Clinico-serologic features of statin-induced necrotising autoimmune myopathy in a single-centre cohort.

abstract：INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES:The primary objective was to evaluate the impact of an in-department pharmacist on the prevention of drug iatrogenesis in a rheumatology department. Secondary objectives were to determine (i) if medication history discrepancies were detected more frequently in the elderly or not, and (ii) if the...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Soubieux A,Chenailler C,Lattard C,Banse C,Kozyreff-Meurice M,Gondé H,Lequerré T,Vittecoq O,Varin R

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to identify baseline factors associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis at the end of 1-year follow-up in a cohort of patients with very recent onset arthritis. Incident cases with self-reported arthritis (

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Rojas-Serrano J,Burgos-Vargas R,Pérez LL,García CG,Moctezuma F,Vázquez-Mellado J

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterogenous population of cells, including macrophages, synoviocytes and lymphocytes play important roles in the immunopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). T cells, however, seem to be a common thread throughout the disease process. In inhibiting T lymphocytes, cyclosporin A presents a more selective form of th...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bentin J

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-two patients with psoriatic arthritis (PA), treated with auranofin (AF), were entered into a one year prospective, open study. The total group showed a significant increase in frequency of HLA antigens A1 and B38, and a reduction of B5 when compared to healthy controls. There was a remission or an important impr...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Salvarani C,Zizzi F,Macchioni P,Mantovani W,Rossi F,Baricchi R,Bellelli A,Capozzoli N,Frizziero L,Portioli I

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of late hypophosphatemic osteomalacia are described: a male aged 30 who had the disease since he was 22 and a woman of 23 who had the disease since she was 14. Both presented with myopathy and bone pain, and showed hypophosphatemia, hyperglycinuria, reduced tubular phosphate reabsorption (TPR), increased hyd...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Rico H,Gomez-Castresana F,Hernandez ER,Matute JA,Torrubiano J,Nunez-Torrón M

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) and interleukin-2 (IL-2) are potential immunological mediators of pathogenetic changes in rheumatoid arthritis. We measured the concentrations of TNF alpha and IL-2 in plasma from 2 groups of patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (RA). One group had high and one had low ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Espersen GT,Vestergaard M,Ernst E,Grunnet N

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this research was to determine any correlations between Dickkopf-1 serum levels (Dkk-1, a natural inhibitor of the Wnt signaling pathway promoting osteoclastogenesis) and the Trabecular Bone Score (TBS), in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. It also aimed at determining any dif...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ruaro B,Casabella A,Paolino S,Pizzorni C,Ghio M,Seriolo C,Molfetta L,Odetti P,Smith V,Cutolo M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate in systemic sclerosis (SSc) retrospectively the effect of Bosentan and Sildenafil and their combination on Raynaud's phenomenon (RP), function, and capillaroscopic patterns. One hundred and twenty-three SSc patients (mean age ± sd, 57.69 ± 14.07 years) were retrospectively evaluat...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bellando-Randone S,Lepri G,Bruni C,Blagojevic J,Radicati A,Cometi L,De Paulis A,Matucci-Cerinic M,Guiducci S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antinuclear antibody (ANA) test results frequently affect the course of patients' evaluations, diagnosis, and treatment, but different laboratory centers may yield conflicting results. This study investigated the degree of agreement between laboratory results in a group of subjects who had ANA testing performed at two...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Abeles AM,Gomez-Ramirez M,Abeles M,Honiden S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to demonstrate the effectiveness of sulphurous water in patients with osteoarthritis of the hand. Forty-seven patients with osteoarthritis of the hand were enrolled into the double-blind, randomized, controlled study, satisfying ACR criteria. One group of the patients (n = 24) received balneot...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kovács C,Pecze M,Tihanyi Á,Kovács L,Balogh S,Bender T

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha therapy has led to significant advancement in the treatment of rheumatological disease. Rarely, anti-TNFalpha antagonists have been associated with vasculitis, predominantly cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis. We present the first case of angiographically-confirmed digital vasculit...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Mangat P,Whittle S,Cleland L,Limaye V

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective is to investigate the accrual rate and risk factors of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in an inception cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) followed at a single tertiary center. A prospectively collected database of 256 consecutive patients with SLE followed over a 25-year period was s...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Pokroy-Shapira E,Gelernter I,Molad Y

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to characterize the clinical features of a cohort of patients diagnosed with systemic sclerosis (SSc) after the age of 75 and compare them to a group diagnosed at a younger age. We record the review of 769 patients diagnosed with SSc over the past 16 years. Utilizing a nested case-control model, we com...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Derk CT,Artlett CM,Jimenez SA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether headache and family history of headache are risk factors for complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) or not. Twenty-three CRPS patients and 69 healthy persons were interviewed whether or not they suffered from headache and had first-degree family history of headache. A headache sufferer was defin...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Toda K,Muneshige H,Maruishi M,Kimura H,Asou T

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet's disease (BD) has well-defined pulmonary complications, but cardiopulmonary exercise testing and the strength of the respiratory muscles have not been studied in detail. We aimed to investigate the pulmonary functions tests, inspiratory and expiratory muscle strength and endurance, cardiopulmonary exercise tes...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gökoğlu F,Yorgancioğlu ZR,Ustün N,Ardiç FA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a 26-year-old African female who was treated successfully with belimumab in a case of severe membranous lupus nephritis and retinal vasculitis, resistant to first line therapy. She presented initially with chronic dacryoadenitis and screening showed nephrotic-range proteinuria. Biopsy of the ki...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： De Scheerder MA,Boey O,Mahieu E,Vanuytsel J,Bogaert AM

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of vitamin C on 1,25(OH)2D3 synthesis in humans were evaluated; the study included 20 females. They were divided into 2 groups. The first of the 10 subjects (age range 55-71) received ascorbic acid at a dose of 150 mg/die i.v. for 10 days; the second 10 subjects (age range 55-69) received a placebo i.v. fo...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cantatore FP,Loperfido MC,Magli DM,Mancini L,Carrozzo M

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of laboratory variables, including Hb., ESR and several phase proteins, fluctuated in concord with the clinical signs of synovitis activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis during a controlled study of 3 disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARD). The correlation between laboratory variables and clin...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bentzon MW,Gad I,Halberg P,Halskov O,Lorenzen I

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:ABP 798 is a proposed biosimilar to the originator biologic rituximab, an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody. This comparative clinical study evaluated the pharmacokinetics (PK), safety, and efficacy of ABP 798 versus rituximab reference product (RP) in patients with moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthr...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Burmester G,Drescher E,Hrycaj P,Chien D,Pan Z,Cohen S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 43-year-old man suffered from migrating then additive arthralgias associated with macroscopic and microscopic cutaneous lesions compatible at first sight with reticular erythematous mucinosis. After nine months, the cutaneous picture evolved into a papular mucinosis. The patient developed "multiple frozen joints" wi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Dufour JP,Lachapelle JM,Nagant de Deuxchaisnes C,Devogelaer JP,Noel H,Maldague B

更新日期：1986-06-01 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：:Autoinflammatory disorders (AIDs) are a novel class of diseases elicited by mutations in genes regulating the homeostasis of innate immune complexes, named inflammasomes, which lead to uncontrolled oversecretion of the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-1β. Protean inflammatory symptoms are variably associated with ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cantarini L,Vitale A,Lucherini OM,De Clemente C,Caso F,Costa L,Emmi G,Silvestri E,Magnotti F,Maggio MC,Prinzi E,Lopalco G,Frediani B,Cimaz R,Galeazzi M,Rigante D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Immunoglobulin A vasculitis (IgAV) is the most common form of childhood systemic vasculitis. It is mostly self-limiting and characterized by skin, joint, gastrointestinal tract, and kidney involvement. Microribonucleic acids (miRNAs) are 18-25 base-long non-coding RNA group acting on gene expression. They ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cebi AH,Demir F,Ikbal M,Kalyoncu M

更新日期：2020-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrences of COVID-19 were observed in a patient with long-term usage of hydroxychloroquine, leflunomide, and glucocorticoids due to her 30-year history of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Tocilizumab was applied and intended to target both COVID-19 and RA. However, disease of this patient aggravated after usage of tocili...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cai S,Sun W,Li M,Dong L

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：:It is widely accepted that psychological variables are associated with self-reported pain and self-reported physical function in patients with musculoskeletal pain. However, the relationship between psychological variables and foot pain and foot function has not been evaluated in people with plantar heel pain. Eighty-...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cotchett MP,Whittaker G,Erbas B

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, we report the first simultaneous occurrence of two side effects of low-dose methotrexate: an acute megaloblastic anaemia and a pneumonitis. A combination of methotrexate suspension, folinic acid and corticosteroids led to recovery. The correlation between the haematolo...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bolla G,Disdier P,Harle JR,Verrot D,Weiller PJ

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knee osteoarthritis is a common joint problem leading to an increase of pain and a loss of function in older individuals. The main objective of this study was to evaluate if a participant who was randomly assigned to his preferred group improved his adherence to an effective walking program compared to a participant w...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Loew L,Brosseau L,Kenny GP,Durand-Bush N,Poitras S,De Angelis G,Wells GA

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Alkaptonuria (AKU) is a rare metabolic disease. The global incidence is 1:100,000 to 1:250,000. However, identification of a founder mutation in a gypsy population from India prompted us to study the prevalence of AKU in this population and to do molecular typing in referred cases of AKU from the rest of I...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Danda S,Mohan S,Devaraj P,Dutta AK,Nampoothiri S,Yesodharan D,Phadke SR,Jalan AB,Thangaraj K,Verma IC,Danda D,Jebaraj I

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is well known to affect many different organ systems. Previous work suggests that this includes the auditory system and that measures of hearing may be related to indices of RA disease activity. The aims of this study were to determine whether hearing loss in young subjects with rheumatoid ar...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Murdin L,Patel S,Walmsley J,Yeoh LH

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00