Comparison of a generic and a disease specific quality of life scale to assess a comprehensive spa therapy program for knee osteoarthritis.

abstract：:Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease affecting roughly one sixth of the human population. It is also the most common arthritis affecting the temporomandibular joint, often leading to severe pain and the inability to masticate. Animal models are essential to investigate the disease in part because they lend ...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Ghassemi Nejad S,Kobezda T,Tar I,Szekanecz Z

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the features, prognosis, and treatment of vascular involvement in Behçet's disease (BD). PATIENTS:Among 140 patients with BD seen at the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital in Beirut between 1980 and 2000, 18 (13%) had vascular involvement and were included in this retrospective study. All these patients fulfil...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Tohmé A,Aoun N,El-Rassi B,Ghayad E

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cysticercosis, a parasitic disease caused by encysted larvae of the tapeworm Taenia solium, is commonly seen in developing countries and in immigrant population of developed countries. The most common presentation is as neuro cysticercosis, but rarely may have an extra cerebral muscular presentation. METHOD...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Nagaraj C,Singh S,Joshi A,Trikha V

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical data suggested that parathyroid hormone (PTH) might be effective in improving bone mass in patients with osteoporosis, providing its resorptive effects, which are particularly marked at cortical sites, were kept under control. We reviewed the evidence that intermittent PTH therapy is a valid treatment option ...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Thomas T

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study and compare the clinical and serological features of patients with elderly versus adult and younger onset of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). METHODS:We analyzed retrospectively 336 consecutive pSS patients followed at our unit. They were subdivided into three groups according to the age at diseas...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Botsios C,Furlan A,Ostuni P,Sfriso P,Andretta M,Ometto F,Raffeiner B,Todesco S,Punzi L

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent progress in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is turning attention toward comorbidities, such as diabetes. The objectives of this review are to clarify the links between RA and diabetes and to assess potential effects of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) on diabetes. The increased insulin...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Nicolau J,Lequerré T,Bacquet H,Vittecoq O

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is attracting considerable interest because it mediates many functions. This gas is ubiquitously produced in the body by three enzymes, called NO synthases. Two NO synthases are constitutively expressed, one in the nervous system and the other in the blood vessels, where it regulates tissue perfusion...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Bernardeau C,Dernis-Labous E,Blanchard H,Lamarque D,Breban M

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Experimental and clinical data suggest that statins may protect bone by inhibiting bone resorption and/or stimulating bone formation. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is produced by osteoblasts, and potently stimulates osteoclast activation playing a key role in normal bone resorption as well as in post-menopausal and in...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Lazzerini PE,Capperucci C,Spreafico A,Capecchi PL,Niccolini S,Ferrata P,Frediani B,Galeazzi M,Laghi-Pasini F

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) represents an autoinflammatory bone disorder. Currently there are no standardized diagnostic or treatment guidelines. The objective of the study is to describe our experience with biological therapy in children with the disease. METHODS:Retrospective chart review ...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Bustamante J,Murias S,Enriquez E,Alcobendas R,Remesal A,De Inocencio J

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report our single centre experience in treating 4 children affected by childhood primary central nervous system vasculitis (cPACNS) using mycophenolate mofetil (MMF). METHODS:From December 2011 to August 2015, 4 patients (3 males; age range: 9 months-13 years) affected by cPACNS were collected. Enrolled c...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Rosati A,Cosi A,Basile M,Brambilla A,Guerrini R,Cimaz R,Simonini G

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a diagnostic score for knee osteoarthritis flare-ups and to evaluate its sensitivity and specificity. METHODS:We used two epidemiological databases built using the same methodology. One database was from a general-practice study and served to develop the score, whereas the other was from a rheumat...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Marty M,Hilliquin P,Rozenberg S,Valat JP,Vignon E,Coste P,Savarieau B,Allaert FA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Complications after vertebroplasty are rare. There are few reported infectious complications requiring surgical management such as corpectomy with anterior reconstruction and posterior stabilization, although we have not seen any reports about epidural abscess in the literature. We present a patient in whom p...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Söyüncü Y,Ozdemir H,Söyüncü S,Bigat Z,Gür S

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Severe hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), under infliximab, can be associated with different forms of arthritis whose mechanism is unclear. Our objective is to establish the frequency and clinical presentation of new-onset arthritis in HS under infliximab. METHODS:Severe HS patients under infliximab were follow...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Acquacalda E,Roux CH,Albert C,Breuil V,Passeron T,Euller-Ziegler L

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Diagnosis of systemic sclerosis (SSc) is partially determined by the presence of specific autoantibodies often associated with specific clinical features. Recent studies report the presence of ACPA in SSc. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of ACPA in SSc and to assess their influence on clinical presentati...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Laustriat G,Ruyssen-Witrand A,Constantin A,Barnetche T,Adoue D,Cantagrel A,Degboé Y

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of Behçet's disease that presented as protracted fever of unknown origin. The diagnosis was established when a thromboembolic event and ora3l aphthous ulcers occurred simultaneously. Antibiotics had no effect on the fever, which resolved when glucocorticoid and anticoagulant therapy was given. Among c...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Niamane R,Karim Moudden M,Zyani M,Hda A

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In the absence of previous studies, our objective was to assess whether gout was associated with an increase or decrease in the risk of Sjogren's Syndrome (SS) in older adults, 65 years or older. METHODS:We used the 5% Medicare claims from 2006-2012. A multivariable Cox regression model assessed the associa...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Singh JA,Cleveland JD

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the cutaneous tolerance of febuxostat in gouty patients with skin intolerance to allopurinol. METHODS:We identified all gouty patients who had sequentially received allopurinol and febuxostat in the rheumatology departments of 4 university hospitals in France and collected data from hospital f...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Bardin T,Chalès G,Pascart T,Flipo RM,Korng Ea H,Roujeau JC,Delayen A,Clerson P

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of severe hyperparathyroidism (HPT), secondary to chronic renal failure, with massive distal phalangeal osteolysis is reported. After parathyroidectomy, brachydactyly and osteosclerosis of the distal phalanges were observed; the phalanx of the thumbs healed with shortened and sclerotic beaked appearance. These ...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Franco M,Bendini JC,Blaimont A,Albano L,Dray G,Barrillon D,Jaeger P

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE-REPORT:A 76-year-old woman was admitted for evaluation of esophagitis complicating limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis. Endoscopy showed persistent grade III esophagitis and an erythematous antral lesion found upon biopsy to be a lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT). Tests were positive for Helico...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Arnaud L,Chryssostalis A,Terris B,Pavy S,Chaussade S,Kahan A,Allanore Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gout secondary to lead-induced nephropathy is a long-term complication of occupational lead exposure. We report a case of this now-rare condition. The patient was a 63-year-old man who had been a miner from 1950 to 1970. Thirty years after cessation of his exposure to lead, he experienced onset of inflammatory symmetr...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Niamane R,El Hassani S,Bezza A,Lazrak N,Hajjaj-Hassouni N

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Proteolytic degradation of aggrecan is a hallmark of the pathology of osteoarthritis. The aim of this study was to develop enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to quantify the serum levels of specific aggrecan fragments generated by aggrecanases-mediated cleavage. We investigated the relationships betwe...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Kalai E,Bahlous A,Charni N,Bouzid K,Sahli H,Laadhar L,Chelly M,Rajhi H,Zouari B,Makni S,Abdelmoula J,Sallemi S,Garnero P

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radicular involvement in Horton's disease is rare. In all but one of the eight documented cases, C5 nerve roots were affected. We report a new case with C5 involvement. Cervical radiculopathy could be due to arteritis of radicular vessels. Preferential involvement of C5 nerve roots may depend on the vascularization of...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Soubrier M,Dubost JJ,Tournadre A,Deffond D,Clavelou P,Ristori JM

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional chemotherapies are no longer the only treatment in multiple myelomatosis. High-dose chemotherapy and autologous transplantation are not curative but do increase relapse-free survival time in young patients. Thalidomide is efficacious in refractory and relapsing myeloma and its evaluation is going on. Cura...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Clerc D,Fermand JP,Mariette X

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Only a few studies have identified prognostic factors indicating risk of future knee arthroplasty in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. The Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) is a National Institutes of Health and privately funded cohort study of 4796 persons with or at high risk of knee OA. The OAI...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Riddle DL,Kong X,Jiranek WA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Increased infection risk after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients with a higher body mass index (BMI), particularly a BMI ≥40 kg/m2, suggests that BMI reduction (through weight loss) prior to TKA may be important. However, the impact of weight loss on TKA risk reduction is unclear. Further, weight loss...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Godziuk K,Prado CM,Beaupre L,Jones CA,Werle J,Forhan M

更新日期：2020-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate predictors of disease flare after methotrexate discontinuation in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with sustained low disease activity undergoing tocilizumab plus methotrexate combination therapy. METHODS:Participants of this multicenter, open-label, uncontrolled, prospective study ...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Asai S,Takahashi N,Hayashi M,Hanabayashi M,Kanayama Y,Takemoto T,Yabe Y,Shioura T,Ishikawa H,Yoshioka Y,Kato T,Hirano Y,Fujibayashi T,Hattori Y,Kobayakawa T,Ando M,Kuwatsuka Y,Matsumoto T,Asai N,Sobue Y,Nishiume T

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is an ubiquitous symptom in osteoarticular diseases, occurring much more commonly than stiffness or disability. OA of the knee, hand, or hip affects around 20% of adults in various populations and is dramatically increasing in many countries, mostly related to age and obesity, leading to an increased number of pe...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Trouvin AP,Perrot S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudo-xanthoma elasticum (PXE) is an inherited disorder of the connective tissue characterized by cutaneous, ocular and vascular lesions. Coexisting PXE and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is rare because three cases have only been described. We report three new cases of this association. Analysis of these six cases failed...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Richette P,Palazzo E,Kahn MF

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively analysed two selected patients, referred to our Haematology Department for refractory HTLV-1 associated myositis with circulating pathologic T-cell population with ATL phenotype. They respectively presented also HTLV-1 associated Crohn-like disease and myelopathy. Muscle biopsy of both patients was ...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Cochereau D,Georgin-Lavialle S,Maisonobe T,Dubourg O,Melboucy-Belkhir S,Hermine O,Aouba A

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A component of ATP, phosphate is at the hub of the energy-related mechanisms operative in muscle cells. Together with calcium, phosphate is involved in bone tissue mineralization: thus, a chronic alteration in the metabolism of phosphate can induce bone and joint disorders. Diagnosis of chronic hypophosphatemia. Serum...

journal_title：Joint bone spine

authors： Laroche M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00