Changes in estimated right ventricular systolic pressure predict mortality and pulmonary hypertension in a cohort of scleroderma patients.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To perform a systematic literature review of effective strategies for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:As part of a European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Task Force investigation, a literature search was carried out from January 1962 until February 2009 in PubMed/Ovid Embase/Cochrane...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Knevel R,Schoels M,Huizinga TW,Aletaha D,Burmester GR,Combe B,Landewé RB,Smolen JS,Sokka T,van der Heijde DM

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the associations between structural abnormalities on ultrasound (US) or conventional x-rays (CR) and pain in hand osteoarthritis (HOA). METHODS:In 55 consecutive patients with HOA (mean age 61 years, 86% women) fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology criteria, pain in 30 separate hand joints...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kortekaas MC,Kwok WY,Reijnierse M,Huizinga TW,Kloppenburg M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients were studied after jejunoileal bypass (JIB) surgery. Seven developed arthritis and six did not. Circulating immune complexes containing IgG and IgA were detected in the sera of patients with and without arthritis. IgA complexes were shown to contain secretory component, a protein predominantly associ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Clegg DO,Zone JJ,Samuelson CO Jr,Ward JR

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a T helper cell type 2 polarised disease by quantifying the T cell cytokines interferon gamma (IFNgamma), interleukin 4 (IL4), tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha), and IL10 at the single cell level in patients with AS in comparison with healthy HL...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Rudwaleit M,Siegert S,Yin Z,Eick J,Thiel A,Radbruch A,Sieper J,Braun J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the influence of intravenous pulsed methylprednisolone (MP) on bone mass. METHODS:38 patients (30 women) with various rheumatic disorders requiring intravenous MP pulse treatment were examined at baseline and after 6 months with dual energy x ray absorptiometry (DXA), measuring hip and lumbar spin...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Haugeberg G,Griffiths B,Sokoll KB,Emery P

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the association between changes in the delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC) index over 2 years as a measure of cartilage proteoglycan concentration, with changes in cartilage thickness in the medial tibiofemoral compartment of knees in middle-aged women. METHODS:One hundred and...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Crema MD,Hunter DJ,Burstein D,Roemer FW,Li L,Eckstein F,Krishnan N,Hellio Le-Graverand MP,Guermazi A

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are the most predictive factor for the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether the recognition of citrullinated epitopes changes during disease onset or progression, by studying the fine specificity of ACPA in serum samples coll...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Woude D,Rantapää-Dahlqvist S,Ioan-Facsinay A,Onnekink C,Schwarte CM,Verpoort KN,Drijfhout JW,Huizinga TW,Toes RE,Pruijn GJ

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:Selenium is a trace element and an essential part of the enzyme glutathione peroxidase, which protects cells from oxidative damage. Selenium has been shown to have antiproliferative, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and immune altering effects. Serum selenium concentrations in 101 patients with seropositive rheumatoid ar...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： O'Dell JR,Lemley-Gillespie S,Palmer WR,Weaver AL,Moore GF,Klassen LW

更新日期：1991-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To characterise renal tissue metabolic pathway gene expression in different forms of glomerulonephritis. METHODS:Patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS), antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and healthy living donors (LD) were studied. Clinically ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Grayson PC,Eddy S,Taroni JN,Lightfoot YL,Mariani L,Parikh H,Lindenmeyer MT,Ju W,Greene CS,Godfrey B,Cohen CD,Krischer J,Kretzler M,Merkel PA,Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium, the European Renal cDNA Bank cohort, and th

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case is reported of a 41 year old white woman who developed systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) seven years after primary Sjögren's syndrome and four years after the association of Sjögren's syndrome with Jaccoud's arthritis. The SLE was detected by a benign intracranial hypertension, which is a rare neuro-ophthalm...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Chevalier X,de Bandt M,Bourgeois P,Kahn MF

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the publication of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis (LVV) in 2009, several relevant randomised clinical trials and cohort analyses have been published, which have the potential to change clinical care and therefore supporting t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hellmich B,Agueda A,Monti S,Buttgereit F,de Boysson H,Brouwer E,Cassie R,Cid MC,Dasgupta B,Dejaco C,Hatemi G,Hollinger N,Mahr A,Mollan SP,Mukhtyar C,Ponte C,Salvarani C,Sivakumar R,Tian X,Tomasson G,Turesson C,S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the ability of low-cost low-field dedicated extremity magnetic resonance imaging (E-MRI) to assess and predict erosive joint damage in the wrist and metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS:24 previously untreated patients with rheumatoid arthritis with j...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lindegaard HM,Vallø J,Hørslev-Petersen K,Junker P,Østergaard M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) is a member of the IRF family of transcription factors, which regulate the production of proinflammatory cytokines. Polymorphisms in the IRF5 gene have been associated with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythaematosus (SLE) in Caucasian and Asian populations, but thei...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Shimane K,Kochi Y,Yamada R,Okada Y,Suzuki A,Miyatake A,Kubo M,Nakamura Y,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Population mean changes from clinical trials are difficult to apply to individuals in clinical practice. Responder analysis may be better, but needs validating for level of response and treatment duration. METHODS:The numbers of patients with pain relief over baseline (> or =15%, > or =30%, > or =50%, > or ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Moore RA,Moore OA,Derry S,Peloso PM,Gammaitoni AR,Wang H

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Certain sequences present in the hypervariable region of human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 known as the shared epitope (SE) are hypothesised to increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), whereas alleles encoding aspartic acid at position 70 (D70 alleles) may have a protective effect. METHODS:Patient H...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Shadick NA,Heller JE,Weinblatt ME,Maher NE,Cui J,Ginsburg G,Coblyn J,Anderson R,Solomon DH,Roubenoff R,Parker A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method is described which allows sequential monitoring of the endocytic activity of blood and synovial fluid cells from rheumatoid arthritis patients undergoing therapy with levamisole. Evidence of immediate (24 hours) and long-term (5-7 weeks) cellular phagocytic enhancement is presented. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wynne KM,Dieppe PA,Scott J,Huskisson EC

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure gelatinase activities in paired synovial fluid (SF) and serum of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and to assess how these activities relate to clinical and laboratory measures of disease activity. METHODS:A quantitative protein substrate zymography method was adapted and validate...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Peake NJ,Foster HE,Khawaja K,Cawston TE,Rowan AD

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To determine if the presence of low percentages of CD8 positive cells or high levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptors (sIL-2R) define a subgroup of patients with more severe polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis (PMR/GCA). METHODS:38 PMR/GCA patients were followed up prospectively. Serum levels ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Salvarani C,Boiardi L,Macchioni P,Rossi F,Tartoni P,Casadei Maldini M,Mancini R,Beltrandi E,Portioli I

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between baseline serum adipokines levels-leptin, adiponectin and resistin-and long-term progression of hand osteoarthritis (HOA). METHODS:Baseline and 6-year radiographs of 164 patients (mean age 60 years, 81% women) with HOA (defined as a Kellgren and Lawrence score ≥2 in at l...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yusuf E,Ioan-Facsinay A,Bijsterbosch J,Klein-Wieringa I,Kwekkeboom J,Slagboom PE,Huizinga TW,Kloppenburg M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneal serositis is not a widely recognised aspect of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Indeed, ascites in SLE is said to occur only when complicated by the nephrotic syndrome, congestive cardiac failure, or hepatic cirrhosis. We describe two patients who developed ascites that could be attributed to none of the...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mier A,Weir W

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed the impact of tocilizumab (TCZ), a humanised monoclonal anti-interleukin-6 receptor antibody, on antibody response following administration of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23). METHODS:A total of 190 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) received PPV23. Patients were c...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mori S,Ueki Y,Akeda Y,Hirakata N,Oribe M,Shiohira Y,Hidaka T,Oishi K

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To further explore deiodinase iodothyronine type 2 (DIO2) as a therapeutic target in osteoarthritis (OA) by studying the effects of forced mechanical loading on in vivo joint cartilage tissue homeostasis and the modulating effect herein of Dio2 deficiency. METHODS:Wild-type and C57BL/6-Dio2(-/-) -mice were s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bomer N,Cornelis FM,Ramos YF,den Hollander W,Storms L,van der Breggen R,Lakenberg N,Slagboom PE,Meulenbelt I,Lories RJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Earlier publications have suggested a possible role for the efflux transporter breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) in acquired resistance to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) such as leflunomide and its metabolite A771726 (teriflunomide). However, there is no direct evidence that BCRP intera...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kis E,Nagy T,Jani M,Molnár E,Jánossy J,Ujhellyi O,Német K,Herédi-Szabó K,Krajcsi P

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if a new inhibitor, esculetin (EST), can block resorption of cartilage. METHODS:Interleukin 1alpha (IL1alpha, 0.04-5 ng/ml) and oncostatin M (OSM, 0.4-50 ng/ml) were used to stimulate the release of proteoglycan and collagen from bovine nasal cartilage and human articular cartilage in explant cu...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Elliott S,Rowan AD,Carrère S,Koshy P,Catterall JB,Cawston TE

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, an American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) collaboration developed new classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the diagnostic and discriminative ability of these new criteria compared with the 1987 ACR criteria and the ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Britsemmer K,Ursum J,Gerritsen M,van Tuyl LH,van Schaardenburg D

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure Proteus mirabilis and Escherichia coli antibody levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) during treatment by vegetarian diet. METHODS:Sera were collected from 53 RA patients who took part in a controlled clinical trial of fasting and a one year vegetarian diet. P mirabilis and E coli anti...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kjeldsen-Kragh J,Rashid T,Dybwad A,Sioud M,Haugen M,Førre O,Ebringer A

更新日期：1995-03-01 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