Esophageal high-resolution impedance manometry alterations in asymptomatic patients with systemic sclerosis: prevalence, associations with disease features, and prognostic value.

abstract：:We report a patient with idiopathic portal hypertension (IPH) associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and Sjögren's syndrome. A 72-year-old Japanese woman was admitted to our hospital because of Raynaud's phenomenon, sclerodactyly, and dyspnea. The patient had splenomegaly, esophageal varices in the absence of extrah...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kogawa H,Migita K,Ito M,Takii Y,Daikoku M,Nakao M,Miyashita T,Kimura H,Ezaki H,Nakamura M,Yatsuhashi H,Eguchi K,Ishibashi H

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to juxtaarticular osteoporosis, which appears to reflect predominantly local disease mechanisms, more generalized bone loss can occur in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The aim of this study was to compare bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spine and proximal femur in RA patients versus controls and evalu...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Celiker R,Gökçe-Kutsal Y,Cindas A,Ariyürek M,Renda N,Koray Z,Basgöze O

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D deficiency may be involved in the pathogenesis of several inflammatory conditions. This study aimed to determine the status of vitamin D in the rheumatology patients who were diagnosed with different rheumatic, inflammatory and non-inflammatory diseases. In this cross-sectional observational study, we review...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Alachkar M,Teoh YP,O'Sullivan MM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyze fucosylation of alpha(1)-acid glycoprotein (AGP) and to identify relations between AGP fucosylation and clinical and biochemical indices of disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with monoclonal antitumor necrosis factor (TNF) antibody infliximab, we examined 22 patients with RA...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Olewicz-Gawlik A,Korczowska-Łacka I,Łacki JK,Klama K,Hrycaj P

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology and primarily involves muscle and skin. It is the most common idiopathic inflammatory myopathy of childhood. This study aimed to evaluate demographic and clinical features, laboratory data, treatment modalities, and outcome of pa...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Barut K,Aydin PO,Adrovic A,Sahin S,Kasapcopur O

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate whether modifiable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, e.g. atherogenic blood lipids, hypertension and lifestyle-related factors such as smoking, diet and physical inactivity, differ among patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in comparison to the general population. Ei...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Sundström B,Johansson G,Johansson I,Wållberg-Jonsson S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological involvement is uncommon in systemic sclerosis. Most of the reported cases concern trigeminal neuropathy or peripheral nerve entrapment. We report a third case of brachial plexopathy, presumably related to vasculitis, in a patient with systemic sclerosis, which improved after cyclophosphamide therapy. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Allanore Y,Zuber M,Kahan A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two patients with the primary antiphospholipid syndrome who presented with severe hypertension. Renal biopsy specimen provided histologic evidence of intra-renal vascular disease with intravascular microthrombosis and nephrosclerosis, without feature of proliferative glomerulopathy. Accelerated hypertensio...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Durand JM,Lefevre P,Kaplanski G,Casanova P,Soubeyrand J

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with rheumatoid nodulosis are here described, together with a review of cases reported to date in the literature. This particular variant of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by the presence of subcutaneous rheumatoid nodules, scanty or absent systemic manifestations and a clinically benign cour...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Goñi MA,Scheines EJ,Paira SO,Barceló HA,Maldonado Cocco JA

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) and the Modified Health Assessment Questionnaire are useful tools for assessing and monitoring patients with rheumatic diseases, they have a "floor effect" and do not fully reflect the psychological status of patients. Recently, the Multidimensional Health Assessment ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Lee SS,Park MJ,Yoon HJ,Park YW,Park IH,Park KS

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The burden of non-communicable diseases such as musculoskeletal diseases in the developing world is often overshadowed by the more prevalent infectious diseases. Generally, there is gross underestimation of the burden of rheumatologic disease in the backdrop of scanty or indeed non-existent rheumatology services in th...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chipeta J,Njobvu P,McGill PE,Bucala R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 19-year-old woman who consulted for low-back pain 3 weeks after her first delivery. This young woman had a personal history of protein C deficiency and was treated daily during her pregnancy with low-molecular-weight heparin. Her body mass index was 34 and she only gained 10 kg during her pregn...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Goëb V,Strotz V,Verdet M,Le Loët X,Vittecoq O

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic arthritis of childhood. Currently, it is characterized by seven categories. The enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) category usually affects boys older than 6 years and presents with lower limb asymmetrical arthritis associated with enthesitis. Later, these...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Aggarwal A,Misra DP

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is frequently difficult to differentiate radiologically from the axial involvement of ankylosing spondylitis and osteoarthrosis, some features of these 3 different diseases were compared. The predominantly horizontal nature of the enthesiophyte in DISH and its righ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Maertens M,Mielants H,Verstraete K,Veys EM

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shoulder pain may occur as a secondary symptom to a wide range of conditions, including rotator cuff disorders, glenohumeral osteoarthritis, or adhesive capsulitis. One common factor linking these diseases is inflammation. Understanding the role of inflammation in shoulder disorders can help physicians to manage and t...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Saccomanni B

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of azathioprine in the treatment of interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc). The records of patients with SSc with ILD who were treated with azathioprine were reviewed. Patients were treated with azathioprine and low-dose pr...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Dheda K,Lalloo UG,Cassim B,Mody GM

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biologic therapies have brought improved efficacy in the field of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but their use in clinical practice may be limited by concerns over cost. Predictive models are, therefore, needed to identify those people with RA with the worst potential outcomes, who will benefit most from the use of these ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Conaghan PG

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:We report a case of hypokalaemic, flaccid quadriparesis with sudden respiratory arrest in a 27-year-old Japanese woman in whom the discovery of distal renal tubular acidosis led to the diagnosis of primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS). Hypokalaemic periodic paralysis as the initial manifestation of primary SS is rare, but ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Fujimoto T,Shiiki H,Takahi Y,Dohi K

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory disease. Interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-10 are important cytokines involved in the immune response of TA in some ethnicities. We investigated whether the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of IL-6 and IL-10 genes and their expressions were associated with TA in a Chinese ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gao Q,Lv N,Dang A,Li Z,Ye J,Zheng D

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study demonstrates whether serum β2-microglobulin (β2-MG) level can be an indicator of the status of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD), and development of hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) complication. Serum β2-MG level was compared between the active and inactive statuses of ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wakabayashi K,Inokuma S,Matsubara E,Onishi K,Asashima H,Nakachi S,Hagiwara K

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatic diseases do not usually cluster in time and space. It has been proposed that environmental exposures may initiate autoimmune responses. We describe a cluster of rheumatic diseases among a group of health center employees who began to complain of symptoms typically related to moldy houses, including mucocutan...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Luosujärvi RA,Husman TM,Seuri M,Pietikäinen MA,Pollari P,Pelkonen J,Hujakka HT,Kaipiainen-Seppänen OA,Aho K

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE) is a multi-system autoimmune inflammatory disease. Generally, 60% of patients will develop lupus nephritis (LN); thus, early recognition and treatment is associated with better outcome. Interleukin 22 (IL-22) is involved in tissue inflammation and is regulated by interleuki...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Badr AMM,Farag Y,Abdelshafy M,Riad NM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, oesophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia (CREST) syndrome, a limited form of systemic sclerosis, is sometimes complicated by primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). A 52- and 61-year-old Japanese woman with PBC-CREST overlap syndrome accompanied by Sjögren's syndrome, and Hashi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Nakamura T,Higashi S,Tomoda K,Tsukano M,Sugi K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to investigate the possible effects of thioredoxin 1 (Trx1) on the proliferation and apoptosis of rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast-like synoviocytes (RA-FLSs) and elucidate the possible mechanisms involved. We investigated the distribution and expression of Trx1 in synovial tissues from RA and osteoarthritis (...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Lu T,Zong M,Fan S,Lu Y,Yu S,Fan L

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The above article originally published with an error present in Table 2 and is now presented correctly in this article. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kizaki K,Uchida S,Yamashita F,Tsukamoto M,Azuma K

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While fibromyalgia is frequently associated with ear-related symptoms such as feeling of ear fullness, earache, and tinnitus, the pathogenesis of these ear-related symptoms in fibromyalgia patients is unknown. Here, we focused on clarifying the pathogenesis of ear fullness, a particularly common symptom observed in fi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Iikuni F,Nomura Y,Goto F,Murakami M,Shigihara S,Ikeda M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) is a member of IRF family which induce signaling pathways and are involved in modulation of cell growth, differentiation, apoptosis, and immune system activity. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is an auto-inflammatory syndrome where the inflammatory markers are believed to play...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Esmaeili Reykande S,Rezaei A,Sadr M,Shabani M,Najmi Varzaneh F,Ziaee V,Rezaei N

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with a wide range of manifestations and potential to affect several organ systems. Complications arise from both disease and medications especially glucocorticoids, significantly contributing to overall morbidity and mortality. SLE predominantly affect...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Navarra SV,Zamora LD,Collante MTM

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00