Meningitis in mixed connective tissue disease complicated by herpes virus infection: case report.

abstract：:The main goal of this project was to identify the presence of fibromyalgia (FM) subgroups using a simple and frequently used clinical tool, the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ). A total of 61 women diagnosed with FM participated in this study. FM subgroups were created by applying a hierarchical cluster analysi...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： de Souza JB,Goffaux P,Julien N,Potvin S,Charest J,Marchand S

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune rheumatic disease characterised by vasculopathy, inflammation and fibrosis in multiple organs and occasionally coexists with rheumatic conditions, such as axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). The aim of this study was to demonstrate the successful use of tofacitinib in SSc and axi...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Kyriakou A,Parperis K,Nikiphorou E,Psarelis S

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study 222 sera from 56 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were tested for antibodies to poly(A), poly dAT and histones using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Patients with active disease had significantly more often antibodies to poly(A), poly dAT and histones than patients wit...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Helve T,Gripenberg M,Kurki P,Teppo AM,Wegelius O

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive, inherited autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent, self-limited attacks of fever and inflammation of serosal surfaces. There is an explosion of the data regarding inflammatory markers in FMF and clinical effects of chronic inflammation on the di...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Erten S,Altunoğlu A,Ceylan GG,Maraş Y,Koca C,Yüksel A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) is a systemic necrotizing vasculitis affecting small vessels without necrotizing granulomatous inflammation and is commonly associated with necrotizing glomerulonephritis. Diagnosis is based on typical clinical features, the presence of antimyeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasmic anti...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Kokan N,Hosomi Y,Inamoto S,Ohnishi K,Tanimoto H,Nibu K

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old man presented with a complaint of low-back pain and widespread joint pain for the previous 20 years. Conventional radiography revealed wide areas of calcification in the intervertebral discs and degenerative changes in the peripheral joints. A diagnosis of ochronosis was made by the observation of bluish...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Capkin E,Karkucak M,Yayli S,Serdaroğlu M,Tosun M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histoplasmosis is an important cause of morbidity in endemic areas of the USA. Infection is often asymptomatic but can cause a broad spectrum of pathology. Less commonly, histoplasmosis can present with a wide-range of rheumatologic manifestations. The aim of this review is to provide a synopsis of the rheumatologic m...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Sizemore TC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to study the association of smoking with the activity and severity of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and the production of antibodies to dsDNA. The study included 223 SLE patients attending the outpatient clinics at Helsinki University Central Hospital. The history of smoking was obtained by personal i...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ekblom-Kullberg S,Kautiainen H,Alha P,Leirisalo-Repo M,Miettinen A,Julkunen H

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infliximab, a monoclonal chimeric anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNF-alpha) antibody, was tried in two patients suffering from severe refractory juvenile ankylosing spondylarthritis with disease duration of more than 10 years. To assess the response, validated clinical activity parameters were monitored prospe...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Schmeling H,Horneff G

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Balneotherapeutic applications to treat rheumatic diseases have a long-term tradition and are based on established scientific principles, and the majority of rheumatic diseases most frequently include balneotherapy. However, as other therapeutic strategies, balneological interventions require scientific proof of their...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Lange U,Müller-Ladner U,Schmidt KL

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meigs' syndrome represents a triad of pleural effusion, ascites, and an ovarian tumor, usually benign, occurring together. We describe here a case of Meigs' syndrome in a patient with systemic sclerosis, the first such report to our knowledge, in systemic sclerosis. A 53-year-old woman with systemic sclerosis presente...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Su F,Cummings KW,Krigman H,Ranganathan P

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arachnoid ossificans is a rare type of chronic arachnoiditis characterised by the presence of calcification or ossification of the dura and arachnoid. There are a few reports of these findings in relation to various disease entities, but only one case has been reported in relation to ankylosing spondylitis. We describ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Joo KB,Lee S,Kang CN,Kim TH

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenectomy may be necessary to treat systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with thrombocytopenia; however, whether performing a splenectomy on patients without SLE increases the subsequent risk of SLE remains unknown. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the association between splenectomy and SLE. ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Hsu CY,Chen HJ,Hsu CY,Kao CH

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study includes a case report and a literature review. The main objective of this study is to present a case of spondylodiscitis due to a fungal pathogen, Blastoschizomyces capitatus and to review the published literature on this emergent fungus in etiology of spondylodiscitis, and osteomyelitis. Osteoarticular inv...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Celik AD,Ozaras R,Kantarcioglu S,Mert A,Tabak F,Ozturk R

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify the possible determinants of impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in Egyptian children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Fifty-eight consecutive patients of JIA aged from 8 to 18 years underwent assessment of socio-economic and demographic charac...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Abdul-Sattar AB,Elewa EA,El-Shahawy Eel-D,Waly EH

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the clinical manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus is an arthropathy, which is usually non-erosive. In many cases, the joint involvement is mild. A subset of patients has deforming, non-erosive Jaccoud's arthropathy, and a minority have an arthropathy with clinical findings similar to rheumatoid arthrit...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Pipili C,Sfritzeri A,Cholongitas E

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARD) have transformed the treatment paradigm of chronic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs), but they are often associated with adverse drug reactions. The present study evaluated the frequency, characteristics and type of infections, other than tuberculosis (TB), i...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Chandrashekara S,Shobha V,Rao V,Desai A,Jois R,Dharmanand BG,Kumar S,Kumar P,Dharmapalaiah C,Mahendranath KM,Prasad S,Daware MA,Singh Y,Karjigi U,Nagaraj S,Anupama KR

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 39-year-old female with active systemic lupus erythematosus who complained of lethargy and weakness with a moderate renal impairment. Hypercalcemia was confirmed by laboratory examination. Her X-ray revealed significant ectopic calcinosis in subcutaneous tissue of bilateral hands, and Tc-99(m) me...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Zhao L,Huang L,Zhang X

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 44-year-old man with intermittent asymmetric migratory oligoarthritis lasting the recent decade was admitted to our hospital. Considerable specific biomarkers for rheumatoid arthritis such as anti-agalactosyl IgG antibody are all negative. He was diagnosed as palindromic rheumatism (PR). Although hand X-rays showed ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ueda S,Horino T,Arii K,Morita T,Takao T,Hashimoto K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who were treated with anti-TNF-α agents and who developed drug-induced lupus (DIL). Two of them received etanercept and the remainder adalimumab. We also present the favorable response observed with the withdrawal of the anti-TNF-alpha agents and the introduction...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Diaz JC,Vallejo S,Cañas CA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the expression and effect of farnesoid X receptor (FXR) on systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) liver dysfunction and indicate its hepatoprotective role and the immunomodulatory property. mRNA and protein levels of FXR were determined on the liver specimens of SLE patients with liver injury as well as MRL...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Lian F,Wang Y,Chen J,Xu H,Yang X,Liang L,Zhan Z,Ye Y,Chen M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the overall frequency of anti-phospholipid syndrome (APS) occurrence in Korean patients with consecutively detected anti-phospholipid antibodies with an interval of 12 weeks (persistent aPLs). We retrospectively reviewed the results of blood tests of aPLs in 14,889 patients in whom aPL tests were perfo...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Choi H,Ahn SS,Song JJ,Park YB,Song J,Lee SW

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rickettsia rickettsii, a tick borne disease, is the pathogen responsible for inducing Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF), an illness that can progress to fulminant multiorgan failure and death. We present a case where R. rickettsii, acquired on a camping trip, precipitated a flare of peripheral arthritis and episcler...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Redford AH,Trost JR,Sibbitt WL Jr,Fangtham M,Emil NS,Singh S,Bankhurst AD

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet's disease (BD) is a variable vessel vasculitis characterized by recurrent oral and genital aphthosis accompanied by skin, ocular, gastrointestinal, neurologic, and articular involvement. BD is not common in childhood and the disease characteristics considerably differ between adults and children. 18 diagnostic/...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Batu ED

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet's syndrome (BS) is a chronic (auto)-inflammatory disorder characterized by different clusters of symptoms, including mucocutaneous and ocular involvements. Interleukin-1 inhibitors anakinra (ANA), canakinumab (CAN), and gevokizumab (GEV) represent a promising therapeutic alternative in BS. To date, evidence on ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Bettiol A,Silvestri E,Di Scala G,Amedei A,Becatti M,Fiorillo C,Lopalco G,Salvarani C,Cantarini L,Soriano A,Emmi G

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is an overall increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and maternal morbidity in patients with most autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARD); outcomes are generally improved when the pregnancy is planned and the disease is in control. OBJECTIVE:The objective of the present study was to describe the sex...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Skinner-Taylor CM,Perez-Barbosa L,Barriga-Maldonado ES,Cardenas-de la Garza JA,Diaz-Angulo JE,Figueroa-Parra G,Riega-Torres J,Galarza-Delgado DA

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of an association of four autoimmune diseases in a 15-year-old girl and we discuss the etiopathogenic of this association and difficulties of treatment. ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Zeglaoui H,Landolsi H,Mankai A,Ghedira I,Bouajina E

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis can affect sacroiliac joints, but only a few such cases have been reported. The onset is usually insidious, and early diagnosis requires a high index of clinical suspicion. We report herein a culture-proven case of tuberculous sacroiliitis which initially mimicked neoplastic infiltration on CT scan. ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Keleş I,Aydin G,Kitay OL,Orkun S

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study was performed to localize the articular deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystal in joints. We compare the detection efficiencies of dual-energy CT (DECT) and ultrasound scans. METHODS:Analyses by DECT and ultrasound were performed with 184 bilateral joints of the lower limbs of 54 cons...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Yuan Y,Liu C,Xiang X,Yuan TL,Qiu L,Liu Y,Luo YB,Zhao Y,Herrmann M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of long-term leflunomide and methotrexate (MTX) therapy during the course of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) estimated by digital X-ray radiogrammetry (DXR) and computer-aided joint space analysis (CAJSA) as diagnostic tools for the quantification of disease-related pe...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Pfeil A,Lippold J,Eidner T,Lehmann G,Oelzner P,Renz DM,Hansch A,Wolf G,Hein G,Kaiser WA,Böttcher J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00