Anti-TNF therapies and pregnancy: outcome of 130 pregnancies in the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop a questionnaire assessing the expectations of patients regarding management of osteoarthritis (OA of the knee. METHODS:A detailed document reporting on a qualitative analysis of interviews of patients with knee OA was sent to experts and a Delphi procedure was adopted for item generation. Eighty ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Benhamou M,Boutron I,Dalichampt M,Baron G,Alami S,Rannou F,Ravaud P,Poiraudeau S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult human articular cartilage has been maintained in organ culture for 8 days, and the culture medium, which was changed on alternate days, was pooled. Normal and rheumatoid cartilage was obtained from patients and 4 types of culture were prepared: (1) cartilage alone; (2) cartilage + D-penicillamine; (3) cartilage ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jacoby RK

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess the value of power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) in combination with routine management in a cohort of patients with very early inflammatory arthritis (IA). METHODS:50 patients with < or =12 weeks of inflammatory symptoms with or without signs had clinical, laboratory and ima...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Freeston JE,Wakefield RJ,Conaghan PG,Hensor EM,Stewart SP,Emery P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study aim was to examine the B lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) receptor-ligand system in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-induced B lymphocyte clonal disorders. METHODS:94 patients with chronic HCV (including 35 with HCV+ mixed cryoglobulinaemia (MC)-vasculitis and nine with HCV+ B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (B-NHL...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Landau DA,Rosenzwajg M,Saadoun D,Klatzmann D,Cacoub P

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare levels of disability of people with and without hip and knee arthroplasty in a random national sample. METHODS:In 1999 a screening questionnaire to classify people into groups of increasing probabilities of disability was sent to 417 500 people; response rate 86%. The study population was obtaine...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Boutron I,Poiraudeau S,Ravaud JF,Baron G,Revel M,Nizard R,Dougados M,Ravaud P

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) has changed dramatically since the introduction of biological agents in 1999. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate trends in prescription patterns of biological agents and the subsequent outcome of JIA. METHODS:The Arthritis and Biologics in Children register (multicentre ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Otten MH,Anink J,Prince FH,Twilt M,Vastert SJ,ten Cate R,Hoppenreijs EP,Armbrust W,Gorter SL,van Pelt PA,Kamphuis SS,Dolman KM,Swart JF,van den Berg JM,Koopman-Keemink Y,van Rossum MA,Wulffraat NM,van Suijlekom-Smit LW

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals were injected intra-articularly with antigen after prior immunization with that antigen in Freund's incomplete adjuvant in order to precipitate immune complexes in the surfaces of menisci, ligaments, and cartilage. On reimmunization with antigen in Freund's complete adjuvant 10 weeks later, generally an arthri...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fox A,Glynn LE

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In a post-hoc analysis, we aimed to validate the Lupus Low Disease Activity State (LLDAS) definition as an endpoint in an systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) Phase IIb randomised controlled trial (RCT) (MUSE [NCT01438489]) and then utilize LLDAS to discriminate between anifrolumab and placebo. METHODS:Patien...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Morand EF,Trasieva T,Berglind A,Illei GG,Tummala R

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To carry out a critical appraisal of the literature in an attempt to assess the current value of synovial fluid (SF) analysis in the diagnosis of joint disease. METHODS:A literature search was undertaken using the Medline, Biomed, Bids, Pubmed, and Embase electronic databases using the keywords: synovial flu...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Swan A,Amer H,Dieppe P

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of polytenosynovitis in a 31-year-old male during the course of a severe bacteraemic illness caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b. The clinical presentation was similar to tenosynovitis caused by bacterial or viral agents. As the management of the H. influenzae tenosynovitis would differ from tha...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bansal S,Magnussen CR,Napodano RJ

更新日期：1979-12-01 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：:Three patients presented with septal fasciitis and panniculitis, associated with clinical and laboratory features which precluded straight-forward classification into eosinophilic fasciitis, localised scleroderma, or lupus erythematosus profundus. Treatment with cimetidine caused the remission of cutaneous manifestati...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Naschitz JE,Yeshurun D,Rosner I,Abrahamson JE,Misselevitch I,Boss JH

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An attempt was made to ascertain whether intra-articular corticosteroids exert a harmful effect on primate cartilage. The knee joints of 10 Macaca irus monkeys were subjected to either one, two, or six injections of 20 mg methyl prednisolone or an equal number of control injections over a 12-week period. Minor degener...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gibson T,Burry HC,Poswillo D,Glass J

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Annual echocardiography screening is widely used in scleroderma, but the utility of longitudinal assessment is unknown. We evaluated whether change in right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP) was a risk factor for mortality and development of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a cohort of scleroderma...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Shah AA,Chung SE,Wigley FM,Wise RA,Hummers LK

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify genetic associations with hip osteoarthritis (HOA), we performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of HOA. METHODS:The GWAS meta-analysis included approximately 2.5 million imputed HapMap single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). HOA cases and controls defined radiographica...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Evans DS,Cailotto F,Parimi N,Valdes AM,Castaño-Betancourt MC,Liu Y,Kaplan RC,Bidlingmaier M,Vasan RS,Teumer A,Tranah GJ,Nevitt MC,Cummings SR,Orwoll ES,Barrett-Connor E,Renner JB,Jordan JM,Doherty M,Doherty SA,Uitte

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case is reported of a 27 year old woman who had mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) associated with chronic active hepatitis and thyroiditis. Although hepatomegaly is sometimes observed in MCTD, only four cases of MCTD and chronic active hepatitis have been described. It is thought that this is the first report...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tomsic M,Ferlan-Marolt V,Kveder T,Hojker S,Rozman B

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI) compared with subjects without RA, with the increased risk driven potentially by inflammation. Tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) may modulate the risk and severity of MI. We compared the risk and severity of MI...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Low AS,Symmons DP,Lunt M,Mercer LK,Gale CP,Watson KD,Dixon WG,Hyrich KL,British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register for Rheumatoid Arthritis (BSRBR-RA) and the BSRBR Control Centre Consortium.

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether 17beta-oestradiol (E2) modulates interleukin (IL) 1beta-induced proteoglycan degradation in chondrocytes, and to analyse the part played by metalloproteinases (MMPs) in this process. METHODS:Primary cultured rabbit articular chondrocytes were prepared and treated with 10 ng/ml IL1beta co...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Richette P,Dumontier MF,François M,Tsagris L,Korwin-Zmijowska C,Rannou F,Corvol MT

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Examine whether osteoarthritis (OA) progression can be delayed by halofuginone in anterior cruciate ligament transection (ACLT) rodent models. METHODS:3-month-old male C57BL/6J (wild type; WT) mice and Lewis rats were randomised to sham-operated, ACLT-operated, treated with vehicle, or ACLT-operated, treate...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Cui Z,Crane J,Xie H,Jin X,Zhen G,Li C,Xie L,Wang L,Bian Q,Qiu T,Wan M,Xie M,Ding S,Yu B,Cao X

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum samples were obtained from patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR: n = 10) or giant cell arteritis (GCA; n = 7), or both. Samples were taken either before treatment or within one week of starting prednisolone. Immune complexes (IC) were concentrated by polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation then purified wit...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smith AJ,Kyle V,Cawston TE,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The International League of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria define systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) by the presence of fever, rash and chronic arthritis. Recent initiatives to revise current criteria recognise that a lack of arthritis complicates making the diagnosis early,...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gohar F,McArdle A,Jones M,Callan N,Hernandez B,Kessel C,Miranda-Garcia M,Lavric M,Holzinger D,Pretzer C,Lainka E,Vastert SJ,de Roock S,FitzGerald O,Pennington SR,Foell D

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously normal 58-year-old woman developed a widespread psoriatic rash and asymmetrical peripheral polyarthritis a week after beginning treatment with oxprenolol for hypertension. Skin and joint disease resolved simultaneously after drug withdrawal and have not recurred. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Macfarlane DG,Settas L

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The use of silicone implants in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery has been implicated in the development of autoimmune connective tissue diseases. Previous investigation of the influence of short-term silicone implantation using an experimental model of rheumatoid arthritis revealed no adverse influence up...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Schaefer CJ,Lawrence WD,Wooley PH

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six measurements of joint mobility were made in a group of 446 normal adolescents. A method of measuring hip and knee rotation is presented. All these data are normally distributed, and would suggest that joint hypermobility lies at the end of the normal spectrum. There was a weak but significant correlation between e...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fairbank JC,Pynsent PB,Phillips H

更新日期：1984-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) antagonist therapy on B lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) expression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Blood from 38 patients with RA from a single centre was collected prior to and following initiation of TNF antagonist therapy. Plasma BLyS ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： La DT,Collins CE,Yang HT,Migone TS,Stohl W

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients are presented who sustained bilateral rupture of the Achilles tendon while on systemic steroid therapy for chest disease; a fourth patient with polymyalgia rheumatica on steroids is also presented. This is further evidence that tendon rupture can be a direct complication of steroid treatment. The Englis...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Haines JF

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyse the association between chondrocalcinosis and osteoarthritis (OA) of the hands and knees in an unselected elderly rural population. METHODS:A community based cross sectional study was performed in individuals randomly selected from a previous epidemiological survey on the prevalence of chondrocal...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sanmarti R,Kanterewicz E,Pladevall M,Pañella D,Tarradellas JB,Gomez JM

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prediction of the postpartum onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Two thousand five hundred and forty seven healthy pregnant subjects were examined prospectively and the relation between serum rheumatoid factors (RF) and postpartum onset of RA was observed. Rheumatoid factors were m...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Iijima T,Tada H,Hidaka Y,Yagoro A,Mitsuda N,Kanzaki T,Murata Y,Amino N

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00