Comparative study of the efficacy and safety of aceclofenac and tenoxicam in rheumatoid arthritis.

abstract：:A white female patient developed overlapping features of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and systemic sclerosis (SSc) with severe pulmonary compromise. She was treated with steroids and azathioprine, which improved her clinical condition and spirometric status. In May 2002 she presented with continuous pain in her ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cavallasca JA,Laborde HA,Araujo MB,Nasswetter GG

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the intersection of atopy and autoimmunity, we present a patient with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who developed hypereosinophilia, without evidence of other etiologies, as she became rheumatoid factor (RF) positive. Although the magnitude of eosinophilia in patients with RA has been thought to reflect th...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Rosenstein RK,Panush RS,Kramer N,Rosenstein ED

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We and others have previously shown that IL-17 is elevated in the synovial fluid of patients with reactive arthritis (ReA)/undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy (uSpA) having acute synovitis. Major source for IL-17 is Th17 cells, which differentiate from Th0 cells under the influence of TGF-β and IL-6, IL1-β and are ma...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Singh AK,Misra R,Aggarwal A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression of targeted mRNAs, which are important in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. MiRNAs may have the potential to serve as biomarkers of disease. We evaluated serum levels of selected miRNAs and their associations with disease activity in juvenile ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kamiya Y,Kawada J,Kawano Y,Torii Y,Kawabe S,Iwata N,Ito Y

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We described a 21-year-old woman with a diagnosis of Sjögren syndrome that came for consultation with a localized mass over her left arm of fast growth. Lab results were normal; a Doppler ultrasound showed the presence of partial thrombosis in the left axillary vein; a magnetic resonance imaging showed edema on the bi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Roverano S,Ortiz A,Paira S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This pilot study aimed to evaluate the correlation between clinical symptoms and cartilage volume through MRI in patients with knee osteoarthritis after 48 weeks of treatment with Structum®. Multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study. Symptomatic knee osteoarthritis patients aged 50-75 years r...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Railhac JJ,Zaim M,Saurel AS,Vial J,Fournie B

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has recently been claimed that some of the symptoms in patients with Behçet's disease (BD) can be activated after the patient has stopped smoking. In this study we investigated the effect of smoking on the symptoms of Behçet's disease. Fifty asymptomatic current smokers (CS) who promised to stop smoking (group 1) a...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Soy M,Erken E,Konca K,Ozbek S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is common and has been associated with an increased risk of mortality [1]. Early diagnosis is imperative to control proteinuria and prevent the progression to end-stage renal disease. Standard induction therapies include cyclophosphamide (CYC) and mycophenolate m...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Raturi R,Patel AA,Carter JD

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antichromatin antibody (aCT) has been described as a useful marker for lupus nephropathy. The relevance of its nephritogenic potential may be appropriately evaluated in the context of renal histopathology. Therefore, the present study investigated the relationship of aCT with a particular histopathologic class of ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Carvalho JF,Viana VS,Borba EF,do Nascimento AP,Leon EP,Testagrossa LA,Barros RT,Bonfá E

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate whether dexibuprofen meets the basic requirements of Dutch General Practitioners (GPs) for acceptance as an analgesic in mild to moderate pain. The available GP treatment standards for mild to moderate pain were analysed. If no treatment standard was available, results from two se...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bon A,Jongejan RC

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the emotional and sociodemographic characteristics of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and to investigate the impact of the disease on their social life and quality of life (QOL). This study included 101 patients with the diagnosis of AS. All patients filled in a questio...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ozgül A,Peker F,Taskaynatan MA,Tan AK,Dinçer K,Kalyon TA

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acupuncture is widely used for pain relief in many musculoskeletal disorders, and evidence suggests that modulation of the sympathetic nervous system responses which play an integral part in somatic pain, is an important mechanism of acupuncture action. This prospective study of 20 patients with neck and arm pain meas...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Thomas D,Collins S,Strauss S

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Socio-economic gradients in occurrence of diseases have been reported for many chronic conditions. However, whether the magnitude of socio-economic gradients differs across diseases and the extent to which lifestyle mediates such relationships are not known. Cross-sectional data from The National Monitor on Musculoske...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Putrik P,Ramiro S,Chorus AM,Keszei AP,Boonen A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported a case of dermatomyositis (DM) with liver disturbance in a 50-year-old Japanese female. She presented with fever, muscle weakness, and typical DM rashes. On clinical and serological examinations, the liver impairment was initially diagnosed as probable autoimmune hepatitis, which was denied by a histologic...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Noda S,Asano Y,Tamaki Z,Takekoshi T,Sugaya M,Sato S

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with PCP in patients with non-RA connective tissue diseases (CTDs) in order to clarify the characteristics of the former. We extracted consecutive patients satisfying the following criteria for "clinical PCP": (1) positive plasma β-D-gl...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Shimada K,Yokosuka K,Nunokawa T,Sugii S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory disorder affecting the joints of psoriatic patients. Gelsolin regulated the actin assembly and disassembly. Reduction in plasma gelsolin levels was detected in tissue damages, including trauma, sepsis, and chronic inflammatory disorders. OBJECTIVES:The study aims...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Esawy MM,Makram WK,Albalat W,Shabana MA

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melorheostosis is a very rare bone disease of unknown etiology characterised by linear hyperostosis and associated with fibrosis of soft tissues and the skin. This uncommon sclerosing bone dysplasia was first described by Leri and Joanny in 1922, and since then, until 1993, approximately 300 cases were reported in the...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Birtane M,Eryavuz M,Unalan H,Tüzün F

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes four patients with inflammatory joint diseases treated with methotrexate who developed lymphoma either of unusual type or with bizarre clinical features. The pathogenesis of this unusual condition is discussed and the difficulty in differentiating it from the features of the initial disease is emp...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Braun-Moscovici Y,Schapira D,Balbir-Gurman A,Nahir AM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the value of lone anti-Smith antibody (anti-Sm) using Euroimmun line immunoassay (LIA) in a Chinese population. One thousand two hundred eight of 39,766 patients who were analyzed for anti-Sm had positive anti-Sm, and were divided into true group (having both positive Sm and nRNP/Sm bands) and lone grou...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Meng Y,Deng S,Huang Z,Hu J,Zhang J,Xu D,Qin S,Tan C,Wu Y

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobic bacteria are uncommon pathogens in septic arthritis. We report a case of pyarthrosis of the right hip caused by Fusobacterium nucleatum, following a transient synovitis in an otherwise healthy boy. There are only a few cases involving this species described in the literature. This report illustrates the diff...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chryssagi AM,Brusselmans CB,Rombouts JJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional limitation is often complained by patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). With a rising number of patients suffering from AS, there are a limited number of reports focusing on functional limitation of AS in Chinese patients. This study was conducted to investigate the level of functional limitation and e...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Song Y,Wang C,Chen H

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether headache and family history of headache are risk factors for complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) or not. Twenty-three CRPS patients and 69 healthy persons were interviewed whether or not they suffered from headache and had first-degree family history of headache. A headache sufferer was defin...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Toda K,Muneshige H,Maruishi M,Kimura H,Asou T

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to characterise the peripheral arthritis of spondyloarthritis (pSpA) excluding psoriatic-, inflammatory enteropathy-related, post-infectious reactive-SpA and arthritis associated with axial SpA/ankylosing spondylitis (axSpA/AS). Patients presenting with the clinical features of the broa...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Malaviya AN,Agrawal N,Patil NS

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because the pathophysiology of knee osteoarthritis is poorly understood, optimal evidence-based clinical management is uncertain. Sibling comparison studies can help inform a clinical model to guide preventive care. We compared the 8-year clinical outcomes in 2 sisters with a family history of osteoarthritis, normal B...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gourlay ML,Gourlay LL

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was not investigated in the setting of controlled studies. The risk of PG among patients with RA is not established. OBJECTIVE:The study aims to evaluate the magnitude of the association between RA and the subsequent development...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kridin K,Damiani G,Cohen AD

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute phase proteins, synovial fluid (SF) cellular infiltrates, pro-inflammatory (TNF-alpha, IL-1alpha, IL-6) and Th1 (IL-2) and Th2 (IL-4) derived cytokine levels both in plasma and SF were examined in pauciarticular and polyarticular juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA) patients during the active (n = 22) and inactive (...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kutukculer N,Caglayan S,Aydogdu F

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-CCP (cyclic citrullinated peptide) is considered the most useful laboratory tool in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Some authors have also found this autoantibody in patients with scleroderma (SSc). The study aimed to investigate the prevalence of anti-CCP antibodies in SSc patients from Southern Braz...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Polimeni M,Feniman D,Skare TS,Nisihara RM

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little data exists from the developing world on pregnancy in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A 10-year review of pregnancies in lupus patients was conducted at a tertiary hospital in a developing country. Forty-seven pregnancies in 31 patients were identified. Eleven (23%) booked after 20 weeks gestation. There we...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Whitelaw DA,Hall D,Kotze T

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of niflumic acid on hyaluronic acid and proteoglycan metabolism of human cartilage cells was investigated in vitro. Cartilage cells were obtained from five different donors. Niflumic acid levels used in the test systems ranged from 0 to 22 microgramsr/ml and were comparable to serum concentrations in humans...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Verbruggen G,Veys EM,Malfait AM,Schatteman L,Wieme N,Nimmegeers J,Gerin MG,Broddelez C

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this research was to determine any correlations between Dickkopf-1 serum levels (Dkk-1, a natural inhibitor of the Wnt signaling pathway promoting osteoclastogenesis) and the Trabecular Bone Score (TBS), in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. It also aimed at determining any dif...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ruaro B,Casabella A,Paolino S,Pizzorni C,Ghio M,Seriolo C,Molfetta L,Odetti P,Smith V,Cutolo M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00