Occurrence and risk factors for falls in rheumatoid arthritis.

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：:In-vitro studies of superoxide (O-2) anion production by blood monocytes after stimulation with either serum treated zymosan (STZ), IgG treated zymosan (IgGTZ), or fluoride ion (F-) were performed on cells from normal controls (n = 22) and patients with classical or definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (n = 35). Twenty-...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hurst NP,Bessac B,Nuki G

更新日期：1984-02-01 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:Immunogenicity of aTNFs is one of the mechanisms behind treatment failure. OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of anti-drug antibodies (ADA) on drug response to infliximab, adalimumab and etanercept, and the effect of immunosuppression on ADA detection, in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spondyloarthritis, P...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Garcês S,Demengeot J,Benito-Garcia E

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the risk of a second malignant neoplasm (SMN) and mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with a history of a primary cancer diagnosis and treated with biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARD). METHODS:Among patients with RA (n=15 286) registered in the DANBIO Register ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dreyer L,Cordtz RL,Hansen IMJ,Kristensen LE,Hetland ML,Mellemkjaer L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop evidence-based EULAR recommendations for cardiovascular (CV) risk management in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). METHODS:A multidisciplinary expert committee was convened as a task force of the EULAR Standing Committee for Clinica...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Peters MJ,Symmons DP,McCarey D,Dijkmans BA,Nicola P,Kvien TK,McInnes IB,Haentzschel H,Gonzalez-Gay MA,Provan S,Semb A,Sidiropoulos P,Kitas G,Smulders YM,Soubrier M,Szekanecz Z,Sattar N,Nurmohamed MT

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the validity, responsiveness to change, and user friendliness of four self completed, shoulder-specific questionnaires in primary care. METHODS:A cross sectional assessment of validity and a longitudinal assessment of responsiveness to change of four shoulder questionnaires was carried out: the D...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Paul A,Lewis M,Shadforth MF,Croft PR,Van Der Windt DA,Hay EM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the hypothesis that synovial fluid (SF) from patients with osteoarthritis (OA) may contain calcium phosphate crystals that are either too small, or too few in number to be identified by conventional light microscopy techniques. METHODS:Twelve SF from 11 patients with established knee OA, five...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Swan A,Chapman B,Heap P,Seward H,Dieppe P

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The exact regulation of the synthesis of cartilage specific molecules, such as collagen type II and aggrecan, by articular chondrocytes is unknown, but growth factors and hormones probably play an important part. The effects of glucocorticosteroids (prednisolone and triamcinolone), in combination with insuli...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Kraan PM,Vitters EL,Postma NS,Verbunt J,van den Berg WB

更新日期：1993-10-01 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：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：OBJECTIVES:To compare the prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip, tibiofemoral and patellofemoral joints in a skeletal population. METHODS:A total of 785 adult English skeletons (695 Saxon or Mediaeval origin) were examined for OA using established criteria. RESULTS:Twenty nine skeletons had hip OA, compared wi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Rogers J,Dieppe P

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop a preliminary composite psoriatic disease activity index (CPDAI) for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. METHODS:Five domains were assessed and specific instruments were employed for each domain to determine the extent of domain involvement and the effect of that involvement on quality of life/fun...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mumtaz A,Gallagher P,Kirby B,Waxman R,Coates LC,Veale J D,Helliwell P,FitzGerald O

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence and clinical significance of carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) in patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). METHODS:28 patients with primary APS with at least a five year follow up, and 28 healthy subjects, matched by age and sex, were included in the stud...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Medina G,Casaos D,Jara LJ,Vera-Lastra O,Fuentes M,Barile L,Salas M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a comparative study of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) and immune complexes in the serum of 43 patients with systemic sclerosis (SS) ANA were detected by indirect immunofluorescence on Hep 2 cells and/or double immunodiffusion in 90% of patients, while immune complex assays were positive in 32% of patients. The immune...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： French MA,Harrison G,Penning CA,Cunningham J,Hughes P,Rowell NR

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Factors contributing to the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) remain largely unknown although are likely to include both environmental and genetic components. Studies on murine lupus have indicated a role for an antibody that blocks binding of cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated-4 (CTLA-4) to B...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Heward J,Gordon C,Allahabadia A,Barnett AH,Franklyn JA,Gough SC

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case is described of a patient with scleromyxoedema with features typical of systemic sclerosis. The features were so characteristic that the disease was misdiagnosed as systemic sclerosis. A brief review of the association of the two diseases is given. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verma UN,Singh RR,Misra R,Naik S,Agarwal SS

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare patterns of arteriographic lesions of the aorta and primary branches in patients with Takayasu's arteritis (TAK) and giant cell arteritis (GCA). METHODS:Patients were selected from two North American cohorts of TAK and GCA. The frequency of arteriographic lesions was calculated for 15 large arter...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Grayson PC,Maksimowicz-McKinnon K,Clark TM,Tomasson G,Cuthbertson D,Carette S,Khalidi NA,Langford CA,Monach PA,Seo P,Warrington KJ,Ytterberg SR,Hoffman GS,Merkel PA,Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium.

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare levels of disability of people with and without hip and knee arthroplasty in a random national sample. METHODS:In 1999 a screening questionnaire to classify people into groups of increasing probabilities of disability was sent to 417 500 people; response rate 86%. The study population was obtaine...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Boutron I,Poiraudeau S,Ravaud JF,Baron G,Revel M,Nizard R,Dougados M,Ravaud P

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Assess golimumab's long-term efficacy/safety in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). METHODS:Adults with active PsA (≥3 swollen and tender joints, active psoriasis) were randomly assigned to subcutaneous placebo, golimumab 50 mg, or golimumab 100 mg every 4 weeks (q4wks) through wk20. All patients received golimumab ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kavanaugh A,McInnes IB,Mease P,Krueger GG,Gladman D,van der Heijde D,Zhou Y,Lu J,Leu JH,Goldstein N,Beutler A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since approval of tocilizumab (TCZ) for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), interleukin 6 (IL-6) pathway inhibition was evaluated in trials of TCZ and other agents targeting the IL-6 receptor and ligand in various RA populations and other inflammatory diseases. Thi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smolen JS,Schoels MM,Nishimoto N,Breedveld FC,Burmester GR,Dougados M,Emery P,Ferraccioli G,Gabay C,Gibofsky A,Gomez-Reino JJ,Jones G,Kvien TK,Murakami M,Betteridge N,Bingham CO 3rd,Bykerk V,Choy EH,Combe B,Cutolo M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the risk of incident myocardial infarction (MI), stroke and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) in individuals with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in a general population context. METHODS:We conducted a cohort study using a UK primary care database containing records from 1986 to 2011. SSc diagnoses, ou...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Man A,Zhu Y,Zhang Y,Dubreuil M,Rho YH,Peloquin C,Simms RW,Choi HK

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship of the polymorphic enhancer HS1,2 central to the 3' enhancer complex regulatory region (IgH3'EC) of the immunoglobulin heavy chain genes with systemic sclerosis (SSc) disease and compare it with HLA-DR and DQ associations. METHODS:A total of 116 patients with SSc were classifi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Frezza D,Giambra V,Tolusso B,De Santis M,Bosello S,Vettori S,Triolo G,Valentini G,Ferraccioli G

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results are reported from the first prospective study of gout in New Zealand Maoris based on a sample of 388 males and 378 females. At baseline, high mean levels of serum uric acid (SUA) were found, 0.422 +/- 0.092 mmol/1 (7.05 +/- 1.54 mg/100 ml) in males and 0.350 +/- 0.091 mmol/1 (5.85 +/- 1.52 mg/100 ml) in female...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Brauer GW,Prior IA

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overdiagnosis is a term coined by experts in cancer screening to point to indolent cancers detected by screening that would have never led to manifest health problems. Overdiagnosis leads to unnecessary medical care (overtreatment), anxiety and cost. In rheumatology overdiagnosis and overtreatment are hardly discussed...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Landewé RBM

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：:There is no agreement as to which variable best mirrors disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and no studies have been performed on the validity of disease activity variables. In this study the validity of 10 commonly used single variables and three composite indices was tested. All patients participated in a ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Heijde DM,van't Hof MA,van Riel PL,van Leeuwen MA,van Rijswijk MH,van de Putte LB

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the sympathetic and parasympathetic cardiovascular function in primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and to investigate the possible relation with ocular dryness. METHODS:41 (40 women) patients with primary SS, mean age 50 years (range 20-80) with a mean disease duration of eight years (range 1-30),...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Barendregt PJ,van Den Meiracker AH,Markusse HM,Tulen JH,Boomsma F,van Der Heijde GL,Veld AJ

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:IL-23 has been shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of Behcet's disease (BD) through promoting IL-17 production. This study examined whether IL-23R polymorphisms were associated with susceptibility to this disease in a Chinese Han population. METHODS:Four single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), rs7517847, r...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jiang Z,Yang P,Hou S,Du L,Xie L,Zhou H,Kijlstra A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00