Infrapatellar bursitis in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a case series.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify and evaluate laboratory parameters associated with normal bone mineral density (BMD) and to test if -308 tumour necrosis factor (TNF) alpha gene promoter polymorphisms could influence BMD. We performed a comparative cross-sectional study of four main groups: young healthy individu...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Canhao H,Fonseca JE,Caetano-Lopes J,Saldanha C,Queiroz MV

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) is an autoinflammatory disorder leading to multiorgan involvements. We sought to investigate mood status and the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in these patients. METHODS:In this study, 82 AOSD patients and 82 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were included. Dem...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chi H,Jin H,Wang Z,Feng T,Zeng T,Shi H,Wu X,Wan L,Teng J,Sun Y,Liu H,Cheng X,Ye J,Hu Q,Zhou Z,Gu J,Jia J,Liu T,Qiao X,Yang C,Su Y

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQR) attempts to address the limitations of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ). As there is no Turkish version of the FIQR available, we aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of a Turkish translation of the FIQR in Turkish female fibromyalgia (FM) pa...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ediz L,Hiz O,Toprak M,Tekeoglu I,Ercan S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the intersection of atopy and autoimmunity, we present a patient with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who developed hypereosinophilia, without evidence of other etiologies, as she became rheumatoid factor (RF) positive. Although the magnitude of eosinophilia in patients with RA has been thought to reflect th...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Rosenstein RK,Panush RS,Kramer N,Rosenstein ED

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and eighteen elbows in 59 patients who started treatment using disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in the first year of the disease were followed-up for more than 10 years without biologic agents. Using annual radiographs of the elbow joint, Larsen grade (LG) was determined, and bone absorption ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Abe A,Ishikawa H,Murasawa A,Nakazono K

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, oesophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia (CREST) syndrome, a limited form of systemic sclerosis, is sometimes complicated by primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). A 52- and 61-year-old Japanese woman with PBC-CREST overlap syndrome accompanied by Sjögren's syndrome, and Hashi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Nakamura T,Higashi S,Tomoda K,Tsukano M,Sugi K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with autoimmune hepatitis are reported. Both patients had a mild form of SLE without central nervous system or renal involvement and showed a rapid response to corticosteroid therapy. Neither of them had antibodies to mitochondria, smooth muscle, and liver/kidney microso...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Satoh T,Hirakata M,Yoshida T,Matsumura M,Miyachi K,Mimori T,Akizuki M

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) viremia has been known to provoke a plethora of autoimmune syndromes referred to as extrahepatic manifestations of chronic HCV infection. Aim of the current study was to assess the prevalence of rheumatologic manifestations among Egyptians with hepatitis C infection and its' association...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Mohammed RH,ElMakhzangy HI,Gamal A,Mekky F,El Kassas M,Mohammed N,Abdel Hamid M,Esmat G

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet's disease is a systemic vasculitic syndrome with unknown etiology. The aim of the present study was to compare the Helicobacter pylori seropositivity and cytotoxin associated gene-A status in patients with Behçet's disease. Ninety-one patients with Behçet's disease and 83 age- and sex-matched persons with or wi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Apan TZ,Gürsel R,Dolgun A

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:Efficacy of hip protector pads to prevent hip fracture is controversial. This study was done to evaluate two comparable groups for fracture risk. Two matched cohorts of long-term care residents in Canada, assessing the efficacy of hip protector pads. Evaluation included demographics, medications/diagnoses, cognition (...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Juby AG

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The autoantibody profiles in New Zealand systemic sclerosis patients have not previously been reported. The aim of this study was to evaluate the autoantibody profiles of patients in the Waikato Hospital Systemic Sclerosis Clinic cohort. The EUROLINE (IgG) Systemic Sclerosis panel test kit (which tests for Scl-70, CEN...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chang WS,Schollum J,White DH,Solanki KK

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha therapy has led to significant advancement in the treatment of rheumatological disease. Rarely, anti-TNFalpha antagonists have been associated with vasculitis, predominantly cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis. We present the first case of angiographically-confirmed digital vasculit...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Mangat P,Whittle S,Cleland L,Limaye V

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypercalcaemia is a common electrolyte abnormality. The vast majority of patients will be shown to have either hyperparathyroidism or malignancy. In less than 10% of patients other, less common causes of hypercalcaemia will be present. Systemic lupus erythematosus is a very rare cause of hypercalcaemia. It may be asso...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Berar-Yanay N,Weiner P,Magadle R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycophenolate mofetil (MMf) has recently been reported as a useful alternative immunosuppressive drug in autoimmune diseases. There is paucity of literature on its use in Takayasu's arteritis (TA). The aim of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy of MMf in Asian Indian patients with Takayasu's arteritis. Re...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Goel R,Danda D,Mathew J,Edwin N

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with Rheumatic diseases (RDs) are at an increased risk of malignancies compared with the general population. The aim of this study was to examine the relative frequency of several cancers in a single homogeneous cohort of patients with different RDs. Patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Ankylosi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wang HL,Zhou YM,Zhu GZ,Yang Z,Hua BJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:High levels of serum uric acid (UA) are associated with cerebro-cardiovascular disease risk factors. This study aimed at evaluating the main determinants of serum UA levels in relation to biochemical, lifestyle, and clinical variables. METHODS:The study population included 15,594 participants (48% men, age ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Magnacca S,Costanzo S,De Curtis A,Di Castelnuovo A,Olivieri M,Cerletti C,de Gaetano G,Donati MB,Iacoviello L,Moli-sani Study Investigators.

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D syndrome (HIDS) is newly recognized and resembles familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). It is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Mutation of the gene coding for mevalonate kinase is responsible for the disease. The gene is located at chromosome 12q24. The patients initially described we...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Hammoudeh M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population of North Dakota is predominantly of Scandinavian (Norwegian) or German descent. We analyzed a cohort of all patients diagnosed with palindromic rheumatism (PR) and followed-up (by the investigator PK) at the St. Alexius Medical Center, Specialty Clinics, Bismarck, North Dakota, from August 16, 2006 to S...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kaushik P

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:A patient fulfilling the diagnostic criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus and presenting with catatonic schizophrenia is described. Psychiatric features of the disease and their management are discussed. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Tishler M,Abramov AL

更新日期：1985-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to compare outcomes of dose reduction, withdrawal, and continuation of tofacitinib in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to examine effectiveness of rescue with an original treatment regimen for disease flare. METHODS:We prospectively enrolled 100 patients who had high or mod...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Mori S,Ueki Y

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although mesenteric vasculitis due to Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is relatively uncommon, it is the most life-threatening manifestation associated with high mortality. We describe a 15-year-old boy with HSP who had massive gastrointestinal bleeding and ileus but delayed onset of the purpuric rash. Abdominal ultraso...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wang L,Huang FC,Ko SF,Cheng MT

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To measure serum soluble transferrin receptor (s-TfR) levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), sera were obtained from 50 Japanese RA patients and 20 healthy subjects. Both s-TfR and serum erythropoietin (EPO) levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Routine laboratory tests were al...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chijiwa T,Nishiya K,Hashimoto K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Paroxysmal crises of fever and systemic inflammation herald familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), considered as the archetype of all inherited systemic autoinflammatory diseases. Inflammatory bouts are characterized by short-term and self-limited abdominal, thoracic, and/or articular symptoms which subside spontaneously...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Rigante D,Lopalco G,Tarantino G,Compagnone A,Fastiggi M,Cantarini L

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study demonstrates whether serum β2-microglobulin (β2-MG) level can be an indicator of the status of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD), and development of hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) complication. Serum β2-MG level was compared between the active and inactive statuses of ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wakabayashi K,Inokuma S,Matsubara E,Onishi K,Asashima H,Nakachi S,Hagiwara K

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a Sidonian sarcophagus, from the Late Antique/early Christian period, skeletal remains of two persons were found. One of them, male, 30-50 years old, was found almost completely ankylosed, with highly osteoporotic bones and prominent erosion of joint surfaces. We diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis based on the eroded o...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bašić Ž,Jerković I,Kružić I,Anđelinović Š

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00