Tissue plasminogen activator, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and von Willebrand factor in rheumatoid arthritis.

abstract：:Chorea is a rare complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and is strongly related to the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies. Various infections may also be triggering factors in the development of choreiform movements. Additionally, Salmonella infection is the most common opportunistic bacterial infecti...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Lazurova I,Macejova Z,Benhatchi K,Oetterová M,Antolová E,Asherson RA,Rovensky J

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The burden of anxiety in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) compared to those with other inflammatory rheumatological conditions is unclear. We aimed to compare the frequency and level of anxiety between patients with SLE, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and gout and healthy individuals and explore independen...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Mak A,Tang CS,Chan MF,Cheak AA,Ho RC

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We encountered an adult patient with acute parvovirus B19 infection who presented with transient lupus-like symptoms (i.e., polyarthritis, fever, myalgia, pancytopenia, hypocomplementemia, and nephritis). Our case is characterized by the demonstration of acute nephritis as a complication of this infection, making it d...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Sugimoto T,Tsuda A,Uzu T,Kashiwagi A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, Belgian health authorities endorsed the interim guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia: hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) recommended for treatment of hospitalized patients with moderate to severe disease. As a growing number of patients were admitted, inevitably, our in...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Pothen L,Yildiz H,Samnick MM,Yombi JC

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the serum levels of B cell survival factors BAFF and APRIL in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) and their relation with clinical and autoantibodies. Seventy-five patients (51 females and 24 males) with IIM (Bohan and Peter's criteria 1975) and 25 healthy adults were analyzed for BAFF, APR...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gupta L,Chaurasia S,Srivastava P,Dwivedi S,Lawrence A,Misra R

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The level of the N terminal fragment of procollagen III (P3NP) levels of 100 consecutive patients affected by rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were evaluated in comparison with disease activity markers (erythrocytes sedimentation rate, C reactive protein), immunological status (rheumatoid factors, immune complexes) and joint...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Tebib JG,Viguier P,Noel E,Colson F,Barbier Y,Bouvier M

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few reports about the coexistence of Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). To evaluate the frequency of SS in patients with AS. We studied 70 patients with AS presenting to the university outpatient clinic between January 2002 and November 2003. All the patients were asked about sicca symp...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kobak S,Kobak AC,Kabasakal Y,Doganavsargil E

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to 65Kd heat-shock protein (hsp) of mycobacterium leprae were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in the three immunoglobulin classes in paired sera and synovial fluids of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Titers of anti-hsp antibody were expressed by optical density (OD) values for...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Oda A,Miyata M,Kodama E,Satoh H,Sato Y,Nishimaki T,Nomaguchi H,Kasukawa R

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) enteritis in a 31 year-old -woman with lupus enteritis. In August 2002 the patient complained of severe abdominal pain. An abdominopelvic CT scan at the time showed free air in the peritoneal cavity and wall thickening of the ileal loop. She was diagnosed as having panperitoni...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bang S,Park YB,Kang BS,Park MC,Hwang MH,Kim HK,Lee SK

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2'5'-Oligoadenylate synthetase (OAS) was shown to be related to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 20 years ago, and was rediscovered to be involved in type I interferon pathway in SLE by several microarray gene expression studies recently. The goal of this study was to investigate OAS isoform expressions in lupus pat...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ye S,Guo Q,Tang JP,Yang CD,Shen N,Chen SL

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ochronotic spondyloarthropathy is a rare metabolic disease with the musculoskeletal manifestations of alkaptonuria. Ochronotic arthropathy patients may have spinal abnormalities similar to ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The proof of sacroiliac involvement or bamboo spine appearance is not sufficient either for diagnosis...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Balaban B,Taskaynatan M,Yasar E,Tan K,Kalyon T

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and twenty patients with hemisacralization of the L5 vertebra associated with LBP underwent clinical, conventional X-ray and CT examinations. More than 50% of the patients had scoliosis. One third of the patients had disc lesions. Sacroiliac joint sclerosis was noted in two thirds of the cases. Almost all ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Avrahami E,Cohn DF,Yaron M

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the clinical characteristics, management modalities, and outcomes in patients with relapsing polychondritis (RP) with airway involvement. The medical records of RP patients with airway involvement seen at Samsung Medical Center from August 2004 to December 2011 were collected. The clinical manifestatio...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Hong G,Kim H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this blinded, randomised, multicentre study was to compare the tolerability of aspirin, paracetamol and ibuprofen in common pain resulting from musculoskeletal conditions (MSC) in general practice with patients with other non-MSC pain conditions. Patients took aspirin, paracetamol (both up to 3g daily) or i...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Le Parc JM,Van Ganse E,Moore N,Wall R,Schneid H,Verrière F

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bath ankylosing spondylitis metrology index (BASMI; range 0-10) has gained widespread use in daily clinical practice as an objective measure of spinal stiffness not only in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) but also in patients with other spondylarthropathies (SpA). We examined intra-rater and inter-rater ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Madsen OR,Hansen LB,Rytter A,Suetta C,Egsmose C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to find the characteristics and prevalence of nailfold capillary changes in a large series of patients with Behçet's disease (BD) and to analyze their possible relation to other clinical characteristics of the disease. We performed nailfold capillaroscopy in 128 randomly selected patients f...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Movasat A,Shahram F,Carreira PE,Nadji A,Akhlaghi M,Naderi N,Davatchi F

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES:The primary objective was to evaluate the impact of an in-department pharmacist on the prevention of drug iatrogenesis in a rheumatology department. Secondary objectives were to determine (i) if medication history discrepancies were detected more frequently in the elderly or not, and (ii) if the...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Soubieux A,Chenailler C,Lattard C,Banse C,Kozyreff-Meurice M,Gondé H,Lequerré T,Vittecoq O,Varin R

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the polymorphism of transporters associated with antigen processing ( TAP1/TAP2) genes and rheumatoid arthritis in Chinese patients. A total of 100 RA patients and 99 healthy control subjects were enrolled. Analyses with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) b...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Yu MC,Huang CM,Wu MC,Wu JY,Tsai FJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catastrophic anti-phospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is a medical emergency characterized by thromboses of multiple small vessels of internal organs and the brain. Herein we present a patient with primary anti-phospholipid syndrome who developed CAPS manifested by hepatic, renal and splenic artery thromboses, as well as cer...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Zeller L,Almog Y,Tomer A,Sukenik S,Abu-Shakra M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a larger body of work to develop a rheumatology priority referral score, a literature review was conducted. The objective of the literature review was to identify preexisting priority-setting, triage, and referral tools/scales developed to guide referrals from primary care to specialist care/consultation us...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： De Coster C,Fitzgerald A,Cepoiu M,Investigators of the Western Canada Waiting List Project (WCWL).

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with peripheral neuropathy, polymyalgia, arthralgia and cervical vertebral osteosclerosis who was subsequently diagnosed to have fatal multiple myeloma with IgG gammopathy and lambda urinary chains. The initial presentation and clinical features are discussed. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Samanta A,Hilton D,Roy S

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An understanding of the cytokine cascade in a rheumatoid joint has led to the development of new therapeutic options, including drugs targeting tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). The safety profile of these agents in patients with hepatitis-induced liver disease, however, remains a concern because of risks assoc...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Li S,Kaur PP,Chan V,Berney S

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current treatment for antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) with thrombotic manifestation is long-term anticoagulation. Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) are usually the agents of choice. However, VKA limitations, such as unpredictable anticoagulation effects due to interaction with diet and other drugs, require regular monit...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Signorelli F,Nogueira F,Domingues V,Mariz HA,Levy RA

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyse microvascular damage and compensatory angiogenesis in skin from patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) compared with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) and healthy controls. Immunohistochemistry was used for skin biopsies (9 SSc, 10 SLE, 9 RP and 12 healt...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Konttinen YT,Mackiewicz Z,Ruuttila P,Ceponis A,Sukura A,Povilenaite D,Hukkanen M,Virtanen I

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of polymyositis associated with scleroderma, adult coeliac disease, diabetes mellitus and IgA nephropathy is reported in a 33-year-old male. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Vilppula AH,Aine RA

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS)-related interstitial lung disease (ILD) involved about 10-20% of patients. In 20% of cases, ILD can be diagnosed before pSS; anyway, few studies have investigated the frequency of ILD as the first clinically relevant manifestation of pSS, generally referred to retrospective studies. Aim ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Manfredi A,Sebastiani M,Cerri S,Cassone G,Bellini P,Casa GD,Luppi F,Ferri C

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The early detection of psoriatic arthritis (PSA) poses a challenge to rheumatologists, even when their diagnosis is aided by sonography. In order to facilitate early detection of PSA among patients with psoriasis (PSO), we retrospectively analyzed of the relationships between serological markers and comorbid...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Su YJ

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate if pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (PEMF) has additional effect on the classical physical treatment of knee osteoarthritis (OA) composed of hot pack, therapeutic ultrasound, and terminal isometric exercises. Forty patients (29 women and 11 men), ages 44 to 78 (mean age was 61...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ozgüçlü E,Cetin A,Cetin M,Calp E

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation is a common complication of immunosuppressive treatment in high prevalence countries. Biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) cause this adverse event more often than conventional immunosuppressants. The incidence of HBV reactivation during treatment for rheumati...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Schwaneck EC,Krone M,Kreissl-Kemmer S,Weißbrich B,Weiss J,Tony HP,Gadeholt O,Schmalzing M,Geier A

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adiponectin is a hormone released by adipose tissue with antidiabetic, antiatherogenic, and anti-inflammatory properties. The present observational study focused on the relation between serum adiponectin level and the disease severity of established rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Ninety patients with more than 5-year diag...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ebina K,Fukuhara A,Ando W,Hirao M,Koga T,Oshima K,Matsuda M,Maeda K,Nakamura T,Ochi T,Shimomura I,Yoshikawa H,Hashimoto J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00