Clinical significance of antibodies to double stranded DNA (dsDNA) for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

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：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to analyze factors related to pregnancy outcomes in women with positive antiphospholipid antibodies and previous adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) prospectively. METHODS:Patients' characteristics were described. Factors associated with obstetric complications were analyzed using logistic regr...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Li X,Deng X,Duan H,Zeng L,Zhou J,Liu C,Guo X,Liu X

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-week double-blind randomized drug trial followed by an open extension period of 36 weeks was carried out in 38 male patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) to compare the efficacy and safety of diflunisal (500 mg twice daily) and phenylbutazone (200 mg twice daily). Both drugs proved to be effective in improvin...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Franssen MJ,Gribnau FW,van de Putte LB

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ophthalmic involvement is the most debilitating complication of Behcet's disease (BD). The aim of the current study is to report on the efficacy and safety of a long-term use of interferon alpha-2a (IFNα-2a) in the treatment of refractory ophthalmic BD in the Azari population of Iran. We retrospectively analyzed the c...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kavandi H,Khabbazi A,Kolahi S,Hajialilo M,Shayan FK,Oliaei M

更新日期：2016-11-01 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：:With the aim of evaluating the role of 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis, this hormone was studied in 90 subjects. They were divided into three groups: the first group consisted of 30 normal female subjects (aged 30 to 45); the second group comprised 30 elderly female subjects (aged 67 to 90)...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cantatore FP,Carrozzo M

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small differences in inbred animals with a gene for arthritis must be the cause that some of them evolve the disease and others not. These differences are partly stochastic, caused by thermal movement of molecules. It is possible that their effect is amplified by a network of cytokines, known to play an important role...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Daams JH,Westerhoff HV

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological agents, particularly anti-Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF)-α agents, have emerged as an effective treatment in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases. An association between anti-TNF-α antibodies and reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) has been established. Appropriate screening for TB inf...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Mínguez S,Latorre I,Mateo L,Lacoma A,Diaz J,Olivé A,Domínguez J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of nail changes was investigated in 102 patients with nodal osteoarthritis of the hand. Nail lesions were seen in 14/102 patients (13.7%), a prevalence higher than that observed in 96 controls (4/96, 4.2%; chi square 4.37, p = 0.036). An increased risk of nail changes was associated with osteoarthritis of...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cimmino MA,Seriolo B,Accardo S

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore whether femoral cartilage thickness is related (and changes) with muscle strength in subjects with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Forty patients (27 F, 13 M) with knee OA-who were under quadriceps muscle strengthening program-were enrolled in the study. Isokinetic/isometric knee muscle strength measurements (at ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Tuna S,Balcı N,Özçakar L

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-system chronic inflammatory disease with a broad spectrum of clinical and serological manifestations. Although clinical evidence of proximal skeletal muscle involvement is not rare in patients with SLE, there is no knowledge about the effects of SLE on the macroscopic stru...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kaya A,Kara M,Tiftik T,Tezcan ME,Ozel S,Ersöz M,Göker B,Haznedaroğlu S,Ozçakar L

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the immunostimulant C. parvum on the establishment and course of mycoplasma arthritis of mice was investigated. Male Swiss albino mice were injected intra-venously with M. arthritidis culture and intraperitoneally with C. parvum. It was shown that mice immunostimulated with C. parvum were significantly p...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kaklamani E,Kaklamanis P,Sparos L,Karalis D,Alikouli K,Koumandaki I,Trichopoulos D

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is actually considered as one of the most appropriate techniques for measuring bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD). An anthropomorphic phantom and a 25-year-old girl were repeatedly measured, 160 times and 50 times respectively, over an 18-month period to in...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Reginster JY,Deroisy R,Zegels B,Jupsin I,Albert A,Franchimont P

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients are often treated by dermatology and rheumatology specialities and may receive different treatments. To evaluate the impact of dermatology/rheumatology specialist settings on diagnosis and therapeutic approach in PsA patients. This cross-sectional multicounty study in Italy involved ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Lubrano E,Delle Sedie A,Romanelli M,Chimenti MS,Bianchi L,Piaserico S,De Felice C,Graceffa D,De Andres MI,Curatolo S,Grembiale RD,Dastoli S,Arcuri C,Angileri RG,Prignano F,Bandinelli F,Baldissera E,Mercuri SR,Franchi

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis is highly genetic, with a heritability greater than 90 %. Presence of the HLA-B27 MHC class I allele remains the greatest genetic risk factor identified to date. Beyond its nominal role in antigen presentation, HLA-B27 displays interesting and possibly unique biochemical charac...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Smith JA

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment with methotrexate (MTX) is well established in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but dosing remains arbitrary as studies on the effect of different dosing schedules are lacking. In a randomised crossover design of 20 patients with RA, the effect of low (2.5mg) oral daily doses of MTX (15 mg weekly) was compared to ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Seideman P

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone metabolism in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is reviewed. Two different entities are recognised: 1) a localised periarticular bone loss, due to inflammatory processes and 2) a generalised increased bone turnover, ultimately leading to a loss of axial bone mass. The mechanism of this loss of axial bone is not ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bijlsma JW

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigens of HLA-DR locus were determined in 127 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and in 175 healthy persons. The frequency of HLA-DR1 antigen was discovered in 45% of the patients and in 22.3% of the examinees from the control group (p less than 0.001). The relative risk is 2.84. 69% of the patients were seropos...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Jajić Z,Jajić I,Jajić I,Kerhin-Brkljacic V

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has rarely being reported among African Blacks, in contrast with African-Americans. Such reports have been mostly case reports. Our encounter with new cases shows that this disease may not be rare after all. The objective of this study was to study the clinical presentations, laborat...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Adelowo OO,Oguntona SA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is a small case series that aims to discuss the impact of depression, vascular, and fibrotic changes on development of erectile dysfunction (ED) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). In this paper, we present five male patients with SSc, aged 30-48 years. All patients are nonsmokers, and their past m...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ostojic P,Damjanov N

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has recently been claimed that some of the symptoms in patients with Behçet's disease (BD) can be activated after the patient has stopped smoking. In this study we investigated the effect of smoking on the symptoms of Behçet's disease. Fifty asymptomatic current smokers (CS) who promised to stop smoking (group 1) a...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Soy M,Erken E,Konca K,Ozbek S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic T cell-mediated inflammatory spondyloarthropathy affecting 10-40 % of psoriasis (PSO) patients (0.3-1.0 % of the general population). Recent epidemiological studies have shown an increased prevalence of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and/or morbidity among PSO or PsA patients a...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Khraishi M,Aslanov R,Rampakakis E,Pollock C,Sampalis JS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musculoskeletal disorders represent a large and growing clinical challenge to primary care clinicians. Unfortunately, there appears to be a gap in current training and continuing education to meet this challenge. We used script concordance within a continuing medical education program entitled "Joint Adventures" to as...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Petrella RJ,Davis P

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to find the characteristics and prevalence of nailfold capillary changes in a large series of patients with Behçet's disease (BD) and to analyze their possible relation to other clinical characteristics of the disease. We performed nailfold capillaroscopy in 128 randomly selected patients f...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Movasat A,Shahram F,Carreira PE,Nadji A,Akhlaghi M,Naderi N,Davatchi F

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic value of the Psoriatic Arthritis Screening Evaluation (PASE) and Early Psoriatic Arthritis Screening Questionnaire (EARP) questionnaires in the ultrasonographic detection of enthesitis, synovitis, and tenosynovitis. A cross-sectional study was done in a total of 96 co...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Vidal D,Reina D,Martin JL,Cerdà D,Estrada P,García-Diaz S,Navarro V,Peramiquel L,Roig D,Torrente V,Corominas H

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to determine reasons for admission, the prevalence and spectrum of infections, and the outcomes in a multiethnic cohort of hospitalized systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients in Durban, South Africa. We reviewed the records of hospitalized SLE patients seen over a 79-month period; the demographic data...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Dubula T,Mody GM

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To present the clinical and pathological findings in patients presenting with myositis caused by syphilis. The literature is reviewed, and pathophysiologic factors discussed. A 49-year-old Caucasian heterosexual male with a known history of stable human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C (HCV) co-infection, ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Yacyshyn E,Chiowchanwisawakit P,Emery DJ,Jhamandas J,Resch L,Taylor G

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported a series of ten patients with lupus nephritis (five patients in the relapse phase and five in the remission phase) and measured the macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), an important pro-inflammatory cytokine with probable role in the pathogenesis of many inflammatory diseases, in their urine sampl...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Otukesh H,Chalian M,Hoseini R,Chalian H,Hooman N,Bedayat A,Yazdi RS,Sabaghi S,Mahdavi S

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very recently, several studies have convincingly demonstrated the role of infection in the development of the antiphospholipid syndrome. Cross antibody-mediated reactivity due to molecular mimicry between endothelial glycoproteins and microbial products was considered as an important pathogenic mechanism. However, ano...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Rozin AP

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) or histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis is a rare, benign, autoimmune condition characterized by lymphadenopathy, fever, and neutropenia. KFD can frequently mimic various diseases including infection, malignancy, and autoimmune disease. KFD has also been infrequently reported in associa...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kampitak T

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00