Type 1 diabetes mellitus, celiac disease, systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic scleroderma in a 15-year-old girl.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate systemic sclerosis (SSc) hospitalizations through a retrospective population-based study analyzing administrative data during 2001-2012 in Sardinia, an Italian region with universal Health System coverage. Data on hospital discharge records with ICD-9-CM code for SSc (710.1) were ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Piga M,Casula L,Sanna S,Perra D,Floris A,Antonelli A,Cauli A,Mathieu A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet disease (BD) is an inflammatory disorder of unknown origin. We present here an unusual case of juvenile Behçet with hemoptysis due to large pulmonary artery aneurysms (PAA), large intra-cardiac thrombus and prolonged fever, which posed several therapeutic challenges. In this case, a 14-year-old boy was admitted...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Vivante A,Bujanover Y,Jacobson J,Padeh S,Berkun Y

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a Turkish League Against Rheumatism (TLAR) project, evidence-based recommendations for the management of knee osteoarthritis (OA) was developed for the first time in our country in 2012 (TLAR-2012). In accordance with developing medical knowledge and scientific evidence, recommendations were updated. The committee ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Tuncer T,Cay FH,Altan L,Gurer G,Kacar C,Ozcakir S,Atik S,Ayhan F,Durmaz B,Eskiyurt N,Genc H,GokceKutsal Y,Gunaydin R,Hepguler S,Hizmetli S,Kaya T,Kurtais Y,Saridogan M,Sindel D,Sutbeyaz S,Sendur OF,Ugurlu H,Un

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study includes a case report and a literature review. The main objective of this study is to present a case of spondylodiscitis due to a fungal pathogen, Blastoschizomyces capitatus and to review the published literature on this emergent fungus in etiology of spondylodiscitis, and osteomyelitis. Osteoarticular inv...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Celik AD,Ozaras R,Kantarcioglu S,Mert A,Tabak F,Ozturk R

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Felty's syndrome (FS) is a deforming disease, characterized by the triad of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), neutropenia, and splenomegaly. Currently, FS patients are treated mainly with immunosuppressants, such as methotrexate and glucocorticoids, which however are not suitable to some patients and may cause severe side ef...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Li R,Wan Q,Chen P,Mao S,Wang Q,Li X,Yang Y,Dong L

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the prevalence of antibody against annexin II (A2) in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). It also explored the role of this antibody in thrombosis. Purified recombinant A2 was used in ELISA to measure the levels of IgG anti-A2 antibody in 101 AP...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ao W,Zheng H,Chen XW,Shen Y,Yang CD

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis and vasculopathy. A key feature is the presence of T cells in inflammatory lesions. To establish the differences in peripheral blood T helper (Th) subpopulations in diffuse cutaneous (dc) and limited cutaneous (lc) SSc patients, blood samples ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Rodríguez-Reyna TS,Furuzawa-Carballeda J,Cabiedes J,Fajardo-Hermosillo LD,Martínez-Reyes C,Díaz-Zamudio M,Llorente L

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wells' syndrome is a multifaceted dermatosis with a wide morphological spectrum, ranging from characteristic cellulitis-like erythema and papula to an unusual presentation of vesicles and pustules. The most important elements for diagnosis are erythemal plaques and histological picture of eosinophilic infiltration of ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Yin G,Xie Q

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an autoimmune spondyloarthropathy involving principally the sacroiliac joint and axial skeleton. Spinal cord involvement is an infrequent and late complication. It mostly results from compressive myelopathy due to skeletal osteopathy and usually presents with radiculomyelopathic sensory ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Chen WH,Yin HL,Lin HS,Chen CJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sjögren's syndrome (SjS) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are common systemic autoimmune diseases, which impact not only patient health but also their quality of life. miRNA-146a is a microRNA that participates in the pathophysiology of SjS and SLE. In this investigation, we conducted a meta-analysis to determin...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Sun HY,Lv AK,Yao H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrosis is unregulated tissue repair that may cause impairment of organ function, especially in end-organ damage. Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is the prototype systemic fibrosing disorder. Classical targets for fibrosis in SSc like transforming growth factor Beta (TGF-β), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), and multiple tyrosine kinas...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ahmed S,Misra DP,Agarwal V

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and eighteen unrelated Greek patients with classic rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were tissue-typed for HLA-A, -B, -DR antigens and the frequency was compared to that of healthy controls. Greek RA patients regardless of sex, anatomical severity, seropositivity and age at disease onset are not associated with an...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Papasteriades CA,Kappou ID,Skopouli FN,Barla MN,Fostiropoulos GA,Moutsopoulos HM

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of acute gout consists of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), colchicine and steroids. However, the typical patient with gout has multiple comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, renal dysfunction or diabetes/metabolic syndrome that represent contraindications to these therape...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Daoussis D,Bogdanos DP,Dimitroulas T,Sakkas L,Andonopoulos AP

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With better understanding of the pathogenesis of AIDS and the advent of anti-retroviral medications, patients with HIV are living longer and the probability that they will suffer musculoskeletal complications are increasing. There is a vast array of musculoskeletal impairments including rheumatologic, infectious, and ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Atalay A,Ozdemir O,Guven GS,Başgöze O

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of skin fibrosis is vital for the diagnosis and monitoring of treatment in the systemic sclerosis (SSc)-a severe autoimmune disease. The elastography is a technique of skin fibrosis assessment through the evaluation of skin strain. We compared the efficacy of the shear wave elastography (SWE) and common...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Sobolewski P,Maślińska M,Zakrzewski J,Paluch Ł,Szymańska E,Walecka I

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the mechanisms of chondrocyte damage, chondrocyte cytotoxicity as shown by chromium-51 release induced by polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs) was examined. PMNLs significantly enhanced chondrocyte cytotoxicity in the presence of phorbol dibutyrate. This chondrocyte damage was abolished by the addition of cat...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Saura R,Matsubara T,Hirohata K,Itoh H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information on measurement properties of translated versions of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC) osteoarthritis index is still limited. This study investigated the internal consistency, test-retest reliability/agreement, construct validity, and floor and ceiling effects of Portuguese-Brazil WOMAC ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Lage PTS,Machado LAC,Barreto SM,de Figueiredo RC,Telles RW

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) in rheumatoid synovium has been investigated. Ten rheumatoid synovia were compared with seven normal synovia and a range of other tissues, using one polyclonal and six monoclonal antibodies. A common staining pattern was obtained with five reagents. Absence ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Wilkinson LS,Edwards JC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha 1-antitrypsin (A1AT) is the most abundant proteinase inhibitor in plasma and the main inhibitor of Proteinase 3, the target antigen of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) that predominant in Wegeners' granulomatosis. Α1AT deficiency correlated with ANCA-associated vasculitis. This study explores the tr...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Mota A,Sahebghadam Lotfi A,Jamshidi AR,Najavand S

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microscopic polyangiitis is a small-vessel necrotizing vasculitis associated with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies and presents itself with glomerulonephritis and hemorrhagic pulmonary capillaritis. Peripheral nervous system involvement is common in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies-associated vasculitis, b...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Naseri Alavi SA,Meshkini M,Pourlak T,Khabbazi A

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare but extremely disabling genetic disease of the skeletal system. This disease is characterized by progression of heterotopic ossification within skeletal muscles, ligaments and tendons. Most patients with FOP are misdiagnosed early in life before the appearance of h...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ulusoy H

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：:The aim of our study was to compare the significance of risk factors for osteoporosis according to gender and menopausal state in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Bone mineral density (dual X-ray absorptiometry), cumulative glucocorticoid dose, age, disease duration, body mass index (BMI) and parameters of dis...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Oelzner P,Schwabe A,Lehmann G,Eidner T,Franke S,Wolf G,Hein G

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased QT interval dispersion has been associated with an increased risk for ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac events. We examined the QT interval dispersion in 20 North Indian children with Kawasaki disease (KD) with no coronary artery abnormalities on echocardiography compared the same with matched contr...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ghelani SJ,Singh S,Manojkumar R

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated T lymphocytes (Ia+ T-cells) in peripheral blood are associated with immune stimulation. We found the percentages of these cells significantly increased in 95% of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Our studies showed no relation between the percentages of these cells in peripheral blood and concurrent erythr...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Bartfeld H,Dham C

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Aminobenzamide is an inhibitor of poly-(ADP-ribosyl)ation. In concentrations from 3 to 10 mM it reduced the collagenase activity in culture supernatants of interleukin-1 beta-stimulated rabbit synovial fibroblasts. 3-Aminobenzoate, not an inhibiter of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation, had no effect on collagenase activity at ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ehrlich W,Huser H,Kröger H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease affecting up to 1% of the worldwide population. RA is associated with multiple extra-articular manifestations (EAMs). Middle ear, cochlea and the auditory nerve are suspected sites of RA activity and hearing loss is a possible novel EAM of RA. Objective was to...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Chaitidis N,Theocharis P,Festas C,Aritzi I

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Thai population is significantly associated with HLA-DR4 shared epitope (SE) alleles, particularly with DRB1*0405 (P = 0.00004, OR = 3.84, 95% CI = 1.93, 7.7). In addition, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) gene -863A alleles were found to be significantly increased in 77 RA patients...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Hirankarn N,Nakkuntod J,Duangchalermwong P,Deesomchok U,Charoenwongse P

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to describe the interstitial lung disease (ILD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients of China, and to study clinical significance of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) in evaluation and treatment. One hundred and ten Chinese patients (79 women and 31 man) diagnosed with RA betwe...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Zou YQ,Li YS,Ding XN,Ying ZH

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-six hospitalized patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were enrolled into this study. The test for anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMAs) was performed and biochemical parameters were determined. AMAs were detected in 15 of the 66 patients with SLE. Meanwhile, we compared enzymatic levels in AMA-positiv...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Li CH,Xu PS,Wang CY,Zhang Y,Zou GL

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00