Sex differences in the association between body mass index and total hip or knee joint replacement resulting from osteoarthritis.

abstract：:A series of observations have led to the hypothesis that normal intestinal microbiota in patients with rheumatoid arthritis may harbour, for genetic reasons, bacteria with cell walls capable of inducing arthritis. Differences occur between bacterial species, and even between strains of a single species, because some c...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Toivanen P

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) is the most commonly used model of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In both CIA and RA there is an increase in the cellular content of the synovium, this being dominated by macrophages. OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of etoposide, a topoisomerase II antagonist known to induce mono...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verdrengh M,Jonsson IM,Zaether O,Bajtner E,Holmdahl R,Tarkowski A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between common rheumatic diseases such as osteoarthrosis, arthralgia without definite signs of osteoarthrosis, subacromial shoulder pain, different forms of tendinitis, low back pain and neck pain, and the level of formal education, occupational workload and some lifestyle factors were examined in 502 of ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jacobsson L,Lindgärde F,Manthorpe R,Ohlsson K

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the predictive value of discordance between (1) tender and swollen joint count and (2) patient's and evaluator's global assessment on remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). METHODS:From the prospective, multicentre Norwegian-Disease-Modifying Antirh...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Michelsen B,Kristianslund EK,Hammer HB,Fagerli KM,Lie E,Wierød A,Kalstad S,Rødevand E,Krøll F,Haugeberg G,Kvien TK

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare familial inflammatory inclusion body myositis (IBM) with hereditary inclusion body myopathies and sporadic IBM. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Clinical, biological, MRI, and histological data were analysed in two siblings with inflammatory IBM and compared with those of patients with sporadic and hereditary...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ranque-Francois B,Maisonobe T,Dion E,Piette JC,Chauveheid MP,Amoura Z,Papo T

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atlanto-axial subluxation occurs with a frequency varying from 6% to 45% in rheumatoid arthritis. Most patients are treated conservatively with a cervical collar. The effectiveness of different cervical collars in inhibiting anterior atlanto-axial subluxation was tested in 11 patients with classical rheumatoid arthrit...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Althoff B,Goldie IF

更新日期：1980-10-01 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

abstract：:The prevalence of grade III or IV osteoarthritis was determined in 210 patients with chronic renal failure, of whom 94 were receiving chronic haemodialysis and 116 had functioning renal transplants. The prevalence of grade III or IV osteoarthritis was three times greater in patients under 65 than in a control populati...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Duncan IJ,Hurst NP,Sebben R,Milazzo SC,Disney A

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prostaglandin E (PGE) level in the knee joint fluid was determined by radioimmunoassay before and after anti-inflammatory therapy with flurbiprofen in 8 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 4 patients with osteoarthritis (OA). The level of PGE in RA joint fluids before the anti-inflammatory treatment was 9....

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tokunaga M,Ohuchi K,Yoshizawa S,Tsurufuji S,Rikimaru A,Wakamatsu E

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Statins offer significant cardiovascular benefits. Their use, however, influences immune regulation, which may potentially facilitate autoimmunity, eventually resulting in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA).The authors studied whether statin use was associated with an increased risk of dev...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： de Jong HJ,Klungel OH,van Dijk L,Vandebriel RJ,Leufkens HG,van der Laan JW,Cohen Tervaert JW,van Loveren H

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies have proved to be extremely valuable additions to conventional treatment for rheumatic diseases. However, despite the general trend towards "humanisation", these drugs remain immunogenic in clinical settings, baffling drug developers. In principle, humanised and fully human monoclonal antibodies ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Scott DW,De Groot AS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autonomic function assessed by tests of cardiovascular reflexes was studied in 25 patients with systemic sclerosis and 10 patients with primary Raynaud's phenomenon. A comparison was made with 13 normal healthy subjects. Significant abnormalities in the cardiovascular reflexes were found in systemic sclerosis, both in...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Klimiuk PS,Taylor L,Baker RD,Jayson MI

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and periodontal disease (PD) are characterised by dysregulation of the host inflammatory response, resulting in soft and hard connective tissue destruction. AS has been related to other inflammatory diseases, however, there is a paucity of data on whether AS is associated with infl...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pischon N,Pischon T,Gülmez E,Kröger J,Purucker P,Kleber BM,Landau H,Jost-Brinkmann PG,Schlattmann P,Zernicke J,Burmester GR,Bernimoulin JP,Buttgereit F,Detert J

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:High rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity during pregnancy is associated with a lower birth weight. Active RA is characterised by high circulating levels of cytokines, which can mediate placental growth and remodelling. OBJECTIVES:To assess the influence of maternal serum cytokine levels on birth weig...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： de Steenwinkel FD,Hokken-Koelega AC,de Man YA,de Rijke YB,de Ridder MA,Hazes JM,Dolhain RJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To score systemic activity at diagnosis and correlate baseline activity with survival in a large cohort of patients with primary Sjögren syndrome (SS). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We include 1045 consecutive patients who fulfilled the 2002 classification criteria for primary SS. The clinical and immunological chara...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Brito-Zerón P,Kostov B,Solans R,Fraile G,Suárez-Cuervo C,Casanovas A,Rascón FJ,Qanneta R,Pérez-Alvarez R,Ripoll M,Akasbi M,Pinilla B,Bosch JA,Nava-Mateos J,Díaz-López B,Morera-Morales ML,Gheitasi H,Retamozo S,Ramos-Ca

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An explant method for the isolation of fibroblasts from adult human tendon is described. Cells were successfully isolated from 22 out of 27 common biceps tendons obtained from cadaveric donors (age range 11-83 years). The fibroblasts could be maintained in culture using standard methods and morphologically resembled t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Chard MD,Wright JK,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and side effects of oral pilocarpine for the treatment of ocular symptoms in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS). METHODS:A 12 week, single centre, randomised controlled study was performed. Twenty nine patients were randomly assigned to receive oral pilocarpine (5 mg twice...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tsifetaki N,Kitsos G,Paschides CA,Alamanos Y,Eftaxias V,Voulgari PV,Psilas K,Drosos AA

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical disability is part of the end point measures in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials. The Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ DI) is often used for this purpose but lacks international uniformity owing to variations in the translated and adapted questionnaires and variatio...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Zandbelt MM,Welsing PM,van Gestel AM,van Riel PL

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:People with spondyloarthritis (SpA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have identified the importance of understanding how their disease and its treatment impacts on their social roles. This requires a reliable and valid standardised measure, and this study evaluates these measurement...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Davis AM,Palaganas MP,Badley EM,Gladman DD,Inman RD,Gignac MA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that high concentrations of extracellular inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi), which associate with increased cell synthesis and turnover in cartilage, may act as a marker for structural outcome in knee osteoarthritis (OA). METHOD:One hundred and thirty five consecutive patients referred to ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Doherty M,Belcher C,Regan M,Jones A,Ledingham J

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the incidence and aetiology of hypergastrinaemia 53 patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis were examined for gastric acid secretion, fasting serum gastrin concentration, circulating parietal cell antibodies, and some parameters of the activity of inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis. The ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： de Witte TJ,Geerdink PJ,Lamers CB,Boerbooms AM,van der Korst JK

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify genetic associations with hip osteoarthritis (HOA), we performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of HOA. METHODS:The GWAS meta-analysis included approximately 2.5 million imputed HapMap single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). HOA cases and controls defined radiographica...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Evans DS,Cailotto F,Parimi N,Valdes AM,Castaño-Betancourt MC,Liu Y,Kaplan RC,Bidlingmaier M,Vasan RS,Teumer A,Tranah GJ,Nevitt MC,Cummings SR,Orwoll ES,Barrett-Connor E,Renner JB,Jordan JM,Doherty M,Doherty SA,Uitte

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) has changed dramatically since the introduction of biological agents in 1999. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate trends in prescription patterns of biological agents and the subsequent outcome of JIA. METHODS:The Arthritis and Biologics in Children register (multicentre ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Otten MH,Anink J,Prince FH,Twilt M,Vastert SJ,ten Cate R,Hoppenreijs EP,Armbrust W,Gorter SL,van Pelt PA,Kamphuis SS,Dolman KM,Swart JF,van den Berg JM,Koopman-Keemink Y,van Rossum MA,Wulffraat NM,van Suijlekom-Smit LW

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the presence of anti-PDGFR-alpha antibodies by immunological methods in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). METHODS:Fifty-eight women diagnosed with SSc and 36 healthy women controls were included. IgG anti-PDGFR-alpha were measured by ELISA and immunoblot. Associations with clinical and immu...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Balada E,Simeón-Aznar CP,Ordi-Ros J,Rosa-Leyva M,Selva-O'Callaghan A,Pardos-Gea J,Fonollosa-Pla V,Vilardell-Tarrés M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify predictors of clinical remission as well as of no x-ray progression in a cohort of early rheumatoid arthritis (ERA) treated with a tight-control protocol. METHODS:A total of 121 consecutive patients with ERA were treated to reach European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and/or American College...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bosello S,Fedele AL,Peluso G,Gremese E,Tolusso B,Ferraccioli G

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid introduction of immunotherapies for cancer-targeting immunological checkpoints has led to a new class of toxicities that appear to be of autoimmune and or autoinflammatory origin. These disorders are now referred to as immune-related adverse events (irAEs) and pose considerable challenges to patient care in ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Calabrese L,Mariette X

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether abnormalities in the function of the autonomic nervous system are associated with oral and ocular dryness in rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS:Pupillography was done using an infrared light reflection method (IRIS) to measure both parasympathetic function (constriction latency and the latenc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Barendregt PJ,van der Heijde GL,Breedveld FC,Markusse HM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In a post-hoc analysis, we aimed to validate the Lupus Low Disease Activity State (LLDAS) definition as an endpoint in an systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) Phase IIb randomised controlled trial (RCT) (MUSE [NCT01438489]) and then utilize LLDAS to discriminate between anifrolumab and placebo. METHODS:Patien...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Morand EF,Trasieva T,Berglind A,Illei GG,Tummala R

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of tumour necrosis factor α (TNFα) antagonists (anti-TNFα) are available to treat rheumatoid arthritis. All of these have demonstrated considerable efficacy in placebo controlled trials, but few head-to-head comparisons exist to date. This work's objective is to estimate the relative efficacy among ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Schmitz S,Adams R,Walsh CD,Barry M,FitzGerald O

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00