Pituitary function in patients with newly diagnosed untreated systemic lupus erythematosus.

abstract：:Ultrasound (US) unquestionably improves many aspects of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis and management, but no consensus has been reached regarding the optimal US methodology that should be used, and high levels of standardisation have not yet been attained. Current evidence from two randomised controlled trials d...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Caporali R,Smolen JS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the ability of low-cost low-field dedicated extremity magnetic resonance imaging (E-MRI) to assess and predict erosive joint damage in the wrist and metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS:24 previously untreated patients with rheumatoid arthritis with j...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lindegaard HM,Vallø J,Hørslev-Petersen K,Junker P,Østergaard M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare familial inflammatory inclusion body myositis (IBM) with hereditary inclusion body myopathies and sporadic IBM. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Clinical, biological, MRI, and histological data were analysed in two siblings with inflammatory IBM and compared with those of patients with sporadic and hereditary...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ranque-Francois B,Maisonobe T,Dion E,Piette JC,Chauveheid MP,Amoura Z,Papo T

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate salivary hyaluronic acid (HA) concentration in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS). METHODS:Salivary and serum HA concentrations were evaluated using a radiometric assay. Thirty nine patients with SS served as the study group and their results were compared with 19 patients having clini...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tishler M,Yaron I,Shirazi I,Yaron M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased subchondral bone turnover may contribute to pain in osteoarthritis (OA). OBJECTIVES:To investigate the analgesic potential of a modified version of osteoprotegerin (osteoprotegerin-Fc (OPG-Fc)) in the monosodium iodoacetate (MIA) model of OA pain. METHODS:Male Sprague Dawley rats (140-260 g) were...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sagar DR,Ashraf S,Xu L,Burston JJ,Menhinick MR,Poulter CL,Bennett AJ,Walsh DA,Chapman V

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil chemiluminescence was determined in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis. Twelve patients were randomly assigned either to a diet high in polyunsaturated fatty acids supplemented with eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids or to a diet high in saturated fatty acids. A correlation with clinical and ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Magaro M,Altomonte L,Zoli A,Mirone L,De Sole P,Di Mario G,Lippa S,Oradei A

更新日期：1988-10-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to better characterise the immunological origin and the behaviour of interleukin (IL)-23-responsive innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) in the gut, synovial fluid (SF) and bone marrow (BM) of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHODS:ILC1, ILC2 and ILC3 cells were determined and c...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ciccia F,Guggino G,Rizzo A,Saieva L,Peralta S,Giardina A,Cannizzaro A,Sireci G,De Leo G,Alessandro R,Triolo G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The relationship between radiographic evidence of osteoarthritis and knee pain has been weak. This may be because features that best discriminate knees with pain have not been included in analyses. We tested the correlation between knee pain and radiographic features taking into account both image analysis f...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Minciullo L,Parkes MJ,Felson DT,Cootes TF

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An increased proportion of circulating follicular helper T (Tfh) cells was reported in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but it remains uncertain how Tfh cells affect antibody hyposialylation. We investigated the regulation of autoantibody hyposialylation by Tfh cells in RA using murine model. METHODS:Behaviours of...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kurata I,Matsumoto I,Ohyama A,Osada A,Ebe H,Kawaguchi H,Kaneko S,Kondo Y,Tsuboi H,Tomioka A,Kaji H,Sumida T

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using clinical, radiological, and morbid anatomical data about patients with arthritis of the hip and their femoral heads resected during total hip replacement, an attempt has been made first, to classify patients and femoral heads by a cluster analysis technique, and secondly and more realistically, to use existing c...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Byers PD,Roper BA,Glennie B

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To clarify the effect of pressure on the expressions of proteoglycan core protein and metabolism related cytokines in a chondrocyte-like cell line, HCS-2/8. METHODS:HCS-2/8 cells were exposed to 1, 5, 10, or 50 MPa of hydrostatic pressure (HP) for two hours, and mRNA expressions of interleukin 6 (IL6) and t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Takahashi K,Kubo T,Arai Y,Kitajima I,Takigawa M,Imanishi J,Hirasawa Y

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether type II collagen (CII) is recognised by oligoclonally expanded synovial T cells of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from 15 RA patients were stimulated with CII in vitro. T cell clones expanded by such stimulation were compared ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sekine T,Kato T,Masuko-Hongo K,Nakamura H,Yoshino S,Nishioka K,Yamamoto K

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the efficacy and safety of innovator infliximab (INX) and CT-P13, an INX biosimilar, in active rheumatoid arthritis patients with inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX) treatment. METHODS:Phase III randomised, double-blind, multicentre, multinational, parallel-group study. Patients with active...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yoo DH,Hrycaj P,Miranda P,Ramiterre E,Piotrowski M,Shevchuk S,Kovalenko V,Prodanovic N,Abello-Banfi M,Gutierrez-Ureña S,Morales-Olazabal L,Tee M,Jimenez R,Zamani O,Lee SJ,Kim H,Park W,Müller-Ladner U

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody production in response to the primary immunogen bacteriophage phi X174 was investigated in 14 patients with previous yersinia arthritis (YA) and in 15 controls. HLA-B27 occurred in 10 patients with YA and in three controls. After primary and secondary immunisation the antibody responses were essentially simil...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bucknall R,Leirisalo-Repo M,Laitinen O,Jones JV

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study maternal and fetal outcome of pregnancy in patients with lupus who were exposed to hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). METHODS:The case records of women (n = 33) exposed to HCQ during their pregnancies (n = 36) and of 53 control patients from a single lupus pregnancy centre were reviewed to determine lupus ac...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Buchanan NM,Toubi E,Khamashta MA,Lima F,Kerslake S,Hughes GR

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：:The relation of habitual knuckle cracking to osteoarthrosis with functional impairment of the hand has long been considered an old wives' tale without experimental support. The mechanical sequelae of knuckle cracking have been shown to produce the rapid release of energy in the form of sudden vibratory energy, much li...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Castellanos J,Axelrod D

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral and axial bone mass and fracture incidence were studied in a group of 104 postmenopausal patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients were divided into non-corticosteroid and low dose corticosteroid treated groups after elimination of patients with concomitant disease or therapy which might affect bone...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verstraeten A,Dequeker J

更新日期：1986-10-01 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：:HLA A, B, and C antigens were studied in 25 patients with ankylosing hyperostosis. There was no evidence of an increased frequency of any antigen in association with the condition itself. However, a high frequency of several antigens was found, reflecting the predominance of Jewish patients in the series. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Perry JD,Wolf H,Festenstein H,Storey GO

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This prospective study was designed to clarify the frequency, causes, and clinical course of renal disease in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:235 patients (185 women, mean age 49.4 years) with early RA of less than one year's duration were enrolled and assessed monthly. Proteinuria wa...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Koseki Y,Terai C,Moriguchi M,Uesato M,Kamatani N

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:The main goal of traditional treatment of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis is limitation of morbidity, and surgery of already formed fibrous masses has been the main therapeutic approach. More recently, the knowledge that the disorder may be the result of an allergic reaction to atherosclerotic lipids has prompted ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Marzano A,Trapani A,Leone N,Actis GC,Rizzetto M

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:No consistent relationship between the severity of symptoms of knee osteoarthritis (OA) and radiographic change has been demonstrated. OBJECTIVES:To determine the relationship between symptoms of knee OA and tibial cartilage volume, whether pain predicts loss of cartilage in knee OA, and whether change in c...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wluka AE,Wolfe R,Stuckey S,Cicuttini FM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal manifestations are seen in systemic sclerosis and mixed connective tissue disorders but are rare in pure polymyositis. CASE REPORT:A 44 year old woman with polymyositis who developed total gut failure requiring treatment with total parenteral nutrition is described. RESULTS:The patient's p...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hughes AJ,Ferguson I,Rankin E,Kane K

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the clinical, radiological, and biological profile of patients presenting late onset spondylarthropathy (LOSPA) with patients with early onset spondylarthropathy (EOSPA). METHODS:During the period April 1987 to April 1995 a retrospective chart review of inpatients and outpatients identified eight ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Caplanne D,Tubach F,Le Parc JM

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00