Erosive arthritis in a patient with amyloid arthropathy.

abstract：:The involvement of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is largely unknown. The distribution of BDNF and its associated receptors, TrkB and p75, in the synovial tissue of patients with RA was examined and contrasted with that in patients with osteoarthritis (OA). Additionally, levels o...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Grimsholm O,Rantapää-Dahlqvist S,Dalén T,Forsgren S

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidney involvement in immuno-mediated diseases is a life threatening complication to be early detected. Glomerulo-tubular functional indices, kidney-released enzymes and metabolic profiles were assessed in 21 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, progressive systemic sclerosis and mixed cryoglobulinaemia, withou...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Matteucci E,Migliorini P,Bertoni C,Dolcher MP,Marchini B,Giampietro O

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous involvement (CNS) is uncommon manifestation of Wegener's granulomatosis (WG). We are describing a patient with refractory WG with CNS involvement which responded to rituximab. This lady presented with nodular scleritis. Three months later, she developed headache, vision loss with complete opthalmoplegi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Sharma A,Kumar S,Wanchu A,Lal V,Singh R,Gupta V,Singh S,Gupta A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dego's disease is an uncommon thrombo-occlusive vasculopathy that presented with skin rash and thrombotic complications affecting internal organs that may simulate rheumatic diseases and may be brought to the attention of rheumatologists. We present here a case of a middle-aged woman who presented with acute bowel inf...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chung HY,Trendell-Smith NJ,Yeung CK,Mok MY

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This case-control study aimed to analyze the clinical features and determine the expression of type I interferon-induced genes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients harboring the CD11b rs1143679 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and elucidate whether it is involved in the relapses of SLE. METHODS...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Xu W,Zhang Y,Wang X,Liu P,Gao D,Gu B,Zhang J,Li C,Ren Q,Yang L,Yuan H,Shen M,Chen X

更新日期：2020-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Pauci-immune necrotizing glomerulonephritis is a form of a rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis that is associated with the anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA). ANCA-associated pauci-immune glomerulonephritis may be secondary to rheumatic diseases. We report on a patient with limited cutaneous systemic scl...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chan PT,Mok CC

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to develop a sandwich ELISA system for the measurement of soluble folate receptor β (sFRβ) and evaluate whether base line levels of serum sFRβ are a biomarker for the activity of RA synovitis and the response to anti-TNF agents. Serum sFRβ from normal controls (41 samples), patients with OA (29 samples...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Otsubo H,Tsuneyoshi Y,Nakamura T,Matsuda T,Komiya S,Matsuyama T

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of steroid injection (local treatment, LT) into the digital flexor tendon sheath of dactylitis in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients as compared with systemic treatment (ST). METHODS:Forty-six PsA patients with a total of 73 dactylitic fingers were assessed in an observational, mu...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Girolimetto N,Macchioni P,Citriniti G,Tinazzi I,Bascherini V,Martinis F,Marchetta A,Possemato N,Tasso M,Peluso R,Punzi L,Salvarani C,Scarpa R,McGonagle D,Costa L,Caso F

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammation that frequently involves the aorta and its major branches. The clinical features of TA vary in different ethnic populations. The objective of this study is to characterize the clinical features, angiographic findings, and response to treatment of patients with TA in ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cong XL,Dai SM,Feng X,Wang ZW,Lu QS,Yuan LX,Zhao XX,Zhao DB,Jing ZP

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between disease activity and cognitive impairment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:A total of 464 patients from the rheumatoid arthritis registry of two academic centers, Siriraj and Phramongkutklao hospitals, were included. Demographic, clinical, and laborat...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Katchamart W,Narongroeknawin P,Phutthinart N,Srinonprasert V,Muangpaisan W,Chaiamnauy S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the roles of neutrophils in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitic neuropathy, we studied neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in peripheral nerve vasculitis. Stored nerve samples from 17 patients with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) were immunohistochemically analyzed using a...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Takeuchi H,Kawasaki T,Shigematsu K,Kawamura K,Oka N

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II, the major effective molecule of the renin-angiotensin system, plays a vital role in the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). To study angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R) gene polymorphism at (A1166C) in Egyptian children with SLE and its correlation with serum ACE level and SLE manifest...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Shoaib RMS,Hammad A,Yahia S,Elsaid A,Abdel-Malak CA

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 24-year old Caucasian man with gangrene of small bowels and intestinal resection due to mesenteric inflammatory veno-occlusive disease (MIVOD) who later developed deep vein thrombosis in his left leg. He had no clinical evidence of an underlying symptomatic connective tissue disease or Behçet's disease. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gül A,Inanç M,Ocal L,Koniçe M,Aral O,Lie JT

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of cardiovascular clinical manifestations have been described in patients with spondyloarthritis, especially in well-established ankylosing spondylitis. These include both structural heart disease, conduction defects and ischemic heart disease. The true prevalence of cardiovascular involvement in patients wi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gensler LS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A possible role of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) in the pathomechanism of sarcoidosis must be considered in the analysis of this disorder since elevated concentrations of this cytokine have been found. In addition, TNFalpha expression could be demonstrated in sarcoid granulomata [1]. It is well known that TNF...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Callejas-Rubio JL,Ortego-Centeno N,Lopez-Perez L,Benticuaga MN

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to describe the long-term toxicity of antirheumatic and anti-inflammatory drugs in a paediatric rheumatology clinic population. One hundred and seventeen children were studied on first admission to a paediatric rheumatology clinic and after a mean of 8.6 +/- 0.4 years of follow-up. Medical rec...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Flatø B,Vinje O,Førre O

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:We report three cases of tricho-rhino-phalangeal syndrome (TRPS) type I in a Belgian family. They presented typical characteristics such as a pear-shaped nose, and short, deformed fingers with cone-shaped epiphyses of some middle phalanges of the hands. Hair growth was practically normal in our patients, except for so...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Verbruggen LA,Van Laere C,Lamoureux J,Van Tiggelen R

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare effectiveness of ultrasound-guided local insulin injection, local steroid injection, and local steroid followed by insulin injections in treating mild to moderate carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). METHOD:Study included 60 patients with electrophysiologic evidence of mi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kamel SR,Sadek HA,Hamed A,Sayed OA,Mahmud MH,Mohamed FA,El Sagher GM,Aly LH

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis is a chronic infectious disease with articular involvement. Discrimination between brucellosis and rheumatologic disorders is difficult in regions endemic for brucellosis. There are few studies about the rate of positive autoantibodies as rheumatologic biomarkers in brucellosis, and the prevalence is varia...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ahmadinejad Z,Abdollahi A,Ziaee V,Domiraei Z,Najafizadeh SR,Jafari S,Ahmadinejad M

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulse therapy is one of the most well-known methods used in the treatment of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. This study assessed the outcome of methylprednisolone pulse therapy, its rate of efficacy, and its associated complications in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). This cross-sectional study was pe...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Aghighi Y,Attarod L,Javanmard M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population of North Dakota is predominantly of Scandinavian (Norwegian) or German descent. We analyzed a cohort of all patients diagnosed with palindromic rheumatism (PR) and followed-up (by the investigator PK) at the St. Alexius Medical Center, Specialty Clinics, Bismarck, North Dakota, from August 16, 2006 to S...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kaushik P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to find out the outcome of 28 patients who got the diagnosis of primary fibromyalgia (pFM) 26 years ago. In 1986, 56 patients with widespread pain were examined and filled in a base questionnaire (BQ). Of them, 42 fulfilled the Yunus criteria for pFM. Twenty-six years later, addresses of 38 pa...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Isomeri R,Mikkelsson M,Partinen M,Kauppi MJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study are to assess the risk of asymptomatic cranial neuropathy among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and find any association with disease activity and antiribosomal P antibodies. This study is a case-control study including 60 female patients and 30 healthy female controls. Di...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gaber W,Ezzat Y,El Fayoumy NM,Helmy H,Mohey AM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to assess the gender differences in spondyloarthritides (SpAs) in terms of disease onset, clinical presentation, and the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity and Functional indices (BASDAI and BASFI). We analysed data from a predominantly female cohort. Five hundred and 16 patients (ma...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Roussou E,Sultana S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Sri Lanka, record keeping in rheumatology clinics is purely paper-based. Clinic record books are given to patients, and the hospital does not retain clinical data. Different clinics and different rheumatology specialists practice different formats of record keeping in Sri Lanka. This project was aimed to develop a ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Deshapriya K

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

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：:As a class, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha inhibitors have provided clinicians significant control over chronic inflammatory diseases. With their widespread use has come the emergence of new side effects such as the reactivation of latent infections. One such infection that may reactivate is the hepatitis B virus (...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Carroll MB,Forgione MA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the appropriate volume of saline to obtain a beneficial effect of arthroscopic lavage and the prognostic factors related to the clinical effect in a refractory rheumatoid knee. Arthroscopic lavage or arthrocentesis was performed in a random manner in 142 patients with relap...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Tanaka N,Sakahashi H,Hirose K,Ishima T,Ishii S

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to evaluate the interrelationship between the micro- and macrovasculature. METHODS:This is a cross-sectional study that examined SSc patients and fibromyalgia (FM) patients as controls. We assessed forearm peripheral vascular status and nailfold capillaroscopy. We evaluated the assoc...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bieber A,Dolnikov K,Chizik V,Novofastovsky I,Fawaz A,Balbir-Gurman A,Mader R

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00