Reduction of the surface charge of blood polymorphonuclear cells by rheumatoid sera and heat induced aggregated human IgG (HAGG).

abstract：:Twenty-five patients (22 males and 3 females) are described who had 'unclassifiable' seronegative peripheral arthritis affecting mainly the large joints of the lower limbs with other typical features of spondyloarthropathies such as heel pain, low back pain, and mucosal ulcers. But their disorders could not be diagnos...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Prakash S,Mehra NK,Bhargava S,Malaviya AN

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nutritional assessment of 50 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) showed evidence of malnutrition in 13 (26%), while all 50 control subjects had normal nutritional status. Of the anthropometric measurements the body-mass index and triceps skinfold thickness values in men and women were significantly reduced in RA...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Helliwell M,Coombes EJ,Moody BJ,Batstone GF,Robertson JC

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare levels of disability of people with and without hip and knee arthroplasty in a random national sample. METHODS:In 1999 a screening questionnaire to classify people into groups of increasing probabilities of disability was sent to 417 500 people; response rate 86%. The study population was obtaine...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Boutron I,Poiraudeau S,Ravaud JF,Baron G,Revel M,Nizard R,Dougados M,Ravaud P

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family with features of the mucocutaneous ocular syndrome is described. A 4-generation study reveals that the condition has been inherited as an autosomal dominant trait with variable expressivity. Psychiatric symptoms and myalgia have been prominent features peculiar to our patients. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Berman L,Trappler B,Jenkins T

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atlanto-axial subluxation occurs with a frequency varying from 6% to 45% in rheumatoid arthritis. Most patients are treated conservatively with a cervical collar. The effectiveness of different cervical collars in inhibiting anterior atlanto-axial subluxation was tested in 11 patients with classical rheumatoid arthrit...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Althoff B,Goldie IF

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare median nerve conduction velocity measured using a new, portable electroneurometer with measurements made using conventional hospital nerve conduction apparatus. METHODS:Twenty five patients were studied who were consecutively referred to a hospital neurophysiology department with a clinical diagno...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dunne CA,Thompson PW,Cole J,Dunning J,Martyn CN,Coggon D,Cooper C

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The severity of joint destruction is highly variable between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The majority of its heritability is still unexplained. Several autoimmune diseases share genetic risk variants that may also influence disease progression. We aimed to identify genetic risk factors for the severi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： de Rooy DP,Zhernakova A,Tsonaka R,Willemze A,Kurreeman BA,Trynka G,van Toorn L,Toes RE,Huizinga TW,Houwing-Duistermaat JJ,Gregersen PK,van der Helm-van Mil AH

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is a severe complication of abdominal infections such as peritonitis and is associated with high mortality. Unfortunately, the molecular mechanisms controlling the development of sepsis are still incompletely understood. Interestingly, the interleukin (IL) 12 family member IL27 seems to play a key role in sepsi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Neurath MF

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the genetic influence of PvuII and XbaI polymorphisms of oestrogen receptor alpha (ORalpha) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in Korea. METHODS:Genomic DNA from 268 female controls and 137 female SLE patients (41 childhood onset and 96 adult onset) were analysed using PvuII and ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lee YJ,Shin KS,Kang SW,Lee CK,Yoo B,Cha HS,Koh EM,Yoon SJ,Lee J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Chondroitin sulfate 800 mg/day (CS) pharmaceutical-grade in the management of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis consistent with the European Medicines Agency guideline. METHODS:A prospective, randomised, 6-month, 3-arm, double-blind, double-dummy, placebo and celecoxib (200 mg/day)-controlled trial assessing ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Reginster JY,Dudler J,Blicharski T,Pavelka K

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human osteoarthritic (OA) chondrocytes were previously classified into L (low)- and H (high)-OA according to matrix metalloproteinase-13 (MMP-13) basal levels and interleukin 1beta (IL1beta) inducibility. In H-OA chondrocytes, the regulatory proteins p130(cas) and nuclear matrix protein 4 (NMP4) acting on th...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fan Z,Tardif G,Hum D,Duval N,Pelletier JP,Martel-Pelletier J

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the risk of losing remission, low disease activity (LDA) or radiographic progression in the case of (1) discontinuing or (2) tapering doses of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) compared with continuation of the initial treatment regimen in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Henaux S,Ruyssen-Witrand A,Cantagrel A,Barnetche T,Fautrel B,Filippi N,Lukas C,Raffeiner B,Rossini M,Degboé Y,Constantin A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare ultrasound measurement of median nerve cross-sectional area (CSA) at different anatomical landmarks and to assess the value of power Doppler signals within the median nerve for diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). METHODS:A prospective study of 135 consecutive patients with suspected CTS und...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dejaco C,Stradner M,Zauner D,Seel W,Simmet NE,Klammer A,Heitzer P,Brickmann K,Gretler J,Fürst-Moazedi FC,Thonhofer R,Husic R,Hermann J,Graninger WB,Quasthoff S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who subsequently developed thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. In each case the coexistence of these two conditions was confirmed by pathological findings. Both patients responded to treatment, but one eventually died. A review of the literature suggests a poss...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fox DA,Faix JD,Coblyn J,Fraser P,Smith B,Weinblatt ME

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy and safety of golimumab over 104 weeks in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis. METHODS:At baseline, patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (n=356) were randomly assigned (1:1.8:1.8) to subcutaneous injections of placebo (group 1), golimumab 50 mg (group 2) or golimumab 100...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Braun J,Deodhar A,Inman RD,van der Heijde D,Mack M,Xu S,Hsu B

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure Proteus mirabilis and Escherichia coli antibody levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) during treatment by vegetarian diet. METHODS:Sera were collected from 53 RA patients who took part in a controlled clinical trial of fasting and a one year vegetarian diet. P mirabilis and E coli anti...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kjeldsen-Kragh J,Rashid T,Dybwad A,Sioud M,Haugen M,Førre O,Ebringer A

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare arterial haemodynamics in adults with long-term juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) to that of healthy controls, and explore the influence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors and disease characteristics on arterial haemodynamics plus coronary artery calcification. METHODS:87 JIA patients (m...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Aulie HA,Selvaag AM,Günther A,Lilleby V,Molberg Ø,Hartmann A,Holdaas H,Flatø B

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three aspects of polymorphonuclear leucocyte (PMN) function were studied in 19 patients with Behçet's syndrome (BS). By 2 different techniques directed motility was found to be increased. This increase was largely due to the subgroup of patients with ocular involvement. Counts of absolute numbers of cells migrating hi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fordham JN,Davies PG,Kirk A,Currey HL

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low serum vitamin D concentrations have been reported in several autoimmune disorders. OBJECTIVE:To assess whether low serum vitamin D concentrations are related to disease activity of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:378 patients from several European and Israeli cohorts were pool...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Amital H,Szekanecz Z,Szücs G,Dankó K,Nagy E,Csépány T,Kiss E,Rovensky J,Tuchynova A,Kozakova D,Doria A,Corocher N,Agmon-Levin N,Barak V,Orbach H,Zandman-Goddard G,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a T helper cell type 2 polarised disease by quantifying the T cell cytokines interferon gamma (IFNgamma), interleukin 4 (IL4), tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha), and IL10 at the single cell level in patients with AS in comparison with healthy HL...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Rudwaleit M,Siegert S,Yin Z,Eick J,Thiel A,Radbruch A,Sieper J,Braun J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine clinical and ultrasonographic predictors of joint replacement surgery across Europe in primary osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. METHODS:This was a 3-year prospective study of a painful OA knee cohort (from a EULAR-sponsored, multicentre study). All subjects had clinical evaluation, radiographs ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Conaghan PG,D'Agostino MA,Le Bars M,Baron G,Schmidely N,Wakefield R,Ravaud P,Grassi W,Martin-Mola E,So A,Backhaus M,Malaise M,Emery P,Dougados M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To present and analyse the literature sources regarding the management of Behçet disease (BD) identified during the systematic literature research, which formed the basis for the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) evidence-based recommendations for the management of BD. METHODS:Problem areas and rel...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hatemi G,Silman A,Bang D,Bodaghi B,Chamberlain AM,Gul A,Houman MH,Kötter I,Olivieri I,Salvarani C,Sfikakis PP,Siva A,Stanford MR,Stübiger N,Yurdakul S,Yazici H

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgM rheumatoid factor (RF) was measured in the sera of 48 rheumatoid patients and of 48 age and sex-matched normal controls by the Rose-Waaler and latex agglutination tests, a rate nephelometer, and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Good correlation was obtained between all assays. The rate nephelometer as...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bampton JL,Cawston TE,Kyle MV,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CTLA-4 is a regulator of co-stimulation and inhibits the activation of T cells through interfering with the interaction of CD80/86 on antigen-presenting cells with CD28 on T cells. CTLA-4 binds to the surface of antigen-presenting cells, such as dendritic cells and monocytes through CD80/86. Monocytes can differentiat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Axmann R,Herman S,Zaiss M,Franz S,Polzer K,Zwerina J,Herrmann M,Smolen J,Schett G

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although natural regulatory T cells (nTregs) can suppress osteoclastogenesis, the role of TGF-β-induced CD4+Foxp3+ Tregs (iTregs) in osteoclastogenesis remains unknown. OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects of iTregs on osteoclastogenesis in vitro and on bone erosion in vivo in collagen-induced arthritis (CIA)...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kong N,Lan Q,Su W,Chen M,Wang J,Yang Z,Park R,Dagliyan G,Conti PS,Brand D,Liu Z,Stohl W,Zou H,Zheng SG

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and side effects of oral pilocarpine for the treatment of ocular symptoms in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS). METHODS:A 12 week, single centre, randomised controlled study was performed. Twenty nine patients were randomly assigned to receive oral pilocarpine (5 mg twice...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tsifetaki N,Kitsos G,Paschides CA,Alamanos Y,Eftaxias V,Voulgari PV,Psilas K,Drosos AA

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterise optimal screening strategies for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) prior to the initiation of anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy. METHODS:Patients in 62 German rheumatology centres were evaluated for LTBI. Each patient was screened with a tuberculin skin test (TST) and one form of an int...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kleinert S,Tony HP,Krueger K,Detert J,Mielke F,Rockwitz K,Schwenke R,Burmester GR,Diel R,Feuchtenberger M,Kneitz C

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the amount of joint cartilage in healthy, middle aged men is stable or changes over time, and what factors may influence this. METHODS:In a cohort study, 28 healthy men (70% of the original cohort; mean (SD) age, 51.9 (12.8) years) had baseline knee magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of th...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hanna F,Ebeling PR,Wang Y,O'Sullivan R,Davis S,Wluka AE,Cicuttini FM

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible contribution of immunological mechanisms in the development of Libman-Sacks endocarditis was studied in 2 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who underwent aortic valve replacement. Sections of verrucous lesions, stained with haematoxylin and eosin, showed three apparently distinct zones: an outer ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Shapiro RF,Gamble CN,Wiesner KB,Castles JJ,Wolf AW,Hurley EJ,Salel AF

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5), a chemokine receptor expressed on T cells and macrophages, and its ligands are found in inflamed synovial tissue (ST) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The rationale for testing CCR5 blockade in patients with RA was supported by the effects of a CCR5 antagonist ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Kuijk AW,Vergunst CE,Gerlag DM,Bresnihan B,Gomez-Reino JJ,Rouzier R,Verschueren PC,van der Leij C,Maas M,Kraan MC,Tak PP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00