Coexistence of osteopoikilosis with reactive arthritis: a case report.

abstract：:There are contradictory results in the relevant literature about the relationship between objective determinants of craniocervical posture and temporomandibular disorder (TMD), whereas no study has worked on ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and TMD relationship. We conducted this study to test the predictors of TMD in AS p...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Bilgin E,Bilgin E,Özdemir O,Kalyoncu U

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingolipids are components of the plasma membrane whose metabolic manipulation is of interest as a potential therapeutic approach in a number of diseases. Sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1), the major kinase that phosphorylates sphingosine to sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), was previously shown by our group and others to m...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Baker DA,Eudaly J,Smith CD,Obeid LM,Gilkeson GS

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease affecting predominantly sacroiliac joints and axial skeleton. axSpA progression being irregular and hardly predictable, identifying functional decline is particularly important in patient with axSpA to allow delivery of timely and targeted int...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Soulard J,Vuillerme N,Gaudin P,Grange L,Baillet A,Cracowski JL,Juvin R,Vaillant J

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxyapatite crystals are often deposited in the vicinity of joints, where they can cause a clinical periarthritis. Clodronate is a first-generation bisphosphonate that has the ability to reduce ectopic calcifications. Two women were affected by disabling calcific periarthritis of the shoulders lasting for years and...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Saviola G,Abdi-Ali L,Baiardi P,Benucci M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune diseases (AID) are caused by the loss of immunological tolerance against self-antigens. The deoxyribonuclease I (DNASE1) gene seems to participate in the genetic susceptibility of some AID. In fact, two mutations were reported among systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients from Japan and Spain (the 172 A...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Belguith-Maalej S,Hadj-Kacem H,Kaddour N,Bahloul Z,Ayadi H

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics, associated disorders, and the most common sites of stress fractures in rheumatological patients. Over a 3-year period, 35 patients with 44 stress fractures were prospectively recruited from an outpatient rheumatological department (32 postmenopau...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Peris P

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 34-year-old female case of diffuse systemic sclerosis (SSc) with generalized ectopic calcification, who developed severe headache with vertical atlantoaxial subluxation (AAS) complicated by calcification around the odontoid process (crowned dens pattern calcification). Although a rare complication, AAS sho...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Shoji A,Tahara K,Hayashi H,Tsuji S,Kimura E,Yamamoto K,Odawara M,Sawada T

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we compared cytokine production and cell proliferation of immunocompetent cells derived from patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) to those from healthy blood donors using a whole blood assay. To this end, blood cell cultures were stimulated with the superantigens MAS (Mycoplasma arthritidis supernat...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Brand JM,Neustock P,Kruse A,Alvarez-Ossorio L,Schnabel A,Kirchner H

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this research was to investigate the cellular source of soluble ICAM-1 (siCAM-1) from rheumatoid synovial tissue (RS) and its relation to sICAM-1 in synovial fluid (SF) and serum, and to study the expression of ICAM-1 in isolated cells of RS. sICAM-1 was determined by using the enzyme-linked immunosor...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Krenn V,Schedel J,Döring A,Huppertz HI,Gohlke F,Tony HP,Vollmers HP,Müller-Hermelink HK

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric manifestations are common in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and often represent a challenging diagnostic and therapeutic problem, mainly because the uncertainties of the pathogenic mechanisms. We report a case of acute psychosis occurring in a female with SLE due to the stress of having a severe diseas...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Marasini B,Massarotti M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic autoimmune disease resulting in joint destruction and deformities, but also associated with extraarticular and systemic manifestations. The later devastating conditions, such as the development of rheumatoid vasculitis, are more frequently encountered in seropositive patients and the...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Skalkou A,Manoli SM,Sachinidis A,Ntouros V,Petidis K,Pagkopoulou E,Vakirlis E,Pyrpasopoulou A,Dimitroulas T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the intracellular mechanisms of substance P induced oxyradical production in rheumatoid synovial cells by the luminol-dependent chemiluminescence method. After stimulation with substance P (30 microM), single synovial A (macrophage-like) or B (fibroblast-like) cells released oxyradicals such as superoxide ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Tanabe T,Otani H,Mishima K,Ogawa R,Inagaki C

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arthrocutaneous disorders including Reiter's syndrome, psoriasiform rashes, and other forms of chronic arthritis and enthesopathy, such as psoriatic arthritis, occur with an increased prevalence in the setting of HIV infection. Herein we describe the spectrum and prevalence of musculoskeletal and allied skin disorders...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Brancato L,Itescu S,Skovron ML,Solomon G,Winchester R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown a negative association between smoking and primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS), and smoking may interfere with the immune response. The purpose of this study was to investigate if smoking affects disease activity and disease phenotype in pSS. In this cross-sectional study, consecutive pSS patie...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Olsson P,Bodewes ILA,Nilsson AM,Turesson C,Jacobsson LTH,Theander E,Versnel MA,Mandl T

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibromyalgia (FM) is a common chronic pain syndrome with an unknown etiology. Recent years added new information to our understanding of FM pathophysiology. Researches on genetics, biogenic amines, neurotransmitters, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis hormones, oxidative stress, and mechanisms of pain modulation, cen...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ozgocmen S,Ozyurt H,Sogut S,Akyol O

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary Sjögren syndrome (pS) is associated with autoantibodies such as rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-nuclear antibodies such as anti-Ro (SS-A) and/or La (SS-B). Recent developments within autoimmune diagnostics allow quantitation of RF subclasses and anti-Ro epitopes. Will this refinement by autoimmune diagnostics ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Meek B,Kelder JC,Claessen AME,van Houte AJ,Ter Borg EJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low molecular weight IgM (LMW IgM) is the monomeric subunit of the naturally occurring pentameric IgM. It is not seen in health but has been previously observed in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) particularly in those patients with active disease and may reflect an adverse prognostic finding. We have therefore stud...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Roberts-Thomson PJ,Shepherd K,Bradley J,Boey ML

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) are the products of non-enzymatic glycation and oxidation of proteins and lipids. Low-turnover tissues such as articular cartilage seem to be susceptible to the accumulation of AGEs, which might lead to cartilage degradation. Recently, a non-invasive method for measuring skin AGE ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Matsumoto T,Tsurumoto T,Baba H,Osaki M,Enomoto H,Yonekura A,Shindo H,Miyata T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid vasculitis (RV) is an uncommon but potentially catastrophic complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). There are few current extensive studies and no consensus regarding the clinical, laboratory, histologic features and management or prognosis of RV. We report a case of RV in a 74-year old woman with a long...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Benucci M,Li Gobbi F,Saviola G,Manfredi M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the toxicity and tolerability of methotrexate (MTX)/gold (G; group 1) combination therapy as compared to other MTX combinations [MTX with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ; group 2), MTX with sulphasalazine (SASP; group 3) and MTX with minocycline (MNC; group 4)]. The hospital re...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Elkayam O,Yaron M,Zhukovsky G,Segal R,Caspi D

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fifteenth-century Florentine altarpiece painted by the Pollaiuolo brothers, Antonio (1433-1498) and Piero (1443-1496), shows three saints with evident deformities of the hands and feet. The pathologies concerned are tentatively identified, and various rationales for their presence in the painting are discussed. Of p...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Albury WR,Weisz GM

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, progressive, debilitating disease that demands continuous therapy with multiple medications. Noncompliance with disease-modifying drugs may cause disease flares, preventable functional impairment, unnecessary treatment changes, and loss of health care resources. The aim of the c...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Müller R,Kallikorm R,Põlluste K,Lember M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results from previous studies on association of IL-6 -174 G/C and -572 G/C polymorphisms with the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) remained inconsistent. Therefore, a meta-analysis was performed to assess the association between these two polymorphisms and SLE susceptibility. A literature-based search wa...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Yang Z,Liang Y,Qin B,Zhong R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Joint destruction and excessive bone formation are associated with high expression of soluble receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (sRANKL). This study was undertaken to investigate the role of sRANKL in collagenase-induced osteoarthritis (CIOA) in mice and in patients with osteoarthritis (OA). The initial p...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Dimitrova P,Toncheva A,Gyurkovska V,Ivanovska N

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study 222 sera from 56 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were tested for antibodies to poly(A), poly dAT and histones using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Patients with active disease had significantly more often antibodies to poly(A), poly dAT and histones than patients wit...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Helve T,Gripenberg M,Kurki P,Teppo AM,Wegelius O

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metatarsalgia defined as pain at the plantar aspect of the forefoot. Intermetatarsal bursitis is considered one potential soft-tissue cause of metatarsalgia that is presumably under-estimated, under-investigated, and, consequently, often misdiagnosed. To assess the role of MRI in the elucidation of the cause of metata...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Albtoush OM,Xenitidis T,Horger M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional migratory osteoporosis (RMO) is an idiopathic disorder characterized by severe periarticular pain, transient and migratory arthralgia, and osteoporosis. Osteoporosis in this disease may appear in the form of local regional osteoporosis and bone marrow edema or generalized osteoporosis. It occurs most commonly...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Kartal E,Sahin E,Dilek B,Baydar M,Manisali M,Kosay C,Gulbahar S

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of long-term treatment with cyclosporin A (CsA) in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). METHODS:Sixty patients with PsA were enrolled in a prospective, nonrandomised study of CsA. Patients with hypertension or hypercreatinemia were exclu...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Sarzi-Puttini P,Cazzola M,Panni B,Turiel M,Fiorini T,Belai-Beyene N,Chèrié-Lignièré EL

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：KEY MESSAGES:No difference between both hands was observed for clinical and radiographical presentations in EHOA patients. A bilateral and symmetrical relationship was found between hand joints. HIGHLIGHTS:EHOA have symmetrical distribution and specific association in structural lesions. This study aims to analyse the...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Allado E,Wittoek R,Albuisson E,Ferrero S,Chenuel B,Chary-Valckenaere I,Roux C,Loeuille D

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the prevalence of and evaluate the factors associated with fatigue patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in an Asian population. METHODS:We used baseline data from a registry of patients with PsA attending an outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital in Singapore. Demographic data and disease ch...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Tan JSQ,Fong W,Kwan YH,Leung YY

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00