How does tibial cartilage volume relate to symptoms in subjects with knee osteoarthritis?

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have reported an interaction between ever cigarette smoking and the presence of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 shared epitope (SE) genotype and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk. To address the effect of dosage, a case-control study nested within two prospective cohorts to determine the...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Karlson EW,Chang SC,Cui J,Chibnik LB,Fraser PA,De Vivo I,Costenbader KH

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To systematically evaluate the association between MRI findings (cartilage defects, bone marrow lesions (BML), osteophytes, meniscal lesion, effusion/synovitis, ligamentous abnormalities, subchondral cysts and bone attrition) and pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) in order to establish the relevan...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yusuf E,Kortekaas MC,Watt I,Huizinga TW,Kloppenburg M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three aspects of polymorphonuclear leucocyte (PMN) function were studied in 19 patients with Behçet's syndrome (BS). By 2 different techniques directed motility was found to be increased. This increase was largely due to the subgroup of patients with ocular involvement. Counts of absolute numbers of cells migrating hi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fordham JN,Davies PG,Kirk A,Currey HL

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the heterogeneous clinical response to tumour necrosis factor (TNF)alpha blocking therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can be predicted by TNFalpha expression in the synovium before initiation of treatment. METHODS:Prior to initiation of infliximab treatment, arthroscopic synovial tissue...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wijbrandts CA,Dijkgraaf MG,Kraan MC,Vinkenoog M,Smeets TJ,Dinant H,Vos K,Lems WF,Wolbink GJ,Sijpkens D,Dijkmans BA,Tak PP

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The viscosity of plasma (PV) was investigated in 27 outpatients with classical or definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA) according to the American Rheumatism Association (ARA) criteria. The measurements showed a significantly raised PV in patients with RA (p less than 10(-5)) compared with a control group. There was a pos...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Harreby M,Danneskiold-Samsøe B,Kjer J,Lauritzen M

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To elaborate a clinical practice decision tree for the choice of the first disease modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) for untreated rheumatoid arthritis of less than six months' duration. METHODS:Four steps were employed: (1) review of published reports on DMARD efficacy against rheumatoid arthritis; (2) i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Le Loët X,Berthelot JM,Cantagrel A,Combe B,De Bandt M,Fautrel B,Flipo RM,Lioté F,Maillefert JF,Meyer O,Saraux A,Wendling D,Guillemin F

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred and forty unrelated British Caucasoid patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been HLA typed for class I and class II antigens. Analyses of HLA antigen associations were performed on the overall group and in patient subsets selected according to particular disease parameters or sex, or both. The resu...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jaraquemada D,Ollier W,Awad J,Young A,Silman A,Roitt IM,Corbett M,Hay F,Cosh JA,Maini RN

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of mild and severe radiological osteoarthritis was investigated in a random sample of 6585 inhabitants of a Dutch village. Radiographs were graded 0-4 according to the criteria described by Kellgren and Lawrence. The prevalence of radiological osteoarthritis increased strongly with age and was highest f...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Saase JL,van Romunde LK,Cats A,Vandenbroucke JP,Valkenburg HA

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the association between changes in the delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC) index over 2 years as a measure of cartilage proteoglycan concentration, with changes in cartilage thickness in the medial tibiofemoral compartment of knees in middle-aged women. METHODS:One hundred and...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Crema MD,Hunter DJ,Burstein D,Roemer FW,Li L,Eckstein F,Krishnan N,Hellio Le-Graverand MP,Guermazi A

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the hypothesis that synovial fluid (SF) from patients with osteoarthritis (OA) may contain calcium phosphate crystals that are either too small, or too few in number to be identified by conventional light microscopy techniques. METHODS:Twelve SF from 11 patients with established knee OA, five...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Swan A,Chapman B,Heap P,Seward H,Dieppe P

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine if the presence of low percentages of CD8 positive cells or high levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptors (sIL-2R) define a subgroup of patients with more severe polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis (PMR/GCA). METHODS:38 PMR/GCA patients were followed up prospectively. Serum levels ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Salvarani C,Boiardi L,Macchioni P,Rossi F,Tartoni P,Casadei Maldini M,Mancini R,Beltrandi E,Portioli I

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty seven patients with primary or possible Sjögren's syndrome with neurological manifestations were compared immunologically with 21 patients with Sjögren's syndrome with an intact nervous system. Patients with Sjögren's syndrome were divided into seropositive and seronegative subgroups with respect to the occurre...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hietaharju A,Korpela M,Ilonen J,Frey H

更新日期：1992-04-01 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：:The radiological development from normal bone of geodes and subsequent fractures in phalanges of two adjacent fingers is described in a patient with classical rheumatoid arthritis. Presentation was as a septic, discharging focus, but infection was excluded; the pathology is described. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lowthian PJ,Calin A

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-cyclic citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies (ACPA) are integrated in the 2010 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism (ACR/EULAR) classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objectives of this study were to evaluate the technical ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Van Hoovels L,Jacobs J,Vander Cruyssen B,Van den Bremt S,Verschueren P,Bossuyt X

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Interleukin (IL) 34 is a new cytokine implicated in macrophage differentiation and osteoclastogenesis. This study assessed IL-34 expression in the tissue of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Immunohistochemistry was performed in synovial biopsies from patients with RA (n=20), osteoarthritis (...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Chemel M,Le Goff B,Brion R,Cozic C,Berreur M,Amiaud J,Bougras G,Touchais S,Blanchard F,Heymann MF,Berthelot JM,Verrecchia F,Heymann D

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate new classification criteria for peripheral spondyloarthritis (SpA) in patients with SpA with peripheral manifestations only. METHODS:In this Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) study, two prespecified sets of criteria were compared against the European Spondylarthropathy ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Rudwaleit M,van der Heijde D,Landewé R,Akkoc N,Brandt J,Chou CT,Dougados M,Huang F,Gu J,Kirazli Y,Van den Bosch F,Olivieri I,Roussou E,Scarpato S,Sørensen IJ,Valle-Oñate R,Weber U,Wei J,Sieper J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure interleukin (IL)18 serum concentrations in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) undergoing infliximab treatment (tumour necrosis factor (TNF) alpha blockade) and to evaluate the concomitant modification of IL12 and IL13 serum concentrations, two cytokines belonging to the Th1 and Th2 profile res...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pittoni V,Bombardieri M,Spinelli FR,Scrivo R,Alessandri C,Conti F,Spadaro A,Valesini G

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of acute stress on inflammatory, haemostatic, rheological, and haemodynamic activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in comparison with patients with osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS:21 patients with RA and 10 with OA underwent a brief mental stress task while standing. Inflammat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Veldhuijzen van Zanten JJ,Ring C,Carroll D,Kitas GD

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Regulatory T cells (Tregs) with the plasticity of producing proinflammatory cytokine IL-17 have been demonstrated under normal and pathogenic conditions. However, it remains unclear whether IL-17-producing Tregs lose their suppressive functions because of their plasticity toward Th17 in autoimmunity. The aim ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wang T,Sun X,Zhao J,Zhang J,Zhu H,Li C,Gao N,Jia Y,Xu D,Huang FP,Li N,Lu L,Li ZG

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:False positive results were obtained for HIV tests in two men with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who were suspected of being infected with HIV because of fever, weight loss, lymphadenopathy, and inflammatory myopathy. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) for HIV were twice positive when tested three...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Esteva MH,Blasini AM,Ogly D,Rodríguez MA

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence and clinical significance of carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) in patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). METHODS:28 patients with primary APS with at least a five year follow up, and 28 healthy subjects, matched by age and sex, were included in the stud...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Medina G,Casaos D,Jara LJ,Vera-Lastra O,Fuentes M,Barile L,Salas M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the disease-modifying effects of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibition in preclinical models of systemic sclerosis (SSc). METHODS:We studied the effects of PDE4 inhibition in a prevention and a treatment model of bleomycin-induced skin fibrosis, in the topoisomerase mouse model as well as in ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Maier C,Ramming A,Bergmann C,Weinkam R,Kittan N,Schett G,Distler JHW,Beyer C

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel explanation for the natural history of joint destruction in the early phase of ankylosing spondylitis is proposed on the basis of the clinical history, x-ray appearance, operative findings, and histopathology of a young patient believed to be suffering from the peripheral form of this disease. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pasion EG,Goodfellow JW

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence and clinical associations of autoantibodies to myeloperoxidase (MPO) in an unselected series of well-characterised outpatients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to compare the distribution of IgG subclasses of anti-MPO antibodies in these patients with that in patients with syste...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Cambridge G,Williams M,Leaker B,Corbett M,Smith CR

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Genetic variation at the type II deiodinase (D2) gene (DIO2) was previously identified as osteoarthritis (OA) risk factor. To investigate mechanisms possibly underlying this association, we assessed D2 protein in healthy and OA-affected cartilage and investigated allelic balance of the OA risk polymorphism rs...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bos SD,Bovée JV,Duijnisveld BJ,Raine EV,van Dalen WJ,Ramos YF,van der Breggen R,Nelissen RG,Slagboom PE,Loughlin J,Meulenbelt I

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of certolizumab pegol (CZP) on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to interpret these results using number needed to treat (NNT), and associations between PRO responses and longer term outcomes. METHODS:A total of 619 patients with active RA were randomised...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Strand V,Smolen JS,van Vollenhoven RF,Mease P,Burmester GR,Hiepe F,Khanna D,Nikaï E,Coteur G,Schiff M

更新日期：2011-06-01 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:Domains identified as a result of qualitative research and Delphi exercises to assess rheumatoid arthritis (RA) flare include pain, function, swollen and tender joints, patient and physician global, laboratory measures, participation, stiffness, self-management and fatigue. Here we examine aspects of construc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lie E,Woodworth TG,Christensen R,Kvien TK,Bykerk V,Furst DE,Bingham CO 3rd,Choy EH,OMERACT RA Flare Working Group.

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with systemic lupus erythematosus was first diagnosed after she had developed the Budd-Chiari syndrome. We believe that the Budd-Chiari syndrome was part of her tendency for thrombosis, induced by the presence of a lupus anticoagulant. The association between enhanced thrombosis and the lupus anticoagulant i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Averbuch M,Levo Y

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00