A case of weak muscles.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify the deleterious effects of Mayer's haematoxylin staining procedure which result in a decrease in, or complete loss of, the number of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals, and to determine the proper staining period for preserving the crystals in a histological paraffin section of articul...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ohira T,Ishikawa K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients (one male, one female) with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and IgA nephropathy are described. The female patient is the first reported case to have AS and IgA nephropathy concurrently. Contrary to previously reported cases, her renal manifestation preceded her rheumatic symptoms. It is suggested that women w...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lai KN,Li PK,Hawkins B,Lai FM

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common monogenic autoinflammatory disease (AID) worldwide. The disease is caused by mutations in the MEFV gene encoding the inflammasome sensor Pyrin. Clinical diagnosis of FMF is complicated by overlap in symptoms with other diseases, and interpre...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Van Gorp H,Huang L,Saavedra P,Vuylsteke M,Asaoka T,Prencipe G,Insalaco A,Ogunjimi B,Jeyaratnam J,Cataldo I,Jacques P,Vermaelen K,Dullaers M,Joos R,Sabato V,Stella A,Frenkel J,De Benedetti F,Dehoorne J,Haerynck F,C

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To conduct a cross-sectional review of non-selected consecutive outpatients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as part of standard clinical care in 15 countries for an overview of the characteristics of patients with RA. METHODS:The review included current disease activity using data from clinical assessment and...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sokka T,Kautiainen H,Toloza S,Mäkinen H,Verstappen SM,Lund Hetland M,Naranjo A,Baecklund E,Herborn G,Rau R,Cazzato M,Gossec L,Skakic V,Gogus F,Sierakowski S,Bresnihan B,Taylor P,McClinton C,Pincus T,QUEST-RA Group.

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether abnormalities in the function of the autonomic nervous system are associated with oral and ocular dryness in rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS:Pupillography was done using an infrared light reflection method (IRIS) to measure both parasympathetic function (constriction latency and the latenc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Barendregt PJ,van der Heijde GL,Breedveld FC,Markusse HM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:MRI scoring systems for hand osteoarthritis (HOA) are currently not available. The present work proposes the Oslo HOA MRI (OHOA-MRI) score and examines the intrareader and inter-reader reliability. METHODS:Relevant HOA features were included in the initial version of the OHOA-MRI score after literature revi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Haugen IK,Lillegraven S,Slatkowsky-Christensen B,Haavardsholm EA,Sesseng S,Kvien TK,van der Heijde D,Bøyesen P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study whether hand osteoarthritis (OA) is associated with increased mortality and cardiovascular events in a large community based cohort (Framingham Heart Study) in which OA, mortality and cardiovascular events have been carefully assessed. METHODS:We examined whether symptomatic (≥1 joint(s) with radio...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Haugen IK,Ramachandran VS,Misra D,Neogi T,Niu J,Yang T,Zhang Y,Felson DT

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is characterised by several unique clinical features that differentiate it from rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Attempts to identify immunopathological mechanisms, some shared with psoriasis, that underlie these differences from RA have been most challenging. Recent research studies, however, high...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Veale DJ,Ritchlin C,FitzGerald O

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the local factors in cartilage that are responsible for the induction of pannus invasion, a 14 day organ culture study in which rheumatoid synovium was grown in contact with cartilage pieces was carried out. Rheumatoid synovium preferentially extended over hyaluronidase treated cartilage pieces, but detach...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Shiozawa S,Yoshihara R,Kuroki Y,Fujita T,Shiozawa K,Imura S

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterise activation of the type I interferon (IFN) pathway in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic scleroderma (SSc) and to evaluate the potential to develop a molecular diagnostic tool from the peripheral bloo...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Higgs BW,Liu Z,White B,Zhu W,White WI,Morehouse C,Brohawn P,Kiener PA,Richman L,Fiorentino D,Greenberg SA,Jallal B,Yao Y

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Assess golimumab's long-term efficacy/safety in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). METHODS:Adults with active PsA (≥3 swollen and tender joints, active psoriasis) were randomly assigned to subcutaneous placebo, golimumab 50 mg, or golimumab 100 mg every 4 weeks (q4wks) through wk20. All patients received golimumab ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kavanaugh A,McInnes IB,Mease P,Krueger GG,Gladman D,van der Heijde D,Zhou Y,Lu J,Leu JH,Goldstein N,Beutler A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of paired sera and synovial fluids from 21 patients with rheumatoid arthritis produced a rapid chemiluminescent response when incubated with human neutrophils. Synovial fluid gave considerably higher responses than the paired serum specimen. In contrast little or no response was found with paired sera and...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gale R,Bertouch JV,Bradley J,Roberts-Thomson PJ

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma, SSc), impaired hand function greatly contributes to disability and reduced quality of life, and is insufficiently relieved by currently available therapies. Adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fraction (SVF) is increasingly recognised as an easily accessi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Granel B,Daumas A,Jouve E,Harlé JR,Nguyen PS,Chabannon C,Colavolpe N,Reynier JC,Truillet R,Mallet S,Baiada A,Casanova D,Giraudo L,Arnaud L,Veran J,Sabatier F,Magalon G

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate whether patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) have an increased tendency to develop other autoimmune diseases. METHODS:A retrospective case note review was carried out on 114 patients in whom a diagnosis of pSS had been made in a department of rheumatology from 1979 onwards. The year...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lazarus MN,Isenberg DA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have reported an association between the presence of the shared epitope (SE) and susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Recent studies have shown that certain HLA-DRB1 alleles in combination with predisposing DQB1 and DQA1 alleles may protect against the development of RA. This model is...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Molenaar ET,Voskuyl AE,van der Horst-Bruinsma IE,Schreuder GM,Zanelli E,Dijkmans BA

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effect of an intra-articular presentation of stress (heat shock) proteins (hsp) on joint inflammation. METHODS:Wistar rats were sensitised with a suspension of heat killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis in oil in the scruff of the neck and challenged intra-articularly with stress protein or M tube...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Winrow VR,Ragno S,Morris CJ,Colston MJ,Mascagni P,Leoni F,Gromo G,Coates AR,Blake DR

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing age at onset has been associated with worse outcome in rheumatoid arthritis, although there are few data from unselected inception cohorts. HYPOTHESIS:Increasing age is associated with a higher risk of erosions at presentation, and this increase is not explained by age-related disease confounders...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bukhari M,Lunt M,Barton A,Bunn D,Silman A,Symmons D

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The systemic vasculitides are multisystem disorders with considerable mortality and morbidity and frequent relapses. In the absence of reliable serological markers, accurate clinical tools are required to assess disease activity and damage for treatment decisions, and for the performance of clinical trials. This artic...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Flossmann O,Bacon P,de Groot K,Jayne D,Rasmussen N,Seo P,Westman K,Luqmani R

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:With the tools available currently, confirming the diagnosis of inclusion body myositis (IBM) can be difficult. Many patients are initially misdiagnosed with polymyositis (PM). In this observational study at a UK adult neuromuscular centre, we investigated whether amyloid positron emission tomography could d...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lilleker JB,Hodgson R,Roberts M,Herholz K,Howard J,Hinz R,Chinoy H

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Little data are available regarding the rate and predicting factors of serious infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with abatacept (ABA) in daily practice. We therefore addressed this issue using real-life data from the Orencia and Rheumatoid Arthritis (ORA) registry. METHODS:ORA is...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Salmon JH,Gottenberg JE,Ravaud P,Cantagrel A,Combe B,Flipo RM,Schaeverbeke T,Houvenagel E,Gaudin P,Loeuille D,Rist S,Dougados M,Sibilia J,Le Loët X,Meyer O,Solau-Gervais E,Marcelli C,Bardin T,Pane I,Baron G,Perrod

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The humoral immune response against a broad spectrum of cartilage antigens (cellular and matrix antigens) was studied in a group of patients who showed resorption and/or rejection of transplanted cartilage in nasal surgery. METHODS:Sera were obtained from patients with successful and unsuccessful cartilage ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bujia J,Alsalameh S,Naumann A,Wilmes E,Sittinger M,Burmester GR

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This integrated analysis presents the safety profile of upadacitinib, a Janus kinase inhibitor, at 15 mg and 30 mg once daily in patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) and laboratory data from five randomised, placebo- or acti...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Cohen SB,van Vollenhoven RF,Winthrop KL,Zerbini CAF,Tanaka Y,Bessette L,Zhang Y,Khan N,Hendrickson B,Enejosa JV,Burmester GR

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify genomic variants in the 19q13 chromosome region associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-B27-positive populations. METHODS:High-throughput genotyping of 1536 haplotype-tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was performed in 249 patients with AS and 302 heal...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Díaz-Peña R,Aransay AM,Suárez-Álvarez B,Bruges-Armas J,Rodríguez-Ezpeleta N,Regueiro M,Pimentel-Santos FM,Mulero J,Sánchez A,Collantes E,Queiro R,Ballina J,Alves H,López-Larrea C

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the occurrence and clinical characteristics of reactive arthritis (ReA) after an outbreak of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype O:3 infection. METHODS:From 15 October to 6 November 1998, a widespread outbreak of Y pseudotuberculosis serotype O:3 occurred in Finland. A questionnaire on musculos...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hannu T,Mattila L,Nuorti JP,Ruutu P,Mikkola J,Siitonen A,Leirisalo-Repo M

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To score systemic activity at diagnosis and correlate baseline activity with survival in a large cohort of patients with primary Sjögren syndrome (SS). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We include 1045 consecutive patients who fulfilled the 2002 classification criteria for primary SS. The clinical and immunological chara...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Brito-Zerón P,Kostov B,Solans R,Fraile G,Suárez-Cuervo C,Casanovas A,Rascón FJ,Qanneta R,Pérez-Alvarez R,Ripoll M,Akasbi M,Pinilla B,Bosch JA,Nava-Mateos J,Díaz-López B,Morera-Morales ML,Gheitasi H,Retamozo S,Ramos-Ca

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no agreement as to which variable best mirrors disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and no studies have been performed on the validity of disease activity variables. In this study the validity of 10 commonly used single variables and three composite indices was tested. All patients participated in a ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Heijde DM,van't Hof MA,van Riel PL,van Leeuwen MA,van Rijswijk MH,van de Putte LB

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum C2 activity was measured in 135 individuals drawn from a panel of 418 tissue-typed blood donors. The study group included all donors with HLA antigens A10 and B18. Heterozygote C2 deficiency (C2Dhet) was defined by reference to the range of C2 activity in previously studied obligate heterozygotes. Five donors we...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Rynes RI,Britten AF,Pickering RJ

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical function in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has reversible and irreversible components, and is typically assessed by the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ). Since irreversible components are expected to increase with longer duration of RA and reduce the ability for improvement in physi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Aletaha D,Strand V,Smolen JS,Ward MM

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effect of Janus kinase inhibitors (Jakinibs) on cardiovascular risk in adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) via a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). METHODS:PubMed, Embase and Cochrane library were thoroughly searched for RCTs reporting safety issues in patient...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Xie W,Huang Y,Xiao S,Sun X,Fan Y,Zhang Z

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Different prevalences of generalised osteoarthritis (GOA) in patients with knee and hip OA have been reported. The aim of this investigation was to evaluate radiographic and clinical patterns of disease in a hospital based population of patient subgroups with advanced hip and knee OA and to compare the preva...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Günther KP,Stürmer T,Sauerland S,Zeissig I,Sun Y,Kessler S,Scharf HP,Brenner H,Puhl W

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00