Emotional status in systemic lupus erythematosus.

abstract：:To investigate whether the therapeutic effect of etidronate is affected by the time of ingestion we have retrospectively studied 110 osteoporotic patients. They had been taking etidronate according to the manufacturer's instructions for a mean duration of 2.6 years either on waking (n=47), on retiring (n=47), or durin...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Cook GJ,Blake GM,Fogelman I

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Reactive arthritis (ReA) is a sterile joint inflammation triggered by a remote infection and associated with human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-B27. Its pathogenesis is unknown, but abnormal response to microbial structures or endogenous inflammatory mediators may be involved. We studied responses in leucocyte si...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Alanärä T,Aittomäki S,Kuuliala K,Kuuliala A,Siitonen S,Leirisalo-Repo M,Repo H

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal permeability to polyethyleneglycols (PEGs) of varying size in patients with rheumatoid arthritis has been investigated. Permeability was determined by measuring the 6-hour urinary recovery of different-sized PEGs after oral intake of PEG 400, PEG 1000, or PEG 3000. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis exc...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Tagesson C,Bengtsson A

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shoulder muscle performance was tested in 8 working ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients and compared with 10 healthy male referents. The AS patients were all in a non-active state and had no shoulder symptoms. Electromyographic fatigue development in the descending part of the trapezius muscle was significantly faste...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hagberg M,Hagner IM,Bjelle A

更新日期：1987-01-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the influence of geographic variation on the risk of digital ulcer (DU) development in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. METHODS:This cross-sectional, multicentre study evaluated patients with SSc from centres located in different geographic regions of Brazil (subtropical and tropical climate zo...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Souza E,Muller CS,Horimoto A,Rezende RA,Guimarães I,Mariz HA,Dantas AT,Da Costa IP,Del-Rio A,Sekiyama J,Kahwage CB,Kayser C

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To apply the Rasch model to the Norwegian version of the Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES). METHOD:The ASES was included in a self-administered questionnaire sent to 224 patients attending one of three rehabilitation centres for rheumatic diseases in Norway in 2009. The fit of the ASES to the Rasch model...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Garratt AM,Klokkerud M,Løchting I,Hagen KB

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in 1,287 persons living in densely populated areas and 1, 287 persons living in thinly populated areas, matched as to sex, age, occupation and geographical area, was compared. The patient material was obtained in an epidemiological survey of rheumatoid arthritis (ARA definition) ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hellgren L

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound detects effusion and synovial proliferation caused by synovitis. The study was undertaken to evaluate the signs of synovitis in patients with primary Sjögren's Syndrome (SS). Joint effusion was detected and synovial thickness was measured in the suprapatellar synovial bursa. Results have been compared with ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Iagnocco A,Coari G,Palombi G,Valesini G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the fluorescence polarization of 1.6-diphenyl-1, 3, 5-hexatriene, the membrane fluidity of lymphocytes obtained from rheumatoid arthritis patients was measured during 12 months of auranofin treatment. Significant differences in fluorescence polarization values were observed following auranofin treatment. The cor...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Beccerica E,Piergiacomi G,Curatola G,Ferretti G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare prognosis parameters and arterial site involvement in Takayasu arteritis (TA) patients with disease onset at age ≤ 18 and ≥ 21 years. METHODS:Sixty-two TA patients [American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and European League Against Rheumatism/Paediatric Rheumatology European Society (EULAR/PreS) ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Jales-Neto LH,Levy-Neto M,Bonfa E,de Carvalho JF,Pereira RM

更新日期：2010-11-01 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: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：:Oxygen consumption was investigated during phagocytosis by leukocytes in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, dermatomyositis, systemic lupus erythematosus and scleroderma. Compared with the situation in normal persons, the mean oxygen consumption in the total patient group was ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kvarstein B,Blichfeldt P

更新日期：1977-01-01 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：: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：: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

abstract：:The risk of a disease flare-up and the side-effects experienced during the use of oral contraceptives (OCs) were studied in 85 female SLE patients, 18-44 years old, regularly attending two specialist rheumatological clinics. Thirty-one patients had used combined oral contraceptives (cOCs) during or after the onset of ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Julkunen HA

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:Objective: To evaluate clinical associations of anti-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (anti-HMGCR) antibody (Ab) and statin exposure in necrotizing myopathy (NM) patients. Methods: NM without a known myositis-specific autoantibody (MSA) was ascertained from a large single-centre myositis database between ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Aggarwal R,Moghadam-Kia S,Lacomis D,Malik A,Qi Z,Koontz D,Burlingame RW,Oddis CV

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effects of physiologically relevant concentrations of multimeric adiponectin isoforms and leptin on the function of fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHOD:FLS, isolated from the synovial tissue of 21 RA patients, were stimulated for 24 h with ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kontny E,Janicka I,Skalska U,Maśliński W

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that approximately one-third of patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) express high concentrations of antibodies marked by the rheumatoid factor cross reactive idiotype (RCRI) in their sera (6). In order to determine if an expression of RCRI is associated with certain clinical feature...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Ilowite NT,O'Reilly ME,Hatam L,Wedgwood JF,Bonagura VR

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:To study the role of copper in inflammatory rheumatic diseases, serum copper, serum ceruloplasmin concentration, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and radio-copper studies were performed in 11 male patients with ankylosing spondylitis, in 12 female patients with rheumatoid arthritis and in 7 normal male subjects. The oc...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Aiginger P,Kolarz G,Willvonseder R

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Arthroscopic volume' and resorption of normal saline was measured in 35 young males during routine arthroscopic examination. The average mean volume of the knee joint cavity was 103.4 ml and this volume was observed to correlate with the midpatellar circumference of the knee and the height of the patients. Mean resor...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Visuri T,Kiviluoto O

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00