Psychometric properties of the Mayo Elbow Performance Score.

abstract：:The occurrence of MHC class I antigens and microbial antigens derived from the triggering infection of the diseased joints in reactive arthritis (ReA) seems to set the stage for local immune activation. In this report activated lymphocytes are demonstrated by using an avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex (ABC) method comb...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Nordström DC

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of certolizumab pegol (CZP), a pegylated fc-free anti-TNF, as add-on therapy to methotrexate (MTX) versus etanercept, adalimumab, or golimumab in patients with moderate-to-severe active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) not responding to the conventional synthetic disease-modifying ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Tzanetakos C,Tzioufas A,Goules A,Kourlaba G,Theodoratou T,Christou P,Maniadakis N

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatology has its roots in ancient Greece. Hippocrates and other prominent Greek (Hellenes) physicians in ancient times, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine period were acute observers of disease course and of patients and were able to define many disorders. They wrote books on various aspects of medicine and these w...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Sakkas LI,Tronzas P

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a rare systemic vasculitis affecting multiple organs. Current standard treatment includes the use of glucocorticoids and cyclophosphamide. Unfortunately, some patients do not respond to this treatment and other therapeutic options are needed. We present a case of a young male with refract...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Krusche M,Ruffer N,Kötter I

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study aimed to define evidence-based admission criteria of pediatric Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP). In addition, we aimed to better characterize epidemiological and clinical features of pediatric HSP in Israel. We performed a retrospective cohort study of all children with HSP admitted during a 15 years p...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Masarweh K,Horovitz Y,Avital A,Spiegel R

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Echocardiographic examination and 24-h electrocardiographic Holter monitoring were carried out on 35 patients with nodular rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 35 with non-nodular RA, who were matched with the nodular RA group regarding age, sex and BSA. A further 35 patients with osteoarthrosis and spondyloarthrosis matched...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Wisłowska M,Sypuła S,Kowalik I

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis can affect sacroiliac joints, but only a few such cases have been reported. The onset is usually insidious, and early diagnosis requires a high index of clinical suspicion. We report herein a culture-proven case of tuberculous sacroiliitis which initially mimicked neoplastic infiltration on CT scan. ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Keleş I,Aydin G,Kitay OL,Orkun S

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) used in the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) may damage articular cartilage. This damage may be caused by suppression of proteoglycan synthesis or by altered collagen synthesis in the presence of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) induced by interleukin-1 (IL-1). The clinical an...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Bacon PA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to detect the frequency of inflammatory cervical spine changes and characteristic features such as resorption in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with arthritis mutilans (AM) hand deformity. The series included 23 patients with AM hand deformity who fulfilled the 1987 American Rheumatism Associa...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Laiho K,Belt E,Kauppi M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological markers of inflammation are useful for the diagnosis and monitoring of inflammatory rheumatic diseases. The present study tested, whether serum amyloid A (SAA) could be used as a marker of inflammatory disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). In 72 patients with AS, the two valuable surrogate marker...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Lange U,Boss B,Teichmann J,Klör HU,Neeck G

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mononuclear phagocyte infiltrate which occupies the gout tophus has been compared with that of the subcutaneous rheumatoid nodule. In the gout tophus, macrophage migration appears to be at a relatively low level and effectively terminates once these cells have been recruited into the corona. In the nodule the evid...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Palmer DG,Hogg N,Denholm I,Allen CA,Highton J,Hessian PA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:X-ray is the fundamental imaging technique in both diagnosis and follow-up of rheumatic diseases. As patients often require sequential X-rays over many years, dose reduction is of great importance. New advanced noise reduction algorithms allow for a dose reduction of up to 50%. The aim of this study was to e...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ziegeler K,Siepmann S,Hermann S,Beck A,Lembcke A,Hamm B,Hermann KGA

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate serum levels of IL6 in patients with Kawasaki disease and compare it with CRP, and to assess the role of these biomarkers in predicting coronary changes and resistance to the first-line therapy of this disease in a subset of Indian population. A single centre prospective observational study was conducted a...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Nandi A,Pal P,Basu S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients are at a higher risk of systemic inflammatory sequelae, leading to microalbuminuria, cardiovascular (CVD) and neuropsychiatric (NPD) disease. Our aim is to present the existing literature about the relationship between CVD, kidney and NPD in PsA. The literature evaluation of PsA reve...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Markousis-Mavrogenis G,Nurmohamed MT,Koutsogeorgopoulou L,Dimitroulas T,Katsifis G,Vartela V,Mitsikostas D,Kolovou G,Tektonidou M,Voulgari P,Sfikakis PP,Kitas GD,Mavrogeni SI

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingolipids are components of the plasma membrane whose metabolic manipulation is of interest as a potential therapeutic approach in a number of diseases. Sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1), the major kinase that phosphorylates sphingosine to sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), was previously shown by our group and others to m...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Baker DA,Eudaly J,Smith CD,Obeid LM,Gilkeson GS

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women in reproductive age with rheumatic diseases (RD) are especially vulnerable for depression and anxiety which negatively impacts the pregnancy, birth, and RD. The purpose of this study is to describe the frequency of anxiety and depression symptoms employing the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) in wome...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Skinner-Taylor CM,Perez-Barbosa L,Corral-Trujillo ME,Perez-Onofre I,Barriga-Maldonado ES,Cardenas-de la Garza JA,Riega-Torres J,Galarza-Delgado DA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatigue has a large impact on quality of life and is still unmanageable for many patients. Study aims were describe (1) the prevalence and pattern of fatigue over time in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis under a treat-to-target strategy and (2) identify predictive factors for worsening and recovering of fatigu...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Walter MJM,Kuijper TM,Hazes JMW,Weel AE,Luime JJ

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary osteoarthritis (OA) is a multifactorial disease with several genetics factors involved. The COL2A1 gene is of particular interest because it encodes for the most abundant protein in articular cartilage. The aim was to evaluate the association of COL2A1 gene polymorphism with OA of the knee in Mexican Mestizo p...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Gálvez-Rosas A,González-Huerta C,Borgonio-Cuadra VM,Duarte-Salazár C,Lara-Alvarado L,de los Angeles Soria-Bastida M,Cortés-González S,Ramón-Gallegos E,Miranda-Duarte A

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the total antioxidant status (TAS), total oxidative status (TOS) and oxidative stress index (OSI) in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis. We also investigate the relation between bone mineral density and oxidative/antioxidative parameters. Thirty-nine patients with osteoporo...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Altindag O,Erel O,Soran N,Celik H,Selek S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of Kawasaki disease (KD), a common pediatric vasculitis, is based solely on clinical criteria. There is a need for a robust laboratory marker that can help differentiate KD from other acute, febrile, childhood illnesses and also to predict cardiac involvement. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 25 c...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Reddy M,Singh S,Rawat A,Sharma A,Suri D,Rohit MK

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined whether repeated treatment with the tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) antagonist etanercept can be effective after an initial clinical response to this drug is lost. We describe three female patients with active, refractory rheumatoid arthritis who were administered with a second course of etanercept after...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Wakabayashi H,Sudo A,Nishioka Y,Hasegawa M,Minami Y,Nishioka K

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low molecular weight IgM (LMW IgM) is the monomeric subunit of the naturally occurring pentameric IgM. It is not seen in health but has been previously observed in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) particularly in those patients with active disease and may reflect an adverse prognostic finding. We have therefore stud...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Roberts-Thomson PJ,Shepherd K,Bradley J,Boey ML

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study is to assess the disease course and associated healthcare costs in a cohort of established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in Turkey. The study cohort consisted of 75 RA patients from our outpatient clinic who took part in a previous multicenter study assessing RA-related healthcare costs...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ayan G,Esatoglu SN,Hatemi G,Hamuryudan V

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:We studied causes of death (CoDs) between 1952 and 1991 assessed by a clinician before autopsy and then determined at autopsy by a pathologist in 369 subjects with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 370 subjects without RA (non-RA). We analysed clinical data for RA subjects between 1973 and 1991. In RA subjects, leading au...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Koivuniemi R,Paimela L,Suomalainen R,Piirainen H,Karesoja M,Helve T,Leirisalo-Repo M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is a membrane-bound molecule primarily involved in cell-cell adhesive interactions of the immune system. It is a cytokine-induced glycoprotein involved in the recruitment of cells into tissues undergoing inflammatory responses. The levels of soluble ICAM-1 were measured in se...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Sari RA,Taysi S,Erdem F,Yilmaz O,Keleş S,Kiziltunç A,Odabaş AR,Cetinkaya R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is a key regulatory enzyme in the synthesis of prostanoids associated with trauma and inflammation. Upregulation of COX-2 in human lupus T cells resists anergy and apotosis. We investigated the COX-2 gene for functional variants that may influence susceptibility, clinical outcomes and severity...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Her MY,El-Sohemy A,Cornelis MC,Kim TH,Bae SC

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of long-term azathioprine and steroids for treatment of severe nephritis in children with Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP). METHODS:Analysis of case records of children with HSP followed up for a mean duration of 4.7 years (range 6 months-6.5 years) was performed. All...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Singh S,Devidayal,Kumar L,Joshi K,Minz RW,Datta U

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to investigate the clinical markers of life-threatening Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in patients with collagen vascular diseases (CVD). The patients who contracted Pneumocystis jeroveccii were retrospectively selected from our medical charts and conditions related to the patients' death ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Aoki Y,Iwamoto M,Kamata Y,Nagashima T,Yoshio T,Okazaki H,Minota S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00