Frailty and reduced physical function go hand in hand in adults with rheumatoid arthritis: a US observational cohort study.

abstract：:Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) is a unique subset of dermatomyositis, showing a high incidence of lung involvements. The aim of this study is to identify risk factors, other than melanoma differentiation-associated protein (MDA)-5, for developing rapidly progressive-interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD) in ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Xu Y,Yang CS,Li YJ,Liu XD,Wang JN,Zhao Q,Xiao WG,Yang PT

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to explore the profile of immune cell subsets, including T, B, natural killer (NK), and NKT cells, in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients, and to determine their relationships with the clinical index and the effects of cyclophosphamide (CYC) and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) treatment. SL...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Zhao L,Jiang Z,Jiang Y,Ma N,Wang K,Zhang Y

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:Upper lobe fibrobullous disease is a well-known finding in advanced stages of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). In this report, we present a 57-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with a right apical cavitary lesion after coming to us with the complaint of haemoptysis. The patient underwent upper lobe segmentectomy and...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Pamuk ON,Harmandar O,Tosun B,Yörük Y,Cakir N

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to explore patient's concerns when discussing sexual problems caused by chronic low back pain with their healthcare provider. It also aims to identify factors influencing and limiting such communication. A cross-sectional analysis of 100 consenting chronic low back pain sexually active patients was car...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bahouq H,Allali F,Rkain H,Hajjaj-Hassouni N

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic disease with cutaneous lesions present in about one fourth of patients. Cutaneous lesions may be specific or nonspecific based on the presence or the absence of sarcoidal granulomas. Subcutaneos sarcoidosis is the less frequent of the specific cutaneous lesions of sarcoidosis. We report ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Dalle Vedove C,Colato C,Girolomoni G

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the serum interleukin-18 (IL-18) levels in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to assess their relationship with disease activity. Thirty-five patients with SLE and 35 age- and sex-matched controls were enrolled in this study. Paired serum samples were collected ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Park MC,Park YB,Lee SK

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To measure serum soluble transferrin receptor (s-TfR) levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), sera were obtained from 50 Japanese RA patients and 20 healthy subjects. Both s-TfR and serum erythropoietin (EPO) levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Routine laboratory tests were al...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chijiwa T,Nishiya K,Hashimoto K

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:We encountered an adult patient with acute parvovirus B19 infection who presented with transient lupus-like symptoms (i.e., polyarthritis, fever, myalgia, pancytopenia, hypocomplementemia, and nephritis). Our case is characterized by the demonstration of acute nephritis as a complication of this infection, making it d...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Sugimoto T,Tsuda A,Uzu T,Kashiwagi A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation of one or both sacroiliac joints is a characteristic feature of patients with spondyloarthropathies (SpA). Sacroiliitis often leads to inflammatory back pain (IBP). IBP and asymmetric peripheral arthritis of the lower limbs are the main clinical symptoms and criteria for classification and diagnosis of Sp...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Braun J,Sieper J,Bollow M

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:Up to now, there is no uniformly accepted treatment for avascular necrosis (AN) that alleviates pain and retards its progression. The aim of clinical and surgical treatments is usually only to improve blood support in the avascular area. The objective of the present study was to make a systematic review of the use of ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cardozo JB,Andrade DM,Santiago MB

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few reports about the coexistence of Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). To evaluate the frequency of SS in patients with AS. We studied 70 patients with AS presenting to the university outpatient clinic between January 2002 and November 2003. All the patients were asked about sicca symp...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kobak S,Kobak AC,Kabasakal Y,Doganavsargil E

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：:To investigate the value of lone anti-Smith antibody (anti-Sm) using Euroimmun line immunoassay (LIA) in a Chinese population. One thousand two hundred eight of 39,766 patients who were analyzed for anti-Sm had positive anti-Sm, and were divided into true group (having both positive Sm and nRNP/Sm bands) and lone grou...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Meng Y,Deng S,Huang Z,Hu J,Zhang J,Xu D,Qin S,Tan C,Wu Y

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES:Cardiovascular risk management of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is medically relevant. The objectives were to estimate the cardiovascular risk by different strategies in patients with SLE, analyzing which proportion of patients would be candidates to receive statin therapy, an...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Masson W,Rossi E,Mora-Crespo LM,Cornejo-Peña G,Pessio C,Gago M,Alvarado RN,Scolnik M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distinction between infection and febrile disease flare in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is fundamental but often difficult to make, because clinical presentation can be similar. A systematic review of all articles indexed in PubMed through October 2013 was performed, in order to examine the potenti...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Serio I,Arnaud L,Mathian A,Hausfater P,Amoura Z

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the influence of TNF-α inhibitor on lipid profile and atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) patients with long-term use of stable dose TNF-α inhibitor. AxSpA patients were enrolled in the Catholic Axial Spondyloarthritis COhort (CASCO). We collected their data annually and an...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Min HK,Lee J,Ju JH,Park SH,Kwok SK

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：:Mycophenolate mofetil (MMf) has recently been reported as a useful alternative immunosuppressive drug in autoimmune diseases. There is paucity of literature on its use in Takayasu's arteritis (TA). The aim of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy of MMf in Asian Indian patients with Takayasu's arteritis. Re...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Goel R,Danda D,Mathew J,Edwin N

更新日期：2010-03-01 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 association of different autoimmune diseases in the same subject is not uncommon, also in the pediatric age. The coexistence of morphea and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is however exceptional. We report four such cases. Unlike the few other reported cases, in 3/4 of our patients, morphea appeared well after...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Giani T,Madera A,Cimaz R

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There are no pharmacovigilance studies on adverse event (AE) data for tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) inhibitors in South Korea. We analysed AEs induced by adalimumab, infliximab, and etanercept METHODS: We used data from the Korea Institute of Drug Safety and Risk Management-Korea Adverse Events Reporti...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ha D,Lee SE,Song I,Lim SJ,Shin JY

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 22-year-old African male with known sickle cell anaemia was referred by a Congolese medical centre with a request to improve his poor physical condition. He was unable to walk, stand or sit because his large joints and his spine were either ankylosed or very rigid. Radiographs showed joint fusion from the third to t...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Dumarey N,Martin P,Jayankura M,Putz P,Verhas M,Peretz A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to comparatively evaluate oxidative status of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients receiving anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) or non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID). Forty-seven patients with AS and 27 healthy controls were enrolled. Of these, 23 were on anti-TNF (group 1) and 24 on N...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Karkucak M,Capkin E,Alver A,Akyuz A,Kiris A,Ak E,Topbas M,Tosun M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of niflumic acid on hyaluronic acid and proteoglycan metabolism of human cartilage cells was investigated in vitro. Cartilage cells were obtained from five different donors. Niflumic acid levels used in the test systems ranged from 0 to 22 microgramsr/ml and were comparable to serum concentrations in humans...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Verbruggen G,Veys EM,Malfait AM,Schatteman L,Wieme N,Nimmegeers J,Gerin MG,Broddelez C

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coexistence of polymyositis (PM) and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is rare; only nine cases have been described in English literature. We report a case of a 46-year-old woman presenting with these two autoimmune diseases. The diagnosis of PM was based on the symmetrical, proximal limb muscle weakness, elevated m...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Boki KA,Dourakis SP

更新日期：1995-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with total knee arthroplasty (TKA) outcomes. METHODS:We used the 1998-2014 US National Inpatient Sample. We conducted multivariable-adjusted logistic regression analyses to examine the association of a diagnosis of SSc with post-TKA in-hospital complic...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Singh JA,Cleveland JD

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00