi G,Shinar Y,Livneh A,Langevitz P,Pras M,Pras E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the general population of 39,418 persons within areas in the counties of Norrbotten (BD), Jämtland (Z), Skaraborg (R), Kristianstad west coast (LV), and Kristianstad east coast (L) in Sweden all the inhabitants over the age of seven (in Norrbotten over the age of 14) were investigated for the total number of cases ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hellgren L

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：:Biopsy specimens of human articular cartilage were taken from the caudal summits and from the posterior part of both epicondyles of the right lower femoral epiphysis of 20 individuals within 12 hours post mortem. 12 articular surfaces were normal and 8 included changes attributable to osteoarthrosis. In one individual...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Bjelle A

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies against interleukin-1 alpha (aAb-IL-1 alpha) have previously been demonstrated in sera of healthy adults and in patients with inflammatory diseases. In the present investigation the occurrence of aAb-IL-1 alpha was examined by second antibody precipitation technique in sera from umbilical cords (n = 11), ch...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Müller K,Hansen MB,Zak M,Nielsen S,Pedersen FK,de Nully P,Bendtzen K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is a connective tissue disease with symptoms and serological findings often overlapping with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (1). Thromboembolic events are common in SLE but not in pSS (2)(3). However, case reports have described pSS patients who developed fulminant multiorgan disea...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Haga HJ,Jacobsen EM,Peen E

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:Primary cultures of neonatal dermal fibroblasts from two strains of mice (A/J and C57BL6/J) were utilized as an in vitro system to investigate the effects of glucocorticoids on cell growth and collagen synthesis. Protein and DNA synthesis were lower in untreated (control) A/J fibroblasts than in C57BL6/J fibroblasts. ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Verbruggen LA,Orloff S,Rao VH,Salomon DS

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the risk of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) between patients with and without ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHOD:This retrospective cohort study identified all patients with AS aged ≥ 18 years newly diagnosed from 2000 to 2009, registered in the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Chou CH,Lin MC,Peng CL,Wu YC,Sung FC,Kao CH,Liu SH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovectomy of 20 wrist joints in 15 patients with juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA) was performed and results were evaluated 3 (0.5-5) years after surgery. The surgical procedure consisted of synovectomy of the radiocarpal joint, around the ulnar head and in all intercarpal joints. Resection of the ulnar head was not ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hanff G,Sollerman C,Elborgh R,Pettersson H

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:In 9 patients with active rheumatoid arthritis we studied gastrointestinal blood loss during well tolerated therapy with the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug naproxen, 500 mg twice daily. The mean gastrointestinal blood loss, assessed with reinfused autologous 51Cr-labelled erythrocytes, was 1.4 +/- 0.6 ml/day (me...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： van den Ouweland FA,Corstens FH,van de Putte LB,Gribnau FW

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Case 1. A 20-year-old woman presented 4 weeks post-partum with widespread symmetrical inflammatory polyarthropathy with marked synovitis. Investigations revealed grossly raised CRP with negative immunology screen. A few days before presentation she saw her general practitioner with left-sided mastitis, which then deve...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Al-Allaf AW,Pullar T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To describe the frequency and predisposing factors of aortic structural disease among patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA). Method: A retrospective review identified all patients with biopsy-proven GCA from 1998 to 2013 with aortic imaging. Kaplan-Meier methods were used to estimate cumula...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Koster MJ,Crowson CS,Labarca C,Warrington KJ

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The reproducibility of clinical tests for skin extensibility and consistency, essential for differentiating between types of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) and benign joint hypermobility syndrome (BJHS), is unknown. Paraclinical methods may provide objective differential diagnostic methods. METHODS:Six EDS, 1...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Remvig L,Duhn PH,Ullman S,Kobayasi T,Hansen B,Juul-Kristensen B,Jurvelin JS,Arokoski J

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:The painDETECT questionnaire (PDQ) is a mechanism-based pain classification tool assigning patients to one of three categories depending on the quality of the experienced pain. Patients with non-nociceptive pain score high on the PDQ. The objective was to assess the proportions of the three PDQ classificatio...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Christensen AW,Rifbjerg-Madsen S,Christensen R,Dreyer L,Tillingsøe H,Seven S,Boesen M,Ellegaard K,Bliddal H,Danneskiold-Samsøe B,Amris K

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined differences in reactions to disability between early and established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, and whether these reactions were related to age, physical functioning, acceptance of illness, or self-efficacy. METHODS:Thirty-four patients with early RA (< 2 years since diagnosis) ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Treharne GJ,Lyons AC,Booth DA,Mason SR,Kitas GD

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:IgM and IgG rheumatoid factors (RFs) were purified by affinity chromatography and gel filtration. The preparations thus obtained were used as standards in a radio-immunoassay for RF detection. In this assay, RFs were reacted with immunoprecipitates, and the RFs were detected with radiolabelled (F(ab')2 fragments speci...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Nordfang O,Høier-Madsen M,Danielsen A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In biopsies from normal-looking skin, immune complexes in the dermo-epidermal junction zone were found by a direct immunofluorescence technique in 14 of 17 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, in 6 of 12 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, but in none of 10 patients with temporal arteritis and 25 normal control...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Permin H,Juhl F,Wiik A,Balslov JT

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00