Osteoporotic bone microstructure by collagenase etching.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of interleukin 6 (IL-6) in the pathogenesis of bilateral erosive sacroiliitis in human tumour necrosis factor transgenic (hTNFtg) mice, an animal model of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHODS:Histological sections of the sacroiliac joints from hTNFtg and IL-6(-/-)hTNFtg mice were evaluat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hayer S,Niederreiter B,Nagelreiter I,Smolen J,Redlich K

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluid and cellular phases of inflammatory resonse have been measured using a technique employing subcutaneous implantation of polyurethane foam cubes impregnated with heat-killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Phenylbutazone, azathioprine, aspirin, cyclophosphamide, and prednisolone suppressed fluid response, whereas...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Clarke AK,Vernon-Roberts B,Currey HL

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the association of body mass index (BMI) with modifiable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:BMI, disease activity, selected CVD risk factors and CVD medication were assessed in 378 (276 women) patients with RA. Patients exceeding accepted ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Stavropoulos-Kalinoglou A,Metsios GS,Panoulas VF,Douglas KM,Nevill AM,Jamurtas AZ,Kita M,Koutedakis Y,Kitas GD

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, phase 3 study compared monotherapy with sirukumab, an anti-interleukin-6 cytokine monoclonal antibody, with adalimumab monotherapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Biologic-naïve patients with active RA who were inadequate responders or were i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Taylor PC,Schiff MH,Wang Q,Jiang Y,Zhuang Y,Kurrasch R,Daga S,Rao R,Tak PP,Hsu B

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the incidence of postinfectious joint complaints after Campylobacter jejuni/coli enteritis compared with enteritis caused by enterotoxigenic E coli (ETEC). To compare gastrointestinal symptoms, antibiotic treatment, and antibody levels among patients with and without joint symptoms. METHOD:Quest...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Locht H,Krogfelt KA

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the cost of illness in an incidence based cohort of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. METHODS:Direct costs (healthcare and non-healthcare costs) and indirect costs (productivity loss due to sick leave and work disability) were measured in 215 JIA patients, assessed on an average of 17 ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Minden K,Niewerth M,Listing J,Biedermann T,Schöntube M,Zink A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overdiagnosis is a term coined by experts in cancer screening to point to indolent cancers detected by screening that would have never led to manifest health problems. Overdiagnosis leads to unnecessary medical care (overtreatment), anxiety and cost. In rheumatology overdiagnosis and overtreatment are hardly discussed...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Landewé RBM

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the reliability and construct validity of ultrasound in interphalangeal finger joints affected by erosive osteoarthritis (EOA) and non-EOA with MRI as the reference method. METHODS:252 joints were examined by ultrasound, conventional radiography and clinical examination. Ultrasound was performed us...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wittoek R,Jans L,Lambrecht V,Carron P,Verstraete K,Verbruggen G

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and widespread joint and periarticular calcinosis related to self-medication with vitamin D, which was aggravated by oral phosphate therapy prescribed for her hypercalcaemia. Hydroxyapatite was shown in the synovial fluid from affected joints. The role played by tissue i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Butler RC,Dieppe PA,Keat AC

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:People with spondyloarthritis (SpA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have identified the importance of understanding how their disease and its treatment impacts on their social roles. This requires a reliable and valid standardised measure, and this study evaluates these measurement...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Davis AM,Palaganas MP,Badley EM,Gladman DD,Inman RD,Gignac MA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, an American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) collaboration developed new classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the diagnostic and discriminative ability of these new criteria compared with the 1987 ACR criteria and the ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Britsemmer K,Ursum J,Gerritsen M,van Tuyl LH,van Schaardenburg D

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterise renal tissue metabolic pathway gene expression in different forms of glomerulonephritis. METHODS:Patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS), antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and healthy living donors (LD) were studied. Clinically ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Grayson PC,Eddy S,Taroni JN,Lightfoot YL,Mariani L,Parikh H,Lindenmeyer MT,Ju W,Greene CS,Godfrey B,Cohen CD,Krischer J,Kretzler M,Merkel PA,Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium, the European Renal cDNA Bank cohort, and th

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA types, especially HLA-DR3, are associated with the development of toxic reactions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis after treatment with gold or D-penicillamine. In this study, after treatment with sulphasalazine, leucopenia was observed in three patients, who all had a history of leucopenia after previous gol...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bliddal H,Eiberg B,Helin P,Svejgaard A

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound (US) unquestionably improves many aspects of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis and management, but no consensus has been reached regarding the optimal US methodology that should be used, and high levels of standardisation have not yet been attained. Current evidence from two randomised controlled trials d...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Caporali R,Smolen JS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the efficacy and safety of innovator infliximab (INX) and CT-P13, an INX biosimilar, in active rheumatoid arthritis patients with inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX) treatment. METHODS:Phase III randomised, double-blind, multicentre, multinational, parallel-group study. Patients with active...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yoo DH,Hrycaj P,Miranda P,Ramiterre E,Piotrowski M,Shevchuk S,Kovalenko V,Prodanovic N,Abello-Banfi M,Gutierrez-Ureña S,Morales-Olazabal L,Tee M,Jimenez R,Zamani O,Lee SJ,Kim H,Park W,Müller-Ladner U

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(1) The phagocytosis of human IgG, IgM, and C3 by granulocytes from various rheumatoid and nonrheumatoid sera and synovial fluids (SF) was investigated by direct examination of the patient's leucocytes and indirect testing by incubation of normal donor leucocytes with various sera and SF. (2) In rheumatoid arthritis (...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Cats A,Lafeber GJ,Klein F

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the short term effects of a single dose of D2E7, a fully human anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNFalpha) monoclonal antibody (mAb), on the local and systemic homeostasis of interleukin 1beta (IL1beta) and TNFalpha in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:All patients with RA enrolled in a p...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Barrera P,Joosten LA,den Broeder AA,van de Putte LB,van Riel PL,van den Berg WB

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:PATIENTS with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of developing comorbid conditions. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the prevalence of comorbidities and compare their management in RA patients from different countries worldwide. METHODS: STUDY DESIGN:international, cross-sectional. PATIENTS:consecutiv...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dougados M,Soubrier M,Antunez A,Balint P,Balsa A,Buch MH,Casado G,Detert J,El-Zorkany B,Emery P,Hajjaj-Hassouni N,Harigai M,Luo SF,Kurucz R,Maciel G,Mola EM,Montecucco CM,McInnes I,Radner H,Smolen JS,Song YW,Von

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate whether patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) have an increased tendency to develop other autoimmune diseases. METHODS:A retrospective case note review was carried out on 114 patients in whom a diagnosis of pSS had been made in a department of rheumatology from 1979 onwards. The year...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lazarus MN,Isenberg DA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with Neisseria meningitidis infection complicated by arthritis are described. Three patients had an acute polyarthritis which responded quickly to antimicrobial therapy. A fourth patient developed a prolonged arthritis which occurred after the initial infection had been successfully treated. Tenosynoviti...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kidd BL,Hart HH,Grigor RR

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the expression of the natural killer (NK) antigen CD56, and T cell receptor delta chain antigen (TCR delta), expressed on the gamma delta T cell subset, in patients with scleroderma, and to correlate levels of expression with clinical characteristics. METHODS:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (P...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Holcombe RF,Baethge BA,Wolf RE,Betzing KW,Stewart RM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified approximately 100 loci for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the disease mechanisms are not completely understood. We evaluated the pathogenesis of RA by focusing on rare coding variants. METHODS:The coding regions of 98 candidate genes identified by G...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Motegi T,Kochi Y,Matsuda K,Kubo M,Yamamoto K,Momozawa Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Leflunomide is known to be embryotoxic and teratogenic in rodents. However, there is less evidence in humans. We quantified the risk of major congenital malformation (MCM), prematurity, low birth weight (LBW) and spontaneous abortion associated with leflunomide exposure during pregnancy in humans. METHODS:F...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bérard A,Zhao JP,Shui I,Colilla S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of observations have led to the hypothesis that normal intestinal microbiota in patients with rheumatoid arthritis may harbour, for genetic reasons, bacteria with cell walls capable of inducing arthritis. Differences occur between bacterial species, and even between strains of a single species, because some c...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Toivanen P

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Chondrocytic matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are believed to be important in osteoarthritic cartilage degradation. The cartilage lesion of osteoarthritis (OA) is focal and often progressive. During its development chondrocytes differentially up and down regulate production of mRNA for individual MMPs. This ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Freemont AJ,Byers RJ,Taiwo YO,Hoyland JA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the potential utility of a dual energy CT (DECT) scan in assessing urate deposits among patients with tophaceous gout, and obtain computerised quantification of tophus volume in peripheral joints. METHODS:20 consecutive patients with tophaceous gout and 10 control patients with other arthritic co...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Choi HK,Al-Arfaj AM,Eftekhari A,Munk PL,Shojania K,Reid G,Nicolaou S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel explanation for the natural history of joint destruction in the early phase of ankylosing spondylitis is proposed on the basis of the clinical history, x-ray appearance, operative findings, and histopathology of a young patient believed to be suffering from the peripheral form of this disease. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pasion EG,Goodfellow JW

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were developed to improve the identification of individuals for studies of RA. We aimed to summarise the performance of the criteria based on the published literature. METHODS:We performed a systematic literature search to identify all...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Radner H,Neogi T,Smolen JS,Aletaha D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the distribution of histocompatibility antigens of 22 Turkish and 14 British patients with Behçet's disease with those of their respective controls. There was a strong association of B5, specifically its Bw51 split, with the disease. A modest increase in the incidence of HLA B27 was noted in British p...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yazici H,Chamberlain MA,Schreuder I,D'Amaro J,Muftuoglu M

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Striving for harmonisation of specialty training and excellence of care in rheumatology, the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) established a task force to develop points to consider (PtCs) for the assessment of competences during rheumatology specialty training. METHODS:A systematic literat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sivera F,Alunno A,Najm A,Avcin T,Baraliakos X,Bijlsma JW,Badreh S,Burmester G,Cikes N,Da Silva JA,Damjanov N,Dougados M,Dudler J,Edwards CJ,Iagnocco A,Lioté F,Nikiphorou E,van Onna M,Stones SR,Vassilopoulos D,Hain

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