EULAR definition of erosive disease in light of the 2010 ACR/EULAR rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria.

abstract：:Eighty-one patients with 116 osteoarthritic knees were seen by the author at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan in six years. Below the age of 50 the disease was significantly commoner among Nigerians than Caucasians; 39.5% of our patients were less than 50 years old, compared with 1.1% of Caucasians. In co...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ebong WW

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A systematic literature review (SLR; 2009-2014) to compare a target-oriented approach with routine management in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to allow an update of the treat-to-target recommendations. METHODS:Two SLRs focused on clinical trials employing a treatment approach targeting a specifi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Stoffer MA,Schoels MM,Smolen JS,Aletaha D,Breedveld FC,Burmester G,Bykerk V,Dougados M,Emery P,Haraoui B,Gomez-Reino J,Kvien TK,Nash P,Navarro-Compán V,Scholte-Voshaar M,van Vollenhoven R,van der Heijde D,Stamm TA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy and safety between tocilizumab added to methotrexate and tocilizumab switched from methotrexate in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:This is a 2-year randomised, controlled study. RA patients with moderate or high disease activity despite methotrexate were random...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kaneko Y,Atsumi T,Tanaka Y,Inoo M,Kobayashi-Haraoka H,Amano K,Miyata M,Murakawa Y,Yasuoka H,Hirata S,Nagasawa H,Tanaka E,Miyasaka N,Yamanaka H,Yamamoto K,Takeuchi T

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of immune complexes (IC) isolated from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) sera with polyethylene glycol and gel filtration on the chemotaxis and Fc receptor function of healthy monocytes was examined. Even at a low protein concentration (1 microgram/ml = 1 mg/l) ICs inhibit monocyte chemotaxis. ICs from pat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lukács K,Kávai M,Bányai A,Sonkoly I,Végh E,Szabó G,Szegedi G

更新日期：1984-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:A prolonged symptom or disease duration at treatment initiation is associated with unfavourable outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is unknown whether this relation is linear, referring to a common 'the-earlier-the-better principle', or whether a transient time frame in which the disease is more suscep...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Nies JA,Tsonaka R,Gaujoux-Viala C,Fautrel B,van der Helm-van Mil AH

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autonomic function assessed by tests of cardiovascular reflexes was studied in 25 patients with systemic sclerosis and 10 patients with primary Raynaud's phenomenon. A comparison was made with 13 normal healthy subjects. Significant abnormalities in the cardiovascular reflexes were found in systemic sclerosis, both in...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Klimiuk PS,Taylor L,Baker RD,Jayson MI

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship of disease activity to infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:From the CORRONA database, the incidence of physician-reported infections in RA patients on stable disease-modifying antirheumatic drug, biological, and corticosteroid therapy for at least 6 mo...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Au K,Reed G,Curtis JR,Kremer JM,Greenberg JD,Strand V,Furst DE,CORRONA Investigators.

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The circulating levels of hyaluronate were determined in 36 patients with scleroderma and in 36 control subjects matched for age and sex. The mean serum hyaluronate concentration in patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (n = 25) was 131 +/- 67 (SD) microgram/l and significantly greater (p less than 0.001) than ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Engström-Laurent A,Feltelius N,Hällgren R,Wasteson A

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite the lower prevalence of obesity (a known risk factor for osteoarthritis (OA)), the prevalence of lateral tibiofemoral OA is higher in Chinese communities compared with Caucasian communities. One potential explanation is the difference in knee alignment between the two populations. We measured various ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Harvey WF,Niu J,Zhang Y,McCree PI,Felson DT,Nevitt M,Xu L,Aliabadi P,Hunter DJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase-1 (ERAP1) protein is highly polymorphic with numerous missense amino acid variants. We sought to determine the naturally occurring ERAP1 protein allotypes and their contribution to Behçet's disease. METHODS:Genotypes of all reported missense ERAP1 gene variants with 10...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Takeuchi M,Ombrello MJ,Kirino Y,Erer B,Tugal-Tutkun I,Seyahi E,Özyazgan Y,Watts NR,Gül A,Kastner DL,Remmers EF

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the presence of flow by Doppler ultrasound (DUS) in the wrist and finger joints (carpometacarpal 1 (CMC1), metacarpophalangeal (MCP), and proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints) of healthy controls. METHODS:Twenty seven healthy volunteers (15 women, 12 men; mean age 45 years, range 18-93) with a t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Terslev L,Torp-Pedersen S,Qvistgaard E,von der Recke P,Bliddal H

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with sickle cell disease presented with joint pain and early x-ray evidence of articular cartilage loss. Both later developed increasingly destructive arthritis with chronic synovitis identified in synovial biopsies. One patient developed demonstrable aseptic necrosis. Destructive arthropathy is much less...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Schumacher HR,Dorwart BB,Bond J,Alavi A,Miller W

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1978 a survey was carried out on 34 036 people in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, in an epidemiological study of hyperuricaemia; 15 713 males and 18 324 females were examined by means of our health examination car. The subjects of the survey were all volunteers. The results have shown that the serum uric acid (SUA) l...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Akizuki S

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Leri's pleonosteosis (LP) is an autosomal dominant rheumatic condition characterised by flexion contractures of the interphalangeal joints, limited motion of multiple joints, and short broad metacarpals, metatarsals and phalanges. Scleroderma-like skin thickening can be seen in some individuals with LP. We u...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Banka S,Cain SA,Carim S,Daly SB,Urquhart JE,Erdem G,Harris J,Bottomley M,Donnai D,Kerr B,Kingston H,Superti-Furga A,Unger S,Ennis H,Worthington J,Herrick AL,Merry CL,Yue WW,Kielty CM,Newman WG

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma DNA has been measured by a new physiochemical approach based on fluorimetric analysis of phenol extracted nucleic acids electrophoresed on polyacrylamide gels. This method is specific for native double-stranded DNA of molecular weight greater than 5 x 10(6). The use of plasma rigorously freed of leucocytes is e...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Klemp P,Meyers OL,Harley EH

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence and clinical significance of carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) in patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). METHODS:28 patients with primary APS with at least a five year follow up, and 28 healthy subjects, matched by age and sex, were included in the stud...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Medina G,Casaos D,Jara LJ,Vera-Lastra O,Fuentes M,Barile L,Salas M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Assess golimumab's long-term efficacy/safety in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). METHODS:Adults with active PsA (≥3 swollen and tender joints, active psoriasis) were randomly assigned to subcutaneous placebo, golimumab 50 mg, or golimumab 100 mg every 4 weeks (q4wks) through wk20. All patients received golimumab ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kavanaugh A,McInnes IB,Mease P,Krueger GG,Gladman D,van der Heijde D,Zhou Y,Lu J,Leu JH,Goldstein N,Beutler A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous data have shown that etanercept levels are associated with clinical response in rheumatoid arthritis. However, for ankylosing spondylitis (AS), data regarding this topic are inconclusive. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relationship between etanercept levels and clinical response in patients with AS....

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kneepkens EL,Krieckaert CL,van der Kleij D,Nurmohamed MT,van der Horst-Bruinsma IE,Rispens T,Wolbink GJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：QUESTION:Which is the best strategy to achieve (drug-free) inactive disease in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)? METHODS:In a randomised, single-blinded, study in disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD)-naive patients with JIA, three treatment-strategies were compared: (1) sequential DMARD-monotherapy (sulfas...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hissink Muller P,Brinkman DMC,Schonenberg-Meinema D,van den Bosch WB,Koopman-Keemink Y,Brederije ICJ,Bekkering PW,Kuijpers TW,Van Rossum M,van Suijlekom-Smit LWA,van den Berg JM,Boehringer S,Allaart CF,Ten Cate R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is a lipid paradox in rheumatoid arthritis describing that despite low lipids related to systemic inflammation, there is an increased cardiovascular (CV) risk. Our aim was to evaluate if baseline lipid levels or baseline systemic inflammation were associated with the statin dose sufficient to achieve l...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Rollefstad S,Ikdahl E,Hisdal J,Kvien TK,Pedersen TR,Holme I,Semb AG

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 35 year old woman presented with headache and fever. Computed brain tomography showed diffuse low attenuation in the cerebral white matter. Several months later, serological tests for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) became positive. In spite of immunosuppressive therapy she relapsed after six months of treatment,...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Boulter M,Brink A,Mathias C,Peart S,Stevens J,Stewart G,Unwin R

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterised by fibrosis of the skin and the internal organs. Except for anticentromere, antitopoisomerase I and antipolymerase III antibodies, there are no reliable circulating markers predicting susceptibility and internal organ complications. This study h...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Bon L,Cossu M,Loof A,Gohar F,Wittkowski H,Vonk M,Roth J,van den Berg W,van Heerde W,Broen JC,Radstake TR

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article gives a short overview of the development and characteristics of the OMERACT rheumatoid arthritis MRI scoring system (RAMRIS), followed by an introduction to the use of the EULAR-OMERACT rheumatoid arthritis MRI reference image atlas. With this atlas, MRIs of wrist and metacarpophalangeal joints of patien...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Østergaard M,Edmonds J,McQueen F,Peterfy C,Lassere M,Ejbjerg B,Bird P,Emery P,Genant H,Conaghan P

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil chemiluminescence was determined in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis. Twelve patients were randomly assigned either to a diet high in polyunsaturated fatty acids supplemented with eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids or to a diet high in saturated fatty acids. A correlation with clinical and ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Magaro M,Altomonte L,Zoli A,Mirone L,De Sole P,Di Mario G,Lippa S,Oradei A

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the presentation and clinical findings of arthritis associated with hidradenitis suppurativa. METHOD:Medical records from the rheumatology clinics of two major teaching hospitals were reviewed for arthritis and hidradenitis suppurativa. The nine patient records fulfilling these criteria were review...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bhalla R,Sequeira W

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred consecutive admissions to an acute geriatric unit were examined for clinical and radiographic evidence of osteoarthritis (OA) and articular chondrocalcinosis (ACC). Thirty-four patients had ACC. This was age related, the prevalence rising from 15% in patients aged 65-74 years to 44% in patients over 84 yea...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wilkins E,Dieppe P,Maddison P,Evison G

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the use of anti-inflammatory compounds, sustained serum levels are thought to be related to drug efficacy. This study shows that frequent clinical administration of indomethacin can result in sustained serum levels of the drug and that food and antacid may have important modifying effects on serum indomethacin conc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Emori HW,Paulus H,Bluestone R,Champion GD,Pearson C

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the safety of intra-articular (IA) autologous tolerogenic dendritic cells (tolDC) in patients with inflammatory arthritis and an inflamed knee; to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the approach and to assess potential effects on local and systemic disease activities. METHODS:An unblinded...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bell GM,Anderson AE,Diboll J,Reece R,Eltherington O,Harry RA,Fouweather T,MacDonald C,Chadwick T,McColl E,Dunn J,Dickinson AM,Hilkens CM,Isaacs JD

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the presence of anti-PDGFR-alpha antibodies by immunological methods in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). METHODS:Fifty-eight women diagnosed with SSc and 36 healthy women controls were included. IgG anti-PDGFR-alpha were measured by ELISA and immunoblot. Associations with clinical and immu...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Balada E,Simeón-Aznar CP,Ordi-Ros J,Rosa-Leyva M,Selva-O'Callaghan A,Pardos-Gea J,Fonollosa-Pla V,Vilardell-Tarrés M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00