Comorbidity of gout and rheumatoid arthritis in a large population database.

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：:The sternocostoclavicular (SCC) region is subject to the same diseases that occur in joints, with congenital and developmental anomalies, inflammatory and infectious diseases, soft tissue and bone tumors as well as the seronegative spondyloarthropathies, including ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, enteropath...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Guglielmi G,Scalzo G,Cascavilla A,Salaffi F,Grassi W

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the emotional and sociodemographic characteristics of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and to investigate the impact of the disease on their social life and quality of life (QOL). This study included 101 patients with the diagnosis of AS. All patients filled in a questio...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ozgül A,Peker F,Taskaynatan MA,Tan AK,Dinçer K,Kalyon TA

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied the incidence of atlanto-axial joint involvement by conventional radiography and CT in 183 patients with classical or definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In determining lesions the significance of factors such as age, sex, duration and severity of the disease was evaluated. Atlanto-axial subluxatio...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Montemerani M,Venturi C,Bracco S,Coviello G,Minari C,Fioravanti A,Marcolongo R

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors of the published version of this article incorrectly presented the affiliation of Li-Chin Sung. The revised affiliation is now presented correctly in this article. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kang JH,Xirasagar S,Lin HC,Kao PF,Sung LC

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we aimed to investigate the findings in patients with adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) admitted with fever of unknown origin (FUO) during the last 18 years in our unit, in order to discover the ratio of such patients to all patients with FUO during the same period, and to determine the clinical feature...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Mert A,Ozaras R,Tabak F,Bilir M,Ozturk R,Ozdogan H,Aktuglu Y

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old woman presented with vertebral fractures of the lumbar spine and a history of pathological fractures following minor trauma, which had occurred before the onset of menopause. Her past medical history was significant for intermittent low back pain since childhood, which was attributed to thoracolumbar sco...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bischoff H,Freitag P,Jundt G,Steinmann B,Tyndall A,Theiler R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Decreased natural killer (NK) cells have been reported in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. However, the role of NK cells in the pathogenesis of SLE is not well understood. In this study, we aimed to characterize NK cell subsets, phenotypes, and cytokine-secreting functions and investigate the cli...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Liu M,Liu J,Zhang X,Xiao Y,Jiang G,Huang X

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of the study were to investigate short and long-term changes and relations to treatment response of plasma interleukin-6 (IL-6), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), YKL-40, matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3), and total aggrecan in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA) treated with tumor necrosis ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Pedersen SJ,Hetland ML,Sørensen IJ,Ostergaard M,Nielsen HJ,Johansen JS

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:We investigated the association between smoking and the disease activity, functional ability, physical mobility, and systemic inflammation in Chinese ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients. Seventy five male Chinese AS patients in Taiwan were enrolled in the cross-sectional study. These patients fulfilled the 1984 modif...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chen CH,Chen HA,Lu CL,Liao HT,Liu CH,Tsai CY,Chou CT

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to determine whether meniscal extrusion (ME) of the medial meniscus on ultrasonography affects knee osteoarthritis (KOA) progression during 3-year follow-up. Two hundred seventy volunteers (70 men, 200 women; mean age 60.5 years) participated. Weight-bearing radiographs were evaluated. A...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chiba D,Maeda S,Sasaki E,Ota S,Nakaji S,Tsuda E,Ishibashi Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total body bone mineral (TBBM) measured by dual photon absorptiometry and local bone mineral (BMC) measured by single photon absorptiometry were determined in 55 patients with definite or classical rheumatoid arthritis. All of them had been on a steady dose of anti-inflammatory drugs for at least 12 months, and furthe...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Skibsted Als O,Gotfredsen A,Christiansen C

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the multiple values of 18F-FDG PET/CT in detecting malignant tumors, evaluating myopathy, and determining interstitial lung disease in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM). We retrospectively analyzed the data of 38 patients who were examined by 18F-FDG PET/CT and eventu...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Li Y,Zhou Y,Wang Q

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：: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 Osteoporosis Assessment Questionnaire Short Version (OPAQ-SV) was cross-culturally adapted to measure health-related quality of life in Chinese osteoporotic fracture females and then validated in China for its psychometric properties. Cross-cultural adaptation, including translation of the original OPAQ-SV into Ma...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Zhang YP,Wei HH,Wang W,Xia RY,Zhou XL,Porr C,Lammi M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prostaglandin series of bioactive compounds is formed by the interaction of two distinct but related enzymes, cyclo-oxygenase-1 (COX-1) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2). COX-1 is a constitutive form which is present mainly in the gastric mucosa, kidney and platelets. COX-2 is mainly an inducible form, although also to...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Everts B,Währborg P,Hedner T

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:Type B insulin resistance syndrome is characterized by the formation of autoantibodies against insulin receptors, which can cause severe hyperglycemia and insulin resistance. Systemic lupus erythematosus is the most common underlying diseases of the syndrome. This report details our study of a case involving a Chinese...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Zhang S,Wang G,Wang J

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of TNF-alpha promoter polymorphisms and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) has been reported with conflicting results. We perform this meta-analysis to collect all the relevant studies up to date to further clarify the association of TNF-alpha promoter polymorphisms with AS. A review was conducted of studies...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Li B,Wang P,Li H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation is a common complication of immunosuppressive treatment in high prevalence countries. Biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) cause this adverse event more often than conventional immunosuppressants. The incidence of HBV reactivation during treatment for rheumati...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Schwaneck EC,Krone M,Kreissl-Kemmer S,Weißbrich B,Weiss J,Tony HP,Gadeholt O,Schmalzing M,Geier A

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) instillations are used in bladder cancer treatment. Adverse effects can occur. Osteoarticular complications are mainly reactive arthritis, but true infections have been described, such as vertebral osteomyelitis. We made a review of M. bovis BCG vertebral osteomyeliti...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cadiou S,Al Tabaa O,Nguyen CD,Faccin M,Guillin R,Revest M,Guggenbuhl P,Houvenagel E,Pertuiset E,Coiffier G

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population of North Dakota is predominantly of Scandinavian (Norwegian) or German descent. We analyzed a cohort of all patients diagnosed with palindromic rheumatism (PR) and followed-up (by the investigator PK) at the St. Alexius Medical Center, Specialty Clinics, Bismarck, North Dakota, from August 16, 2006 to S...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kaushik P

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:This pilot study aimed to evaluate the correlation between clinical symptoms and cartilage volume through MRI in patients with knee osteoarthritis after 48 weeks of treatment with Structum®. Multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study. Symptomatic knee osteoarthritis patients aged 50-75 years r...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Railhac JJ,Zaim M,Saurel AS,Vial J,Fournie B

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gout is a disease with acute and/or chronic inflammation and tissue damage induced by the precipitation of monosodium urate crystal (MSU) crystals in bone joints, kidneys, and subcutaneous sites. In recent years, with the continuous research on gout animal models and patient clinical investigations, the mechanism of i...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wu M,Tian Y,Wang Q,Guo C

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to determine reasons for admission, the prevalence and spectrum of infections, and the outcomes in a multiethnic cohort of hospitalized systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients in Durban, South Africa. We reviewed the records of hospitalized SLE patients seen over a 79-month period; the demographic data...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Dubula T,Mody GM

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional limitation is often complained by patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). With a rising number of patients suffering from AS, there are a limited number of reports focusing on functional limitation of AS in Chinese patients. This study was conducted to investigate the level of functional limitation and e...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Song Y,Wang C,Chen H

更新日期：2017-04-01 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