In erosive hand osteoarthritis more inflammatory signs on ultrasound are found than in the rest of hand osteoarthritis.

abstract：:HLA types, especially HLA-DR3, are associated with the development of toxic reactions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis after treatment with gold or D-penicillamine. In this study, after treatment with sulphasalazine, leucopenia was observed in three patients, who all had a history of leucopenia after previous gol...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bliddal H,Eiberg B,Helin P,Svejgaard A

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart disease is a rare but important complication of polymyositis. Diagnosis of myocardial disease is usually based on non-specific clinical, electrocardiographic, and echocardiographic data. This paper reports a case of polymyositis with myocardial disease diagnosed by myocardial imaging with radiolabelled antibody ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Le Guludec D,Lhote F,Weinmann P,Royer I,Jarrousse B,Caillat-Vigneron N,Guillevin L,Moretti JL

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate coronary atherosclerosis in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and control subjects using coronary CT angiography (CCTA). METHODS:Ninety consecutive patients with PsA (male: 56(62.2%); 50.3±11.1 years) were recruited. 240 controls (male: 137(57.1%); 49.6±10.7 years) without known cardiovasc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Shen J,Wong KT,Cheng IT,Shang Q,Li EK,Wong P,Kun EW,Law MY,Yip R,Yim I,Ying S,Li M,Li TK,Wong CK,Zhu TY,Lee JJ,Chang M,Lee AP,Tam LS

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the potential therapeutic effects of leflunomide in patients with active AS in an open label study. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Twenty patients with AS fulfilling the 1984 modified New York criteria with a Bath AS Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) >3 were given leflunomide for 6 months. Clinical outcome as...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Haibel H,Rudwaleit M,Braun J,Sieper J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), vasculitis, and aortic valve incompetence of the histologically nonspecific type is described. Valve replacement was undertaken, and an excellent haemodynamic result was achieved. Both arthritis and vasculitis subsequently remitted. Valve replacement can be successfully perfor...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Liew M,Wilson D,Horton D,Fleming A

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the significance of quantitative levels of antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptides (anti-CCP) in a population of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:A total of 241 consecutive sera from patients with RA sent from a large rheumatology clinic for laboratory testing were selected f...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lee DM,Phillips R,Hagan EM,Chibnik LB,Costenbader KH,Schur PH

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:The effects of fasting for 7 days were investigated in 13 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in comparison with a control regimen in a cross-over trial. The effects of fasting on clinical performance and blood neutrophil functions were studied. During fasting, with a mean weight loss of 5.1 kg, clinical inflammat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Udén AM,Trang L,Venizelos N,Palmblad J

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of two gold(I) compounds on stability of lysosomes in vitro was studied. Lysosomes from homogenates of rat kidney cortex were isolated by differential centrifugation. These lysosomes were incubated at 37 degrees C with widely varied concentrations of sodium aurothiomalate and sodium aurothiosulphate for 5, ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Graabaek PM,Pedersen SM

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pregnant women with systemic sclerosis (SSc; scleroderma) have an increased risk of premature delivery and small full-term infants. During placental development, angiogenesis and vascular remodelling are essential for a successful pregnancy outcome. An analysis was made of the pathological changes and express...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ibba-Manneschi L,Manetti M,Milia AF,Miniati I,Benelli G,Guiducci S,Mecacci F,Mello G,Di Lollo S,Matucci-Cerinic M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low serum vitamin D concentrations have been reported in several autoimmune disorders. OBJECTIVE:To assess whether low serum vitamin D concentrations are related to disease activity of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:378 patients from several European and Israeli cohorts were pool...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Amital H,Szekanecz Z,Szücs G,Dankó K,Nagy E,Csépány T,Kiss E,Rovensky J,Tuchynova A,Kozakova D,Doria A,Corocher N,Agmon-Levin N,Barak V,Orbach H,Zandman-Goddard G,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prosthetic knee joint of a 64 year old woman with severe rheumatoid arthritis was found to be infected with Listeria monocytogenes. After treatment with intravenous antibiotics, symptoms gradually resolved. She subsequently received prolonged treatment with oral co-trimoxazole and 18 months later remained well. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Booth LV,Walters MT,Tuck AC,Luqmani RA,Cawley MI

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low sulphate levels in blood may contribute to osteoarthritis by decreasing cartilage chondroitin sulphation. OBJECTIVE:To measure serum levels of sulphate during 3 h of fasting or glucose ingestion after overnight fasts to determine how much sulphate lowering may occur during this period. METHODS:Sera fro...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

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

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the inflammatory response in giant cell arteritis (GCA) by characterising the DNA methylation pattern within the temporal artery microenvironment. METHODS:Twelve patients with non-equivocal histological evidence for GCA and 12 age-matched, sex-matched and ethnicity-matched controls with normal...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Coit P,De Lott LB,Nan B,Elner VM,Sawalha AH

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To carry out a prospective two year follow up study comparing conventional radiography, three-phase bone scintigraphy, ultrasonography (US), and three dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with precontrast and dynamic postcontrast examination in detecting early arthritis. The aim of the follow up ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Backhaus M,Burmester GR,Sandrock D,Loreck D,Hess D,Scholz A,Blind S,Hamm B,Bollow M

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prepare a website for families and health professionals containing up to date information about paediatric rheumatic diseases (PRD). METHODS:Firstly, paediatric rheumatology centres and family self help associations were surveyed to characterise current clinical practice of physicians providing care for c...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ruperto N,Garcia-Munitis P,Villa L,Pesce M,Aggarwal A,Fasth A,Avcin T,Bae SC,Balogh Z,Li C,De Inocencio J,Dibra M,Dolezalova P,El Miedany Y,Flato B,Harjacek M,Huppertz HI,Kanakoudi-Tsakalidou F,Wulffraat N,Lahdenne

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mast cells have been implicated in the pathogenesis of arthritis, but elucidation of their precise role has been hampered by a lack of efficient and selective inhibitors of their function. OBJECTIVE:To elucidate the role of mast cells in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to assess whether ap...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Juurikivi A,Sandler C,Lindstedt KA,Kovanen PT,Juutilainen T,Leskinen MJ,Mäki T,Eklund KK

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the feasibility of assessing patellofemoral osteoarthritis using the 'skyline' view and to compare its reproducibility with the standard lateral view. METHODS:Fifty patients attending a rheumatology outpatient department with osteoarthritis of the knee had standard radiographs taken of both kne...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jones AC,Ledingham J,McAlindon T,Regan M,Hart D,MacMillan PJ,Doherty M

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57 year old white man with aortic insufficiency and previously undiagnosed ankylosing spondylitis, who developed subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE), is described. Emergency aortic valve replacement was necessary, and the aortic valve pathology showed diffusely fibrosed and thickened valve leaflets with bacterial ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hoppmann RA,Wise CM,Challa VR,Peacock JE

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies have proved to be extremely valuable additions to conventional treatment for rheumatic diseases. However, despite the general trend towards "humanisation", these drugs remain immunogenic in clinical settings, baffling drug developers. In principle, humanised and fully human monoclonal antibodies ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Scott DW,De Groot AS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the hypothesis that synovial fluid (SF) from patients with osteoarthritis (OA) may contain calcium phosphate crystals that are either too small, or too few in number to be identified by conventional light microscopy techniques. METHODS:Twelve SF from 11 patients with established knee OA, five...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Swan A,Chapman B,Heap P,Seward H,Dieppe P

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe presentation and outcome of patients with scleroderma renal crisis (SRC). METHODS:SRC was defined as rapidly progressive oliguric renal insufficiency and/or rapidly progressive arterial hypertension occurring during the course of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Chronic dialysis-free survival was analy...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Teixeira L,Mouthon L,Mahr A,Berezné A,Agard C,Mehrenberger M,Noël LH,Trolliet P,Frances C,Cabane J,Guillevin L,Group Français de Recherche sur le Sclérodermie (GFRS).

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) treatment, either using antibodies or soluble receptors, has defined TNF as a major factor of the inflammatory response in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). As a result of this success, much attention has been devoted to understanding the molecular mechanisms by which TNF expr...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Foxwell BM,Bondeson J,Brennan F,Feldmann M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2001, the European League Against Rheumatism developed and disseminated the first guidelines for musculoskeletal (MS) ultrasound (US) in rheumatology. Fifteen years later, the dramatic expansion of new data on MSUS in the literature coupled with technological developments in US imaging has necessitated an...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Möller I,Janta I,Backhaus M,Ohrndorf S,Bong DA,Martinoli C,Filippucci E,Sconfienza LM,Terslev L,Damjanov N,Hammer HB,Sudol-Szopinska I,Grassi W,Balint P,Bruyn GAW,D'Agostino MA,Hollander D,Siddle HJ,Supp G,Schmidt W

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating immune complexes (CIC) were measured in 4 normal controls and 8 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by a polyethylene glycol precipitation (PEG) method during a 24-hour period. In all the normal controls levels fell during sleep and after drinking 1 pint (568 ml) of milk and rose before gettin...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Isenberg DA,Crisp AJ,Morrow WJ,Newham D,Snaith ML

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop evidence-based European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of Behçet disease (BD) supplemented where necessary by expert opinion. METHODS:The multidisciplinary expert committee, a task force of the EULAR Standing Committee for Clinical Affairs (ESCCA), consisted ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hatemi G,Silman A,Bang D,Bodaghi B,Chamberlain AM,Gul A,Houman MH,Kötter I,Olivieri I,Salvarani C,Sfikakis PP,Siva A,Stanford MR,Stübiger N,Yurdakul S,Yazici H,EULAR Expert Committee.

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence and clinical associations of autoantibodies to myeloperoxidase (MPO) in an unselected series of well-characterised outpatients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to compare the distribution of IgG subclasses of anti-MPO antibodies in these patients with that in patients with syste...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Cambridge G,Williams M,Leaker B,Corbett M,Smith CR

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the associations between overweight measures in childhood and knee pain, stiffness and dysfunction among adults 25 years later. METHODS:Subjects broadly representative of the Australian population (n=449, aged 31-41 years, female 48%) were selected from the Australian Schools Health and Fitness S...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Antony B,Jones G,Venn A,Cicuttini F,March L,Blizzard L,Dwyer T,Cross M,Ding C

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the influence of TAP1 and TAP2 alleles in northwestern Colombian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:Unselected patients with SLE (n=140) and controls (n=120) matched for sex, age, and ethnicity were analysed. Clinical manifestations, clinical activity, and severity of dise...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Correa PA,Molina JF,Pinto LF,Arcos-Burgos M,Herrera M,Anaya JM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the prevalence and pattern of neuropsychiatric (NP) syndromes observed in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) to patients with Primary Sjögren syndrome (PSS) using the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for the 19 NP syndromes seen in SLE. METHODS:A population-based study was conducte...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Harboe E,Tjensvoll AB,Maroni S,Gøransson LG,Greve OJ,Beyer MK,Herigstad A,Kvaløy JT,Omdal R

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00