Cytokine blockers in psoriatic arthritis.

abstract：:The clinical and laboratory data for an 8 year old girl with abdominal pain as a presenting manifestation of acute rheumatic fever are reported. An abdominal investigation with ultrasonography carried out at the same time showed free peritoneal fluid. These findings support the proposal that the abdominal pain classic...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Picard E,Gedalia A,Benmeir P,Zucker N,Barki Y

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) has changed dramatically since the introduction of biological agents in 1999. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate trends in prescription patterns of biological agents and the subsequent outcome of JIA. METHODS:The Arthritis and Biologics in Children register (multicentre ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Otten MH,Anink J,Prince FH,Twilt M,Vastert SJ,ten Cate R,Hoppenreijs EP,Armbrust W,Gorter SL,van Pelt PA,Kamphuis SS,Dolman KM,Swart JF,van den Berg JM,Koopman-Keemink Y,van Rossum MA,Wulffraat NM,van Suijlekom-Smit LW

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the validity, responsiveness to change, and user friendliness of four self completed, shoulder-specific questionnaires in primary care. METHODS:A cross sectional assessment of validity and a longitudinal assessment of responsiveness to change of four shoulder questionnaires was carried out: the D...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Paul A,Lewis M,Shadforth MF,Croft PR,Van Der Windt DA,Hay EM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dense, granular immunoglobulin deposits have been identified at the epidermo-dermal junction in 4 out of 10 patients who developed toxic reactions to D-penicillamine therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. Three of 4 patients developing a lupus-like syndrome while on penicillamine had similar findings on skin biopsy. Serum ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kirby JD,Dieppe PA,Huskisson EC,Smith B

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While it is now clear that paracetamol is ineffective for spinal pain, there is not consensus on the efficacy of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for this condition. We performed a systematic review with meta-analysis to determine the efficacy and safety of NSAIDs for spinal pain. METHODS:We s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Machado GC,Maher CG,Ferreira PH,Day RO,Pinheiro MB,Ferreira ML

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of the HS1,2 enhancer polymorphisms as a new candidate marker for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to define the possible association with autoantibody positivity and clinical outcome. METHODS:Genomic DNA was obtained from two cohorts of patients with RA (100 with early RA (ERA) and 114 ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tolusso B,Frezza D,Mattioli C,Fedele AL,Bosello S,Faustini F,Peluso G,Giambra V,Pietrapertosa D,Morelli A,Gremese E,De Santis M,Ferraccioli GF

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relative contribution of work-related mechanical (injury) factors and psychosocial factors to the onset of a new episode of knee pain, in a cohort of newly employed workers. METHODS:A prospective cohort study of newly employed workers from 12 diverse occupational settings in England (The New...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jones GT,Harkness EF,Nahit ES,McBeth J,Silman AJ,Macfarlane GJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49 year old man is described with a polyarticular arthritis. Synovial fluid aspirated from the knee joint showed monosodium urate monohydrate and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate by polarised light microscopy. Additionally, diphosphonate binding and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive analysis showed ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Halverson PB,Ryan LM

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiographic changes of ankylosing spondylitis were studied in 50 females and 82 males. There was a tendency for the males to have more severe arthritic changes in the sacroiliac joints than the females, but the difference did not reach statistical significance. Males significantly more often had radiological invo...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gran JT,Husby G,Hordvik M,Størmer J,Romberg-Andersen O

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of anergy and its relationship to malnutrition was investigated in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and in controls. A generalised reduction in delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity to 7 recall antigens were found in 104 RA patients compared with 67 controls. No measured of the disease was capable of ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Emery P,Panayi G,Symmons D,Brown G

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of systemic sclerosis with sympathetic and parasympathetic neuropathy and detail autonomic testing in six further patients. Of these six patients, three showed early parasympathetic damage. None of the patients had evidence of peripheral neuropathy, and there was no correlation between the presence ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sonnex C,Paice E,White AG

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the spontaneous development of synovitis in 'Old English' rabbits concurrent with serum IgM rheumatoid factor. Female rabbits developed lesions at a higher incidence than males (42% compared with 17%) and the pathology was of a more severe nature. In the female rabbits synovitis was associated with ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hanglow AC,Welsh CJ,Conn P,Thomas DS,Coombs RR

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the ability of ultrasound (US) to detect the presence and change of Achilles erosions in spondyloarthritis (SpA). METHODS:A blind prospective two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) US study of Achilles enthesis erosions in early SpA was undertaken. US examinations were performed at basel...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： de Miguel E,Falcao S,Castillo C,Plasencia C,García M,Branco JC,Martín-Mola E

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein-Barr virus capsid antigen (EBVCA) were examined in 41 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 26 patients with primary sicca syndrome, and 26 healthy subjects of similar age and sex. IgG antibody titres to EBVCA and CMV were similar in all three groups, apart from a tri...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Venables PJ,Ross MG,Charles PJ,Melsom RD,Griffiths PD,Maini RN

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the association of lifestyle factors with risk of inflammatory polyarthritis (IP) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:The European Prospective Investigation of Cancer, Norfolk, UK (EPIC-Norfolk) gathered lifestyle data from participants aged 40-79 years from 1993 to 1997. Individuals who s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lahiri M,Luben RN,Morgan C,Bunn DK,Marshall T,Lunt M,Verstappen SM,Symmons DP,Khaw KT,Wareham N,Bruce IN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of monocytes from patients with rheumatoid arthritis to generate superoxide anion in vitro after stimulation with serum treated zymosan (STZ) or IgG treated zymosan (IgTZ) was studied before and during therapy with penicillamine (n = 9) or sodium aurothiomalate (AuTM) (n = 12). Significant increases in ra...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hurst NP,Bell AL,Nuki G

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterise optimal screening strategies for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) prior to the initiation of anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy. METHODS:Patients in 62 German rheumatology centres were evaluated for LTBI. Each patient was screened with a tuberculin skin test (TST) and one form of an int...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kleinert S,Tony HP,Krueger K,Detert J,Mielke F,Rockwitz K,Schwenke R,Burmester GR,Diel R,Feuchtenberger M,Kneitz C

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified regular thermal patterns over normal knee, ankle, and elbow joints and demonstrate how synovitis affecting these joints may be identified by alteration or loss of the thermal pattern. Sixty healthy volunteers were thermographed on a total of 190 occasions, and 614 out of 618 joints conformed to the ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Salisbury RS,Parr G,De Silva M,Hazleman BL,Page-Thomas DP

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with an unexplained increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Antibodies against human 60 kDa heat shock protein (anti-HSP60) are associated with the presence and severity of CVD. OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether anti-HSP60 antibodies are associated with prevalent C...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Halm VP,Slot MC,Nurmohamed MT,Tervaert JW,Dijkmans BA,Voskuyl AE

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is postulated that the mobile inflamed joint may be subject to cyclical ischaemic reperfusion injury. Xanthine oxidoreductase is an enzyme thought to contribute to oxidative reperfusion injury, and the detection of this activity in human synovium is described. Three normal and five rheumatoid tissues were assayed w...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Allen RE,Outhwaite JM,Morris CJ,Blake DR

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chondromalacia patellae is difficult to diagnosis clinically with accuracy. In order to clarify the relevant symptoms and signs, 78 patients presenting with a clinical diagnosis of chondromalacia were examined by arthroscopy. In 49% of the knees no abnormalities were found. Presenting symptoms were similar in the norm...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Leslie IJ,Bentley G

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cell activation and cellular immune responses are modulated by interleukin 2 (IL2) through binding to its corresponding cell surface receptor. Three forms of the receptor are recognised based on IL2 binding affinity. The high affinity receptor is a heterotrimer composed of alpha, beta, and gamma(c)-polypeptide chain...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Morris JC,Waldmann TA

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the risk of losing remission, low disease activity (LDA) or radiographic progression in the case of (1) discontinuing or (2) tapering doses of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) compared with continuation of the initial treatment regimen in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Henaux S,Ruyssen-Witrand A,Cantagrel A,Barnetche T,Fautrel B,Filippi N,Lukas C,Raffeiner B,Rossini M,Degboé Y,Constantin A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the effect of a single infusion of zoledronic acid (ZA) with placebo on knee pain and bone marrow lesions (BMLs). METHODS:Adults aged 50-80 years (n=59) with clinical knee osteoarthritis and knee BMLs were randomised to receive either ZA (5 mg/100 ml) or placebo. BMLs were determined using proton...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Laslett LL,Doré DA,Quinn SJ,Boon P,Ryan E,Winzenberg TM,Jones G

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several inflammatory conditions are associated with an increased risk of lymphoma. The specific features of inflammation that mediate this risk are unknown. There are few studies on whether ankylosing spondylitis increases the risk of lymphoma. Besides inflammation-lymphoma aetiology, information on risk of ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Askling J,Klareskog L,Blomqvist P,Fored M,Feltelius N

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To carry out a prospective two year follow up study comparing conventional radiography, three-phase bone scintigraphy, ultrasonography (US), and three dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with precontrast and dynamic postcontrast examination in detecting early arthritis. The aim of the follow up ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Backhaus M,Burmester GR,Sandrock D,Loreck D,Hess D,Scholz A,Blind S,Hamm B,Bollow M

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify potential risk factors for the onset of inflammatory arthritis (IA) in a large cohort of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) of recent onset. METHODS:We recruited cases with psoriasis and an onset of IA within the past 5 years. Controls were patients who had psoriasis but no arthritis. We ass...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pattison E,Harrison BJ,Griffiths CE,Silman AJ,Bruce IN

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite the lower prevalence of obesity (a known risk factor for osteoarthritis (OA)), the prevalence of lateral tibiofemoral OA is higher in Chinese communities compared with Caucasian communities. One potential explanation is the difference in knee alignment between the two populations. We measured various ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Harvey WF,Niu J,Zhang Y,McCree PI,Felson DT,Nevitt M,Xu L,Aliabadi P,Hunter DJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterise renal tissue metabolic pathway gene expression in different forms of glomerulonephritis. METHODS:Patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS), antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and healthy living donors (LD) were studied. Clinically ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Grayson PC,Eddy S,Taroni JN,Lightfoot YL,Mariani L,Parikh H,Lindenmeyer MT,Ju W,Greene CS,Godfrey B,Cohen CD,Krischer J,Kretzler M,Merkel PA,Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium, the European Renal cDNA Bank cohort, and th

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the prevalence and the nature of autonomic neuropathy (AN) in 17 patients with inactive or mild active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:Patients were tested using questionnaires related to possible AN symptoms, and four non invasive cardiovascular autonomic function tests at rest, during lying...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lioté F,Osterland CK

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00