Ultrasound elastography-based assessment of the elasticity of the supraspinatus muscle in impingement syndrome: does elastography has any diagnostic value?

abstract：:The swift and accurate diagnosis of acute arterial occlusion and limb ischemia is critical to prevent morbidity from this vascular emergency as reported by Bettman et al. (Radiology 215:101-105, 2000). There are a number of imaging modalities available to the diagnosing physician. However, the most appropriate modalit...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Baker JF,Nazarian LN,Olin JW,Pullman-Mooar S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), central nervous system (CNS) involvement is relatively uncommon. The current study retrospectively investigated the clinical features and outcomes of AAV patients with CNS involvement. METHODS:A total of 497 AAV patients were retrosp...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ma TT,Li ZY,Geng YS,Chen M,Zhao MH

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to determine the frequency of rheumatoid factor (RF) and cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibodies in a cohort of patients with palindromic rheumatism (PR) and to find determinants for progression to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). All new cases of PR (n=90) were included prospectively and followed up ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Emad Y,Anbar A,Abo-Elyoun I,El-Shaarawy N,Al-Hanafi H,Darwish H,Gamil M,Rasker JJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVE:Knee alignment and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury are risk factors for knee osteoarthritis (OA). The objective was to examine interactions between knee alignment and ACL status on cartilage volume loss in participants with or at risk of knee OA. METHOD:Participants were from the Osteoar...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Robbins SM,Raymond N,Abram F,Pelletier JP,Martel-Pelletier J

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dego's disease is an uncommon thrombo-occlusive vasculopathy that presented with skin rash and thrombotic complications affecting internal organs that may simulate rheumatic diseases and may be brought to the attention of rheumatologists. We present here a case of a middle-aged woman who presented with acute bowel inf...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chung HY,Trendell-Smith NJ,Yeung CK,Mok MY

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to describe the clinical features of Lebanese patients with Behçet's disease (BD) followed up at a tertiary care center in Lebanon. A retrospective review of medical records of 90 patients who fulfilled the International Study Group (ISG) criteria for diagnosis was performed. The clinical char...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Hamdan A,Mansour W,Uthman I,Masri AF,Nasr F,Arayssi T

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 has changed the habits and lives of people worldwide. Patients affected by systemic sclerosis (SSc) experienced constant fear because of their immunocompromised status. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and to analyze the lifestyle changes in a s...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Pellegrino G,Mohammad Reza Beigi D,Angelelli C,Stefanantoni K,Cadar M,Mancuso S,Conti F,Riccieri V

更新日期：2020-11-14 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：:Two patients with coexistent Down's syndrome and gout are described. Although increased serum urate levels are frequently reported in Down's syndrome, only a few such patients have been described with concomitant gout. In our patients no significant alterations of the purine salvage pathway were found, and the turnove...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ciompi ML,Bazzichi LM,Bertolucci D,Mazzoni MR,Barbieri P,Mencacci S,Macchia D,Mariani G

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the relationship between physical appearance concern and psychological distress in female adolescent patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was the aim of this study. A total of 84 adolescent SLE female patients and 80 age-matching healthy adolescents were evaluated for levels of appearance concer...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ji L,Lili S,Jing W,Yanyan H,Min W,Juan X,Hongmei S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Employing a recently developed questionnaire we studied the self-esteem structure of 61 female fibromyalgia (FM) patients by comparing them with i) 40 healthy psychology students and ii) 37 patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. Depressed FM patients (n=36) had a high need to gain self-esteem through competence...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Johnson M,Paananen ML,Rahinantti P,Hannonen P

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate whether calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals are constantly detectable in sequential synovial fluid (SF) examinations of patients with initially CPPD-positive osteoarthritis (OA). For this purpose, we searched our SF database for CPPD-positive patients, who had two o...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Robier C,Neubauer M,Fritz K,Lippitz P,Stettin M,Rainer F

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is a leading cause of morbidity worldwide, with published data showing its prevalence as high as 50% for chronic pain in the European population. This prevalence is likely to continue to rise, particularly in elderly people with comorbid conditions and complex aetiologies of pain. There is thus a rapidly growing ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Langford RM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monovariate and multivariate analyses including logistic regression were performed to determine associations among predicting variables [age, gender, immunofluorescence pattern, and anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) titer] and anti-extractable nuclear antigen (ENA) and -dsDNA antibodies (Abs) in 1089 patients with positive ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kang I,Siperstein R,Quan T,Breitenstein ML

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The level of the N terminal fragment of procollagen III (P3NP) levels of 100 consecutive patients affected by rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were evaluated in comparison with disease activity markers (erythrocytes sedimentation rate, C reactive protein), immunological status (rheumatoid factors, immune complexes) and joint...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Tebib JG,Viguier P,Noel E,Colson F,Barbier Y,Bouvier M

更新日期：1992-12-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinases (IRAKs) are serine-threonine kinases involved in toll-like receptor and interleukin-1 signaling pathways. They play a key role in inflammation and innate immunity. IRAKs have been previously incriminated in autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Boumiza A,Zemni R,Sghiri R,Idriss N,Hassine HB,Chabchoub E,Mzabi A,Ghannouchi N,Bouajina E,Ben Hadj Slama F

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：: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：:Leptin is known to play an important role in the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis (OA). This study investigated whether synovial fluid (SF) leptin level is related to the radiographic severity of OA and its role as a quantitative marker for the detection of OA. SF was obtained from 42 OA patients who underwent knee s...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ku JH,Lee CK,Joo BS,An BM,Choi SH,Wang TH,Cho HL

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：:We report three cases of tricho-rhino-phalangeal syndrome (TRPS) type I in a Belgian family. They presented typical characteristics such as a pear-shaped nose, and short, deformed fingers with cone-shaped epiphyses of some middle phalanges of the hands. Hair growth was practically normal in our patients, except for so...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Verbruggen LA,Van Laere C,Lamoureux J,Van Tiggelen R

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine incidence of increased levels of alanine transferase (ALT) >2× upper limit of normal (ULN) in patients receiving methotrexate (MTX), treated according to a dynamic strategy, and to identify predictors of ALT of >2× ULN. METHODS:Data of 508 recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients from the...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Dirven L,Klarenbeek NB,van den Broek M,van Groenendael JH,de Sonnaville PB,Kerstens PJ,Huizinga TW,Dijkmans BA,Lems WF,Allaart CF

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this blinded, randomised, multicentre study was to compare the tolerability of aspirin, paracetamol and ibuprofen in common pain resulting from musculoskeletal conditions (MSC) in general practice with patients with other non-MSC pain conditions. Patients took aspirin, paracetamol (both up to 3g daily) or i...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Le Parc JM,Van Ganse E,Moore N,Wall R,Schneid H,Verrière F

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to investigate the relationship among smoking, TNF-α-blocker therapy, and the dynamic changes in gut microbiota in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHODS:Using a 16S rRNA sequence, 98 fecal samples of 20 AS patients collected after 0, 1, 3 and 6 months of anti-TNF-α treatment an...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Zhang F,Ma C,Zhang B,Bi L

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this paper are to evaluate the efficacy of a community-based lay-led Arthritis Self-Management Program (ASMP) among patients with chronic inflammatory arthritis and evaluate the effectiveness of "shared care collaboration" between hospital and community. We trained 17 lay leaders and recruited patien...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Leung YY,Kwan J,Chan P,Poon PK,Leung C,Tam LS,Li EK,Kwok A

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our aim was to investigate the prevalence value of a high-avidity antinuclear antibody (ANA) of the IgG isotype (HA IgG ANA) compared with that of ANAs of other isotypes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to assess the associations of HA IgG ANA with the activity of SLE and lupus nephrit...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Zeng Y,Lin Y,Wang X,Zhang Y,Peng F,Wang J,Jiang L,Liang S,Xiao Y

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：: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