Adrenocorticotropic hormone: an effective "natural" biologic therapy for acute gout?

abstract：:Spondyloarthropathy refers to any joint disease of the vertebral column, but the term is mainly used for a specific group of disorders called seronegative spondyloarthropathies (SpAs). The axial skeletal involvement, peripheral and extra-articular manifestations and an association with the major histocompatibility com...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Čota S,Žagar I,Delimar V,Pap M,Perić D,Perić P

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and tolerability of aceclofenac (100 mg bid; n = 109), a new non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, was compared to that of indomethacin (50 mg bid; n = 110) in a multi-centre, 12-week, randomized, double-blind clinical trial in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The efficacy of aceclofenac, on the basis...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Kornasoff D,Maisenbacher J,Bowdler J,Raber A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic autoimmune disease resulting in joint destruction and deformities, but also associated with extraarticular and systemic manifestations. The later devastating conditions, such as the development of rheumatoid vasculitis, are more frequently encountered in seropositive patients and the...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Skalkou A,Manoli SM,Sachinidis A,Ntouros V,Petidis K,Pagkopoulou E,Vakirlis E,Pyrpasopoulou A,Dimitroulas T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis and vasculopathy. A key feature is the presence of T cells in inflammatory lesions. To establish the differences in peripheral blood T helper (Th) subpopulations in diffuse cutaneous (dc) and limited cutaneous (lc) SSc patients, blood samples ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Rodríguez-Reyna TS,Furuzawa-Carballeda J,Cabiedes J,Fajardo-Hermosillo LD,Martínez-Reyes C,Díaz-Zamudio M,Llorente L

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis has become an increasingly recognized complication among patients with chronic liver disease (CLD). The aim of the present study was to assess the prevalence and risk factors of osteoporosis in patients with CLD (primary biliary cirrhosis and chronic viral hepatitis B or C patients) in comparison with a g...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Wariaghli G,Mounach A,Achemlal L,Benbaghdadi I,Aouragh A,Bezza A,El Maghraoui A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are reduced in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A reduced number of EPCs are associated with the presence of atherosclerosis in other populations. We sought to determine whether the reduction in EPC numbers in SLE is dependent on the presence of advanced...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Baker JF,Zhang L,Imadojemu S,Sharpe A,Patil S,Moore JS,Mohler ER 3rd,Von Feldt J

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory disease that can lead to damage to several vital organs. Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), manifesting as vascular thromboembolic events and morbidities of pregnancy in the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL), has been described in patients with SLE...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Lu CC,Chen CH,Yeh SF,Lai JH,Chang DM

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous inflammation. The clinical spectrum in childhood is heterogeneous. Angiotensin converting enzyme activity is used as a marker for disease activity. Human chitotriosidase is produced in macrophages. In this study, serum chitotriosidase levels were significantly higher in active sa...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Brunner J,Scholl-Bürgi S,Prelog M,Zimmerhackl LB

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary Sjögren syndrome (pS) is associated with autoantibodies such as rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-nuclear antibodies such as anti-Ro (SS-A) and/or La (SS-B). Recent developments within autoimmune diagnostics allow quantitation of RF subclasses and anti-Ro epitopes. Will this refinement by autoimmune diagnostics ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Meek B,Kelder JC,Claessen AME,van Houte AJ,Ter Borg EJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to determine the clinical features and treatment course in Canadian patients with dermatomyositis (DM) associated with the anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody (MDA5). A retrospective chart review of consecutive patients with anti-MDA5 antibody DM from two Canadian te...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Huang K,Vinik O,Shojania K,Yeung J,Shupak R,Nimmo M,Avina-Zubieta JA

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common systemic vasculitis affecting people over 50 years. This disease is a diagnostic challenge with a range of clinical symptoms and findings due to different affected vessels. Because of this, the initial diagnosis can be tricky, and some of the patients present at first time...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Husein-Elahmed H,Callejas-Rubio JL,Rios-Fernández R,Ortego-Centeno N

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are contradictory results in the relevant literature about the relationship between objective determinants of craniocervical posture and temporomandibular disorder (TMD), whereas no study has worked on ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and TMD relationship. We conducted this study to test the predictors of TMD in AS p...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Bilgin E,Bilgin E,Özdemir O,Kalyoncu U

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have inflammatory back pain (IBP) and meet the existing classification criteria for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and spondyloarthritis (SpA). We included 167 patients fulfilling the ACR 1987 revised criteria for RA. Af...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Can G,Solmaz D,Binicier O,Akar S,Birlik M,Soysal O,Akkoc N,Manisali M,Onen F

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of the complement activation products C1s:C1-inh, C3bP and C5b-9 by ELISA in plasma samples from normals, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE) patients showed significantly elevated levels in the two patient groups (P less than 0.0001 for C1s:C1-inh, C3bP and C5b-9) compared to ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Auda G,Holme ER,Davidson JE,Zoma A,Veitch J,Whaley K

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is a membrane-bound molecule primarily involved in cell-cell adhesive interactions of the immune system. It is a cytokine-induced glycoprotein involved in the recruitment of cells into tissues undergoing inflammatory responses. The levels of soluble ICAM-1 were measured in se...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Sari RA,Taysi S,Erdem F,Yilmaz O,Keleş S,Kiziltunç A,Odabaş AR,Cetinkaya R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) is a systemic necrotizing vasculitis affecting small vessels without necrotizing granulomatous inflammation and is commonly associated with necrotizing glomerulonephritis. Diagnosis is based on typical clinical features, the presence of antimyeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasmic anti...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Kokan N,Hosomi Y,Inamoto S,Ohnishi K,Tanimoto H,Nibu K

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasonography (US) and power Doppler sonography (PDS) was used to investigate causes of new onset of shoulder pain and sites of shoulder inflammation in 157 shoulders of 99 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). US detected effusion and/or synovitis in 92/157 glenohumeral joints, subdeltoid bursitis in 56/157 shou...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Stegbauer J,Rump LC,Weiner SM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human parvovirus B19 (B19) rarely induces pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) in healthy hosts. Meanwhile B19 infection is often clinically similar to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and several cases have been reported wherein B19 actually stimulated SLE exacerbation in an immunocompetent subject. An 82-year-old healthy...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ideguchi H,Ohno S,Ishigatsubo Y

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Routine assessment of patient index data 3 (RAPID3) is a simple, valid and reliable tool designed to measure disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA causes significant disability and diminishes health-related quality of life (HR-QoL). The aim of this study was to investigate how RAPID3 is relat...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Qorolli M,Rexhepi B,Rexhepi S,Mustapić M,Doko I,Grazio S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is proposed that synovial fluid biomarkers may help in differentiating the type of arthritis. The aim of study is to determine whether synovial fluid adenosine deaminase (ADA) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) can be useful in this regard. A total of 75 patients with knee monoarthritis that were admi...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Zamani B,Jamali R,Ehteram H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to investigate the diagnostic significance of high frequency ultrasonography (USG), comparing the findings in USG, bone scintigraphy and clinical stuation. Fifty-one patients who had early symptoms of inflammatory arthritis, but not fulfilling the ACR diagnostic criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were inc...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ozgul A,Yasar E,Arslan N,Balaban B,Taskaynatan MA,Tezel K,Baklaci K,Ozgüven MA,Kalyon TA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of an oral preparation containing hyaluronic acid on osteoarthritic knee joint pain and function as well as changes in inflammatory cytokines, bradykinin, and leptin. We also used heavy water to determine the turnover rates of glycosaminoglycans in synovial fluid....

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Nelson FR,Zvirbulis RA,Zonca B,Li KW,Turner SM,Pasierb M,Wilton P,Martinez-Puig D,Wu W

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a rare autoimmune disease of unknown etiology. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have demonstrated association between genetic variants of IL12B and IL6 and TA. Since TA has been reported with ethnic heterogeneity, we sought to investigate whether the single-nucleotide-polymorphisms (SN...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Wen X,Chen S,Li P,Li J,Wu Z,Li Y,Li L,Yuan H,Tian X,Zhang F,Li Y

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish whether a cadaver model can serve as an effective surrogate for the detection of tendon damage characteristic of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In addition, we evaluated intraobserver and interobserver agreement in the grading of RA-like tendon tears shown by US, as well as the concordance between the US find...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Janta I,Morán J,Naredo E,Nieto JC,Uson J,Möller I,Bong D,Bruyn GA,D Agostino MA,Filippucci E,Hammer HB,Iagnocco A,Terslev L,González JM,Mérida JR,Carreño L

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the serum concentration of interleukin-6 (IL-6) reflects disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). A group of 271 AS patients were enrolled in the study, 261 of whom completed the entire protocol (201 males, 60 females, median age of 53 years). Serum IL-6 was measur...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Falkenbach A,Herold M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of skin fibrosis is vital for the diagnosis and monitoring of treatment in the systemic sclerosis (SSc)-a severe autoimmune disease. The elastography is a technique of skin fibrosis assessment through the evaluation of skin strain. We compared the efficacy of the shear wave elastography (SWE) and common...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Sobolewski P,Maślińska M,Zakrzewski J,Paluch Ł,Szymańska E,Walecka I

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a generalized disorder characterized by fibrosis and vascular obliteration in the skin, lung, gastrointestinal tract, and kidney. One of its two subsets is a stable, limited cutaneous group (lSSc). Pulmonary involvement in scleroderma is common, and several types of pulmonary disorders are ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Shimizu Y,Tsukagoshi H,Nemoto T,Honma M,Nojima Y,Mori M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of overweight and obesity in patients with fibromyalgia is high, which makes these patients more likely to trigger metabolic changes. It is also uncertain whether the clinical manifestations of fibromyalgia alter the metabolism in these patients. This study investigates the influence of adiposity indica...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Homann D,Carvalho HM,Stefanello JM,Góes SM,Lopes AL,de Oliveira AR,Leite N

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the combined effect of both genetic and environmental factors in the age of rheumatoid arthritis onset. Patients (n = 507). Shared epitope characterization was performed using Lifecodes HLA-SSO. Genotyping of protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor 22 (PTPN22) rs2476601 and signal transducers and activators...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Rodríguez-Rodríguez L,Lamas JR,Varadé J,Tornero-Esteban P,Abasolo L,de la Concha EG,Jover JA,Urcelay E,Fernández-Gutiérrez B

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an autoimmune spondyloarthropathy involving principally the sacroiliac joint and axial skeleton. Spinal cord involvement is an infrequent and late complication. It mostly results from compressive myelopathy due to skeletal osteopathy and usually presents with radiculomyelopathic sensory ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Chen WH,Yin HL,Lin HS,Chen CJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00