Serum IL-33 levels are raised in patients with systemic sclerosis: association with extent of skin sclerosis and severity of pulmonary fibrosis.

abstract：:Microwave thermography is the technique of measuring natural thermal radiation from body tissues of clinical interest. It is safe, requires no control of environmental conditions and exposes the patient to no ionising radiation. In this study, we found that microwave thermography of the knee joints showed weak correla...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： MacDonald AG,Land DV,Sturrock RD

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS), which can also be considered as reactive hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS), is a rare and potentially fatal complication of rheumatic diseases. We describe a 42-year-old woman in whom MAS developed as a complication of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). She suffered from fever and low back ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Lou YJ,Jin J,Mai WY

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the study of pathophysiological mechanisms in growth abnormalities of the juvenile knee in arthritis an animal model in dogs was developed. Arthritis was induced by intra-articular injections of Carrageenan. Prominent growth changes were enlargement of the distal femoral epiphysis, patellar squaring and decreased e...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bunger C,Bunger EH,Harving S,Djurhuus JC,Jensen OM

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disorder that affects various organs and systems. Increased apoptosis, together with defects in the uptake of apoptotic bodies, are thought to have a pathogenic role in SLE. By detection of chromatin condensation, 30% of apoptosis was detected in peripheral bl...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Pitidhammabhorn D,Kantachuvesiri S,Totemchokchyakarn K,Kitiyanant Y,Ubol S

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the serum levels of B cell survival factors BAFF and APRIL in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) and their relation with clinical and autoantibodies. Seventy-five patients (51 females and 24 males) with IIM (Bohan and Peter's criteria 1975) and 25 healthy adults were analyzed for BAFF, APR...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gupta L,Chaurasia S,Srivastava P,Dwivedi S,Lawrence A,Misra R

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ochronosis involves primarily the large cartilaginous joint surfaces, ribs, intervertebral discs, ear cartilage etc. We report on a 53-year-old woman with typical alkaptonuric ochronosis with dark urine, blue-black pigmentation of the auriculae and hands, focal brown hyperpigmentation of the sclera, spondylarthropathy...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Nas K,Gür A,Akdeniz S,Cevik R,Harman M,Saraç AJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is prevalent among Arabic, Turkish, Armenian, and Jewish people and it must always be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients from these ethnic groups presenting with recurrent abdominal pain with fever. In cases of fever and recurrent abdominal pain, acute pancreatitis ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Birlik M,Demir T,Zeybel M,Akar S,Onen F,Comlekci A,Tunca M,Akkoc N

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES:This study examined whether phase angle (PhA) is associated with hip osteoarthritis (HOA) severity and quadriceps strength in patients with HOA. METHOD:A series of 549 patients with HOA, obtained from the Screening for People Suffering Sarcopenia in the Orthopedic cohort of Kobe study, were ana...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wada O,Yamada M,Kamitani T,Mizuno K,Kurita N

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxyapatite (HA) crystal deposition disease is a common cause of acute inflammatory articular or periarticular pain. Here we report a patient with an acute hip arthritis due to HA crystal deposition of the round ligament. Therefore, HA crystal deposition in periarticular tendons and ligaments of the hip should be a...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Arlet JB,André H,Mutschler C,Dupeux S,Pouchot J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The level of the N terminal fragment of procollagen III (P3NP) levels of 100 consecutive patients affected by rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were evaluated in comparison with disease activity markers (erythrocytes sedimentation rate, C reactive protein), immunological status (rheumatoid factors, immune complexes) and joint...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Tebib JG,Viguier P,Noel E,Colson F,Barbier Y,Bouvier M

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-two patients with psoriatic arthritis (PA), treated with auranofin (AF), were entered into a one year prospective, open study. The total group showed a significant increase in frequency of HLA antigens A1 and B38, and a reduction of B5 when compared to healthy controls. There was a remission or an important impr...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Salvarani C,Zizzi F,Macchioni P,Mantovani W,Rossi F,Baricchi R,Bellelli A,Capozzoli N,Frizziero L,Portioli I

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with bursitis/tendonitis disorders in Puerto Ricans with diabetes mellitus (DM). A cross-sectional study was performed in 202 adult Puerto Ricans (100 DM patients and 102 non-diabetic subjects). For each participant, a complete medical history...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Font YM,Castro-Santana LE,Nieves-Plaza M,Maldonado M,Mayor AM,Vilá LM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of left brachial plexus compression by an iatrogenic arteriovenous fistula was treated by detachable balloon technique with immediate relief of pain. Good results on paresia were obtained in a few weeks. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Tebib JG,Bascoulergue J,Dumontet C,Paupert-Ravault A,Prallet B,Colson F,Bouvier M

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to characterise the peripheral arthritis of spondyloarthritis (pSpA) excluding psoriatic-, inflammatory enteropathy-related, post-infectious reactive-SpA and arthritis associated with axial SpA/ankylosing spondylitis (axSpA/AS). Patients presenting with the clinical features of the broa...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Malaviya AN,Agrawal N,Patil NS

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：:Spontaneous fractures of the sternum are rare but worth knowing as they may simulate acute cardiac and pulmonary emergencies. A case of an insufficiency sternal fracture mimicking myocardial infarction and subsequent anginal pain is presented. The risk factors of this condition, its clinical features and the diagnosti...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Schapira D,Nachtigal A,Scharf Y

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary knee osteoarthritis (OA) contributes to disability among middle-aged and elderly people. Dickkopf-1 (Dkk-1) and sclerostin are inhibitors of Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway implicated in regulation of cartilage homeostasis and bone formation, respectively. We aim to investigate the association between the seru...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Theologis T,Efstathopoulos N,Nikolaou V,Charikopoulos I,Papapavlos I,Kokkoris P,Papatheodorou A,Nasiri-Ansari N,Kassi E

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological involvement is uncommon in systemic sclerosis. Most of the reported cases concern trigeminal neuropathy or peripheral nerve entrapment. We report a third case of brachial plexopathy, presumably related to vasculitis, in a patient with systemic sclerosis, which improved after cyclophosphamide therapy. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Allanore Y,Zuber M,Kahan A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet's disease is a multisystem disorder affecting the skin, mucous membranes, eye, joints, central nervous system, and blood vessels. One of the known vascular complications of Behçet's disease is venous thrombosis or aneurysm formation. We report, herewith, a patient with Behçet's disease who developed radial arte...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： el-Asrar AM,al-Momen AK,Alamro SA,Gader AG,Tabbara KF

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study evaluated Superb Microvascular Imaging (SMI) technology for detection of active synovitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Between June 2015 and October 2016, 56 patients with RA (42 females; mean age, 53.2 years) underwent gray-scale ultrasound (US) imaging, power Doppler imag...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Lee GY,Kim S,Choi ST,Song JS

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive subcutaneous and muscular calcification developed in a patient having adult-onset dermatopolymyositis (DM-PM) with an 'overlap' connective tissue disease. We wish to emphasize the rarity of calcification in adult onset DM-PM, which is contrary to the generally held impression. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cohen MG,Nash P,Webb J

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease which may lead to malnutrition. Previous studies have defined it with different criteria. No thorough evaluations of sarcopenia in SSc are available. The aim of the present study was to assess the prevalence and the potential association of malnutrition and sarcopenia ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Caimmi C,Caramaschi P,Venturini A,Bertoldo E,Vantaggiato E,Viapiana O,Ferrari M,Lippi G,Frulloni L,Rossini M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is a small case series that aims to discuss the impact of depression, vascular, and fibrotic changes on development of erectile dysfunction (ED) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). In this paper, we present five male patients with SSc, aged 30-48 years. All patients are nonsmokers, and their past m...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ostojic P,Damjanov N

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old man with hypertrophic pachymeningitis (HP) and an undifferentiated connective tissue disease is described. Combined therapy with prednisolone and azathioprine improved his symptoms. The association between an undifferentiated connective tissue disease and HP is discussed. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Lampropoulos CE,Zain M,Jan W,Nader-Sepahi A,Sabin IH,D' Cruz DP

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-CCP (cyclic citrullinated peptide) is considered the most useful laboratory tool in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Some authors have also found this autoantibody in patients with scleroderma (SSc). The study aimed to investigate the prevalence of anti-CCP antibodies in SSc patients from Southern Braz...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Polimeni M,Feniman D,Skare TS,Nisihara RM

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：: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：:We describe a case of an 82-year-old woman with giant cell arteritis, who developed unilateral pitting oedema of the dorsum of the right hand, foot and distal part of the right forearm as well as tenosynovitis of the right wrist extensors, mild synovitis of the right wrist, metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kontoyianni A,Maragou M,Alvanou E,Kappou I,Dantis P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autonomic nervous system (ANS) involvement has been studied in systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic sclerosis, Sjogren's syndrome, and ankylosing spondylitis but still has not been studied in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and the nature of au...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Syngle A,Verma I,Garg N,Krishan P

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron-binding proteins (lactoferrin, transferrin and ferritin) and free iron were measured in synovial fluid (SF) from 30 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 20 osteoarthritis (OA) patients. The iron-binding proteins except transferrin were significantly increased in RA SF as compared with OA SF. Similarly, fre...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ahmadzadeh N,Shingu M,Nobunaga M

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00