Long term effectiveness of intravenous immunoglobulin in Churg-Strauss syndrome.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the reliability and construct validity of ultrasound in interphalangeal finger joints affected by erosive osteoarthritis (EOA) and non-EOA with MRI as the reference method. METHODS:252 joints were examined by ultrasound, conventional radiography and clinical examination. Ultrasound was performed us...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wittoek R,Jans L,Lambrecht V,Carron P,Verstraete K,Verbruggen G

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bone erosion is a common manifestation of chronic tophaceous gout. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effects of monosodium urate monohydrate (MSU) crystals on osteoblast viability and function. METHODS:The MTT assay and flow cytometry were used to assess osteoblast cell viability in the MC3T3-E1 and ST2 osteob...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Chhana A,Callon KE,Pool B,Naot D,Watson M,Gamble GD,McQueen FM,Cornish J,Dalbeth N

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCA), a marker for Crohn's disease (CD), are present in spondyloarthropathies (SpA) and in the subgroups ankylosing spondylitis (AS), undifferentiated SpA (uSpA), and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), in comparison with healthy and inflammatory contr...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hoffman IE,Demetter P,Peeters M,De Vos M,Mielants H,Veys EM,De Keyser F

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the effects of biological drugs on the risk of demyelinating events in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Case-control analyses nested in an administrative database cohort. RESULTS:Initially the risk of demyelinating events appeared to be increased after exposure to anakinra and decreased after ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bernatsky S,Renoux C,Suissa S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the relevance of calpain in murine collagen induced arthritis (CIA) and to correlate the presence of m-calpain with the appearance of arthritis and cartilage destruction. METHODS:The immunohistochemical appearance and localisation of m-calpain at different stages of arthritis were analysed and ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Szomor Z,Shimizu K,Fujimori Y,Yamamoto S,Yamamuro T

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Previously an upregulation of E-cadherin and its associated molecules alpha-catenin, beta-catenin and plakoglobin has been demonstrated in clinically overt inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of the E-cadherin/catenin complex in subclinically inflamed bowe...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Demetter P,Baeten D,De Keyser F,De Vos M,Van Damme N,Verbruggen G,Vermeulen S,Mareel M,Elewaut D,Mielants H,Veys EM,Cuvelier CA

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred consecutive admissions to an acute geriatric unit were examined for clinical and radiographic evidence of osteoarthritis (OA) and articular chondrocalcinosis (ACC). Thirty-four patients had ACC. This was age related, the prevalence rising from 15% in patients aged 65-74 years to 44% in patients over 84 yea...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wilkins E,Dieppe P,Maddison P,Evison G

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether rheumatoid factors (RFs), measured as continuous variables by time resolved fluoroimmunoassay, reflect disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Further, to study the association of RFs and other disease activity parameters with radiological joint damage, especially in individual pa...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Knijff-Dutmer E,Drossaers-Bakker W,Verhoeven A,van der Sluijs Veer G,Boers M,van der Linden S,van de Laar M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aorta inhibits paravertebral ossification in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis. We investigated if syndesmophytes in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) occurred less often at the vertebral rim near the aorta. METHODS:We performed thoracolumbar CT scans in 60 subjects in this cross-sectional study. The m...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tan S,Dasgupta A,Flynn JA,Ward MM

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the gastrointestinal safety and efficacy of the COX inhibiting nitric oxide donator AZD3582 in patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis. METHODS:970 patients were randomised (7:7:2) to AZD3582 750 mg twice daily, naproxen 500 mg twice daily, or placebo twice daily in a double blind study. The pri...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lohmander LS,McKeith D,Svensson O,Malmenäs M,Bolin L,Kalla A,Genti G,Szechinski J,Ramos-Remus C,STAR Multinational Study Group.

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In agreement with other autoimmune diseases, systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with a strong sex bias. However, unlike lupus, the effects of sex on disease phenotype and prognosis are poorly known. Therefore, we aimed to determine sex effects on outcomes. METHOD:We performed a prospective observational...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Elhai M,Avouac J,Walker UA,Matucci-Cerinic M,Riemekasten G,Airò P,Hachulla E,Valentini G,Carreira PE,Cozzi F,Balbir Gurman A,Braun-Moscovici Y,Damjanov N,Ananieva LP,Scorza R,Jimenez S,Busquets J,Li M,Müller-Ladner U

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare inflammation as assessed by ultrasound between patients with the subset erosive hand osteoarthritis (EOA) versus non-EOA. METHODS:Consecutive hand osteoarthritis (HOA) patients (fulfilling ACR criteria) were included. Eighteen interphalangeal joints were scored on radiographs using the Verbruggen-...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kortekaas MC,Kwok WY,Reijnierse M,Huizinga TW,Kloppenburg M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the expression of the natural killer (NK) antigen CD56, and T cell receptor delta chain antigen (TCR delta), expressed on the gamma delta T cell subset, in patients with scleroderma, and to correlate levels of expression with clinical characteristics. METHODS:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (P...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Holcombe RF,Baethge BA,Wolf RE,Betzing KW,Stewart RM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy and safety of golimumab over 104 weeks in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis. METHODS:At baseline, patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (n=356) were randomly assigned (1:1.8:1.8) to subcutaneous injections of placebo (group 1), golimumab 50 mg (group 2) or golimumab 100...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Braun J,Deodhar A,Inman RD,van der Heijde D,Mack M,Xu S,Hsu B

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aetiology of Reiter's syndrome (RS) is unknown. In order to evaluate the role of immunological mechanisms in this disease we performed synovial biopsies on 12 patients with RS looking for deposition of immunoglobulins and complement components in synovial tissue. By immunofluorescent techniques 11 synovia were fou...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Baldassare AR,Weiss TD,Tsai CC,Arthur RE,Moore TL,Zuckner J

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of 163 patients with ankylosing spondylitis seen on 433 occasions showed that active inflammatory disease was strongly associated with the presence of Klebsiella pneumoniae in the faeces (P less than 0.001). Sequential studies showed that in patients with inactive disease the presence of a positive culture for...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ebringer RW,Cawdell DR,Cowling P,Ebringer A

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible contribution of immunological mechanisms in the development of Libman-Sacks endocarditis was studied in 2 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who underwent aortic valve replacement. Sections of verrucous lesions, stained with haematoxylin and eosin, showed three apparently distinct zones: an outer ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Shapiro RF,Gamble CN,Wiesner KB,Castles JJ,Wolf AW,Hurley EJ,Salel AF

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that pustulosis palmaris et plantaris and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are two distinct diseases, and that the associated dermatoses are therefore also distinct diseases. METHODS:We prospectively performed clinical, radiological, biological, and bone scan investigations in 23 outpatients ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mejjad O,Daragon A,Louvel JP,Da Silva LF,Thomine E,Lauret P,Le Loët X

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This integrated analysis presents the safety profile of upadacitinib, a Janus kinase inhibitor, at 15 mg and 30 mg once daily in patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) and laboratory data from five randomised, placebo- or acti...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Cohen SB,van Vollenhoven RF,Winthrop KL,Zerbini CAF,Tanaka Y,Bessette L,Zhang Y,Khan N,Hendrickson B,Enejosa JV,Burmester GR

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Chondromalacia patellae is difficult to diagnosis clinically with accuracy. In order to clarify the relevant symptoms and signs, 78 patients presenting with a clinical diagnosis of chondromalacia were examined by arthroscopy. In 49% of the knees no abnormalities were found. Presenting symptoms were similar in the norm...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Leslie IJ,Bentley G

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the effect of a single infusion of zoledronic acid (ZA) with placebo on knee pain and bone marrow lesions (BMLs). METHODS:Adults aged 50-80 years (n=59) with clinical knee osteoarthritis and knee BMLs were randomised to receive either ZA (5 mg/100 ml) or placebo. BMLs were determined using proton...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Laslett LL,Doré DA,Quinn SJ,Boon P,Ryan E,Winzenberg TM,Jones G

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the pathogenesis of pneumomediastinum in polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM). PATIENTS AND METHODS:The clinical records of 48 patients with PM/DM were reviewed, focusing mainly on the presence of pneumomediastinum and cutaneous vasculopathy, and the chest radiographic changes. A patient with pneum...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kono H,Inokuma S,Nakayama H,Suzuki M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneal serositis is not a widely recognised aspect of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Indeed, ascites in SLE is said to occur only when complicated by the nephrotic syndrome, congestive cardiac failure, or hepatic cirrhosis. We describe two patients who developed ascites that could be attributed to none of the...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mier A,Weir W

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case is described of a 57 year old woman with polyarthritis fulfilling the 1987 revised criteria of the American Rheumatism Association for rheumatoid arthritis, accompanied by clinical carrier state infection of HTLV-I. Anti-HTLV-I IgM antibodies were detected by western blot analysis in her synovial fluid and se...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ijichi S,Matsuda T,Maruyama I,Izumihara T,Kojima K,Niimura T,Maruyama Y,Sonoda S,Yoshida A,Osame M

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) is a member of the IRF family of transcription factors, which regulate the production of proinflammatory cytokines. Polymorphisms in the IRF5 gene have been associated with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythaematosus (SLE) in Caucasian and Asian populations, but thei...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Shimane K,Kochi Y,Yamada R,Okada Y,Suzuki A,Miyatake A,Kubo M,Nakamura Y,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case is reported of a 27 year old woman who had mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) associated with chronic active hepatitis and thyroiditis. Although hepatomegaly is sometimes observed in MCTD, only four cases of MCTD and chronic active hepatitis have been described. It is thought that this is the first report...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tomsic M,Ferlan-Marolt V,Kveder T,Hojker S,Rozman B

更新日期：1992-04-01 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：:This paper reports the spontaneous development of synovitis in 'Old English' rabbits concurrent with serum IgM rheumatoid factor. Female rabbits developed lesions at a higher incidence than males (42% compared with 17%) and the pathology was of a more severe nature. In the female rabbits synovitis was associated with ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hanglow AC,Welsh CJ,Conn P,Thomas DS,Coombs RR

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The technique and results of a special oblique radiograph of the hip called the "faux profil" (FP) of the hip are described. The FP was evaluated for the detection of joint space narrowing in incipient osteoarthritis of the hip (OAH) as compared with the anteroposterior (AP) radiograph. METHODS:58 hips with ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lequesne MG,Laredo JD

更新日期：1998-11-01 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