Management of anti-HBc-positive patients with rheumatic diseases treated with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs-a single-center analysis of 2054 patients.

abstract：:Over the last few years, several studies in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have demonstrated an association between valvulopathy, including Libman-Sacks endocarditis (LS) and the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL), suggesting a role of these antibodies in the pathogenesis of the lesions. O...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Mattos P,Santiago MB

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 45-year-old Caucasian woman suffering from ankylosing spondylitis and undifferentiated connective tissue disease in whom the prevailing clinical features were retinal vasculitis and inflammatory low back pain. HLA typing revealed the concomitant presence of B27 and DR2 antigens. We hypothesise ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Galluzzo E,Taglione E,Bartolomei MP,Pasero G,Riente L

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the intersection of atopy and autoimmunity, we present a patient with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who developed hypereosinophilia, without evidence of other etiologies, as she became rheumatoid factor (RF) positive. Although the magnitude of eosinophilia in patients with RA has been thought to reflect th...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Rosenstein RK,Panush RS,Kramer N,Rosenstein ED

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and 3 types of autoantibodies were measured in 30 patients with angiographical or pathological proved vasculitis. There were 18 patients with systemic vasculitis and 12 patients with cutaneous vasculitis. The measured antibodies included anti-endothelial cell anti...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wang CR,Liu MF,Tsai RT,Chuang CY,Chen CY

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing concern over generalizability of trial results. We investigated eligibility criteria of knee osteoarthritis clinical trials. Eligible trials were randomized, placebo-controlled trials that were identified by searches in MEDLINE, SCOPUS, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. We ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Koog YH,Wi H,Jung WY

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a larger body of work to develop a rheumatology priority referral score, a literature review was conducted. The objective of the literature review was to identify preexisting priority-setting, triage, and referral tools/scales developed to guide referrals from primary care to specialist care/consultation us...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： De Coster C,Fitzgerald A,Cepoiu M,Investigators of the Western Canada Waiting List Project (WCWL).

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although mesenteric vasculitis due to Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is relatively uncommon, it is the most life-threatening manifestation associated with high mortality. We describe a 15-year-old boy with HSP who had massive gastrointestinal bleeding and ileus but delayed onset of the purpuric rash. Abdominal ultraso...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wang L,Huang FC,Ko SF,Cheng MT

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:It has been suggested that in some patients non-traumatic aseptic osteonecrosis of the hip (AOH) could be the result of the intra-osseous thrombosis. Antiphospholipid antibodies (APL) have been associated with venous and arterial occlusive events and the association between AOH and APL syndrome has been repo...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Laroche M,Ludot I,Thiechart M,Viguier G,Dromer C,Mazières B

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of steroid injection (local treatment, LT) into the digital flexor tendon sheath of dactylitis in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients as compared with systemic treatment (ST). METHODS:Forty-six PsA patients with a total of 73 dactylitic fingers were assessed in an observational, mu...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Girolimetto N,Macchioni P,Citriniti G,Tinazzi I,Bascherini V,Martinis F,Marchetta A,Possemato N,Tasso M,Peluso R,Punzi L,Salvarani C,Scarpa R,McGonagle D,Costa L,Caso F

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The invalidation or social pain is an important but neglected issue in polysymptomatology of fibromyalgia (FM). This study sought whether tracing-perceived invalidation could be effective to discriminate between the presence and absence of FM in chronic pain patients with respect to five different sources, i...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ghavidel-Parsa B,Bidari A,Tohidi S,Shenavar I,Kazemnezhad Leyli E,Hosseini K,Khosousi MJ

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had symptomatic knee joints at the start of anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy, the relationship between local symptoms and knee joint destruction at 94 weeks was retrospectively investigated. Among the patients with rheumatoid arthritis and received anti-TNF therapy, th...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Imagama T,Tanaka H,Tokushige A,Seki K,Sumiura S,Yamamoto M,Nagahiro Y,Taguchi T

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Either total hip arthroplasty (THA), total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or both were performed in 105 patients from 1981 to 1994. These patients were experiencing severe joint destruction in the lower extremities due to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). These patients were followed for more than 2 years after their last operation...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kageyama Y,Miyamoto S,Ozeki T,Hiyoshi M,Kushida K,Inoue T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caeruloplasmin (Cp), prealbumin and alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2-M) concentrations in serum were compared in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarthrosis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, Reiter's syndrome, Behçet's syndrome, SLE and normal controls. Cp was significantly elevated (p less than 0.01) in all d...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Surrall KE,Bird HA,Dixon JS

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient receptor potential melastatin 7 (TRPM7) is involved in both normal physiological processes and pathology of various diseases. The purpose of this study was to explore the function and underlying mechanisms of TRPM7 channels in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) apoptosis induced by...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Li X,Wang X,Wang Y,Li X,Huang C,Li J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a young male with recent onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in whom the remarkable severity of the disease led to additional investigations. The only significant finding was mediastinal lymphadenopathy, without lung involvement. Biopsy of the mediastinal lymph node revealed pathological findings typical of s...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Markovits D,Schapira D,Wiener A,Nahir AM

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to compare total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) utilization and outcomes by patient residence. We used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) from 2003 to 2011 to compare utilization and outcomes (post-arthroplasty discharge disposition, length of hospitalization, and mortality) by rural vs. u...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Singh JA,Ramachandaran R

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relations between parameters obtained by clinical absorptiometric techniques, such as SPA, DPA, DXA and QCT, and geometrical and material parameters of bone structures are investigated. Two types of bone are considered: the diaphysis of a long bone, modelled as a hollow cylindrical structure consisting of compact ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Van der Perre G,Lowet G

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the efficacy of Infliximab, a chimeric monoclonal antibody against TNF-alpha, in the treatment of Takayasu arteritis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We used infliximab at an initial dose of 3 mg/kg i.v. at weeks 0, 2, 6, and 8 thereafter in combination with methotrexate or azathioprine, to treat four patients...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Karageorgaki ZT,Mavragani CP,Papathanasiou MA,Skopouli FN

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of cardiovascular clinical manifestations have been described in patients with spondyloarthritis, especially in well-established ankylosing spondylitis. These include both structural heart disease, conduction defects and ischemic heart disease. The true prevalence of cardiovascular involvement in patients wi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gensler LS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Action potential simulation (APS) is becoming a popular method of pain reduction. Nevertheless, little is known about the efficacy of this relatively new treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate whether APS helps to reduce pain, improves patients' perception of daily functioning and social partici...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Fengler RK,Jacobs JW,Bac M,van Wijck AJ,van Meeteren NL

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of 63 cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors were measured in the serum of four patients with idiopathic morphea and of one patient with vitamin K1-induced morphea employing a multiplex assay to identify the role of inflammatory/immunologic events in their pathogenesis. Full-thickness skin biopsies of af...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cox LA,Webster GF,Piera-Velazquez S,Jimenez SA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of pseudo-pseudohypoparathyroidism (PPH) with shortening of the left femur and tibia and coalition of the base of the fourth metacarpals with capitatum and hamatum in bilateral wrist joints was presented. Involvement of the fourth digits both in hands and feet were more prominent on the left side, with shorteni...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Unlu Z,Orguc S,Yilmaz Ovali G,Bayindir P

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this work was to study the clinical and serological profiles of rheumatoid arthritis in Burkina Faso (West Africa). It is a cross-sectional study conducted from March 2006 to February 2009 in the Internal Medicine Department of the University Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo. All patients seen in the rheuma...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ouédraogo DD,Singbo J,Diallo O,Sawadogo SA,Tiéno H,Drabo YJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:To validate the Quality of Life-Rheumatoid Arthritis Scale II (QOL-RA II) in an Argentinean cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients ≥ 18 years old, with a diagnosis of RA according to ACR-EULAR 2010 criteria, were included in a cross-sectional study. Sociodemographic data, comorbidities, RA charact...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Isnardi CA,Schneeberger EE,Capelusnik D,de Los Ángeles Correa M,Lim R,Hu M,Tapia MJ,Kerzberg E,Blanco E,Benavidez FL,Gonzales Lucero L,Barbaglia AL,Bazzarelli M,Ficco HM,Pérez S,Hartvig C,Salcedo M,Citera G

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the psychometric properties of the United Kingdom's Commissioning for Quality in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient-Reported Experience Measure (CQRA-PREM) in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to implement this questionnaire in daily practice in the Netherlands. METHO...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Beckers E,Webers C,Boonen A,Ten Klooster PM,Vonkeman HE,van Tubergen A

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：:Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthropathy, associated with skin and/or nail psoriasis and other possible systemic features. In the last years, PsA therapy has been revolutionized by the increasing knowledge in the pathogenetic mechanisms of the disease, involving dysfunction and oversecretion of multipl...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Costa L,Caso F,Cantarini L,Del Puente A,Scarpa R,Atteno M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe thrombocytopenia with bleeding associated with a life-threatening thrombotic manifestation in the setting of antiphospholipid syndrome is a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for the clinician. Hemorrhage is a less common complication than thrombosis in patients with APS, although severe thrombocytopeni...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Nyo MT,Kalla AA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information about the distribution of effusion within the arthritic knee joint should be considered in selecting an anatomical approach for arthrocentesis. We recorded ultrasound measurements of fluid distribution in the knees of patients attending our clinic for knee injections under ultrasound guidance. In a cross-s...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Hirsch G,O'Neill T,Kitas G,Klocke R

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00