Specific antigen and antibody to Mycobacterium leprae in the cryoprecipitate of a patient with Lucio phenomenon.

abstract：:Leflunomide is a new immunosuppressive medicine that has been effectively used in the therapy of rheumatoid arthritis and subsequently used with success in animal models and patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, its use has also been associated with significant and serious adverse reactions involv...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Wu GC,Xu XD,Huang Q,Wu H

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvascular lesions are a predominant feature in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and seem to play a central pathogenic role. The presence of nailfold capillary abnormalities is useful in diagnosing SSc. Capillaroscopy, however, usually requires special equipment and may be time consuming. Dermatoscope has been presented as...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Muroi E,Hara T,Yanaba K,Ogawa F,Yoshizaki A,Takenaka M,Shimizu K,Sato S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgM, IgG and IgA class antibodies against Yersinia, Salmonella, Campylobacter and Borrelia were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in a group of 340 unselected patients with a recent inflammatory joint disease. The control group consisted of 340 and 100 healthy blood donors using Borrelia-ELISA an...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Mäki-Ikola O,Viljanen MK,Tiitinen S,Toivanen P,Granfors K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to investigate whether eutectic mixture of local anesthetics (EMLA) cream phonophoresis superior to conventional US over the trigger points (TPs) in terms of improvements of pain, range of motion and disability in myofascial pain syndrome (MPS). Fifty patients (42 female, 8 male) diagnosed wit...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ustun N,Arslan F,Mansuroglu A,Inanoglu D,Yagız AE,Guler H,Turhanoglu AD

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although several effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on articular cartilage have been reported in recent studies, the use of EMFs to treat osteoarthritis remains a matter of debate. In an in vitro study, human chondrocytes harvested from osteoarthritic knee joints were released from their surrounding matrix and t...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Schmidt-Rohlfing B,Silny J,Woodruff S,Gavenis K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spondyloarthropathy refers to any joint disease of the vertebral column, but the term is mainly used for a specific group of disorders called seronegative spondyloarthropathies (SpAs). The axial skeletal involvement, peripheral and extra-articular manifestations and an association with the major histocompatibility com...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Čota S,Žagar I,Delimar V,Pap M,Perić D,Perić P

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic disorder characterized by the development through angiogenesis, which is dependent on endothelial cell activation, migration and proliferation and CCL21 plays an important role in this pathology. Currently, CCL21 gene polymorphism studies on rheumatoid arthritis are scar...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Li G,Zhao J,Li B,Ma J,Zhao Q,Wang X,Lv Z,Li K,Du Z,Ma X,Liu J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Articular involvement is a frequent extrahepatic manifestation of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The distinction between HCV-related polyarthropathy and true RA may be very difficult, especially with recent onset RA before articular damage and erosions develop. The objective of the study is to assess the diagnosti...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ezzat WM,Raslan HM,Aly AA,Emara NA,El Menyawi MM,Edrees A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 44-year-old man with intermittent asymmetric migratory oligoarthritis lasting the recent decade was admitted to our hospital. Considerable specific biomarkers for rheumatoid arthritis such as anti-agalactosyl IgG antibody are all negative. He was diagnosed as palindromic rheumatism (PR). Although hand X-rays showed ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ueda S,Horino T,Arii K,Morita T,Takao T,Hashimoto K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, scientific efforts on the topic "gout" have focused on pathogenetic aspects. This has opened new strategies of anti-inflammatory therapy and has improved urate-lowering therapy. So far, a scientometric analysis of the topic "gout" has not been generated despite an increased need for it in times of mod...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Gerber A,Groneberg DA,Klingelhöfer D,Bundschuh M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant neoplasms are associated with a wide variety of paraneoplastic rheumatological syndromes. The paraneoplastic nature should be based on specific criteria. We report a series of eight cases of paraneoplastic rheumatic syndromes revealing an underlying neoplasia. Our series consists of six men and two women, wi...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Hakkou J,Rostom S,Bahiri R,Hajjaj-Hassouni N

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are reduced in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A reduced number of EPCs are associated with the presence of atherosclerosis in other populations. We sought to determine whether the reduction in EPC numbers in SLE is dependent on the presence of advanced...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Baker JF,Zhang L,Imadojemu S,Sharpe A,Patil S,Moore JS,Mohler ER 3rd,Von Feldt J

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Felty's syndrome (FS) is a deforming disease, characterized by the triad of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), neutropenia, and splenomegaly. Currently, FS patients are treated mainly with immunosuppressants, such as methotrexate and glucocorticoids, which however are not suitable to some patients and may cause severe side ef...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Li R,Wan Q,Chen P,Mao S,Wang Q,Li X,Yang Y,Dong L

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence, predictors and radiological findings of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS)-associated lung involvement. This retrospective cohort study included 123 patients with demographic, clinical, laboratory and radiological data who were diagnosed with pSS. Lung involvement...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Yazisiz V,Arslan G,Ozbudak IH,Turker S,Erbasan F,Avci AB,Ozbudak O,Terzioglu E

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic immune defects might reflect severely dysregulated control of chronic inflammation related to disease progression. Th17/Treg cell imbalance has been demonstrated to be involved in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis. Despite controversial results, a growing anti-inflammatory role in this process has been r...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Kosmaczewska A,Swierkot J,Ciszak L,Szteblich A,Chrobak A,Karabon L,Partyka A,Szechinski J,Wiland P,Frydecka I

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured alpha 2-plasmin inhibitor-plasmin complexes (PI-PC) in plasma of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) to examine the plasminogen activation in SLE. The plasma PI-PC level in 23 patients with SLE was significantly higher than that in 18 normal subjects (P less than 0.001) and the SLE patients wi...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Negoro N,Kanayama Y,Takeda T,Fujisawa M,Okamura M,Inoue T

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of opioid receptors on peripheral sensory nerve terminals by opioid peptides that are produced and released from immune cells can result in inhibition of inflammatory pain. This study tests the hypothesis that postoperative pain is attenuated endogenously through a local sympathetic neurotransmitter-activat...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Kager I,Mousa SA,Sieper J,Stein C,Pipam W,Likar R

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neopterin levels of serum and fluid were determined in 30 patients with inflammatory synovial fluids and in 30 controls with joint effusions induced by trauma or osteoarthritis. Neopterin was significantly elevated in inflammatory fluids. There was no correlation with the acute phase reactants. Neopterin levels were s...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Maerker-Alzer G,Diemer O,Strümper R,Rohe M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis that can involve the nervous system, including the cranial nerves. Central nervous system findings, especially irritability, lethargy, and aseptic meningitis, occur in 1-30 % of KD patients (1). Cranial nerve palsies are seen rarely, and abducens nerve palsy has been repo...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Emiroglu M,Alkan G,Kartal A,Cimen D

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to estimate the annual direct costs of biological therapies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to establish possible factors associated with those costs. The main data source was the Moroccan registry of biological therapies in rheumatic diseases (RBSMR Registry). We included patients with avai...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Fellous S,Rkain H,Ahid S,Abouqal R,Tahiri L,Hmamouchi I,Achemlal L,El Bouchti I,El Maghraoui A,Ghozlani I,Hassikou H,Harzy T,Ichchou L,Mkinsi O,Niamane R,Bahiri R,Allali F

更新日期：2021-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we compared cytokine production and cell proliferation of immunocompetent cells derived from patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) to those from healthy blood donors using a whole blood assay. To this end, blood cell cultures were stimulated with the superantigens MAS (Mycoplasma arthritidis supernat...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Brand JM,Neustock P,Kruse A,Alvarez-Ossorio L,Schnabel A,Kirchner H

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to further characterize the SKG model of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its potential for studying intervention treatments, with special focus on bone targeting therapies. Three individual studies were conducted, using a total of 71 SKG mice, comparing arthritis induction with mannan versus zymosan A, femal...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Keller KK,Lindgaard LM,Wogensen L,Dagnæs-Hansen F,Thomsen JS,Sakaguchi S,Stengaard-Pedersen K,Hauge EM

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meigs' syndrome represents a triad of pleural effusion, ascites, and an ovarian tumor, usually benign, occurring together. We describe here a case of Meigs' syndrome in a patient with systemic sclerosis, the first such report to our knowledge, in systemic sclerosis. A 53-year-old woman with systemic sclerosis presente...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Su F,Cummings KW,Krigman H,Ranganathan P

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A critical analysis has been performed of reports published on the incidence of gastro-intestinal (GI) side-effects found in arthritic patients being treated with non-steroid anti-inflammatory (NSAI) drugs. The results show the following: 1. The incidence of GI ulceration (as revealed by gastroscopy) and haemorrhage i...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Rainsford KD

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) is an important preventable infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To determine the risk of TB in patients with RA by comparing with those with non-specific back pain (NSBP), and to identify the risk factors in the RA group. Medical data were retrieved from a centralized electronic dat...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Chung TT,Ko HJ,Lau CS,Chung HY

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a high risk for comorbid conditions which increase mortality, hospital admissions, costs of care and inability. To evaluate the prevalence of comorbidities in Mexican mestizo patients with RA and determine the associated risk factors. Cross-sectional study in which RA patie...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Galarza-Delgado DA,Azpiri-Lopez JR,Colunga-Pedraza IJ,Cárdenas-de la Garza JA,Vera-Pineda R,Wah-Suárez M,Arvizu-Rivera RI,Martínez-Moreno A,Ramos-Cázares RE,Torres-Quintanilla FJ,Valdovinos-Bañuelos A,Esquivel-Valerio JA,Garza-El

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exact elucidation of skeletal and cartilagineous involvement in neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID) is still poorly known, and there are few data providing the long-term response to treatment with the available interleukin-1 inhibitors. We present here a 13-year-old boy with NOMID treated with ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Rigante D,Leone A,Marrocco R,Laino ME,Stabile A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I) activity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients was shown to be lower than that of healthy laboratory personnel, rheumatoid arthritis, and scleroderma patients (P less than 0.001). The decrease in DNase I activity in SLE sera was not due to the effect of various autoantibodi...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Chitrabamrung S,Rubin RL,Tan EM

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA-DR antigens were determined in 111 patients with classic or definite rheumatoid arthritis. HLA-DR4 was significantly (P corr. less than 10(-6] increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (54%) compared with controls (23.2%). HLA-DR 5 was decreased in rheumatoid arthritis (12.6% vs 26.4% of controls); however, ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Scherak O,Smolen JS,Mayr WR

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study are to evaluate the prevalence of radiographic hand osteoarthritis (OA) in Chuvashian community-based sample and its associations with age, sex, body mass index (BMI), smoking, and alcohol consumption. The study population was comprised of Chuvashians (443 males, age 47.4 ± 17.0 years and ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Kalichman L,Kobyliansky E

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00