The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Sets for rheumatoid arthritis: a way to specify functioning.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the risk of losing remission, low disease activity (LDA) or radiographic progression in the case of (1) discontinuing or (2) tapering doses of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) compared with continuation of the initial treatment regimen in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Henaux S,Ruyssen-Witrand A,Cantagrel A,Barnetche T,Fautrel B,Filippi N,Lukas C,Raffeiner B,Rossini M,Degboé Y,Constantin A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Entheseal fibrocartilage (EF) derangement is hypothesised to be pivotal to the pathogenesis of spondyloarthritis. Ultrasound is useful for visualisation of the enthesis but its role in EF visualisation is uncertain. This work aimed to demonstrate face and content validity of ultrasound for EF visualisation b...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Aydin SZ,Bas E,Basci O,Filippucci E,Wakefield RJ,Celikel C,Karahan M,Atagunduz P,Benjamin M,Direskeneli H,McGonagle D

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To further evaluate the role of bacterial antigens in triggering inflammation in the joint in patients with reactive arthritis by studying local antibody synthesis in the joint. METHODS:Yersinia-specific antibodies in paired serum and synovial fluid samples from 29 patients with yersinia triggered reactive ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mäki-Ikola O,Lahesmaa R,Heesemann J,Merilahti-Palo R,Saario R,Toivanen A,Granfors K

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antibodies targeting citrullinated antigens are specific for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Citrullination is catalysed by the peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) enzyme family. Critical enzymes are often targeted by disease-specific antibodies in complex immune-mediated diseases. Here, we have tested for autoantib...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Halvorsen EH,Pollmann S,Gilboe IM,van der Heijde D,Landewé R,Ødegård S,Kvien TK,Molberg Ø

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse fibronectin (FN) gene polymorphisms in type II mixed cryoglobulinemic syndrome (MCsn), an immune-complex mediated systemic vasculitis linked to hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and characterised by rheumatoid factor (RF) positive B-cell proliferation at high risk for the progression into non-Hodgk...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fabris M,Quartuccio L,Salvin S,Pozzato G,De Re V,Mazzaro C,Ferri C,Baldini C,De Vita S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify differentially expressed genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) compared with healthy individuals. METHODS:RNA was extracted from PBMCs collected from 18 patients with active disease and 18 gender-matched and age-matched controls. Expres...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Duan R,Leo P,Bradbury L,Brown MA,Thomas G

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chondromalacia patellae is a potentially disabling disorder characterised by features of patellar cartilage degradation. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate markers of cartilage and bone turnover in patients with chondromalacia patellae. METHODS:18 patients with chondromalacia patellae were studied. Serum cartilage olig...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Murphy E,FitzGerald O,Saxne T,Bresnihan B

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of acute monarthritis secondary to asymptomatic renal cell carcinoma are described. This association has not previously been reported. The patients were initially thought to have a septic arthritis, but hot spots were seen on isotope bone scans and biopsy samples showed secondary neoplasms, which were later ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Chakravarty KK,Webley M

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of adalimumab+methotrexate (MTX) in Japanese patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who had not previously received MTX or biologics. METHODS:This randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre study evaluated adalimumab 40 mg every other week+MTX 6-8 mg...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Takeuchi T,Yamanaka H,Ishiguro N,Miyasaka N,Mukai M,Matsubara T,Uchida S,Akama H,Kupper H,Arora V,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma DNA has been measured by a new physiochemical approach based on fluorimetric analysis of phenol extracted nucleic acids electrophoresed on polyacrylamide gels. This method is specific for native double-stranded DNA of molecular weight greater than 5 x 10(6). The use of plasma rigorously freed of leucocytes is e...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Klemp P,Meyers OL,Harley EH

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double blind, single observer, 48 week study the effects of sulphasalazine (2 g daily) and hydroxychloroquine (400 mg daily months 0-6, thereafter 200 mg daily) were compared in 60 patients with definite or classical rheumatoid arthritis. They had not been treated previously with second line drugs. The onset of r...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Nuver-Zwart IH,van Riel PL,van de Putte LB,Gribnau FW

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the reason for non-response (caused by immunogenicity or not) to a first tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor defines whether a second TNF inhibitor will be effective. METHODS:This cohort study consisted of 292 consecutive patients with rheumatoid arthr...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jamnitski A,Bartelds GM,Nurmohamed MT,van Schouwenburg PA,van Schaardenburg D,Stapel SO,Dijkmans BA,Aarden L,Wolbink GJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

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 investigate the involvement of interleukin-1 (IL-1) in the induction or maintenance of the insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) non-responsive state of chondrocytes during experimental arthritis in mouse knee joints. METHODS:To characterise IGF-1 nonresponsiveness during arthritis, we measured chondrocyte...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verschure PJ,Joosten LA,Van de Loo FA,Van den Berg WB

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate changes in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with refractory juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) who are being treated with etanercept. METHODS:53 patients with JIA from seven Dutch centres were included. HRQoL was measured by the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ),...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Prince FH,Geerdink LM,Borsboom GJ,Twilt M,van Rossum MA,Hoppenreijs EP,Cate RT,Koopman-Keemink Y,van Santen-Hoeufft M,Raat H,van Suijlekom-Smit LW

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who subsequently developed thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. In each case the coexistence of these two conditions was confirmed by pathological findings. Both patients responded to treatment, but one eventually died. A review of the literature suggests a poss...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fox DA,Faix JD,Coblyn J,Fraser P,Smith B,Weinblatt ME

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intranasal salmon calcitonin on pain, erosion progression, and bone loss in 40 women with rheumatoid arthritis was investigated. The study design was double blind, placebo controlled for the first four months and open for the next 36 months, allowing for cross over to active drug treatment or to the cont...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sileghem A,Geusens P,Dequeker J

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe presentation and outcome of patients with scleroderma renal crisis (SRC). METHODS:SRC was defined as rapidly progressive oliguric renal insufficiency and/or rapidly progressive arterial hypertension occurring during the course of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Chronic dialysis-free survival was analy...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Teixeira L,Mouthon L,Mahr A,Berezné A,Agard C,Mehrenberger M,Noël LH,Trolliet P,Frances C,Cabane J,Guillevin L,Group Français de Recherche sur le Sclérodermie (GFRS).

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the genetic influence of PvuII and XbaI polymorphisms of oestrogen receptor alpha (ORalpha) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in Korea. METHODS:Genomic DNA from 268 female controls and 137 female SLE patients (41 childhood onset and 96 adult onset) were analysed using PvuII and ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lee YJ,Shin KS,Kang SW,Lee CK,Yoo B,Cha HS,Koh EM,Yoon SJ,Lee J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of infliximab plus methotrexate (MTX) compared with placebo plus MTX on bone loss in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a double-blind randomised study design. Further, to explore the associations between bone loss and markers of RA disease. METHODS:All 20 patients with RA...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Haugeberg G,Conaghan PG,Quinn M,Emery P

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(1) The phagocytosis of human IgG, IgM, and C3 by granulocytes from various rheumatoid and nonrheumatoid sera and synovial fluids (SF) was investigated by direct examination of the patient's leucocytes and indirect testing by incubation of normal donor leucocytes with various sera and SF. (2) In rheumatoid arthritis (...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Cats A,Lafeber GJ,Klein F

更新日期：1975-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Leflunomide is known to be embryotoxic and teratogenic in rodents. However, there is less evidence in humans. We quantified the risk of major congenital malformation (MCM), prematurity, low birth weight (LBW) and spontaneous abortion associated with leflunomide exposure during pregnancy in humans. METHODS:F...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bérard A,Zhao JP,Shui I,Colilla S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterised by the presence of antibodies to double stranded DNA (dsDNA), which are involved in the pathogenesis of SLE. Previous studies showed that at least two thirds of patients develop a clinical relapse within six months after a significant rise in the anti-dsDNA...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bijl M,Horst G,Bootsma H,Limburg PC,Kallenberg CG

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:While various monocyte chemokine systems are increased in expression in osteoarthritis (OA), the hierarchy of chemokines and chemokine receptors in mediating monocyte/macrophage recruitment to the OA joint remains poorly defined. Here, we investigated the relative contributions of the CCL2/CCR2 versus CCL5/C...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Raghu H,Lepus CM,Wang Q,Wong HH,Lingampalli N,Oliviero F,Punzi L,Giori NJ,Goodman SB,Chu CR,Sokolove JB,Robinson WH

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluid and cellular phases of inflammatory resonse have been measured using a technique employing subcutaneous implantation of polyurethane foam cubes impregnated with heat-killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Phenylbutazone, azathioprine, aspirin, cyclophosphamide, and prednisolone suppressed fluid response, whereas...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Clarke AK,Vernon-Roberts B,Currey HL

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increased cardiovascular disease mortality in rheumatoid arthritis. This may reflect an increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease or an increased case fatality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. OBJECTIVES:To examine whether rheumatoid patients with disease onset in the 1980s-1990s have in...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Goodson N,Marks J,Lunt M,Symmons D

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The Fc receptor-like 3 (FCRL3) gene -169T>C single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) has been reported to be associated with several autoimmune diseases (AIDs) in Japanese populations. However, association results in other populations have been conflicting. Therefore, we investigated this SNP in a...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Eike MC,Nordang GB,Karlsen TH,Boberg KM,Vatn MH,IBSEN study group.,Dahl-Jørgensen K,Rønningen KS,Joner G,Flatø B,Bergquist A,Thorsby E,Førre O,Kvien TK,Undlien DE,Lie BA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this report is to demonstrate pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) equivalence as well as similar efficacy, safety and immunogenicity between GP2013, a biosimilar rituximab, and innovator rituximab (RTX) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with inadequate response or intolerance to...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smolen JS,Cohen SB,Tony HP,Scheinberg M,Kivitz A,Balanescu A,Gomez-Reino J,Cen L,Zhu P,Shisha T

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The effect of adalimumab on hand osteoporosis was examined and related to radiographic joint damage in the three treatment arms of the PREMIER study: adalimumab plus methotrexate, adalimumab and methotrexate monotherapy. Predictors of hand bone loss were also searched for. METHODS:768 patients (537 fulfilled...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hoff M,Kvien TK,Kälvesten J,Elden A,Haugeberg G

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00