Reliability and construct validity of ultrasonography of soft tissue and destructive changes in erosive osteoarthritis of the interphalangeal finger joints: a comparison with MRI.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate changes in baseline patient characteristics and entry criteria of randomised, controlled studies of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. METHODS:A systematic literature review was performed using predefined inclusion criteria to identify randomised...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Rahman MU,Buchanan J,Doyle MK,Hsia EC,Gathany T,Parasuraman S,Aletaha D,Matteson EL,Conaghan PG,Keystone E,van der Heijde D,Smolen JS

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:There is an urgent need for robust data on the trajectories and outcomes of pregnancies in women with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD). In particular when rare outcomes or rare diseases are to be investigated, collaborative approaches are required. However, joint data analyses are often li...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Meissner Y,Fischer-Betz R,Andreoli L,Costedoat-Chalumeau N,De Cock D,Dolhain RJEM,Forger F,Goll D,Molto A,Nelson-Piercy C,Özdemir R,Raio L,Rodríguez-García SC,Sciascia S,Wallenius M,Zbinden A,Zink A,Strangfeld A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A great deal of evidence has shown that non-human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 genes may play crucial roles in the aetiology of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), but there is little evidence of a relationship with tumour necrosis factor (TNF)alpha gene variation. One functional single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Zhu X,Wang Y,Sun L,Song Y,Sun F,Tang L,Huo Z,Li J,Yang Z

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiographic changes of ankylosing spondylitis were studied in 50 females and 82 males. There was a tendency for the males to have more severe arthritic changes in the sacroiliac joints than the females, but the difference did not reach statistical significance. Males significantly more often had radiological invo...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gran JT,Husby G,Hordvik M,Størmer J,Romberg-Andersen O

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNs), which predominate in inflammatory synovial fluid, can degrade cartilage. This was measured by a novel in vitro model; PMNs were incubated for up to one hour with 2 or 3 microns sections of cartilage and the glycosaminoglycan loss determined by microdensitometry after alcian blue st...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Moore AR,Iwamura H,Larbre JP,Scott DL,Willoughby DA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of four different assays for circulating immune complexes-the C1q solid phase method, one using protein A and one using anti-IgG, C1q PEG, and the 2% PEG method-were compared in 61 patients with early rheumatoid arthritis followed up for two years. There were weak but statistically significant correlat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Reeback JS,Silman AJ,Holborow EJ,Maini RN,Hay FC

更新日期：1985-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress in RA synovial tissue can cause DNA damage and suppress the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) system in cultured synoviocytes. This mechanism includes two enzyme complexes, hMutSalpha (hMSH2/hMSH6) and hMutSbeta (hMSH2/hMSH3). OBJECTIVE:To examine the expression and distribution of MMR enzymes in s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Simelyte E,Boyle DL,Firestein GS

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the incidence of new cancer diagnoses in a community sample of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). METHODS:All incident cases of PMR in the UK General Practice Research Database (GPRD) (1987-99), without pre-existing cancer or vascular disease and treated with corticosteroids (n=2877) ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Muller S,Hider SL,Belcher J,Helliwell T,Mallen CD

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in cellular infiltrate and expression of cytokines, chemokines, and cell adhesion molecules as a result of therapeutic interventions in rheumatoid arthritis can be demonstrated in the synovial membrane. However, before synovial tissue analysis can be used as an outcome measure in such studies, standardisation ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smith MD,Baeten D,Ulfgren AK,McInnes IB,Fitzgerald O,Bresnihan B,Tak PP,Veale D,OMERACT synovial special interests group.

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Precise diagnosis and follow up treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) requires objective quantification, which is still lacking. For this purpose, radiological analyses are considered to be the most appropriate method. OBJECTIVE:To develop computer assisted quantification software that is particularly appl...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wick M,Peloschek P,Bögl K,Graninger W,Smolen JS,Kainberger F

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Increased numbers of neutrophils expressing proteinase 3 on their membrane (mPR3) have been reported in anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) and are suggested to be involved in AAV immunopathogenesis. In most studies, neutrophils were analysed for mPR3 expression without prim...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Rossum AP,Huitema MG,Stegeman CA,Bijl M,de Leeuw K,Van Leeuwen MA,Limburg PC,Kallenberg CG

更新日期：2007-10-01 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

authors：

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A recent genome-wide association study in European systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients identified three loci (PSORS1C1, TNIP1 and RHOB) as novel genetic risk factors for the disease. The aim of this study was to replicate the previously mentioned findings in a large multicentre independent SSc cohort of Cauc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bossini-Castillo L,Martin JE,Broen J,Simeon CP,Beretta L,Gorlova OY,Vonk MC,Ortego-Centeno N,Espinosa G,Carreira P,García de la Peña P,Oreiro N,Román-Ivorra JA,Castillo MJ,González-Gay MA,Sáez-Comet L,Castellví I,Schuer

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation of habitual knuckle cracking to osteoarthrosis with functional impairment of the hand has long been considered an old wives' tale without experimental support. The mechanical sequelae of knuckle cracking have been shown to produce the rapid release of energy in the form of sudden vibratory energy, much li...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Castellanos J,Axelrod D

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:MRI scoring systems for hand osteoarthritis (HOA) are currently not available. The present work proposes the Oslo HOA MRI (OHOA-MRI) score and examines the intrareader and inter-reader reliability. METHODS:Relevant HOA features were included in the initial version of the OHOA-MRI score after literature revi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Haugen IK,Lillegraven S,Slatkowsky-Christensen B,Haavardsholm EA,Sesseng S,Kvien TK,van der Heijde D,Bøyesen P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reaching the therapeutic target of remission or low-disease activity has improved outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) significantly. The treat-to-target recommendations, formulated in 2010, have provided a basis for implementation of a strategic approach towards this therapeutic goal in routi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smolen JS,Breedveld FC,Burmester GR,Bykerk V,Dougados M,Emery P,Kvien TK,Navarro-Compán MV,Oliver S,Schoels M,Scholte-Voshaar M,Stamm T,Stoffer M,Takeuchi T,Aletaha D,Andreu JL,Aringer M,Bergman M,Betteridge N,Bijls

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the long-term effects of induction therapy with adalimumab (ADA) plus methotrexate (MTX) in comparison with placebo (PBO) plus MTX in DMARD-naïve patients with active early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Patients with active early RA (disease duration of ≤12 months) were randomly assigned ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Detert J,Bastian H,Listing J,Weiß A,Wassenberg S,Liebhaber A,Rockwitz K,Alten R,Krüger K,Rau R,Simon C,Gremmelsbacher E,Braun T,Marsmann B,Höhne-Zimmer V,Egerer K,Buttgereit F,Burmester GR

更新日期：2013-06-01 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 AND OBJECTIVE:Serum leptin measures are associated with radiographic knee osteoarthritis, but no studies have examined leptin levels with respect to different measures of knee joint damage from MRI. METHODS:Participants in the Michigan Study of Women's Health Across the Nation underwent bilateral knee MRIs ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Karvonen-Gutierrez CA,Harlow SD,Jacobson J,Mancuso P,Jiang Y

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To conduct a cross-sectional review of non-selected consecutive outpatients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as part of standard clinical care in 15 countries for an overview of the characteristics of patients with RA. METHODS:The review included current disease activity using data from clinical assessment and...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sokka T,Kautiainen H,Toloza S,Mäkinen H,Verstappen SM,Lund Hetland M,Naranjo A,Baecklund E,Herborn G,Rau R,Cazzato M,Gossec L,Skakic V,Gogus F,Sierakowski S,Bresnihan B,Taylor P,McClinton C,Pincus T,QUEST-RA Group.

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral glucosamine preparations are widely used as a treatment for osteoarthritis, purportedly functioning by a variety of mechanisms suggested by results of in vitro experiments, and generally using glucosamine concentrations well in excess of 100 micromol/l. OBJECTIVE:To use high performance liquid chromato...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Biggee BA,Blinn CM,McAlindon TE,Nuite M,Silbert JE

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of joint involvement on conventional radiographs and the four hour gammacamera image of 99Tc HMDP bone scans were studied in 33 patients with generalised nodal osteoarthritis. Both techniques showed the predominant involvement of the distal interphalangeal, scaphotrapezial, and first carpometacarpal joints...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hutton CW,Higgs ER,Jackson PC,Watt I,Dieppe PA

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myeloid inhibitory C-type lectin-like receptor (MICL, Clec12A) is a C-type lectin receptor (CLR) expressed predominantly by myeloid cells. Previous studies have suggested that MICL is involved in controlling inflammation. OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of this CLR in inflammatory pathology using Clec12A(-/...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Redelinghuys P,Whitehead L,Augello A,Drummond RA,Levesque JM,Vautier S,Reid DM,Kerscher B,Taylor JA,Nigrovic PA,Wright J,Murray GI,Willment JA,Hocking LJ,Fernandes MJ,De Bari C,Mcinnes IB,Brown GD

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free thiomalate is measureable in the plasma and urine of patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving sodium aurothiomalate (Myocrisin). Plasma concentrations and urinary excretion of free thiomalate were measured in 8 patients by high-performance liquid chromatography and electrochemical detection. After an initial ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Rudge SR,Perrett D,Swannell AJ

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum IgG antibodies to native and denatured human type II collagen (Col II) were measured using an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). One hundred and thirty one patients with various forms of arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), psoriatic arthritis (PSA). Reiter's Syndrome...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Choi EK,Gatenby PA,McGill NW,Bateman JF,Cole WG,York JR

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare patterns of arteriographic lesions of the aorta and primary branches in patients with Takayasu's arteritis (TAK) and giant cell arteritis (GCA). METHODS:Patients were selected from two North American cohorts of TAK and GCA. The frequency of arteriographic lesions was calculated for 15 large arter...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Grayson PC,Maksimowicz-McKinnon K,Clark TM,Tomasson G,Cuthbertson D,Carette S,Khalidi NA,Langford CA,Monach PA,Seo P,Warrington KJ,Ytterberg SR,Hoffman GS,Merkel PA,Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium.

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the association between silica exposure, separately as well as combined with smoking, and the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with or without the presence of antibodies against citrullinated peptide antigens (ACPA). METHODS:This Swedish population based case-control study analysed 577 i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Stolt P,Yahya A,Bengtsson C,Källberg H,Rönnelid J,Lundberg I,Klareskog L,Alfredsson L,EIRA Study Group.

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen patients with classic rheumatoid arthritis (RA) complicated by severe vasculitis were studied and compared with a matched control group of 16 RA patients without vasculitis. Seven of the patients with vasculitis died within 4 to 120 months (median 32 months) after developing vasculitic symptoms. Gangrene of di...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Geirsson AJ,Sturfelt G,Truedsson L

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(1) The phagocytosis of human IgG, IgM, and C3 by granulocytes from various rheumatoid and nonrheumatoid sera and synovial fluids (SF) was investigated by direct examination of the patient's leucocytes and indirect testing by incubation of normal donor leucocytes with various sera and SF. (2) In rheumatoid arthritis (...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Cats A,Lafeber GJ,Klein F

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00