Juvenile idiopathic arthritis among Nigerians: a case study.

abstract：:HLA-II molecules are critical in triggering human immune response, especially in activating CD4+ T cells. HLA-DP, belonging to HLA-II molecules, draws increasing attention for its role in presentation of viral antigen and autoantigen to T cells. Researches reported single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of HLA-DP associ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Huang Z,Niu Q,Yang B,Zhang J,Yang M,Xu H,Cai B,Hu J,Wu Y,Wang L

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) constitute a subset of autoimmune conditions primarily affecting muscle, along with many extra-muscular manifestations. Proximal muscle weakness is the dominant symptom in the IIM. In addition, many patients will have cutaneous manifestations, pulmonary manifestations, and ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Jones J,Wortmann R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is the first key hormone of reproduction. GnRH analogs are extensively used in in vitro fertilization and treatment of sex hormone-dependent cancers due to their ability to bring about 'chemical castration'. Recently it has been showed that it also plays an important role in the m...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Lazúrová I,Angelovicová J,Petríková J,Calfová A,Oetterová M,Svajdler M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to find out the outcome of 28 patients who got the diagnosis of primary fibromyalgia (pFM) 26 years ago. In 1986, 56 patients with widespread pain were examined and filled in a base questionnaire (BQ). Of them, 42 fulfilled the Yunus criteria for pFM. Twenty-six years later, addresses of 38 pa...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Isomeri R,Mikkelsson M,Partinen M,Kauppi MJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to assess the progression of osteoarthritis (OA) using scoring systems based on the anatomical changes recorded in the finger joints on standard radiographs and to test how far these scoring systems could be used to evaluate the effects of candidate "disease modifying osteoarthritis drugs" (DMOAD). T...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Verbruggen G,Goemaere S,Veys EM

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simultaneous occurrence of subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus and malignancy has rarely been reported. We report the first case of subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus associated with Hodgkin's disease. Although our case does not fulfill the criteria of paraneoplastic process, a relationship between the two diso...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Castanet J,Taillan B,Lacour JP,Garnier G,Perrin C,Ortonne JP

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the diagnostic powers of rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) in a population selected for its high statistical relevance, over a 6-month period, an informed consent to test for anti-CCP was obtained from 1,025 consecutive patients for whom RF was ordered at a University labora...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Silveira IG,Burlingame RW,von Mühlen CA,Bender AL,Staub HL

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the association of combined arthritis and diabetes, diabetes only, and arthritis only compared with neither with gait speed in the general population. This cross-sectional study included data from the second wave of Midlife in the United States-2 (MIDUS 2) project 4: Biomarker Project, 2004-200...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Alenazi AM,Alshehri MM,Alqahtani BA,Alanazi AD,Bindawas SM

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine possible differences in the outcome of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with disease onset early and late in life. As part of a broader outcome study of RA which included patients seen in the division of Rheumatology of Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla of...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Calvo-Alén J,Corrales A,Sánchez-Andrada S,Fernández-Echevarría MA,Peña JL,Rodríguez-Valverde V

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouth and genital ulcer with inflamed cartilage syndrome (MAGIC syndrome) is a rare autoinflammatory disorder with unknown etiology. Except for the common clinical manifestations mimicking Behçet's disease and relapsing polychondritis, some other clinical entities are occasionally observed. In this report, we present ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chen Z,Zhang S,Wang L,Fei Y,Shen M,Wu H,Liu J,Zheng W

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Statin-induced necrotising autoimmune myopathy (NAM) is a rare but disabling complication of statin therapy. Data regarding treatment and outcomes in these patients is sparse. We retrospectively identified those patients with a diagnosis of statin-induced NAM who were managed in a single-tertiary referral centre from ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Waters MJ,Limaye V

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 45-year-old patient is described presenting with severe axial osteoporosis. The presence of maculopapular skin lesions and the combination of osteolytic and osteoblastic bone lesions led to the tentative diagnosis of systemic mastocytosis. This diagnosis was confirmed by measurement of urinary histamine metabolites ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Schoenaers P,De Clerck LS,Timmermans U,Stevens WJ

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory diseases, i.e., rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), Crohn's disease (CD), and ulcerative colitis (UC). Anti-TNF-alpha strategies are successfully used in their treatment. However, their effec...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Tomáš L,Lazúrová I,Pundová L,Oetterová M,Zakuciová M,Petrášová D,Studenčan M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to analyze factors related to pregnancy outcomes in women with positive antiphospholipid antibodies and previous adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) prospectively. METHODS:Patients' characteristics were described. Factors associated with obstetric complications were analyzed using logistic regr...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Li X,Deng X,Duan H,Zeng L,Zhou J,Liu C,Guo X,Liu X

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient presenting with interstitial lung disease was predicted to have underlying polymyositis when found to be anti-Jo-1 antibody positive. When myopathy developed later with elevated serum creatine phosphokinase and myoglobin levels, the electromyogram was nonmyopathic, and polymyositis was confirmed by muscle bi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Nash P,Schrieber L,Webb J

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, we report the first simultaneous occurrence of two side effects of low-dose methotrexate: an acute megaloblastic anaemia and a pneumonitis. A combination of methotrexate suspension, folinic acid and corticosteroids led to recovery. The correlation between the haematolo...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bolla G,Disdier P,Harle JR,Verrot D,Weiller PJ

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to analyze the impact of TNF antagonists (TNFa) on the total cholesterol and triglycerides on ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). In this single-centre observational study of AS and PsA patients, differences in triglyceride and total cholesterol levels and frequenc...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Maneiro JR,Souto A,Gomez-Reino JJ

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) may infrequently present with localized anterior knee pain or swelling, in addition to generalize knee pain induced by JIA. We report five cases of deep infrapatellar bursitis in children with JIA. The clinical features, radiological findings, management, and outcome o...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Alqanatish JT,Petty RE,Houghton KM,Guzman J,Tucker LB,Cabral DA,Cairns RA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an open study, we have assessed the bone/soft tissue uptake index in recent osteoporotic vertebral collapse using scintigraphy. The evolution of these cases was followed-up at 6 months in 22 patients treated with 100 IU of salmon calcitonin plus 500 mg of elemental calcium/10 days per month and in 18 patients treat...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Rico H,Merono E,Del Olmo J,Revilla M

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few reports about the coexistence of Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). To evaluate the frequency of SS in patients with AS. We studied 70 patients with AS presenting to the university outpatient clinic between January 2002 and November 2003. All the patients were asked about sicca symp...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kobak S,Kobak AC,Kabasakal Y,Doganavsargil E

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is the prototype for spondyloarthritis primarily affecting young men. Geographic and ethnic variations exist in the prevalence and severity of AS and relate to the wide disparity in the frequency of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27, a major genetic risk factor. The strength of the disease ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Rachid B,El Zorkany B,Youseif E,Tikly M

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to evaluate the presence of peripheral antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (p-ANCA) and cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (c-ANCA) in children with SLE and to correlate its association of laboratory findings. Twenty-one children with SLE were studied. Serum samples in patients were tested by...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bakkaloglu A,Topaloglu R,Saatçi U,Ozdemir S,Ozen S,Başsoy Y,Beşbaş N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) instillations are used in bladder cancer treatment. Adverse effects can occur. Osteoarticular complications are mainly reactive arthritis, but true infections have been described, such as vertebral osteomyelitis. We made a review of M. bovis BCG vertebral osteomyeliti...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cadiou S,Al Tabaa O,Nguyen CD,Faccin M,Guillin R,Revest M,Guggenbuhl P,Houvenagel E,Pertuiset E,Coiffier G

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the link between ultrasonographic features of dactylitis in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and symptoms, digital tenderness and duration of dactylitis. METHODS:Forty-eight cases of PsA dactylitis were investigated using high frequency ultrasound (US) both in grey scale (GS) and Power Doppler (PD), eva...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Girolimetto N,Costa L,Mancarella L,Addimanda O,Bottiglieri P,Santelli F,Meliconi R,Peluso R,Del Puente A,Macchioni P,Salvarani C,McGonagle D,Scarpa R,Caso F

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients are often treated by dermatology and rheumatology specialities and may receive different treatments. To evaluate the impact of dermatology/rheumatology specialist settings on diagnosis and therapeutic approach in PsA patients. This cross-sectional multicounty study in Italy involved ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Lubrano E,Delle Sedie A,Romanelli M,Chimenti MS,Bianchi L,Piaserico S,De Felice C,Graceffa D,De Andres MI,Curatolo S,Grembiale RD,Dastoli S,Arcuri C,Angileri RG,Prignano F,Bandinelli F,Baldissera E,Mercuri SR,Franchi

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This case-control study aimed to analyze the clinical features and determine the expression of type I interferon-induced genes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients harboring the CD11b rs1143679 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and elucidate whether it is involved in the relapses of SLE. METHODS...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Xu W,Zhang Y,Wang X,Liu P,Gao D,Gu B,Zhang J,Li C,Ren Q,Yang L,Yuan H,Shen M,Chen X

更新日期：2020-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Rituximab is a human/murine chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody. It is largely used to treat B cell malignancies and has become standard in the management of B cell‑mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and granulomatosis with polyangitis. The effects of rituximab need to be monitored by B cell phenotyping...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bergantini L,d'Alessandro M,Cameli P,Vietri L,Vagaggini C,Perrone A,Sestini P,Frediani B,Bargagli E

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knee osteoarthritis is a common joint problem leading to an increase of pain and a loss of function in older individuals. The main objective of this study was to evaluate if a participant who was randomly assigned to his preferred group improved his adherence to an effective walking program compared to a participant w...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Loew L,Brosseau L,Kenny GP,Durand-Bush N,Poitras S,De Angelis G,Wells GA

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was conducted to assess the safety and efficacy of intra-articular injection of etanercept and compare it with corticosteroid injection in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. METHODS:Fifty patients with RA who suffered from activity in one joint were randomized into two groups, received an intra-...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Salem RM,El-Deeb AE,Elsergany M,Elsaadany H,El-Khouly R

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinases (IRAKs) are serine-threonine kinases involved in toll-like receptor and interleukin-1 signaling pathways. They play a key role in inflammation and innate immunity. IRAKs have been previously incriminated in autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Boumiza A,Zemni R,Sghiri R,Idriss N,Hassine HB,Chabchoub E,Mzabi A,Ghannouchi N,Bouajina E,Ben Hadj Slama F

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00