Correction to: Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and platelet/lymphocyte ratio in Behçet's disease: which and when to use?

abstract：:This study aims to investigate pre-clinical esophageal involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) by high-resolution impedance manometry (HRiM), its associations with disease features including lung involvement, and its predictivity of esophageal symptoms overtime. Charts of 45 asymptomatic (no heartburn/regurgitation/dy...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Vettori S,Tolone S,Capocotta D,Chieffo R,Giacco V,Valentini G,Docimo L

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yao syndrome (YAOS), formerly named NOD2-associated autoinflammatory disease, is a periodic disease characterized by fever, dermatitis, polyarthritis, distal extremity swelling, and gastrointestinal and sicca-like symptoms associated with specific NOD2 sequence variants. All patients in the literature were Caucasians....

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Yang X,Wu D,Li J,Shen M,Zhang W

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a rare vasculitis that affects the aorta and its primary branches. Heterogeneous clinical manifestations have been described in different geographical areas. We aimed to evaluate demographic, clinical, and angiographic features and the outcome in 16 TA patients who were followed in a singl...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Petrovic-Rackov L,Pejnovic N,Jevtic M,Damjanov N

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The prevalence of herpes zoster (HZ) is high in patients with rheumatologic diseases. The incidence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is at least twice as high as in healthy people. Nevertheless, little is known about humoral immunity against varicella zoster virus (VZV), in particular in patients...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Krasselt M,Baerwald C,Liebert UG,Seifert O

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ACR/EULAR Boolean remission criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) include a strict cutoff for patient global assessment (PGA, value ≤ 1/10). Near-remission corresponds to remission for joint counts and C-reactive protein but with PGA > 1. The objective was to explore whether the contribution of PGA to remission a...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gossec L,Kirwan JR,de Wit M,Balanescu A,Gaujoux-Viala C,Guillemin F,Rat AC,Saraux A,Fautrel B,Kvien TK,Dougados M,RAID investigators.

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:We report a case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) enteritis in a 31 year-old -woman with lupus enteritis. In August 2002 the patient complained of severe abdominal pain. An abdominopelvic CT scan at the time showed free air in the peritoneal cavity and wall thickening of the ileal loop. She was diagnosed as having panperitoni...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bang S,Park YB,Kang BS,Park MC,Hwang MH,Kim HK,Lee SK

更新日期：2004-02-01 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 describe clinical and epidemiological data of Behçet's disease (BD) in Brazil, we retrospectively reviewed records of all patients seen between 2006 and 2007 at the BD outpatient clinic of University of Sao Paulo. One hundred and six patients fulfilled the International Study Group for Behçet's Disease diagnostic c...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Neves FS,Caldas CA,Lage LV,Goldenstein-Schainberg C,Gonçalves CR

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive subcutaneous and muscular calcification developed in a patient having adult-onset dermatopolymyositis (DM-PM) with an 'overlap' connective tissue disease. We wish to emphasize the rarity of calcification in adult onset DM-PM, which is contrary to the generally held impression. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cohen MG,Nash P,Webb J

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is the first key hormone of reproduction. GnRH analogs are extensively used in in vitro fertilization and treatment of sex hormone-dependent cancers due to their ability to bring about 'chemical castration'. Recently it has been showed that it also plays an important role in the m...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Lazúrová I,Angelovicová J,Petríková J,Calfová A,Oetterová M,Svajdler M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:High levels of serum uric acid (UA) are associated with cerebro-cardiovascular disease risk factors. This study aimed at evaluating the main determinants of serum UA levels in relation to biochemical, lifestyle, and clinical variables. METHODS:The study population included 15,594 participants (48% men, age ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Magnacca S,Costanzo S,De Curtis A,Di Castelnuovo A,Olivieri M,Cerletti C,de Gaetano G,Donati MB,Iacoviello L,Moli-sani Study Investigators.

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:PFAPA syndrome is characterized by episodes of periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis. PFAPA syndrome usually begins in children under 5 years old and normally has self-resolution. The etiology of PFAPA syndrome remains unknown. In this paper, we report the cases of two different famil...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Valenzuela PM,Majerson D,Tapia JL,Talesnik E

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：: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：:Bone loss in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) varies at different skeletal sites. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether bone mineral density (BMD) of the forearm is significantly different in patients with RA and controls and may correlate to BMD or other parameters of inflammation or bone resorption. We...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Franck H,Gottwalt J

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statin-induced necrotising autoimmune myopathy (NAM) is a rare but disabling complication of statin therapy. Data regarding treatment and outcomes in these patients is sparse. We retrospectively identified those patients with a diagnosis of statin-induced NAM who were managed in a single-tertiary referral centre from ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Waters MJ,Limaye V

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of the study were to assess sleep disturbances in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare these with a working sample and a treatment-seeking sample reporting insomnia. The primary sample was 172 people with SLE. This sample represented 32% of all members of two lupus support association. Two ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Greenwood KM,Lederman L,Lindner HD

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (anti-TNF) have become the standard treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, evidence is inconsistent as to whether RA patients with anti-TNF are associated with an increased risk of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) compared with those without anti-TNF. We performed a ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wang JL,Yin WJ,Zhou LY,Zhou G,Liu K,Hu C,Zuo XC,Wang YF

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with a mild disease course could be identified early in the phase of the disease, therapy with less aggressive and probably less toxic antirheumatic drugs seems to be rational. The aim of this study was to investigate which factors at baseline could predict a clinical response (Am...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： van den Borne BE,Landewé RB,Rietveld JH,Goei The HS,Griep EN,Breedveld FC,Dijkmans BA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to 65Kd heat-shock protein (hsp) of mycobacterium leprae were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in the three immunoglobulin classes in paired sera and synovial fluids of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Titers of anti-hsp antibody were expressed by optical density (OD) values for...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Oda A,Miyata M,Kodama E,Satoh H,Sato Y,Nishimaki T,Nomaguchi H,Kasukawa R

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-nucleosome antibodies, which recognise conformational epitopes consisting of histone and DNA in chromatin, have been described in autoimmune diseases. In this study, an attempt was made to isolate anti-nucleosome antibodies from the anti-DNA-depleted plasma IgG of two lupus patients either with or without nephrit...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Suenaga R,Mitamura K,Abdou NI

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Sustained cough is a frequent complaint in methotrexate (MTX) treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and can be a symptom of incipient MTX-induced pneumonitis. This study was performed to characterize MTX-associated cough clinically and to clarify by which means this condition can be distinguished from incipient MTX pneum...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Schnabel A,Dalhoff K,Bauerfeind S,Barth J,Gross WL

更新日期：1996-05-01 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：:Over a period of 10 years 34 patients were diagnosed as suffering from palindromic rheumatism. Eighty-one percent of the patients were of North African origin. This is significantly higher (p = 0.01) than the age-adjusted origin of the general population in the region. Attacks were usually monoarthritic or oligoarthri...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Eliakim A,Neumann L,Horowitz J,Buskila D,Kleiner-Baumgarten A,Sukenik S

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) manifestation. The worst survival has been associated with usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) definitive pattern in high-resolution chest tomography (HRCT) scans. Moreover, the use of methotrexate in RA-ILD is controversial. Our aim was to evaluate ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Rojas-Serrano J,Herrera-Bringas D,Pérez-Román DI,Pérez-Dorame R,Mateos-Toledo H,Mejía M

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an adult case of reflex sympathetic dystrophy. In contrast to the usual findings in adults, three phase bone scintigraphy showed decreased bloodflow and bloodpool with hypofixation on delayed steady state bone scan of the affected lower limb. In spite of various therapeutic attempts severe dystrophy develope...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Williame LM,Sand A

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) instillations are used in bladder cancer treatment. Adverse effects can occur. Osteoarticular complications are mainly reactive arthritis, but true infections have been described, such as vertebral osteomyelitis. We made a review of M. bovis BCG vertebral osteomyeliti...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cadiou S,Al Tabaa O,Nguyen CD,Faccin M,Guillin R,Revest M,Guggenbuhl P,Houvenagel E,Pertuiset E,Coiffier G

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of patients with exposure to viral hepatitis is an important part of the care of patients with inflammatory arthritis. This study was conducted to assess the extent of hepatitis B and C screening, and the prevalence of viral hepatitis in a cohort of patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA). T...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Conway R,Doran MF,O'Shea FD,Crowley B,Cunnane G

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00