[18F]Florbetapir positron emission tomography: identification of muscle amyloid in inclusion body myositis and differentiation from polymyositis.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-cyclic citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies (ACPA) are integrated in the 2010 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism (ACR/EULAR) classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objectives of this study were to evaluate the technical ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Van Hoovels L,Jacobs J,Vander Cruyssen B,Van den Bremt S,Verschueren P,Bossuyt X

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Genetic variation at the type II deiodinase (D2) gene (DIO2) was previously identified as osteoarthritis (OA) risk factor. To investigate mechanisms possibly underlying this association, we assessed D2 protein in healthy and OA-affected cartilage and investigated allelic balance of the OA risk polymorphism rs...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bos SD,Bovée JV,Duijnisveld BJ,Raine EV,van Dalen WJ,Ramos YF,van der Breggen R,Nelissen RG,Slagboom PE,Loughlin J,Meulenbelt I

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the humoral anti-chlamydia antibody response might be related to the ineffective bacterial elimination seen in patients with Chlamydia trachomatis reactive arthritis, particularly in men, who have a higher prevalence of the disease than women. METHODS:The number and specificity of the an...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bas S,Scieux C,Vischer TL

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and laboratory data for an 8 year old girl with abdominal pain as a presenting manifestation of acute rheumatic fever are reported. An abdominal investigation with ultrasonography carried out at the same time showed free peritoneal fluid. These findings support the proposal that the abdominal pain classic...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Picard E,Gedalia A,Benmeir P,Zucker N,Barki Y

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:IKZF1 and IKZF3 (encoding transcription factors Ikaros and Aiolos) are susceptibility loci for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The pharmacology of iberdomide (CC-220), a cereblon (CRBN) modulator targeting Ikaros and Aiolos, was studied in SLE patient cells and in a phase 1 healthy volunteer study. METH...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Schafer PH,Ye Y,Wu L,Kosek J,Ringheim G,Yang Z,Liu L,Thomas M,Palmisano M,Chopra R

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess sensory function in skin overlying the joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, in relation to the pain and tenderness which commonly arises in structures not directly involved in the inflammatory process. METHODS:An intradermal injection of capsaicin 0.05 microgram in 10 microliters was made ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jolliffe VA,Anand P,Kidd BL

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of infliximab and corticosteroid treatment on the lipid profile in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Infliximab infusions were given at weeks 0, 2, 6 and then every 8 weeks. Before each infusion, disease activity parameters (Disease Activity Index 28-Joint Score ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Peters MJ,Vis M,van Halm VP,Wolbink GJ,Voskuyl AE,Lems WF,Dijkmans BA,Twisk JW,de Koning MH,van de Stadt RJ,Nurmohamed MT

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of interleukin 6 (IL-6) in the pathogenesis of bilateral erosive sacroiliitis in human tumour necrosis factor transgenic (hTNFtg) mice, an animal model of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHODS:Histological sections of the sacroiliac joints from hTNFtg and IL-6(-/-)hTNFtg mice were evaluat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hayer S,Niederreiter B,Nagelreiter I,Smolen J,Redlich K

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of fasting for 7 days were investigated in 13 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in comparison with a control regimen in a cross-over trial. The effects of fasting on clinical performance and blood neutrophil functions were studied. During fasting, with a mean weight loss of 5.1 kg, clinical inflammat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Udén AM,Trang L,Venizelos N,Palmblad J

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship of the polymorphic enhancer HS1,2 central to the 3' enhancer complex regulatory region (IgH3'EC) of the immunoglobulin heavy chain genes with systemic sclerosis (SSc) disease and compare it with HLA-DR and DQ associations. METHODS:A total of 116 patients with SSc were classifi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Frezza D,Giambra V,Tolusso B,De Santis M,Bosello S,Vettori S,Triolo G,Valentini G,Ferraccioli G

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine concentrations of chondroitin sulphate (CS) and keratan sulphate (KS) epitopes, glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and hyaluronan (HA) in knee synovial fluid (SF) from normal subjects and patients with osteoarthritis (OA) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA), to test whether these variables may be used as marker...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Belcher C,Yaqub R,Fawthrop F,Bayliss M,Doherty M

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:IL-23 has been shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of Behcet's disease (BD) through promoting IL-17 production. This study examined whether IL-23R polymorphisms were associated with susceptibility to this disease in a Chinese Han population. METHODS:Four single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), rs7517847, r...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jiang Z,Yang P,Hou S,Du L,Xie L,Zhou H,Kijlstra A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) treatment is clinically efficacious in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and leads to improvement of spinal inflammation, as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging. It is unclear whether anti-TNF treatment affects chronic spinal changes in AS. OBJECTIVES:To a...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Baraliakos X,Listing J,Rudwaleit M,Brandt J,Sieper J,Braun J

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:To maintain and optimise the quality of care provided by health professionals in rheumatology (HPRs), adequate educational offerings are needed. This task force (TF) aimed to develop evidence-based recommendations for the generic core competences of HPRs, with specific reference to nurses, physica...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Edelaar L,Nikiphorou E,Fragoulis GE,Iagnocco A,Haines C,Bakkers M,Barbosa L,Cikes N,Ndosi M,Primdahl J,Prior Y,Pchelnikova P,Ritschl V,Schäfer VS,Smucrova H,Storrønning I,Testa M,Wiek D,Vliet Vlieland TPM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increased cardiovascular disease mortality in rheumatoid arthritis. This may reflect an increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease or an increased case fatality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. OBJECTIVES:To examine whether rheumatoid patients with disease onset in the 1980s-1990s have in...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Goodson N,Marks J,Lunt M,Symmons D

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the spontaneous development of synovitis in 'Old English' rabbits concurrent with serum IgM rheumatoid factor. Female rabbits developed lesions at a higher incidence than males (42% compared with 17%) and the pathology was of a more severe nature. In the female rabbits synovitis was associated with ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hanglow AC,Welsh CJ,Conn P,Thomas DS,Coombs RR

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to evaluate the dynamics of treatment response with different composite measures in the TIght COntrol of inflammation in early Psoriatic Arthritis (TICOPA) trial. METHODS:Participants with early disease-modifying antirheumatic drug-naïve psoriatic arthritis (PsA) were randomised 1:1 to either tight...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Coates LC,Mahmood F,Emery P,Conaghan PG,Helliwell PS

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early changes (five weeks) in the structure of newly synthesised and endogenous articular cartilage sulphated proteoglycans were studied in lapine IgG induced experimental immune synovitis. Rabbits with immune synovitis (IS-IgG) were compared with animals with a developed hypersensitivity to IgG (I-IgG) and with n...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Malemud CJ,Yoo JU,Goldberg VM,Kresina TF

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lornoxicam is a new non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent (NSAID) with a similar pharmacological profile to other oxicams and a potency 10 times greater than piroxicam. A multicentre, randomised, double blind, parallel group study was undertaken to compare the efficacy and tolerance of four weeks' treatment with lorno...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Berry H,Bird HA,Black C,Blake DR,Freeman AM,Golding DN,Hamilton EB,Jayson MI,Kidd B,Kohn H

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although shared decision making (SDM) is advocated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment, it is largely unclear when, how and to what extent SDM is applied in routine clinical care of patients with RA. This study aimed to investigate the level of SDM in RA treatment from an observer perspective and to asses...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mathijssen EGE,Vriezekolk JE,Popa CD,van den Bemt BJF

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arthro-osteitis at the anterior chest wall was found in 12 (9.4%) out of 128 consecutive patients with pustulosis palmaris et plantaris. This finding indicates that the concomitance of arthro-osteitis with PPP is not incidental but is based on some common aetiological factor. We propose a term ;pustulotic arthro-ostei...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sonozaki H,Kawashima M,Hongo O,Yaoita H,Ikeno M,Matsuura M,Okai K,Azuma A

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproducibility along a vertical 10 cm visual analogue scale (VAS) was investigated. Eight normal volunteers attempted to duplicate a set of marked VAS. There was a tendency to estimate too high on the scale, and reproducibility was found to be variable along its length. This indicates that the error involved in the u...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dixon JS,Bird HA

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the risk of incident myocardial infarction (MI), stroke and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) in individuals with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in a general population context. METHODS:We conducted a cohort study using a UK primary care database containing records from 1986 to 2011. SSc diagnoses, ou...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Man A,Zhu Y,Zhang Y,Dubreuil M,Rho YH,Peloquin C,Simms RW,Choi HK

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Millions of patients worldwide are treated with therapeutic monoclonal antibodies. These biological therapeutics can be immunogenic, resulting in anti-drug antibody formation which leads to loss of response. Fully human biological agents, such as the anti-tumour necrosis factor α (anti-TNFα) antibody adalimu...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Schouwenburg PA,van de Stadt LA,de Jong RN,van Buren EE,Kruithof S,de Groot E,Hart M,van Ham SM,Rispens T,Aarden L,Wolbink GJ,Wouters D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eye disease, arthritis, folliculitis, and thrombophlebitis were more common among males, and erythema nodosum among females, in 297 patients with Behćet syndrome (BS) at their first visit despite an identical disease duration. Younger males and females (age of onset 24 years or less) had a higher prevalence of eye dis...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yazici H,Tüzün Y,Pazarli H,Yurdakul S,Ozyazgan Y,Ozdoğan H,Serdaroğlu S,Ersanli M,Ulkü BY,Müftüoğlu AU

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell electrophoresis identifies two main subpopulations of blood polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs), which in terms of the speed of their anodic migration are referred to as the fast and slow population. When blood PMNs from normal healthy subjects were incubated in medium containing 20% RA serum there was a decrease in t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Brown KA,McCarthy D,Perry JD,Dumonde DC

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural damage assessed on conventional radiographs is an important outcome measure in psoriatic arthritis. This article reviews the available scoring methods. A full description of the methods is given as well as information on various aspects of validity. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Heijde D,Sharp J,Wassenberg S,Gladman DD

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune response against two herpesviruses has been determined in sera and matched synovial fluids of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and compared with that of a healthy control population. The increased level of antibody to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) induced antigens in patients with RA resembles the antibod...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Musiani M,Zerbini M,Ferri S,Plazzi M,Gentilomi G,La Placa M

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The heteropolymer technology was developed to remove pathogens from the circulation. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the safety and tolerability of a single administration and to establish proof of principle for ETI-104 in normal healthy volunteers (NHV) and patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) METHODS: ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Iking-Konert C,Stocks S,Weinsberg F,Engelbrecht R,Bleck E,Perniok A,Fischer-Betz R,Pincus S,Nardone L,Schneider M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The differential diagnosis of seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (negRA) and psoriasis arthritis (PsA) is often difficult due to the similarity of symptoms and the unavailability of reliable clinical markers. Since chronic inflammation induces major changes in the serum metabolome and lipidome, we tested whet...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Souto-Carneiro M,Tóth L,Behnisch R,Urbach K,Klika KD,Carvalho RA,Lorenz HM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00