Scleromyxoedema with features of systemic sclerosis.

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:To maintain and optimise the quality of care provided by health professionals in rheumatology (HPRs), adequate educational offerings are needed. This task force (TF) aimed to develop evidence-based recommendations for the generic core competences of HPRs, with specific reference to nurses, physica...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Edelaar L,Nikiphorou E,Fragoulis GE,Iagnocco A,Haines C,Bakkers M,Barbosa L,Cikes N,Ndosi M,Primdahl J,Prior Y,Pchelnikova P,Ritschl V,Schäfer VS,Smucrova H,Storrønning I,Testa M,Wiek D,Vliet Vlieland TPM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), vasculitis, and aortic valve incompetence of the histologically nonspecific type is described. Valve replacement was undertaken, and an excellent haemodynamic result was achieved. Both arthritis and vasculitis subsequently remitted. Valve replacement can be successfully perfor...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Liew M,Wilson D,Horton D,Fleming A

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 60 patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with levamisole 35% showed a persistent decrease in neutrophil counts from pre-treatment levels and 6 (10%) develped severe neutropenia of less than 1.0 X 10(9)/1. One of these neutropenic patients recoverd without stopping therapy and the other 5 patients recovered rap...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Williams GT,Johnson SA,Dieppe PA,Huskisson EC

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of monotherapy with adalimumab in patients with RA for whom previous DMARD treatment has failed. METHODS:In a 26 week, double blind, placebo controlled, phase III trial, 544 patients with RA were randomised to monotherapy with adalimumab 20 mg every other week, 20 mg weekl...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van de Putte LB,Atkins C,Malaise M,Sany J,Russell AS,van Riel PL,Settas L,Bijlsma JW,Todesco S,Dougados M,Nash P,Emery P,Walter N,Kaul M,Fischkoff S,Kupper H

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information has been collected on 10 patients, 9 with marrow depression and 1 in whom the diagnosis was presumed. Six of the 10 patients died. The sequentially recorded blood counts on at least 5 of the patients showed a downward trend of the white cell and platelet counts while D-penicillamine was still being adminis...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kay AG

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of pain and functional limitation in older adults, yet longer-term studies of medical treatment of OA are limited. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate (CS), alone or in combination, as well as celecoxib and placebo o...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sawitzke AD,Shi H,Finco MF,Dunlop DD,Harris CL,Singer NG,Bradley JD,Silver D,Jackson CG,Lane NE,Oddis CV,Wolfe F,Lisse J,Furst DE,Bingham CO,Reda DJ,Moskowitz RW,Williams HJ,Clegg DO

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a prospective observational study, we investigated whether patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) had higher indices of endothelial damage and dysfunction than healthy controls and whether improved disease control was associated with improvement in these indices. METHODS:Twenty-seven pat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Parker B,Al-Husain A,Pemberton P,Yates AP,Ho P,Gorodkin R,Teh LS,Alexander MY,Bruce IN

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article gives a short overview of the development and characteristics of the OMERACT rheumatoid arthritis MRI scoring system (RAMRIS), followed by an introduction to the use of the EULAR-OMERACT rheumatoid arthritis MRI reference image atlas. With this atlas, MRIs of wrist and metacarpophalangeal joints of patien...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Østergaard M,Edmonds J,McQueen F,Peterfy C,Lassere M,Ejbjerg B,Bird P,Emery P,Genant H,Conaghan P

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is a need to identify effective treatments for rheumatic diseases, and while genetic studies have been successful it is unclear which genes contribute to the disease. Using our existing Capture Hi-C data on three rheumatic diseases, we can identify potential causal genes which are targets for existing ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Martin P,Ding J,Duffus K,Gaddi VP,McGovern A,Ray-Jones H,Yarwood A,Worthington J,Barton A,Orozco G

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register (BSRBR) has collected data on adverse events including pregnancies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy. The purpose of this report is to summarise the pregnancy outcomes in women treated with ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verstappen SM,King Y,Watson KD,Symmons DP,Hyrich KL,BSRBR Control Centre Consortium, BSR Biologics Register.

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess pooled golimumab safety up to year 3 of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) trials. METHODS:Golimumab 50 and 100 mg, administered subcutaneously (SC) every 4 weeks (q4wk), were assessed in patients with active RA (methotrexate-naïve, methotrexate-exp...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kay J,Fleischmann R,Keystone E,Hsia EC,Hsu B,Mack M,Goldstein N,Braun J,Kavanaugh A

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of infliximab on health related quality of life (HRQoL) and physical function in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in the IMPACT 2 trial. METHODS:200 patients with PsA unresponsive to conventional treatment were randomised to intravenous infusions of infliximab 5 mg/kg or...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kavanaugh A,Antoni C,Krueger GG,Yan S,Bala M,Dooley LT,Beutler A,Guzzo C,Gladman D

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of pachydermoperiostosis characterised by the presence of finger clubbing, periostosis, sweating of hands and feet is described. Modifications of capillaroscopic pattern and of arteriovenous anastomoses are reported. The periungual border and finger tip tissue showed diffuse endothelial hyperplasia, hyalinosis,...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Matucci-Cerinic M,Cinti S,Morroni M,Lotti T,Nuzzaci G,Lucente E,di Lollo S,Ceruso M,Cagnoni M

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a multimodal physiotherapy programme including taping, exercises, and massage is effective for knee osteoarthritis, and if benefits can be maintained with self management. METHODS:Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial; 140 community volunteers with knee osteoarthritis partic...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bennell KL,Hinman RS,Metcalf BR,Buchbinder R,McConnell J,McColl G,Green S,Crossley KM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1978 a survey was carried out on 34 036 people in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, in an epidemiological study of hyperuricaemia; 15 713 males and 18 324 females were examined by means of our health examination car. The subjects of the survey were all volunteers. The results have shown that the serum uric acid (SUA) l...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Akizuki S

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prevalence estimates of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) vary across Europe. Recent estimates in southern European countries showed a lower prevalence than in northern countries. OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence of RA in France in a multiregional representative sample in the year 2001. METHODS:A two stage ra...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Guillemin F,Saraux A,Guggenbuhl P,Roux CH,Fardellone P,Le Bihan E,Cantagrel A,Chary-Valckenaere I,Euller-Ziegler L,Flipo RM,Juvin R,Behier JM,Fautrel B,Masson C,Coste J

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：:The adherent cells remaining after short-term culture of synovial fluid and synovial membrane cells from rheumatoid and non-rheumatoid patients were examined for the presence of a productive virus infection and for various viral antigens. Labelling was carried out with 3H-thymidine and 3H-uridine followed by sucrose d...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hart H,Norval M

更新日期：1980-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Low serum vitamin D concentrations have been reported in several autoimmune disorders. OBJECTIVE:To assess whether low serum vitamin D concentrations are related to disease activity of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:378 patients from several European and Israeli cohorts were pool...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Amital H,Szekanecz Z,Szücs G,Dankó K,Nagy E,Csépány T,Kiss E,Rovensky J,Tuchynova A,Kozakova D,Doria A,Corocher N,Agmon-Levin N,Barak V,Orbach H,Zandman-Goddard G,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the number of patients required in a therapeutic trial that uses progression of radiological abnormalities as the outcome measure would be similar for multiple centres. METHODS:The progression of radiological damage to the fingers and wrists of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in five ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sharp JT,Wolfe F,Corbett M,Isomaki H,Mitchell DM,Furst DE,Sibley J,Shipley M

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain in the neck and upper limb is common and contributes considerably to absence from work due to sickness. Evidence suggest that prolonged abnormal posture and repetition contribute to such conditions. Psychosocial risk factors may also play a part in the aetiology of upper limb disorders. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Walker-Bone K,Cooper C

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the presence of anti-PDGFR-alpha antibodies by immunological methods in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). METHODS:Fifty-eight women diagnosed with SSc and 36 healthy women controls were included. IgG anti-PDGFR-alpha were measured by ELISA and immunoblot. Associations with clinical and immu...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Balada E,Simeón-Aznar CP,Ordi-Ros J,Rosa-Leyva M,Selva-O'Callaghan A,Pardos-Gea J,Fonollosa-Pla V,Vilardell-Tarrés M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results are reported from the first prospective study of gout in New Zealand Maoris based on a sample of 388 males and 378 females. At baseline, high mean levels of serum uric acid (SUA) were found, 0.422 +/- 0.092 mmol/1 (7.05 +/- 1.54 mg/100 ml) in males and 0.350 +/- 0.091 mmol/1 (5.85 +/- 1.52 mg/100 ml) in female...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Brauer GW,Prior IA

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An acute inflammatory arthritis has been induced in 76% of rats injected intradermally with native bovine type II collagen emulsified in Freund's complete (CFA) or incomplete (ICFA) adjuvant. The arthritis became chronic in 14 out of 31 rats, and ear and tail lesions were noted in some rats. No arthritis was induced b...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Morgan K,Clague RB,Shaw MJ,Holt PJ

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the ability of technetium-99m hexamethyl propylene amineoxime (HMPAO) labelled lymphocyte scintigraphy to quantify synovial inflammation, and to analyse the kinetics of lymphocyte retention in the joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:After isolation of the lymphocytes, the cel...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jorgensen C,Couret I,Bologna C,Rossi M,Sany J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is diagnosed based on phenotypic characteristics. The 2010 ACR/EULAR criteria were derived with the aim of classifying RA earlier in the disease course than the 1987 ACR criteria. When reviewing thus far published validation studies, it is clear that the 2010 criteria can be fulfilled earlier...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Helm-van Mil AH,Huizinga TW

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify new susceptibility loci for Behçet's disease (BD), we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) using DNA pooling. METHODS:Two replicate pools of 292 Iranian BD cases and of 294 age- and sex-matched controls were allelotyped in quadruplicate on the Affymetrix Genome-Wide Human SNP Array 6...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Xavier JM,Shahram F,Sousa I,Davatchi F,Matos M,Abdollahi BS,Sobral J,Nadji A,Oliveira M,Ghaderibarim F,Shafiee NM,Oliveira SA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of active pulmonary and paranasal involvement in patients with Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) can be difficult. The diagnostic value of gallium-67 scintigraphy in WG is unclear. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the added diagnostic value of gallium-67 scintigraphy in patients with WG with suspected granulomat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Slart RH,Jager PL,Poot L,Piers DA,Tervaert JW,Stegeman CA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of two gold(I) compounds on stability of lysosomes in vitro was studied. Lysosomes from homogenates of rat kidney cortex were isolated by differential centrifugation. These lysosomes were incubated at 37 degrees C with widely varied concentrations of sodium aurothiomalate and sodium aurothiosulphate for 5, ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Graabaek PM,Pedersen SM

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00