It is time to rethink juvenile idiopathic arthritis classification and nomenclature.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of a switch from oral methotrexate (MTX) to subcutaneous MTX (scMTX) or adding ciclosporin to oral MTX with a simultaneous reduction of the MTX dose, in case of adverse events (AE) or insufficient effect (IE) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:The tight control treatment arm of ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bakker MF,Jacobs JW,Welsing PM,van der Werf JH,Linn-Rasker SP,van der Veen MJ,Lafeber FP,Bijlsma JW,Utrecht Arthritis Cohort Study Group.

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta) on proteoglycan synthesis and degradation in anatomically intact articular cartilage of murine patellae was studied. Exogenously added TGF beta up to a concentration of 200 pmol/l had no effect on proteoglycan synthesis in intact articular cartilage. Neutralisat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Kraan PM,Vitters EL,van den Berg WB

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evidence was sought for genetic anticipation (disease occurring at an earlier age in subsequent generations, with increasing severity) in nodal osteoarthritis (NOA). METHODS:Age at symptom onset and disease severity was compared within 30 parent/offspring pairs with NOA. Correlation between the offspring age...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wright GD,Regan M,Deighton CM,Wallis G,Doherty M

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There are no agreed criteria for osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee in population studies. The radiographic scoring system of Kellgren and Lawrence has been the system most used in the past and although other methods have been developed, comparisons have not been performed. Therefore these grading systems were ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Spector TD,Hart DJ,Byrne J,Harris PA,Dacre JE,Doyle DV

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine discrepancies in patients' current use and expected future use of the internet for different functions. METHOD:A short questionnaire was developed to assess patients' current use of the internet for three functions: "seeking information", "mutual support", and "care provider contact". This quest...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Lankveld WG,Derks AM,van den Hoogen FH

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:B lymphocytes have been implicated in the pathogenesis of lupus and other autoimmune diseases, resulting in the introduction of B cell-directed therapies. Epratuzumab, a humanised anti-CD22 monoclonal antibody, is currently in clinical trials, although its effects on patients' B cells are not completely under...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jacobi AM,Goldenberg DM,Hiepe F,Radbruch A,Burmester GR,Dörner T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that pustulosis palmaris et plantaris and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are two distinct diseases, and that the associated dermatoses are therefore also distinct diseases. METHODS:We prospectively performed clinical, radiological, biological, and bone scan investigations in 23 outpatients ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mejjad O,Daragon A,Louvel JP,Da Silva LF,Thomine E,Lauret P,Le Loët X

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and laboratory data for an 8 year old girl with abdominal pain as a presenting manifestation of acute rheumatic fever are reported. An abdominal investigation with ultrasonography carried out at the same time showed free peritoneal fluid. These findings support the proposal that the abdominal pain classic...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Picard E,Gedalia A,Benmeir P,Zucker N,Barki Y

更新日期：1992-03-01 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:The threshold for disease activity required to start antitumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy has been arbitrarily set in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) at Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) ≥ 4. How this relates to spinal inflammation is unknown. OBJECTIVE:To systema...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kiltz U,Baraliakos X,Karakostas P,Igelmann M,Kalthoff L,Klink C,Krause D,Schmitz-Bortz E,Flörecke M,Bollow M,Braun J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Smoking increases the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and worsens the course of the disease. In the current study we analysed whether smoking can affect gene expression directly in the joints. METHODS:Synovial fibroblasts were incubated with 5% cigarette smoke extract and changes in gene expres...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ospelt C,Camici GG,Engler A,Kolling C,Vogetseder A,Gay RE,Michel BA,Gay S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCA), a marker for Crohn's disease (CD), are present in spondyloarthropathies (SpA) and in the subgroups ankylosing spondylitis (AS), undifferentiated SpA (uSpA), and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), in comparison with healthy and inflammatory contr...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hoffman IE,Demetter P,Peeters M,De Vos M,Mielants H,Veys EM,De Keyser F

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study maternal and fetal outcome of pregnancy in patients with lupus who were exposed to hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). METHODS:The case records of women (n = 33) exposed to HCQ during their pregnancies (n = 36) and of 53 control patients from a single lupus pregnancy centre were reviewed to determine lupus ac...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Buchanan NM,Toubi E,Khamashta MA,Lima F,Kerslake S,Hughes GR

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate changes in bone mineral density (BMD) in the hands, hip and spine after 1 and 2 years of follow-up, in relation to antirheumatic and antiresorptive therapies and disease and demographic variables in patients with recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Changes in BMD measured in metacarp...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Güler-Yüksel M,Allaart CF,Goekoop-Ruiterman YP,de Vries-Bouwstra JK,van Groenendael JH,Mallée C,de Bois MH,Breedveld FC,Dijkmans BA,Lems WF

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) containing a strong non-aluminium adjuvant is associated with increased risk of gout flares, presumably via NLRP3 inflammasome activation. We tested the possibility that other vaccines may also be associated with gout flares. METHODS:We conducted an online case-crossover...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yokose C,McCormick N,Chen C,Neogi T,Chaisson C,Terkeltaub R,Hunter DJ,Zhang Y,Choi H

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is presented that a single injection of bacterial antigen in oil into a footpad of rats of 5 strains induced different clinical forms of adjuvant disease in the individual rat strains. Rats were injected with 300 micrograms heat-killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 50 microliters paraffin. Inflammatory lesion...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Muir VY,Dumonde DC

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The MEFV gene is responsible for familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Several disease associated mutations have been identified. The range of genetic variation in MEFV in Greek patients has not been determined. OBJECTIVE:To describe a method that facilitates the routine screening of the entire coding sequenc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ritis K,Giaglis S,Spathari N,Micheli A,Zonios D,Tzoanopoulos D,Deltas CC,Rafail S,Mean R,Papadopoulos V,Tzioufas AG,Moutsopoulos HM,Kartalis G

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(1) An epidemiological study of a rural African community has been carried out in the Western Transvaal. Altogether 801 respondents over 15 years old were examined; radiographs of the hands and feet were obtained in all these individuals. Serological tests for rheumatoid factor were carried out on 516 blood samples. (...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Beighton P,Solomon L,Valkenburg HA

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy may be associated with opportunistic infections (OIs). OBJECTIVE:To describe the spectrum of non-tuberculosis OIs associated with anti-TNF therapy and identify their risk factors. METHODS:A 3-year national French registry (RATIO) collected all cases of OI in patien...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Salmon-Ceron D,Tubach F,Lortholary O,Chosidow O,Bretagne S,Nicolas N,Cuillerier E,Fautrel B,Michelet C,Morel J,Puéchal X,Wendling D,Lemann M,Ravaud P,Mariette X,RATIO group.

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of the walking activities of 243 individuals was carried out. The individuals came from four different occupations and had an age range of 17-83 years. The survey carried out in this investigation showed surprisingly little correlation between variables such as age, height, and weight of individuals and their ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Seedhom BB,Wallbridge NC

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound (US) unquestionably improves many aspects of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis and management, but no consensus has been reached regarding the optimal US methodology that should be used, and high levels of standardisation have not yet been attained. Current evidence from two randomised controlled trials d...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Caporali R,Smolen JS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Autophagy has recently been shown to regulate osteoclast activity and osteoclast differentiation. Here, we aim to investigate the impact of autophagy inhibition as a potential therapeutic approach for the treatment of osteoporosis in preclinical models. METHODS:Systemic bone loss was induced in mice by gluc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lin NY,Chen CW,Kagwiria R,Liang R,Beyer C,Distler A,Luther J,Engelke K,Schett G,Distler JH

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：:Thermography before and after joint irrigation at arthroscopy showed no significant improvement of inflammation in 14 patients. Subjectively, those with chondrocalcinosis did best. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bird HA,Ring EF

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the elastic properties of the ascending aorta in untreated patients with giant cell arteritis compared with age and sex matched normal controls. METHODS:Distensibility of the ascending aorta and aortic strain were measured in 22 patients with a recent diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (documen...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Margos PN,Moyssakis IE,Tzioufas AG,Zintzaras E,Moutsopoulos HM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Progranulin (PGRN) was previously isolated as an osteoarthritis (OA)-associated growth factor. Additionally, PGRN was found to play a therapeutic role in inflammatory arthritis mice models through antagonising tumour necrosis factor α (TNF-α). This study was aimed at investigating the role of PGRN in degradat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Zhao YP,Liu B,Tian QY,Wei JL,Richbourgh B,Liu CJ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The heteropolymer technology was developed to remove pathogens from the circulation. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the safety and tolerability of a single administration and to establish proof of principle for ETI-104 in normal healthy volunteers (NHV) and patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) METHODS: ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Iking-Konert C,Stocks S,Weinsberg F,Engelbrecht R,Bleck E,Perniok A,Fischer-Betz R,Pincus S,Nardone L,Schneider M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiological development from normal bone of geodes and subsequent fractures in phalanges of two adjacent fingers is described in a patient with classical rheumatoid arthritis. Presentation was as a septic, discharging focus, but infection was excluded; the pathology is described. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lowthian PJ,Calin A

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the potential clinical benefit of a combination therapy. METHODS:205 patients fulfilling the ACR criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), not treated with disease modifying antirheumatoid drugs previously, with an early (< or = 1 year duration), active (Disease Activity Score (DAS) > 3.0), rhe...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dougados M,Combe B,Cantagrel A,Goupille P,Olive P,Schattenkirchner M,Meusser S,Paimela L,Rau R,Zeidler H,Leirisalo-Repo M,Peldan K

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of exacerbations in the disease course was investigated in 110 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who were studied prospectively at our institute for lupus research. At the time of disease onset and diagnosis the male patients were much older than the female patients (about 10 years); exace...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Swaak AJ,Nossent JC,Bronsveld W,van Rooyen A,Nieuwenhuys EJ,Theuns L,Smeenk RJ

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00