Anti-TNF therapy for polymyalgia rheumatica: report of 99 cases and review of the literature.

abstract：:Behçet's disease (BD) has well-defined pulmonary complications, but cardiopulmonary exercise testing and the strength of the respiratory muscles have not been studied in detail. We aimed to investigate the pulmonary functions tests, inspiratory and expiratory muscle strength and endurance, cardiopulmonary exercise tes...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gökoğlu F,Yorgancioğlu ZR,Ustün N,Ardiç FA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to juxtaarticular osteoporosis, which appears to reflect predominantly local disease mechanisms, more generalized bone loss can occur in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The aim of this study was to compare bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spine and proximal femur in RA patients versus controls and evalu...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Celiker R,Gökçe-Kutsal Y,Cindas A,Ariyürek M,Renda N,Koray Z,Basgöze O

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The early detection of psoriatic arthritis (PSA) poses a challenge to rheumatologists, even when their diagnosis is aided by sonography. In order to facilitate early detection of PSA among patients with psoriasis (PSO), we retrospectively analyzed of the relationships between serological markers and comorbid...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Su YJ

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:Weekly adalimumab dosing is used to treat juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), uveitis, and other pediatric rheumatic diseases, but the safety of such dosing has not previously been studied. A retrospective chart review was conducted to assess the safety of weekly adalimumab. Demographic and clinical data were collect...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Correll CK,Bullock DR,Cafferty RM,Vehe RK

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aim of evaluating the role of 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis, this hormone was studied in 90 subjects. They were divided into three groups: the first group consisted of 30 normal female subjects (aged 30 to 45); the second group comprised 30 elderly female subjects (aged 67 to 90)...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cantatore FP,Carrozzo M

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study are to assess the levels of serum Interleukin-35 (IL-35) in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) and to evaluate the association between IL-35 levels and IIM-related features. Serum IL-35 was detected in 76 patients with dermatomyositis (DM), 28 patients with polymyositi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Yin L,Ge Y,Yang H,Peng Q,Lu X,Zhang Y,Wang G

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine clinical course and outcomes in rheumatic disease patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and compare results to uninfected patients. METHODS:We conducted a case cohort study of autoimmune disease patients with COVID-19 (confirmed by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 PCR)...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Arleo T,Tong D,Shabto J,O'Keefe G,Khosroshahi A

更新日期：2021-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulins are often high in active rheumatoid arthritis and fall when treatment with a slow-acting anti-rheumatic drug is instituted. We assessed the value of monitoring immunoglobulins during penicillamine therapy; 145 patients were followed for up to 5 years, IgA, IgM and IgG levels were compared to 12 other c...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Williams A,Scott DL,Greenwood A,Huskisson EC

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysosomal storage diseases are rare metabolic disorders, some of which can now be treated using enzyme replacement therapies. Because the time point of treatment initiation significantly influences the outcome in Gaucher disease, Fabry disease, and mucopolysaccharidosis type I, early diagnosis is of utmost importance....

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Manger B,Mengel E,Schaefer RM

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was not investigated in the setting of controlled studies. The risk of PG among patients with RA is not established. OBJECTIVE:The study aims to evaluate the magnitude of the association between RA and the subsequent development...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kridin K,Damiani G,Cohen AD

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study are to assess the risk of asymptomatic cranial neuropathy among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and find any association with disease activity and antiribosomal P antibodies. This study is a case-control study including 60 female patients and 30 healthy female controls. Di...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gaber W,Ezzat Y,El Fayoumy NM,Helmy H,Mohey AM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobic bacteria are uncommon pathogens in septic arthritis. We report a case of pyarthrosis of the right hip caused by Fusobacterium nucleatum, following a transient synovitis in an otherwise healthy boy. There are only a few cases involving this species described in the literature. This report illustrates the diff...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chryssagi AM,Brusselmans CB,Rombouts JJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has rarely being reported among African Blacks, in contrast with African-Americans. Such reports have been mostly case reports. Our encounter with new cases shows that this disease may not be rare after all. The objective of this study was to study the clinical presentations, laborat...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Adelowo OO,Oguntona SA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Silicone breast implants (SBI) may induce systemic autoimmune disease as part of autoimmune syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA). This syndrome bears similarities to fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). We sought to determine whether there are any associations between SBI and depression, fibrom...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Khoo T,Proudman S,Limaye V

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound elastography (UE) is a new ultrasound-based imaging technique that provides information about elasticity and stiffness of tissues. This cross-sectional study aimed to identify the diagnostic importance of UE in supraspinatus impingement syndrome. Forty-one subjects, aged 38-70 years, were included in the st...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Demirel A,Baykara M,Koca TT,Berk E

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort of patients with recently diagnosed axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) was characterized with emphasis on gender differences and factors leading to delay in diagnosis. Clinical, laboratory, and imaging data of 151 consecutive patients diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis or undifferentiated SpA in 2004-2009 and s...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Slobodin G,Reyhan I,Avshovich N,Balbir-Gurman A,Boulman N,Elias M,Feld J,Mader R,Markovitz D,Rimar D,Rosner I,Rozenbaum M,Zisman D,Odeh M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The prevalence of herpes zoster (HZ) is high in patients with rheumatologic diseases. The incidence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is at least twice as high as in healthy people. Nevertheless, little is known about humoral immunity against varicella zoster virus (VZV), in particular in patients...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Krasselt M,Baerwald C,Liebert UG,Seifert O

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical therapy and exercise (recreational activity) are the cornerstones of non-pharmacologic therapy in axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) [1, 2]. These are components of physical activity, though physical activity is made up of activities beyond these and also include occupational activity. Not all activities in AxSp...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gensler LS

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1960 Rabinowitz and Dameshek emphasized the close relationship between idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and suggested that ITP is often a prodrome of SLE. On the basis of tis observation, the present study was designed to investigate the prevalence of SLE in patients ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Lavalle C,Hurtado R,Quezada JJ,Cabral A,Fraga A

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe four cases of giant cell arteritis (GCA) that presented with occipital headache in the last 6 months. Typical ultrasound features of GCA were found in the occipital arteries which helped to confirm the diagnosis. One patient had already suffered significant visual loss by the time the diagnosis was made, r...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Pinnell J,Tiivas C,Perkins P,Blake T,Saravana S,Dubey S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of pseudo-pseudohypoparathyroidism (PPH) with shortening of the left femur and tibia and coalition of the base of the fourth metacarpals with capitatum and hamatum in bilateral wrist joints was presented. Involvement of the fourth digits both in hands and feet were more prominent on the left side, with shorteni...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Unlu Z,Orguc S,Yilmaz Ovali G,Bayindir P

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the all-inclusive echocardiographic features in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) within 3 months before and after diagnosis. We reviewed the medical records of 89 AAV patients taking echocardiography and 35 age- and gender-matched controls. We collect...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ahn SS,Park ES,Jung SM,Song JJ,Park YB,Lee SW

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:In the past decade, lung ultrasound (LUS) B-lines and serum Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6) antigen have been recognized as biomarkers of the connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases (CTD-ILDs). Robust data have demonstrated that B-lines total numbers and KL-6 levels are correlated with high-resol...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wang Y,Chen S,Lin Z,Lin J,Xie X,Lin Q,Du G,Huang X,Matucci-Cerinic M,Furst DE

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA) the indices of disease activity, such as joint swelling, pain, tenderness, and limitation of motion, may poorly correlate with the degree of functional impairment. Since the improvement of functional capacity is one of the main objectives of treatment, we evaluated the effect of met...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ravelli A,Viola S,Ramenghi B,Di Fuccia G,Ruperto N,Zonta L,Martini A

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory disease. Interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-10 are important cytokines involved in the immune response of TA in some ethnicities. We investigated whether the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of IL-6 and IL-10 genes and their expressions were associated with TA in a Chinese ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gao Q,Lv N,Dang A,Li Z,Ye J,Zheng D

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-week double-blind randomized drug trial followed by an open extension period of 36 weeks was carried out in 38 male patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) to compare the efficacy and safety of diflunisal (500 mg twice daily) and phenylbutazone (200 mg twice daily). Both drugs proved to be effective in improvin...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Franssen MJ,Gribnau FW,van de Putte LB

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the serum interleukin-18 (IL-18) levels in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to assess their relationship with disease activity. Thirty-five patients with SLE and 35 age- and sex-matched controls were enrolled in this study. Paired serum samples were collected ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Park MC,Park YB,Lee SK

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00