Listeria monocytogenes infection in a prosthetic knee joint in rheumatoid arthritis.

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:To estimate the prevalence and incidence of systemic sclerosis (SSc) in southern Sweden. METHODS:In Skåne, the southernmost region of Sweden (total population 1.2 million), healthcare provided is registered in the Skåne Healthcare Register. We identified all Skåne residents who had received an International...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Andréasson K,Saxne T,Bergknut C,Hesselstrand R,Englund M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Wnt16 is implicated in bone fracture and bone mass accrual both in animals and humans. However, its functional roles and molecular mechanism in chondrocyte differentiation and osteoarthritis (OA) pathophysiology remain largely undefined. In this study, we analysed its mechanistic association and functional r...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tong W,Zeng Y,Chow DHK,Yeung W,Xu J,Deng Y,Chen S,Zhao H,Zhang X,Ho KK,Qin L,Mak KK

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hyperplasia of synovial fibroblasts, infiltration with lymphocytes and tissue hypoxia are major characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Extensive data support a key role for toll-like receptors (TLRs) in RA. Little is known regarding the impact of hypoxia on TLR-induced inflammation in RA. The aim of t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hu F,Mu R,Zhu J,Shi L,Li Y,Liu X,Shao W,Li G,Li M,Su Y,Cohen PL,Qiu X,Li Z

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the efficacy and safety of peficitinib, an oral Janus kinase inhibitor, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:In this double-blind phase III study, patients with RA and an inadequate response to prior disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) were randomised to peficitinib...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tanaka Y,Takeuchi T,Tanaka S,Kawakami A,Iwasaki M,Song YW,Chen YH,Wei JC,Lee SH,Rokuda M,Izutsu H,Ushijima S,Kaneko Y,Akazawa R,Shiomi T,Yamada E

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This multicentre study was performed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a wide spectrum of novel technologies nowadays available for detection of myeloperoxidase (MPO) and proteinase 3 (PR3)-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs). METHODS:Sera (obtained at the time of diagnosis) from 251 patients ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Damoiseaux J,Csernok E,Rasmussen N,Moosig F,van Paassen P,Baslund B,Vermeersch P,Blockmans D,Cohen Tervaert JW,Bossuyt X

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In systemic sclerosis (SSc), vascular involvement is characterised by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A/VEGF receptor (VEGFR) system disturbances. Neuropilin-1 (NRP1), a receptor for both class-3 semaphorins (Sema3s) and VEGF-A, is required for optimal VEGF-A/VEGFR-2 signalling. Here, we investigat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Romano E,Chora I,Manetti M,Mazzotta C,Rosa I,Bellando-Randone S,Blagojevic J,Soares R,Avouac J,Allanore Y,Ibba-Manneschi L,Matucci-Cerinic M,Guiducci S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that the process of hypoxic-reperfusion injury contributes to the persistence of synovitis in the inflamed human joint. The generation of pathological, exercise induced, intra-articular pressure leading to occlusion of the synovial microcirculation is central to this mechanism. However, acute trau...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Merry P,Williams R,Cox N,King JB,Blake DR

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An acute inflammatory arthritis has been induced in 76% of rats injected intradermally with native bovine type II collagen emulsified in Freund's complete (CFA) or incomplete (ICFA) adjuvant. The arthritis became chronic in 14 out of 31 rats, and ear and tail lesions were noted in some rats. No arthritis was induced b...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Morgan K,Clague RB,Shaw MJ,Holt PJ

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An investigation of cell-mediated cytotoxicity in 22 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), using both whole blood and purified peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBM) to measure antibody-dependent (ADCC) and phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-induced lymphocyte cytotoxicity for Chang liver cells, has revealed 2 di...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wright JK,Hughes P,Gelsthorpe K,Ward AM,Rowell NR

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate changes in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with refractory juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) who are being treated with etanercept. METHODS:53 patients with JIA from seven Dutch centres were included. HRQoL was measured by the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ),...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Prince FH,Geerdink LM,Borsboom GJ,Twilt M,van Rossum MA,Hoppenreijs EP,Cate RT,Koopman-Keemink Y,van Santen-Hoeufft M,Raat H,van Suijlekom-Smit LW

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:One hundred and two rural patients and 100 urban patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthrosis and 203 age and sex matched controls were visited in their homes to evaluate their problems, needs, and expectations. Although one would expect disability to affect the mobility of a person, it was found that rural p...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Cornelissen PG,Rasker JJ,Valkenburg HA

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To present and analyse the literature sources regarding the management of Behçet disease (BD) identified during the systematic literature research, which formed the basis for the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) evidence-based recommendations for the management of BD. METHODS:Problem areas and rel...

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

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:An imbalance in cytokine homoeostasis is thought to have a key role in the neuropsychiatric syndromes of systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE), and recently, a role for chemokines has been noted. OBJECTIVE:To compare concentrations of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1)/CCL2 in cerebral spinal fluid (CSF)...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Iikuni N,Okamoto H,Yoshio T,Sato E,Kamitsuji S,Iwamoto T,Momohara S,Taniguchi A,Yamanaka H,Minota S,Kamatani N

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a clinically heterogeneous disease with limited reliable diagnostic biomarkers. We investigated whether gene methylation could meet sensitivity and specificity criteria for a robust biomarker. METHODS:IFI44L promoter methylation was examined using DNA samples from a disc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Zhao M,Zhou Y,Zhu B,Wan M,Jiang T,Tan Q,Liu Y,Jiang J,Luo S,Tan Y,Wu H,Renauer P,Del Mar Ayala Gutiérrez M,Castillo Palma MJ,Ortega Castro R,Fernández-Roldán C,Raya E,Faria R,Carvalho C,Alarcón-Riquelme ME,Xiang Z

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the validity, responsiveness to change, and user friendliness of four self completed, shoulder-specific questionnaires in primary care. METHODS:A cross sectional assessment of validity and a longitudinal assessment of responsiveness to change of four shoulder questionnaires was carried out: the D...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Paul A,Lewis M,Shadforth MF,Croft PR,Van Der Windt DA,Hay EM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To understand the use of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)alpha inhibitors in refractory dermatomyositis and polymyositis in an academic centre. METHODS:A retrospective study of eight patients with dermatomyositis or polymyositis refractory to corticosteroids and immunosuppressives who were treated with TNF inhib...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Efthimiou P,Schwartzman S,Kagen LJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To study the short term effects of a single dose of D2E7, a fully human anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNFalpha) monoclonal antibody (mAb), on the local and systemic homeostasis of interleukin 1beta (IL1beta) and TNFalpha in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:All patients with RA enrolled in a p...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Barrera P,Joosten LA,den Broeder AA,van de Putte LB,van Riel PL,van den Berg WB

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A prospective randomised trial to compare two different durations of maintenance immunosuppressive therapy for the prevention of relapse in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). METHODS:Patients with AAV were recruited 18-24 months after diagnosis if they were in stable ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Karras A,Pagnoux C,Haubitz M,Groot K,Puechal X,Tervaert JWC,Segelmark M,Guillevin L,Jayne D,European Vasculitis Society.

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Compare the radiographic progression of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients treated with infliximab (INF) versus historical controls (Herne cohort, HC) never treated with tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-blockers over 8 years. METHODS:Patients were selected based on the availability of lateral cervical and lumb...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Baraliakos X,Haibel H,Listing J,Sieper J,Braun J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper looks at the problem confronting a doctor evaluating a patient with anticentromere antibody who does not have evidence of disease along the spectrum from CREST (calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, oesophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia) to progressive systemic sclerosis. Of 33 people with anti...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Goldman JA

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many patients with rheumatoid arthritis are currently successfully treated with infliximab (anti-tumour necrosis factor); however, about 30% of the patients do not respond to infliximab. One of the postulated hypotheses of not responding is the fast clearance of infliximab due to the development of inflixima...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Laken CJ,Voskuyl AE,Roos JC,Stigter van Walsum M,de Groot ER,Wolbink G,Dijkmans BA,Aarden LA

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：: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：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