Adalimumab therapy reduces hand bone loss in early rheumatoid arthritis: explorative analyses from the PREMIER study.

abstract：:Four patients with Neisseria meningitidis infection complicated by arthritis are described. Three patients had an acute polyarthritis which responded quickly to antimicrobial therapy. A fourth patient developed a prolonged arthritis which occurred after the initial infection had been successfully treated. Tenosynoviti...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kidd BL,Hart HH,Grigor RR

更新日期：1985-11-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment with tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNF-i) plus methotrexate (MTX), but not MTX monotherapy alone, inhibits joint damage progression even at higher levels of disease activity. Such disassociation of disease activity and structural damage has not been shown for biological agents other than TNF-i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smolen JS,Avila JC,Aletaha D

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) treatment, either using antibodies or soluble receptors, has defined TNF as a major factor of the inflammatory response in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). As a result of this success, much attention has been devoted to understanding the molecular mechanisms by which TNF expr...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Foxwell BM,Bondeson J,Brennan F,Feldmann M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Notch signalling pathways are critical for angiogenesis and endothelial cell (EC) fate; however the mechanisms regulating these processes in the inflamed joint remain to be elucidated. Here, we examine whether Notch signalling mediates vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and angiopoietin 2 (Ang2)-induce...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gao W,Sweeney C,Walsh C,Rooney P,McCormick J,Veale DJ,Fearon U

更新日期：2013-06-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the efficacy and gastroduodenal safety of a fixed-dose combination of diclofenac sodium 50 mg and misoprostol 200 micrograms twice daily with those of piroxicam 10 mg twice daily and naproxen 375 mg twice daily in patients with osteoarthritis. METHODS:A 4 week, randomised, double-blind, parallel-...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Melo Gomes JA,Roth SH,Zeeh J,Bruyn GA,Woods EM,Geis GS

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Progranulin (PGRN) was previously isolated as an osteoarthritis (OA)-associated growth factor. Additionally, PGRN was found to play a therapeutic role in inflammatory arthritis mice models through antagonising tumour necrosis factor α (TNF-α). This study was aimed at investigating the role of PGRN in degradat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Zhao YP,Liu B,Tian QY,Wei JL,Richbourgh B,Liu CJ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A systematic literature review (SLR; 2009-2014) to compare a target-oriented approach with routine management in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to allow an update of the treat-to-target recommendations. METHODS:Two SLRs focused on clinical trials employing a treatment approach targeting a specifi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Stoffer MA,Schoels MM,Smolen JS,Aletaha D,Breedveld FC,Burmester G,Bykerk V,Dougados M,Emery P,Haraoui B,Gomez-Reino J,Kvien TK,Nash P,Navarro-Compán V,Scholte-Voshaar M,van Vollenhoven R,van der Heijde D,Stamm TA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with Portuguese familial amyloid polyneuropathy who developed haemarthroses secondary to pathological fractures is described. Amyloid material was demonstrated on bone biopsy and confirmed immunohistochemically to be transthyretin (prealbumin). Although amyloid deposits in bone have been described in other t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Allard SA,King RH,Thomas PK,Bourke BE

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sacroiliitis is a hallmark of the spondyloarthropathies (SpA). The degree of inflammation can be quantified by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The aim of this study was to further elucidate the pathogenesis of SpA by quantitative cellular analysis of immunostained sacroiliac biopsy specimens and to compare ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bollow M,Fischer T,Reisshauer H,Backhaus M,Sieper J,Hamm B,Braun J

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The systemic vasculitides are multisystem disorders with considerable mortality and morbidity and frequent relapses. In the absence of reliable serological markers, accurate clinical tools are required to assess disease activity and damage for treatment decisions, and for the performance of clinical trials. This artic...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Flossmann O,Bacon P,de Groot K,Jayne D,Rasmussen N,Seo P,Westman K,Luqmani R

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the influence of the reading order (chronological v paired) on radiographic scoring results in ankylosing spondylitis. To investigate whether this method is sufficiently sensitive to change because paired reading is requested for establishing drug efficacy in clinical trials. METHODS:Films obtai...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wanders A,Landewé R,Spoorenberg A,de Vlam K,Mielants H,Dougados M,van der Linden S,van der Heijde D

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether type II collagen (CII) is recognised by oligoclonally expanded synovial T cells of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from 15 RA patients were stimulated with CII in vitro. T cell clones expanded by such stimulation were compared ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sekine T,Kato T,Masuko-Hongo K,Nakamura H,Yoshino S,Nishioka K,Yamamoto K

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to determine if neutrophils isolated from the blood and synovial fluid of patients with rheumatoid arthritis had patterns of receptor expression resembling those of blood neutrophils from controls which had been activated and primed in vitro. METHODS:Fluorescence activated cell sor...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Watson F,Robinson JJ,Phelan M,Bucknall RC,Edwards SW

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop recommendations for monitoring patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in clinical practice and observational studies and to develop a standardised core set of variables to monitor SLE. METHODS:We followed the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) standardised procedures for guideli...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mosca M,Tani C,Aringer M,Bombardieri S,Boumpas D,Brey R,Cervera R,Doria A,Jayne D,Khamashta MA,Kuhn A,Gordon C,Petri M,Rekvig OP,Schneider M,Sherer Y,Shoenfeld Y,Smolen JS,Talarico R,Tincani A,van Vollenhoven RF,

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating immune complexes (CIC) were measured in 4 normal controls and 8 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by a polyethylene glycol precipitation (PEG) method during a 24-hour period. In all the normal controls levels fell during sleep and after drinking 1 pint (568 ml) of milk and rose before gettin...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Isenberg DA,Crisp AJ,Morrow WJ,Newham D,Snaith ML

更新日期：1981-10-01 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：:The clinical and laboratory data for an 8 year old girl with abdominal pain as a presenting manifestation of acute rheumatic fever are reported. An abdominal investigation with ultrasonography carried out at the same time showed free peritoneal fluid. These findings support the proposal that the abdominal pain classic...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Picard E,Gedalia A,Benmeir P,Zucker N,Barki Y

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increased cardiovascular disease mortality in rheumatoid arthritis. This may reflect an increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease or an increased case fatality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. OBJECTIVES:To examine whether rheumatoid patients with disease onset in the 1980s-1990s have in...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Goodson N,Marks J,Lunt M,Symmons D

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Leri's pleonosteosis (LP) is an autosomal dominant rheumatic condition characterised by flexion contractures of the interphalangeal joints, limited motion of multiple joints, and short broad metacarpals, metatarsals and phalanges. Scleroderma-like skin thickening can be seen in some individuals with LP. We u...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Banka S,Cain SA,Carim S,Daly SB,Urquhart JE,Erdem G,Harris J,Bottomley M,Donnai D,Kerr B,Kingston H,Superti-Furga A,Unger S,Ennis H,Worthington J,Herrick AL,Merry CL,Yue WW,Kielty CM,Newman WG

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of infliximab plus methotrexate (MTX) compared with placebo plus MTX on bone loss in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a double-blind randomised study design. Further, to explore the associations between bone loss and markers of RA disease. METHODS:All 20 patients with RA...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Haugeberg G,Conaghan PG,Quinn M,Emery P

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Entheseal fibrocartilage (EF) derangement is hypothesised to be pivotal to the pathogenesis of spondyloarthritis. Ultrasound is useful for visualisation of the enthesis but its role in EF visualisation is uncertain. This work aimed to demonstrate face and content validity of ultrasound for EF visualisation b...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Aydin SZ,Bas E,Basci O,Filippucci E,Wakefield RJ,Celikel C,Karahan M,Atagunduz P,Benjamin M,Direskeneli H,McGonagle D

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The eumusc.net project is an initiative founded by the European Community and the European League Against Rheumatism. One aim of the project was to facilitate equal standards for musculoskeletal health across Europe. The aim of this work-package was to develop patient-centred and consensus based standards of ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Stoffer MA,Smolen JS,Woolf A,Ambrozic A,Berghea F,Boonen A,Bosworth A,Carmona L,Dougados M,de Wit M,Erwin J,Fialka-Moser V,Ionescu R,Keenan AM,Loza E,Moe RH,Greiff R,Olejnik P,Petersson IF,Rat AC,Rozman B,Strömb

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to analyse retrospectively adult patients with acute joint or muscle symptoms and a high antistreptolysin O (ASO) titre to find out which syndromes of clinical arthritis are associated with serological evidence of streptococcal infection. METHODS:Seventy six adult patients with...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Valtonen JM,Koskimies S,Miettinen A,Valtonen VV

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common disabling condition. Attention has tended to focus on the tibiofemoral joint (TFJ). However, there is evidence that the patellofemoral joint (PFJ) is involved in many cases, but its place in the sequence of development and progression of knee OA is unclear. Th...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Duncan R,Peat G,Thomas E,Hay EM,Croft P

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the clinical, radiological, and biological profile of patients presenting late onset spondylarthropathy (LOSPA) with patients with early onset spondylarthropathy (EOSPA). METHODS:During the period April 1987 to April 1995 a retrospective chart review of inpatients and outpatients identified eight ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Caplanne D,Tubach F,Le Parc JM

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:PATIENTS with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of developing comorbid conditions. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the prevalence of comorbidities and compare their management in RA patients from different countries worldwide. METHODS: STUDY DESIGN:international, cross-sectional. PATIENTS:consecutiv...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dougados M,Soubrier M,Antunez A,Balint P,Balsa A,Buch MH,Casado G,Detert J,El-Zorkany B,Emery P,Hajjaj-Hassouni N,Harigai M,Luo SF,Kurucz R,Maciel G,Mola EM,Montecucco CM,McInnes I,Radner H,Smolen JS,Song YW,Von

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00