Can procalcitonin be used to distinguish between disease flare and infection in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic literature review.

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：:The aim of this study was to describe how persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) of working age experience and handle their fatigue in everyday life. Six focus group discussions were conducted focusing on experiences of fatigue in 25 persons with RA (19 women, 6 men), aged 20-60 years. The discussions were recorded, t...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Feldthusen C,Björk M,Forsblad-d'Elia H,Mannerkorpi K,University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC).

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of cardiovascular clinical manifestations have been described in patients with spondyloarthritis, especially in well-established ankylosing spondylitis. These include both structural heart disease, conduction defects and ischemic heart disease. The true prevalence of cardiovascular involvement in patients wi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gensler LS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) are considered a risk factor for granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) exacerbation, especially when staphylococcal superantigens (SAgs) are present in nasal swabs. Their role in monitoring disease activity remains controversial. This study determined the relatio...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Fijolek J,Wiatr E,Petroniec V,Augustynowicz-Kopec E,Bednarek M,Gawryluk D,Roszkowski-Sliz K

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sarcoidosis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by non-caseating granuloma which etiology is unknown yet. Adipokines are different proteins synthesized by adipose tissue that have an influence on angiogenesis, hemostasis, lipid metabolism, and immune system regulation. Adipokines may play a role ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kobak S,Semiz H,Akyildiz M,Gokduman A,Atabay T,Vural H

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to beta(2)-glycoprotein I (anti-beta(2)-GPI) have been reported to have stronger association with clinical antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) than anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) and lupus anticoagulant (LAC). We investigated the sensitivity and specificity of ELISA for anti-beta(2)-GPI in Thai systemic lupus...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Parkpian V,Verasertniyom O,Vanichapuntu M,Totemchokchyakarn K,Nantiruj K,Pisitkul P,Angchaisuksiri P,Archararit N,Rachakom B,Ayurachai K,Janwityanujit S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Patient-Rated Elbow Evaluation (PREE) is a joint-specific, self-administered outcome measure used to determine the level of pain and disability in patients with various elbow pathologies. The aim of this study was to cross-culturally adapt the PREE into Turkish (PREE-T) and to test its reliability and ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Hazar Kanik Z,Pala OO,Karabicak GO,Citaker S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) is an autoimmune disease characterized by spiking fever, evanescent rash, arthritis, serositis, and liver involvement. Although autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) has been reported in association with various autoimmune diseases, AOSD-associated AIH is rare. We herein report an unusual case ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Xia LX,Xiao T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an open study, we have assessed the bone/soft tissue uptake index in recent osteoporotic vertebral collapse using scintigraphy. The evolution of these cases was followed-up at 6 months in 22 patients treated with 100 IU of salmon calcitonin plus 500 mg of elemental calcium/10 days per month and in 18 patients treat...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Rico H,Merono E,Del Olmo J,Revilla M

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objectives of our study were to compare the efficacy of febuxostat with allopurinol in Thai subjects with gout, as well as to determine the predictive factors of responsiveness to urate-lowering agents and to evaluate the safety of febuxostat in a real-world setting. METHODS:The study was a retrospective...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Lertnawapan R,Jatuworapruk K

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：:Fibrous dysplasia (FD) is a benign skeletal disorder which may affect one or multiple bones. Lesions often involve long bones, ribs, and craniofacial bones and cause pain, fractures, and disfigurement. We describe an adolescent girl with mandibular FD who was successfully treated with bisphosphonates. She presented wi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Mäkitie AA,Törnwall J,Mäkitie O

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocytes are an important component in the innate immune system. However, studies to date have failed to conclude whether their levels are altered in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We applied the cytodiff counting method and comprehensively measured the circulating levels of distinct white blood ce...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wu Z,Zhang S,Zhao L,Fei Y,Wang L,Li J,Wen X,Zeng X,Zhang F,Li Y

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA B27 and other clinical findings were investigated in 18 Turkish patients with Reiter's syndrome (mean age 35.8 +/- 8.09). Male/female ratio was 2/1. All 18 patients were seronegative, 12 (66.6%) presenting with an asymmetrical oligoarticular arthritis. Radiological sacroiliitis and enthesopathy was found in 9 (50%...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Tuncer T,Arman MI,Akyokus A,Bütün B,Unal S

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

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：:Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic T cell-mediated inflammatory spondyloarthropathy affecting 10-40 % of psoriasis (PSO) patients (0.3-1.0 % of the general population). Recent epidemiological studies have shown an increased prevalence of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and/or morbidity among PSO or PsA patients a...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Khraishi M,Aslanov R,Rampakakis E,Pollock C,Sampalis JS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caeruloplasmin (Cp), prealbumin and alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2-M) concentrations in serum were compared in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarthrosis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, Reiter's syndrome, Behçet's syndrome, SLE and normal controls. Cp was significantly elevated (p less than 0.01) in all d...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Surrall KE,Bird HA,Dixon JS

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, further understanding of its complications points towards dysregulated immune response as a major component. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is also a disease of immune dysregulation leading to multisystem compromise. We present a case of new-onset SLE concomitantly with COVID...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Mantovani Cardoso E,Hundal J,Feterman D,Magaldi J

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence for Chagas disease reactivation (CDR) in rheumatologic patients under rheumatologic treatments (RTs) is scarce. To screen and follow-up patients with rheumatic diseases and concomitant Chagas disease under RT to detect CDR and to describe a possible relationship between CDR and specific RT. An observational, ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ringer A,Ruffino JP,Leiva R,Cuadranti N,Argento MC,Martínez MF,Rolla I,Chulibert S,Carbone D,Palatnik M,Cortese MN,Lagrutta M,Córdoba L,González FB,Pacini MF,Villar SR,Águila D,Bottasso OA,Pérez AR,Abdala M

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A pair of identical twins suffering from ankylosing spondylitis is reported. One brother developed an earlier-onset disease and showed ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament and the flavum ligament in his cervical spine. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Olivieri I,Pappone N,Padula A,Rengo C,Ruju GP,Pucino A,Trippi D,Ferri S,Pasero G

更新日期：1994-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To compare the efficacy and safety of tocilizumab with those of abatacept in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis not responding to anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy. METHODS:A prospective, open-label study was carried out on adult females with moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis. Patients were ra...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Elmedany SH,Mohamed AE,Galil SMA

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) is a connective tissue disease that may affect many organs, including the kidneys. It is quite rare to see secondary amyloidosis due to PSS. We present a patient with a 9-year history of PSS who developed nephrotic syndrome, and whose renal biopsy was compatible with secondary amyl...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Pamuk GE,Pamuk ON,Altiparmak MR,Tanverdi M,Uygun N,Yurdakul S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An insufficiency fracture (IF) involving the acetabulum is presented. This fracture occurred in a 67-year-old woman who had been hysterectomized and oophorectomized 27 years earlier for a carcinoma of the uterine cervix, and who had received external pelvic irradiation. This IF location has been rarely described earli...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Schreiber S

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulse therapy is one of the most well-known methods used in the treatment of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. This study assessed the outcome of methylprednisolone pulse therapy, its rate of efficacy, and its associated complications in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). This cross-sectional study was pe...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Aghighi Y,Attarod L,Javanmard M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to evaluate the presence of peripheral antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (p-ANCA) and cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (c-ANCA) in children with SLE and to correlate its association of laboratory findings. Twenty-one children with SLE were studied. Serum samples in patients were tested by...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bakkaloglu A,Topaloglu R,Saatçi U,Ozdemir S,Ozen S,Başsoy Y,Beşbaş N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES:We hypothesized that mechanical compression of the knee in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) would mobilize occult extractable fluid and improve arthrocentesis success. METHODS:Sixty-seven consecutive knees with RA and 186 knees with OA and were included. Conventional arthrocentesis was performed and s...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Rolle NA,Jan I,Sibbitt WL Jr,Band PA,Haseler LJ,Hayward WA,Muruganandam M,Emil NS,Fangtham M,Bankhurst AD

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare, chronic inflammatory benign breast disease. Although the etiology of this disease is unknown, it has been suggested that hormonal disorders, autoimmunity, smoking, and α1-antitrypsin deficiency may play a role in the etiopathogenesis. The aim is to investi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Koksal H,Vatansev H,Artac H,Kadoglou N

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After longterm treatment (mean duration 7.2 years) with antihyperuricemic drugs, ten tophaceous gouty patients requested withdrawal of the medication because they had not felt any arthritic pains for years, the tophi had disappeared, and they disliked the idea of taking the medicine daily for the rest of their lives. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gast LF

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two patients with the primary antiphospholipid syndrome who presented with severe hypertension. Renal biopsy specimen provided histologic evidence of intra-renal vascular disease with intravascular microthrombosis and nephrosclerosis, without feature of proliferative glomerulopathy. Accelerated hypertensio...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Durand JM,Lefevre P,Kaplanski G,Casanova P,Soubeyrand J

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00