Multisystem disease in post-streptococcal arthritis.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the possibility of drug-free remission in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in continuous remission. METHODS:Prospective observational study in disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)-treated PsA patients in continuous disease remission (no musculoskeletal symptoms, no or minimal sk...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Araujo EG,Finzel S,Englbrecht M,Schreiber DA,Faustini F,Hueber A,Nas K,Rech J,Schett G

更新日期：2015-04-01 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 estimate the incidence and consultation rate of lower extremity complaints in general practice. METHODS:Data were obtained from the Second Dutch National Survey of General Practice, in which 195 general practitioners (GPs) in 104 practices recorded all contacts with patients during 12 consecutive months i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Waal JM,Bot SD,Terwee CB,van der Windt DA,Schellevis FG,Bouter LM,Dekker J

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), patients with infectious mononucleosis (IM), and blood donors were tested by indirect immunofluorescence for the presence of antikeratin antibody (AKA), antibody to cytoskeletal intermediate filaments of prekeratin or vimentin type (AIFA) and antiperinuclear factor (A...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kataaha PK,Mortazavi-Milani SM,Russell G,Holborow EJ

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:False positive results were obtained for HIV tests in two men with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who were suspected of being infected with HIV because of fever, weight loss, lymphadenopathy, and inflammatory myopathy. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) for HIV were twice positive when tested three...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Esteva MH,Blasini AM,Ogly D,Rodríguez MA

更新日期：1992-09-01 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 synovial surface in rabbit knees was examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to define normal surface contour, cell shape, and interstitial exposure. Comparison was made between specimens excised before immersion fixation (I), fixed in situ by vascular perfusion (V) before excision, or fixed in situ under a...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： McDonald JN,Levick JR

更新日期：1988-03-01 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：QUESTION:Which is the best strategy to achieve (drug-free) inactive disease in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)? METHODS:In a randomised, single-blinded, study in disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD)-naive patients with JIA, three treatment-strategies were compared: (1) sequential DMARD-monotherapy (sulfas...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hissink Muller P,Brinkman DMC,Schonenberg-Meinema D,van den Bosch WB,Koopman-Keemink Y,Brederije ICJ,Bekkering PW,Kuijpers TW,Van Rossum M,van Suijlekom-Smit LWA,van den Berg JM,Boehringer S,Allaart CF,Ten Cate R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease with unknown aetiology. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is an environmental factor associated with SLE. EBV maintains latency in B cells with frequent reactivation measured by antibodies against viral capsid antigen (VCA) and early antigen (EA). In ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jog NR,Young KA,Munroe ME,Harmon MT,Guthridge JM,Kelly JA,Kamen DL,Gilkeson GS,Weisman MH,Karp DR,Gaffney PM,Harley JB,Wallace DJ,Norris JM,James JA

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate sensitivity of arthrosonography of hip and knee joints for monitoring disease activity in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). METHODS:Twenty eight patients with JRA with active disease at entry in 15 hips and 38 knee joints were followed up three times in intervals of 4-6 weeks. Sonographic, cli...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Frosch M,Foell D,Ganser G,Roth J

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of bilateral shoulder-hand syndrome and symmetrical arthralgia are described in patients with tubo-ovarian carcinoma. Swelling and contracture of the hands continued to develop despite oral corticosteroid therapy, and one patient underwent surgery in an attempt to prevent the development of further deformity...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Taggart AJ,Iveson JM,Wright V

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comprehensive multisystem clinical assessment using the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity score (BVAS) is widely used in therapeutic studies of systemic vasculitis. Extensive use suggested a need to revise the instrument. The previous version of BVAS has been revised, according to usage and reviewed by an exper...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mukhtyar C,Lee R,Brown D,Carruthers D,Dasgupta B,Dubey S,Flossmann O,Hall C,Hollywood J,Jayne D,Jones R,Lanyon P,Muir A,Scott D,Young L,Luqmani RA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II genes is almost exclusively regulated by the class II transactivator. A promoter polymorphism (-168A/G, rs3087456) in the MHC2TA gene was associated with increased susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and myocardial infarctio...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Martínez A,Sánchez-Lopez M,Varadé J,Mas A,Martín MC,de Las Heras V,Arroyo R,Mendoza JL,Díaz-Rubio M,Fernández-Gutiérrez B,de la Concha EG,Urcelay E

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of combining monthly intravenous methotrexate (IV MTX) with monthly IV cyclophosphamide (CYTX; given on the same day) for the treatment of children who develop recurrent diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus during or after the s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lehman TJ,Edelheit BS,Onel KB

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To analyse fibronectin (FN) gene polymorphisms in type II mixed cryoglobulinemic syndrome (MCsn), an immune-complex mediated systemic vasculitis linked to hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and characterised by rheumatoid factor (RF) positive B-cell proliferation at high risk for the progression into non-Hodgk...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fabris M,Quartuccio L,Salvin S,Pozzato G,De Re V,Mazzaro C,Ferri C,Baldini C,De Vita S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty six patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were genotyped using a HindIII restriction fragment length polymorphism identified by CR1.1 cDNA, then were followed up for an average of 50 months to evaluate the stability of their CR1 activities. The gene frequencies for the two alleles which correlate with...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Satoh H,Yokota E,Tokiyama K,Kawaguchi T,Niho Y

更新日期：1991-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To characterise activation of the type I interferon (IFN) pathway in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic scleroderma (SSc) and to evaluate the potential to develop a molecular diagnostic tool from the peripheral bloo...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Higgs BW,Liu Z,White B,Zhu W,White WI,Morehouse C,Brohawn P,Kiener PA,Richman L,Fiorentino D,Greenberg SA,Jallal B,Yao Y

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with systemic lupus erythematosus who developed pneumococcal epiglottitis is described and the literature reviewed. This infection is extremely rare in adults, and only 10 cases, none of them with SLE, have so far been reported. Epiglottitis is usually caused by Haemophilus influenzae. However, in immunocomp...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Shalit M,Gross DJ,Levo Y

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether bortezomib, a proteasome inhibitor approved for treatment of multiple myeloma, induces clinically relevant plasma cell (PC) depletion in patients with active, refractory systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:Twelve patients received a median of two (range 1-4) 21-day cycles of i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Alexander T,Sarfert R,Klotsche J,Kühl AA,Rubbert-Roth A,Lorenz HM,Rech J,Hoyer BF,Cheng Q,Waka A,Taddeo A,Wiesener M,Schett G,Burmester GR,Radbruch A,Hiepe F,Voll RE

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess productivity costs incurred by rheumatoid arthritis, comprising paid as well as household productivity costs, from a societal perspective, using different methods. METHODS:A questionnaire on productivity, including items of the Health and Labour Questionnaire, was completed by 576 patients with rhe...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verstappen SM,Boonen A,Verkleij H,Bijlsma JW,Buskens E,Jacobs JW,Utrecht Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort Study Group.

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The contribution of rheumatology nurses to improved patient outcomes is increasingly recognised but more research is needed about the effects of interventions. The patient's role in deciding about healthcare quality is considered pivotal and therefore patients' opinions and expectations should be directional ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Eijk-Hustings Y,Ammerlaan J,Voorneveld-Nieuwenhuis H,Maat B,Veldhuizen C,Repping-Wuts H

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of certolizumab pegol (CZP) on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to interpret these results using number needed to treat (NNT), and associations between PRO responses and longer term outcomes. METHODS:A total of 619 patients with active RA were randomised...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Strand V,Smolen JS,van Vollenhoven RF,Mease P,Burmester GR,Hiepe F,Khanna D,Nikaï E,Coteur G,Schiff M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of acute stress on inflammatory, haemostatic, rheological, and haemodynamic activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in comparison with patients with osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS:21 patients with RA and 10 with OA underwent a brief mental stress task while standing. Inflammat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Veldhuijzen van Zanten JJ,Ring C,Carroll D,Kitas GD

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify the deleterious effects of Mayer's haematoxylin staining procedure which result in a decrease in, or complete loss of, the number of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals, and to determine the proper staining period for preserving the crystals in a histological paraffin section of articul...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ohira T,Ishikawa K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who subsequently developed thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. In each case the coexistence of these two conditions was confirmed by pathological findings. Both patients responded to treatment, but one eventually died. A review of the literature suggests a poss...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fox DA,Faix JD,Coblyn J,Fraser P,Smith B,Weinblatt ME

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An increased proportion of circulating follicular helper T (Tfh) cells was reported in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but it remains uncertain how Tfh cells affect antibody hyposialylation. We investigated the regulation of autoantibody hyposialylation by Tfh cells in RA using murine model. METHODS:Behaviours of...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kurata I,Matsumoto I,Ohyama A,Osada A,Ebe H,Kawaguchi H,Kaneko S,Kondo Y,Tsuboi H,Tomioka A,Kaji H,Sumida T

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the expression of ICAM1, VCAM1, E-selectin, CD44, and TNF alpha in labial salivary glands of patients with rheumatoid vasculitis. METHODS:Labial salivary glands from six patients with rheumatoid vasculitis before and after treatment, six aged matched rheumatoid arthritis patients without clinical e...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Flipo RM,Cardon T,Copin MC,Vandecandelaere M,Duquesnoy B,Janin A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00