Prevalence of positive autoimmune biomarkers in the brucellosis patients.

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：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：:We report a case of bleomycin-induced scleroderma in a 35-year-old woman treated with chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease. Approximately 6 months after the first chemotherapy cycle, the patient developed skin sclerosis in both arms. The lesion showed no signs of spontaneous clinical amelioration and treatment with ster...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Passiu G,Cauli A,Atzeni F,Aledda M,Dessole G,Sanna G,Nurchis P,Vacca A,Garau P,Laudadio M,Mathieu A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may increase the risk of anxiety, but results from prior studies have no consensus. Our study aimed to evaluate the relationship between RA and incident anxiety by using a quantitative meta-analysis. METHODS:A number of databases were used to gather relevant information; they inclu...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Qiu XJ,Zhang XL,Cai LS,Yan C,Yu L,Fan J,Zhang RW,Huang JW,Duan XW

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musculoskeletal disorders represent a large and growing clinical challenge to primary care clinicians. Unfortunately, there appears to be a gap in current training and continuing education to meet this challenge. We used script concordance within a continuing medical education program entitled "Joint Adventures" to as...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Petrella RJ,Davis P

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcutaneous nodules are the most common conspicuous extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in patients with RA. The objective of this study is to examine the possibility of a relationship between subcutaneous nodules and "first ever" card...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kaushik P,Solomon DH,Greenberg JD,Anderson JT,Reed G,Pala O,Sumbul-Yuksel B,Kadam P,Kremer JM,CORRONA investigators.

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid arthropathy is said to be distinguished roentgenographically from rheumatoid arthritis by the absence of joint space narrowing and the absence of articular erosions. We present a patient with multiple myeloma with swelling, stiffness and firm synovial thickening of the wrists, metacarpophalangeal joints and pr...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Leonard PA,Clegg DO,Lee RG

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current treatment for antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) with thrombotic manifestation is long-term anticoagulation. Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) are usually the agents of choice. However, VKA limitations, such as unpredictable anticoagulation effects due to interaction with diet and other drugs, require regular monit...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Signorelli F,Nogueira F,Domingues V,Mariz HA,Levy RA

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythema nodosum is an unusual manifestation of Hodgkin's lymphoma. One patient with long remission of Hodgkin's disease manifested persistent erythema nodosum beginning one and three months before relapse was clinically evident. So, the diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease should be considered in patients with unexplained ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Taillan B,Ferrari E,Fuzibet JG,Vinti H,Pesce A,Dujardin P

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 54 year old female whose successful treatment of cerebral lupus with rituximab was complicated by the development of streptococcus intermedius, on valves damaged by Libman-Sacks endocarditis more than 20 years previously. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Armstrong D,Wright S,McVeigh C,Finch M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRPF) is a rare condition of unknown aetiology characterized by chronic non-specific inflammation of the retroperitoneum. The aim of this study is to describe, for the first time, the features of Spanish patients with IRPF. In this retrospective study, a clinical description was pe...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Fernández-Codina A,Martínez-Valle F,Castro-Marrero J,Detorres I,Vilardell-Tarrés M,Ordi-Ros J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hundreds of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on tripterygium glycosides tablet (TGT) in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have been published, but the therapeutic effects have never been systematically reviewed yet. The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the efficacy of TGT on AS based on RCTs. Pu...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Li H,Guo F,Luo YC,Zhu JP,Wang JL

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify factors associated with active tuberculosis (TB) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:We performed a retrospective case-control study in two tertiary care teaching hospitals in Medellín, Colombia. From January 2007 to December 2017, a total of 268 patients with SLE were in...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： González-Naranjo LA,Coral-Enríquez JA,Restrepo-Escobar M,Muñoz-Vahos CH,Jaramillo-Arroyave D,Vanegas-García AL,Eraso R,Vásquez G,Jaimes F

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Sri Lanka, record keeping in rheumatology clinics is purely paper-based. Clinic record books are given to patients, and the hospital does not retain clinical data. Different clinics and different rheumatology specialists practice different formats of record keeping in Sri Lanka. This project was aimed to develop a ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Deshapriya K

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is a systemic granulomatous vasculitis that typically affects the upper airways, lungs and kidneys. Lymphadenopathy is rare in patients with WG. Here, we present the first case of WG whose initial manifestation was superficial lymphadenopathy (i.e. supraclavicular and axillary lymphadenop...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Hashizume T,Yamaguchi T,Matsushita K

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed three cases of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in children with mesenteric vasculitis (LMV) as initial presentation and analysed their clinical characteristics to improve the understanding of this disease. Three patients with SLE were admitted to our hospital and initially presented with gastrointestina...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Liu Y,Zhu J,Lai JM,Sun XF,Hou J,Zhou ZX,Yuan XY

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to assess the 1-year outcome of definitive reactive arthritis (ReA) after a waterborne outbreak. A cohort of 21 patients (15 females and 6 males, median age 54 years) with ReA related to an extensive waterborne outbreak in Finland was clinically followed-up by rheumatologists with visits a...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Uotila TM,Antonen JA,Paakkala AS,Mustonen JT,Korpela MM,Pirkanmaa Waterborne Outbreak Study Group.

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sustained cough is a frequent complaint in methotrexate (MTX) treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and can be a symptom of incipient MTX-induced pneumonitis. This study was performed to characterize MTX-associated cough clinically and to clarify by which means this condition can be distinguished from incipient MTX pneum...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Schnabel A,Dalhoff K,Bauerfeind S,Barth J,Gross WL

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-dose naltrexone (LDN) has been demonstrated to reduce symptom severity in conditions such as fibromyalgia, Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, and complex regional pain syndrome. We review the evidence that LDN may operate as a novel anti-inflammatory agent in the central nervous system, via action on microglial ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Younger J,Parkitny L,McLain D

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological agents, particularly anti-Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF)-α agents, have emerged as an effective treatment in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases. An association between anti-TNF-α antibodies and reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) has been established. Appropriate screening for TB inf...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Mínguez S,Latorre I,Mateo L,Lacoma A,Diaz J,Olivé A,Domínguez J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with peripheral neuropathy, polymyalgia, arthralgia and cervical vertebral osteosclerosis who was subsequently diagnosed to have fatal multiple myeloma with IgG gammopathy and lambda urinary chains. The initial presentation and clinical features are discussed. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Samanta A,Hilton D,Roy S

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore whether femoral cartilage thickness is related (and changes) with muscle strength in subjects with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Forty patients (27 F, 13 M) with knee OA-who were under quadriceps muscle strengthening program-were enrolled in the study. Isokinetic/isometric knee muscle strength measurements (at ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Tuna S,Balcı N,Özçakar L

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:This paper describes four patients with inflammatory joint diseases treated with methotrexate who developed lymphoma either of unusual type or with bizarre clinical features. The pathogenesis of this unusual condition is discussed and the difficulty in differentiating it from the features of the initial disease is emp...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Braun-Moscovici Y,Schapira D,Balbir-Gurman A,Nahir AM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypercalcaemia is a common electrolyte abnormality. The vast majority of patients will be shown to have either hyperparathyroidism or malignancy. In less than 10% of patients other, less common causes of hypercalcaemia will be present. Systemic lupus erythematosus is a very rare cause of hypercalcaemia. It may be asso...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Berar-Yanay N,Weiner P,Magadle R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charcot joint or neuropathic arthropathy is described in certain neurological conditions. We report the case of a man who presented with a swollen ankle 10 days after a long walk, which rapidly progressed to a Charcot joint. A neurological examination revealed areflexia and insensitivity to temperature and pain. Elect...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chappel R,Willems J,Martin JJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory disorder affecting the joints of psoriatic patients. Gelsolin regulated the actin assembly and disassembly. Reduction in plasma gelsolin levels was detected in tissue damages, including trauma, sepsis, and chronic inflammatory disorders. OBJECTIVES:The study aims...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Esawy MM,Makram WK,Albalat W,Shabana MA

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：:Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is associated with an increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACD). The atherogenic index of plasma (AIP), which is the logarithmic transformation of the plasma triglyceride (TG) level to the high-density lipoprotein level (HDL) ratio, has been suggested to be a novel mark...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cure E,Icli A,Uslu AU,Sakiz D,Cure MC,Baykara RA,Yavuz F,Arslan S,Kucuk A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00