Progress made towards enhancement of rheumatology education and practice in Zambia: review of an ILAR-supported project.

abstract：:Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) may infrequently present with localized anterior knee pain or swelling, in addition to generalize knee pain induced by JIA. We report five cases of deep infrapatellar bursitis in children with JIA. The clinical features, radiological findings, management, and outcome o...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Alqanatish JT,Petty RE,Houghton KM,Guzman J,Tucker LB,Cabral DA,Cairns RA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of 10 ml of evening primrose oil or olive oil, administered twice daily for 12 weeks, on clinical and laboratory signs and on plasma prostaglandins were studied in 18 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The plasma concentration of PGE2 decreased and that of TxB2 increased in both treatment groups, but no s...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Jäntti J,Seppälä E,Vapaatalo H,Isomäki H

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden death following steroid pulse therapy has been recently reported. Continuous electrocardiographic recording was performed 24 hours before, during, and 24 hours after each one to three high dose intravenous methyl prednisolone pulses administered of five patients with severe ankylosing spondylitis unresponsive t...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Nasswetter G,Piñeiro DJ,Garcia Morteo OM,Maldonado Cocco JA,Barreira JC,Vazquez Blanco M

更新日期：1984-03-01 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：:Reduced physical function and health-related quality of life are common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and further studies are needed that examine novel determinates of reduced physical function in RA. This study examines whether frailty, a state of increased vulnerability to stressors, is associated with differences i...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Andrews JS,Trupin L,Yelin EH,Hough CL,Covinsky KE,Katz PP

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate and compare the diagnostic test accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound (US) for bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients for a specific and efficient diagnostic recommendation. METHOD:To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy, the sensitivity, specificity, area under the ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Tang H,Qu X,Yue B

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin is known to play an important role in the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis (OA). This study investigated whether synovial fluid (SF) leptin level is related to the radiographic severity of OA and its role as a quantitative marker for the detection of OA. SF was obtained from 42 OA patients who underwent knee s...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ku JH,Lee CK,Joo BS,An BM,Choi SH,Wang TH,Cho HL

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：: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：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：: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：:The aim of this study was to ascertain whether fibromyalgia patients with positive ANA develop other features of connective tissue disease over 2-4 years' follow-up. Patients attending our clinic with a diagnosis of fibromyalgia were identified. All ANA-positive patients (n = 12) were recruited and matched for age and...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Al-Allaf AW,Ottewell L,Pullar T

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, renal crisis was the most significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with scleroderma (SSc). Nowadays, following the introduction of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors used in renovascular hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension have become the most common causes...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Davas EM,Peppas C,Maragou M,Alvanou E,Hondros D,Dantis PC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is known to be involved in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In order to elucidate the association between VEGF levels and RA disease activity, VEGF concentrations were measured in RA patients at different phases and severity levels. Thirty-eight healthy subjects ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ozgonenel L,Cetin E,Tutun S,Tonbaklar P,Aral H,Guvenen G

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：INTRODUCTION:We investigated whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-related autoantibodies were associated with abnormalities on pulmonary function tests (PFTs). METHODS:We studied RA serostatus and PFT abnormalities within a RA registry. RA serostatus was assessed by research assays for cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Huang S,He X,Doyle TJ,Zaccardelli A,Marshall AA,Friedlander HM,Blaustein RB,Smith EA,Cui J,Iannaccone CK,Mahmoud TG,Weinblatt ME,Dellaripa PF,Shadick NA,Sparks JA

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catastrophic anti-phospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is a medical emergency characterized by thromboses of multiple small vessels of internal organs and the brain. Herein we present a patient with primary anti-phospholipid syndrome who developed CAPS manifested by hepatic, renal and splenic artery thromboses, as well as cer...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Zeller L,Almog Y,Tomer A,Sukenik S,Abu-Shakra M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients had an increased susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB). The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and clinical characteristics of TB in SLE patients, with focus on the differences between pulmonary and extra-pulmonary TB. This is a retrospective study that review...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Hou CL,Tsai YC,Chen LC,Huang JL

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the clinical characteristics of autoimmune rheumatic disease-related organizing pneumonia (AIRD-OP), the clinical presentation, radiological findings, treatment, and outcome of AIRD-OP patients were analyzed, in comparison with patients with cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP). A total of 131 OP patients w...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Dong X,Zheng Y,Wang L,Chen WH,Zhang YG,Fu Q

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:The aim of our study was to explore the relationship between circulating T cells and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and to find the role of the CD8+CD122+ T cells in the pathogenesis and progression of AS. With the method of case-control design, flow cytometry was performed to quantitatively determine the percentage of c...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Han R,Yang X,Chen M,Zhang X,Yuan Y,Hu X,Wang M,Liu R,Ma Y,Yang J,Xu S,Shuai Z,Jiang S,Pan F

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The association between hyperuricemia and insulin resistance (IR) has been demonstrated by many studies, but the traditional IR indexes are too impractical to be used in clinical practice for the recognition of the IR state in individuals with hyperuricemia. Therefore, we aimed to further investigate the asso...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Liu XZ,Xu X,Zhu JQ,Zhao DB

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：: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：:In patients with fibromyalgia (FM) syndrome, stress and pain may chronically enhance sympathetic activity, altering cardiovascular response and inducing endothelial dysfunction. We investigated endothelial function in FM patients using echocardiography and analyzed whether endothelial function was affected by the clin...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cho KI,Lee JH,Kim SM,Lee HG,Kim TI

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous involvement (CNS) is uncommon manifestation of Wegener's granulomatosis (WG). We are describing a patient with refractory WG with CNS involvement which responded to rituximab. This lady presented with nodular scleritis. Three months later, she developed headache, vision loss with complete opthalmoplegi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Sharma A,Kumar S,Wanchu A,Lal V,Singh R,Gupta V,Singh S,Gupta A

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：: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：:Anaesthesia in patients with either treated or untreated osteo-articular disorders poses a number of specific problems. The authors deal with risks resulting from mechanical deformities produced by these disorders, by the involvement of a large number of functional systems, by changes in the immune status of such pati...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Reginster JY,Damas P,Franchimont P

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperuricemia is not only a risk factor for gout but also an independent determinant of hypertension, diabetes, and chronic kidney diseases. Although the incidence of gout in Korean adults is increasing, epidemiologic studies on hyperuricemia in the general Korean population are limited. Thus, this study aimed at eval...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kim Y,Kang J,Kim GT

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00