Clinical characteristics and prognosis of concomitant systemic lupus erythematosus and primary biliary cholangitis.

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) viremia has been known to provoke a plethora of autoimmune syndromes referred to as extrahepatic manifestations of chronic HCV infection. Aim of the current study was to assess the prevalence of rheumatologic manifestations among Egyptians with hepatitis C infection and its' association...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Mohammed RH,ElMakhzangy HI,Gamal A,Mekky F,El Kassas M,Mohammed N,Abdel Hamid M,Esmat G

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a rare, systemic, necrotizing, small- and middle-sized vessel vasculitis which is accompanied by blood eosinophilia, eosinophil infiltration of various tissues, and bronchial asthma. The lungs are the organs most often involved in CSS. The aim of this study was a retrospective evaluatio...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Szczeklik W,Sokołowska B,Mastalerz L,Grzanka P,Górka J,Pacułt K,Miszalski-Jamka T,Soja J,Musiał J

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether the prolactin -1149 G/T polymorphism confers susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A meta-analysis was conducted for examining the associations between prolactin -1149 G/T polymorphism and susceptibility to SLE or RA using alle...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Lee YH,Bae SC,Song GG

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES:Cardiovascular risk management of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is medically relevant. The objectives were to estimate the cardiovascular risk by different strategies in patients with SLE, analyzing which proportion of patients would be candidates to receive statin therapy, an...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Masson W,Rossi E,Mora-Crespo LM,Cornejo-Peña G,Pessio C,Gago M,Alvarado RN,Scolnik M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-34 is a pleiotropic cytokine, which is a key regulator of monocytes/macrophages and might participate in the pathogenesis of RA. In this study, we aimed to explore the effect of IL-34 on the monocyte-like cell line THP-1 and the quantitative variation of Th17 cells in THP-1 and RA CD4+T cells coculture system. CD4+...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wang B,Tang Y,Sun X,Ouyang X,Li H,Wei J,Zhang Y,Li X

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate generalized osteoarthritis (GOA) by combining X-ray grading of the knee, spine and hand using biochemical markers for arthritis, such as YKL-40 and urinary pyridinoline (Pyr). One hundred and thirty postmenopausal women with primary knee osteoarthritis (OA) aged 55-92 years wer...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Abe M,Takahashi M,Naitou K,Ohmura K,Nagano A

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azathioprine (AZA) is indicated for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the steps of AZA metabolization. Heritable deficiency of TPMT enzyme activity and polymorphisms may lead to leukopenia. This study aims to detect TPMT polymorphism...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chen D,Lian F,Yuan S,Wang Y,Zhan Z,Ye Y,Qiu Q,Xu H,Liang L,Yang X

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute renal side-effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are well documented. These include interstitial nephritis, hyperkalaemia, renal tubular acidosis, fluid retention, hypertension and nephrotic syndrome. The long-term effects are less well known. We have carried out a cross-sectional survey of an unse...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Richards IM,Fraser SM,Capell HA,Fox JG,Boulton-Jones JM

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vitamin D is involved in a wide variety of biological processes including bone metabolism, modulation of the immune response, and regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation. Vitamin D has several immunomodulatory effects through vitamin D receptor (VDR). A series of common single-nucleotide polymorphisms...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Zilahi E,Chen JQ,Papp G,Szántó A,Zeher M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the multiple values of 18F-FDG PET/CT in detecting malignant tumors, evaluating myopathy, and determining interstitial lung disease in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM). We retrospectively analyzed the data of 38 patients who were examined by 18F-FDG PET/CT and eventu...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Li Y,Zhou Y,Wang Q

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) is a unique subset of dermatomyositis, showing a high incidence of lung involvements. The aim of this study is to identify risk factors, other than melanoma differentiation-associated protein (MDA)-5, for developing rapidly progressive-interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD) in ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Xu Y,Yang CS,Li YJ,Liu XD,Wang JN,Zhao Q,Xiao WG,Yang PT

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study are to assess the levels of serum Interleukin-35 (IL-35) in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) and to evaluate the association between IL-35 levels and IIM-related features. Serum IL-35 was detected in 76 patients with dermatomyositis (DM), 28 patients with polymyositi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Yin L,Ge Y,Yang H,Peng Q,Lu X,Zhang Y,Wang G

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden death following steroid pulse therapy has been recently reported. Continuous electrocardiographic recording was performed 24 hours before, during, and 24 hours after each one to three high dose intravenous methyl prednisolone pulses administered of five patients with severe ankylosing spondylitis unresponsive t...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Nasswetter G,Piñeiro DJ,Garcia Morteo OM,Maldonado Cocco JA,Barreira JC,Vazquez Blanco M

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetabular protrusion (PA) as measured by a line crossing method was studied in 73 patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and its frequency found to be 12% (9/73), presenting bilaterally in 5 cases and unilaterally in 4. All patients had some other forms of radiological damage and the presence of PA was pre...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gusis SE,Maldonado Cocco JA,Rivero EM,Babini JC,Gagliardi SA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate clinical remission and MDA in PsA patients who started TNF-inhibitors (TNFi) treatment with a 2-year follow-up. Concomitant therapies as well as comorbidities were assessed. Level of concordance of clinimetric indices and the potential predictive factors of remission/MDA were also...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chimenti MS,Triggianese P,Conigliaro P,Tonelli M,Gigliucci G,Novelli L,Teoli M,Perricone R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disability is a common problem in patients with gout. Recently, the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) was recommended for assessing patient reported activity limitations in gout. However, few studies have explored experiences and issues of disability from the perspective of gout patients themse...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： ten Klooster PM,Vonkeman HE,Voshaar MA,Bode C,van de Laar MA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS) is common in patients presenting to rheumatologists and can cause a range of symptoms leading to physical and psychological distress. Chronic musculoskeletal pain in patients with JHS often responds poorly to analgesics, and a pain management approach may be helpful. Since patients w...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Rahman A,Daniel C,Grahame R

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid arthropathy is said to be distinguished roentgenographically from rheumatoid arthritis by the absence of joint space narrowing and the absence of articular erosions. We present a patient with multiple myeloma with swelling, stiffness and firm synovial thickening of the wrists, metacarpophalangeal joints and pr...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Leonard PA,Clegg DO,Lee RG

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV) are rare small to medium-size vessel systemic diseases. As their clinical picture, organ involvement, and factors influencing outcome may differ between countries and geographical areas, we decided to describe a large cohort of Polish AA...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wójcik K,Wawrzycka-Adamczyk K,Włudarczyk A,Sznajd J,Zdrojewski Z,Masiak A,Czuszyńska Z,Majdan M,Jeleniewicz R,Klinger M,Jakuszko K,Rowaiye O,Brzosko M,Milchert M,Dębska-Ślizień A,Storoniak H,Tłustochowicz W,Kur-Zalewska

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe an atypical case of a patient having giant cell arteritis presenting only with fever, diagnosed by positron emission tomography and subsequently confirmed by temporal artery biopsy. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Belloli L,Rodari M,Massarotti M,Conciato L,Chiti A,Marasini B

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to determine whether placebo treatment in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is effective for fibromyalgia and to identify possible determinants of the magnitude of any such placebo effect. A systematic literature search was undertaken for RCTs in people with fibromyalgia that included a p...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chen X,Zou K,Abdullah N,Whiteside N,Sarmanova A,Doherty M,Zhang W

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate gene expression and are disease biomarkers. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients have accelerated atherosclerosis leading to excess cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, but traditional risk factors for cardiovascular risk stratification are inadequate. In the general population, m...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ormseth MJ,Solus JF,Sheng Q,Chen SC,Ye F,Wu Q,Oeser AM,Allen R,Raggi P,Vickers KC,Stein CM

更新日期：2021-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteroides fragilis is a rare cause of septic arthritis. Most patients with B. fragilis septic arthritis have a chronic joint disease, particularly rheumatoid arthritis, and sources of infection are lesions of the gastrointestinal tract and the skin. We report a 69-year-old male, who developed B. fragilis septic arth...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Borer A,Weber G,Riesenberg K,Schlaeffer F,Horowitz J

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate the functional heterogeneity of human Th17 and how their plasticity shapes the nature of immune cell responses to inflammation and autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We evaluated functional Th17 cell subsets based on the profile of cytokine productio...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Henriques A,Inês L,Pais ML,da Silva JA,Paiva AA

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet's disease is a multisystem disorder affecting the skin, mucous membranes, eye, joints, central nervous system, and blood vessels. One of the known vascular complications of Behçet's disease is venous thrombosis or aneurysm formation. We report, herewith, a patient with Behçet's disease who developed radial arte...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： el-Asrar AM,al-Momen AK,Alamro SA,Gader AG,Tabbara KF

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQR) attempts to address the limitations of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ). As there is no Turkish version of the FIQR available, we aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of a Turkish translation of the FIQR in Turkish female fibromyalgia (FM) pa...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ediz L,Hiz O,Toprak M,Tekeoglu I,Ercan S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrocardiographic (ECG) and echocardiographic examinations and 24-h ECG Holter monitoring were carried out in 100 patients (age < 65 years) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) of stages II-IV according to Steinbrocker's criteria. One hundred patients with osteoarthrosis, spondyloarthrosis and painful shoulder matched fo...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wisłowska M,Sypuła S,Kowalik I

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first name of the co-author of the above article was presented incorrect in the published version. The author name "Miangliang Qiu" should read "Mingliang Qiu" as mentioned above. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Qiu M,Mo L,Li J,Liang H,Zhu W,Zheng X,Duan X,Xu W

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of biotechnology-derived medicines has significantly increased in recent decades. Although biosimilars undergo rigorous characterization as well as clinical studies to document their safety and effectiveness, they are highly complex molecules and small changes in the purification and production process of a bi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Pineda C,Caballero-Uribe CV,de Oliveira MG,Lipszyc PS,Lopez JJ,Mataos Moreira MM,Azevedo VF

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00