Conventional treatments for ankylosing spondylitis.

abstract：:Previous work has suggested that prior poor reproductive outcome may be a risk factor in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A case-control study of 195 women with RA and 462 control women from two different sources is presented here. No increase in rates of spontaneous abortion was seen in the women with RA; indeed a protecti...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Spector TD,Silman AJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterised by aberrant B cell hyperactivation, whose mechanism is partially understood. METHODS:We performed whole transcriptome sequencing of B cells from three pSS patients and three matched healthy controls (HC). Differentially expressi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sun JL,Zhang HZ,Liu SY,Lian CF,Chen ZL,Shao TH,Zhang S,Zhao LL,He CM,Wang M,Zhang W,Chen H,Zhang FC

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the World Health Organisation's supplementary classification of the consequences of disease a distinction is made between impairments, such as are related to the site and nature of joint involvement, and any disabilities in everyday activities to which these may give rise. This paper considers the application of th...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Badley EM,Wagstaff S,Wood PH

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two British secondary schools (one a specialist music school) were surveyed to assess the prevalence of upper limb pain among specialist music students compared with students in a regular school setting. Female students tended to report pain more often than male students, but for both significantly higher prevalence w...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fry HJ,Rowley GL

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests that endothelin may have a fundamental role in scleroderma pathogenesis, including pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)--a leading cause of death in patients with scleroderma. Development of a new class of drug, endothelin receptor antagonists, heralds an improved outlook for patients with scleroder...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hachulla E,Coghlan JG

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study prescription patterns of biological treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in southern Sweden, a region with no formal or economic restrictions for the use of biological treatment in rheumatological diseases. Specifically, we studied conformity with the national Swedish guidelines for biolog...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Söderlin MK,Geborek P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals were injected intra-articularly with antigen after prior immunization with that antigen in Freund's incomplete adjuvant in order to precipitate immune complexes in the surfaces of menisci, ligaments, and cartilage. On reimmunization with antigen in Freund's complete adjuvant 10 weeks later, generally an arthri...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fox A,Glynn LE

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case presented is of a patient with migratory polyarthritis and serological evidence of a recent streptococcal infection, consistent with the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever, who in addition had multisystem disease manifestations. This case supports the concept that the sequelae of streptococcal infection can e...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Livneh A,Sharma K,Sewell KL,Keiser HD

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five patients (22 males and 3 females) are described who had 'unclassifiable' seronegative peripheral arthritis affecting mainly the large joints of the lower limbs with other typical features of spondyloarthropathies such as heel pain, low back pain, and mucosal ulcers. But their disorders could not be diagnos...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Prakash S,Mehra NK,Bhargava S,Malaviya AN

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the possibility of drug-free remission in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in continuous remission. METHODS:Prospective observational study in disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)-treated PsA patients in continuous disease remission (no musculoskeletal symptoms, no or minimal sk...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Araujo EG,Finzel S,Englbrecht M,Schreiber DA,Faustini F,Hueber A,Nas K,Rech J,Schett G

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several prediction models for rapid radiological progression (RRP) in the first year of rheumatoid arthritis have been designed to aid rheumatologists in their choice of initial treatment. The association was assessed between RRP and disability and joint damage progression in 8 years. METHODS:Patients from t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van den Broek M,Dirven L,de Vries-Bouwstra JK,Dehpoor AJ,Goekoop-Ruiterman YP,Gerards AH,Kerstens PJ,Huizinga TW,Lems W,Allaart CF

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the efficacy of a tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) inhibitor (etanercept, Enbrel) in patients with severe sciatica. METHODS:A pilot study of etanercept was conducted in patients admitted to hospital for acute severe sciatica. Ten consecutive patients received three subcutaneous injections ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Genevay S,Stingelin S,Gabay C

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family is described in which the mother and 2 of the 5 children had Felty's syndrome, a pattern of inheritance suggesting a dominant defect and one which has not previously been reported. The family is also of interest in that the other sib had rheumatoid arthritis. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Blendis LM,Jones KL,Hamilton EB,Williams R

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate polymorphisms of both codon 54 allele and promoter variants of the mannose binding lectin (MBL) gene in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS). METHODS:Polymorphisms of codon 54 allele and promoter variants of the MBL gene in 104 patients with SS and 143 healthy controls were determined...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wang ZY,Morinobu A,Kanagawa S,Kumagai S

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prostaglandin E (PGE) level in the knee joint fluid was determined by radioimmunoassay before and after anti-inflammatory therapy with flurbiprofen in 8 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 4 patients with osteoarthritis (OA). The level of PGE in RA joint fluids before the anti-inflammatory treatment was 9....

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tokunaga M,Ohuchi K,Yoshizawa S,Tsurufuji S,Rikimaru A,Wakamatsu E

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early changes (five weeks) in the structure of newly synthesised and endogenous articular cartilage sulphated proteoglycans were studied in lapine IgG induced experimental immune synovitis. Rabbits with immune synovitis (IS-IgG) were compared with animals with a developed hypersensitivity to IgG (I-IgG) and with n...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Malemud CJ,Yoo JU,Goldberg VM,Kresina TF

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gout, the most common inflammatory arthritis, is associated with premature mortality. Whether this mortality gap has improved over time, as observed in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is unknown. METHODS:Using an electronic medical record database representative of the UK general population, we identified inciden...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fisher MC,Rai SK,Lu N,Zhang Y,Choi HK

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：:The current management of autoimmunity involves the administration of immunosuppressive drugs coupled to symptomatic and functional interventions such as anti-inflammatory therapies and hormone replacement. Given the chronic nature of autoimmunity, however, the ideal therapeutic strategy would be to reinduce self-tole...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mosanya CH,Isaacs JD

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous infection of C3H mice with viable Mycoplasma pulmonis organisms protected them from arthritis induced by intravenous inoculation of these organisms, whether or not their initial arthritis had resolved at the time of challenge. Although spleen cells obtained from such animals conferred resistance to acute ar...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Taylor G,Taylor-Robinson D

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if early MRI measures predict X-ray progression at 1 and 2 years in a large RA trial cohort. DESIGN:This study included 256 methotrexate (MTX)-naïve RA patients from a randomised placebo-controlled trial of golimumab (GO-BEFORE). MRIs of wrist and 2nd-5th metacarpophalangeal joints at 0, 12, 24,...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Baker JF,Ostergaard M,Emery P,Hsia EC,Lu J,Baker DG,Conaghan PG

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To show whether intra-articular steroid injections are effective in osteoarthritis; to determine factors that predict response; and to determine whether injection has a beneficial effect on muscle strength. METHODS:Double blind, placebo controlled, crossover study in 59 patients with symptomatic osteoarthri...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jones A,Doherty M

更新日期：1996-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To study the association between the occurrence of peripheral arthritis and of acute anterior uveitis during the course of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHODS:Retrospective clinical follow up by both chart review and direct patient interview was performed on 271 individuals comprised of 222 local white and ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Maksymowych WP,Chou CT,Russell AS

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In a post-hoc analysis, we aimed to validate the Lupus Low Disease Activity State (LLDAS) definition as an endpoint in an systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) Phase IIb randomised controlled trial (RCT) (MUSE [NCT01438489]) and then utilize LLDAS to discriminate between anifrolumab and placebo. METHODS:Patien...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Morand EF,Trasieva T,Berglind A,Illei GG,Tummala R

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Compare the radiographic progression of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients treated with infliximab (INF) versus historical controls (Herne cohort, HC) never treated with tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-blockers over 8 years. METHODS:Patients were selected based on the availability of lateral cervical and lumb...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Baraliakos X,Haibel H,Listing J,Sieper J,Braun J

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To assess the interobserver agreement on the diagnostic classification of shoulder disorders, based on history taking and physical examination, and to identify the determinants of diagnostic disagreement. METHODS:Consecutive eligible patients with shoulder pain were recruited in various health care settings...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： de Winter AF,Jans MP,Scholten RJ,Devillé W,van Schaardenburg D,Bouter LM

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the hypothesis that aggrecan, cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP), and bone sialoprotein (BSP) concentrations in synovial fluid could provide information on variations of progression of joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS:Aggrecan, COMP, and BSP were quantified by enzyme link...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Månsson B,Geborek P,Saxne T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biochemical evidence against incorporation of the purine analogues, allopurinol and oxipurinol, into nucleic acids is reviewed. Cytological experiments have been carried out to investigate the possibility that chromosomal damage might result from exposure of human lymphocytes to these drugs. Lymphocytes from 19 pa...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Stevenson AC,Silcock SR,Scott JT

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00