Prevalence of anticardiolipin antibodies in juvenile chronic arthritis.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the involvement of interleukin-1 (IL-1) in the induction or maintenance of the insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) non-responsive state of chondrocytes during experimental arthritis in mouse knee joints. METHODS:To characterise IGF-1 nonresponsiveness during arthritis, we measured chondrocyte...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verschure PJ,Joosten LA,Van de Loo FA,Van den Berg WB

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Individuals with psoriasis have increased blood levels of uric acid. However, there is no prospective data on the association between psoriasis and uric acid levels and subsequent development of gout. In this study, we examined the risk of gout among individuals with psoriasis and psoriatic art...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Merola JF,Wu S,Han J,Choi HK,Qureshi AA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterise renal tissue metabolic pathway gene expression in different forms of glomerulonephritis. METHODS:Patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS), antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and healthy living donors (LD) were studied. Clinically ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Grayson PC,Eddy S,Taroni JN,Lightfoot YL,Mariani L,Parikh H,Lindenmeyer MT,Ju W,Greene CS,Godfrey B,Cohen CD,Krischer J,Kretzler M,Merkel PA,Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium, the European Renal cDNA Bank cohort, and th

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:105 consecutive patients who presented to a rheumatologist because of joint disease and who also had evidence of deposition of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPD) were studied clinically and radiologically. There were 76 women (mean age 73) and 29 men (mean age 62). Of only 18 patients below the age of 60 at present...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dieppe PA,Alexander GJ,Jones HE,Doherty M,Scott DG,Manhire A,Watt I

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naproxen at 10 mg per kg body weight was compared with aspirin at 80 mg per kg body weight in children suffering from juvenile chronic polyarthritis. It was found to be as effective as aspirin, with certainly no more and possibly fewer gastrointestinal side effects. A long-term tolerance study up to 12 months confirme...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Moran H,Hanna DB,Ansell BM,Hall M,Engler C

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a multicentre study patients with rheumatoid arthritis judged by prevailing criteria to be suitable for synovectomy of the knee or metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints were randomly allocated to one of two groups. One group had the operation, the other was observed without operation from a notional corresponding date. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

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更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selenium is a trace element and an essential part of the enzyme glutathione peroxidase, which protects cells from oxidative damage. Selenium has been shown to have antiproliferative, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and immune altering effects. Serum selenium concentrations in 101 patients with seropositive rheumatoid ar...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： O'Dell JR,Lemley-Gillespie S,Palmer WR,Weaver AL,Moore GF,Klassen LW

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare median nerve conduction velocity measured using a new, portable electroneurometer with measurements made using conventional hospital nerve conduction apparatus. METHODS:Twenty five patients were studied who were consecutively referred to a hospital neurophysiology department with a clinical diagno...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dunne CA,Thompson PW,Cole J,Dunning J,Martyn CN,Coggon D,Cooper C

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible contribution of immunological mechanisms in the development of Libman-Sacks endocarditis was studied in 2 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who underwent aortic valve replacement. Sections of verrucous lesions, stained with haematoxylin and eosin, showed three apparently distinct zones: an outer ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Shapiro RF,Gamble CN,Wiesner KB,Castles JJ,Wolf AW,Hurley EJ,Salel AF

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the feasibility and validity of a two-step telephone screening procedure for symptomatic knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) in the general population. METHOD:The screening questionnaire was based on signs and symptoms, previous diagnosis of OA and validated OA criteria. A random sample of telephone nu...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Roux CH,Saraux A,Mazieres B,Pouchot J,Morvan J,Fautrel B,Testa J,Fardellone P,Rat AC,Coste J,Guillemin F,Euller-Ziegler L,KHOALA Osteoarthritis Group.

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the efficacy of conservative treatment with cervical traction and immobilisation with a Halo vest, in two consecutive rheumatoid arthritis patients with progressive cervical myelopathy caused by subaxial subluxation. METHODS:Description of neurological symptoms and signs and findings in plain radio...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Oostveen JC,van de Laar MA,Geelen JA,de Graaff R

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular complications of scleroderma have previously been attributed to the progressive obliteration of small vessels. Our study was carried out to determine whether abnormalities of blood viscosity occur in this disease, thereby contributing to the ischaemic process. Blood viscosity was measured in 20 patients u...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： McGrath MA,Peek R,Penny R

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study prescription patterns of biological treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in southern Sweden, a region with no formal or economic restrictions for the use of biological treatment in rheumatological diseases. Specifically, we studied conformity with the national Swedish guidelines for biolog...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Söderlin MK,Geborek P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No consistent relationship between the severity of symptoms of knee osteoarthritis (OA) and radiographic change has been demonstrated. OBJECTIVES:To determine the relationship between symptoms of knee OA and tibial cartilage volume, whether pain predicts loss of cartilage in knee OA, and whether change in c...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wluka AE,Wolfe R,Stuckey S,Cicuttini FM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare effectiveness of treatment with secukinumab (SEC) with that of alternative tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFis) in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) after withdrawal from one or more TNFis. METHODS:Patients diagnosed as having axSpA in the Swiss Clinical Quality Management cohort ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Micheroli R,Tellenbach C,Scherer A,Bürki K,Niederman K,Nissen MJ,Zufferey P,Exer P,Möller B,Kyburz D,Ciurea A

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 29 524 hospitalised medical patients monitored in a drug surveillance programme 1835 (6.2%) received the xanthine oxidase inhibitor allopurinol. After the exclusion of skin reactions adverse effects were attributed to this drug in 33 (1.8%) patients, the most frequent being haematological abnormalities (11 patients...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： McInnes GT,Lawson DH,Jick H

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of adding sulfasalazine to leflunomide treatment compared with switching to sulfasalazine alone in patients with RA with an inadequate response to leflunomide monotherapy. METHODS:Patients with active RA ((DAS28) >3.2) who were enrolled in the first open label phase of the...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dougados M,Emery P,Lemmel EM,Zerbini CA,Brin S,van Riel P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relation between anatomic changes of the synovium, the bone, the bone marrow and the cartilage to biochemical properties of the cartilage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:33 patients with RA received 3-T MRI scans of the metacarpophalangeal joints. Two independent metho...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Herz B,Albrecht A,Englbrecht M,Welsch GH,Uder M,Renner N,Schlechtweg P,Paul D,Lauer L,Engelke K,Janka R,Rech J,Schett G,Finzel S

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5), a chemokine receptor expressed on T cells and macrophages, and its ligands are found in inflamed synovial tissue (ST) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The rationale for testing CCR5 blockade in patients with RA was supported by the effects of a CCR5 antagonist ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Kuijk AW,Vergunst CE,Gerlag DM,Bresnihan B,Gomez-Reino JJ,Rouzier R,Verschueren PC,van der Leij C,Maas M,Kraan MC,Tak PP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Reduced caveolin-1 levels in lung fibroblasts from patients with scleroderma and the lungs of bleomycin-treated mice promote collagen overexpression and lung fibrosis. This study was undertaken to determine whether caveolin-1 is deficient in leucocytes from bleomycin-treated mice and patients with scleroderm...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tourkina E,Richard M,Oates J,Hofbauer A,Bonner M,Gööz P,Visconti R,Zhang J,Znoyko S,Hatfield CM,Silver RM,Hoffman S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hospitalisation is a risk factor for flares in people with gout. However, the predictors of inpatient gout flare are not well understood. The aim of this study was to develop a prediction model for inpatient gout flare among people with comorbid gout. METHODS:We used data from a retrospective cohort of hosp...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jatuworapruk K,Grainger R,Dalbeth N,Taylor WJ

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 60 patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with levamisole 35% showed a persistent decrease in neutrophil counts from pre-treatment levels and 6 (10%) develped severe neutropenia of less than 1.0 X 10(9)/1. One of these neutropenic patients recoverd without stopping therapy and the other 5 patients recovered rap...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Williams GT,Johnson SA,Dieppe PA,Huskisson EC

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterised by fibrosis of the skin and the internal organs. Except for anticentromere, antitopoisomerase I and antipolymerase III antibodies, there are no reliable circulating markers predicting susceptibility and internal organ complications. This study h...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Bon L,Cossu M,Loof A,Gohar F,Wittkowski H,Vonk M,Roth J,van den Berg W,van Heerde W,Broen JC,Radstake TR

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feverfew, reputed by folklore to be effective in arthritis, has in vitro properties that could be beneficial in the control of inflammatory disease. Forty one female patients with symptomatic rheumatoid arthritis received either dried chopped feverfew (70-86 mg) or placebo capsules once daily for six weeks. Allocation...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pattrick M,Heptinstall S,Doherty M

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare responsiveness of the Harris Hip Score with generic measures (that is, the Short Form-36 (SF-36), and a test of walking speed and pain during walking) in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip. METHOD:The first 75 cases within the population of a randomised clinical trial on manual therapy a...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hoeksma HL,Van Den Ende CH,Ronday HK,Heering A,Breedveld FC

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the long term prognosis in patients with fibromyalgia (FM). METHODS:Forty five of 70 patients who had participated in a three week trial six years earlier completed again the same questionnaires used previously. RESULTS:Most symptoms had remained stable. Pain had increased, but some aspects of q...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Baumgartner E,Finckh A,Cedraschi C,Vischer TL

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To further evaluate the role of bacterial antigens in triggering inflammation in the joint in patients with reactive arthritis by studying local antibody synthesis in the joint. METHODS:Yersinia-specific antibodies in paired serum and synovial fluid samples from 29 patients with yersinia triggered reactive ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mäki-Ikola O,Lahesmaa R,Heesemann J,Merilahti-Palo R,Saario R,Toivanen A,Granfors K

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data are presented which indicate a critical role for interleukin (IL)-18 in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The T cells and macrophages invading the synovium or in the synovial fluid are the chief cellular targets of IL-18 in RA. Neutrophils, dendritic cells and endothelial cells may also be cellular mediators of I...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dai SM,Shan ZZ,Xu H,Nishioka K

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case presented is of a patient with migratory polyarthritis and serological evidence of a recent streptococcal infection, consistent with the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever, who in addition had multisystem disease manifestations. This case supports the concept that the sequelae of streptococcal infection can e...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Livneh A,Sharma K,Sewell KL,Keiser HD

更新日期：1991-05-01 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