Rituximab as a treatment option in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and a history of malignancy-intracranial chondrosarcoma/osteochondroma-case based review.

abstract：:We report a 34-year-old female case of diffuse systemic sclerosis (SSc) with generalized ectopic calcification, who developed severe headache with vertical atlantoaxial subluxation (AAS) complicated by calcification around the odontoid process (crowned dens pattern calcification). Although a rare complication, AAS sho...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Shoji A,Tahara K,Hayashi H,Tsuji S,Kimura E,Yamamoto K,Odawara M,Sawada T

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a rare chronic vasculitis of the aorta and its main branches. Infectious agents or autoimmunity are thought to influence the pathophysiology. Ethnic preponderance in East Asia and usually affects young Asian women suggesting a possible role of genetic factor in the etiology. We present a r...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Heo JH,Kim M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to compare the significance of risk factors for osteoporosis according to gender and menopausal state in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Bone mineral density (dual X-ray absorptiometry), cumulative glucocorticoid dose, age, disease duration, body mass index (BMI) and parameters of dis...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Oelzner P,Schwabe A,Lehmann G,Eidner T,Franke S,Wolf G,Hein G

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study 222 sera from 56 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were tested for antibodies to poly(A), poly dAT and histones using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Patients with active disease had significantly more often antibodies to poly(A), poly dAT and histones than patients wit...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Helve T,Gripenberg M,Kurki P,Teppo AM,Wegelius O

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic there were several barriers to treatment access and medication adherence in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. There is no information regarding the RA patient health status in Egypt during the COVID-19. Thus,the aim of this work was to study the impact of the p...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Abualfadl E,Ismail F,Shereef RRE,Hassan E,Tharwat S,Mohamed EF,Abda EA,Radwan AR,Fawzy RM,Moshrif AH,Noor RA,Senara S,Elazim MIA,Abaza NM,Raafat HA,El-Gazzar II,El-Hammady DH,Hammam N,Gheita TA,El-Mallah R,ECR COV

更新日期：2021-02-01 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：: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：:Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis associated with BRAFV600E mutations in more than 50% of cases and presenting with 95% with skeletal lesions. However, cutaneous, pulmonary, large vessels and central nervous system involvement can also occur. We report a case of a 25-year-old wo...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Iaremenko O,Petelytska L,Dyadyk O,Negria N,Fedkov D

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assess the usefulness of 99mTc-pertechnetate hand perfusion scintigraphy in patients with Raynaud's phenomenon (RP). The study population consisted of 18 patients with primary RP, 25 patients with secondary RP within systemic sclerosis (SSc), and ten healthy individuals. Gamma camera dynamic first-pass study during...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Pavlov-Dolijanovic S,Petrovic N,Vujasinovic Stupar N,Damjanov N,Radunovic G,Babic D,Sobic-Saranovic D,Artiko V

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our study was aimed to clarify an association between gastrointestinal (GI) amyloid-positive area and various kinds of factors including renal function in reactive amyloidosis associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Twenty-five patients with an established diagnosis of reactive AA amyloidosis participated in the st...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Kuroda T,Tanabe N,Kobayashi D,Sato H,Wada Y,Murakami S,Nakano M,Narita I

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to investigate the endothelial function in complex regional pain syndrome. A total of 21 patients with CRPS and 15 healthy controls were enrolled. The mean age of patients was 22 +/- 4.9 years and the mean duration of the disease was 5.9 +/- 2.5 months. Flow-mediated vasodilatation (FMD)...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Duman I,Sanal HT,Dincer K,Kalyon TA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C4A and C4B levels were measured in serum from 246 normal individuals. Complement-mediated solubilisation, assayed using alkaline phosphatase anti-alkaline phosphatase immune complexes (IC), correlated with both C4A and C4B levels. However, C4A and C4B levels showed no correlation with solubilisation of bovine serum a...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Holme ER,Veitch J,Johnston A,McKay IC,Whaley K

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet's disease (BD) is a multi-system inflammatory disorder, in which cytokine balance is polarized to Th1. In this study, the cell surface molecule expression, Th1/Th2, inflammatory cytokine levels in blood, and synovial fluid of CD3(+) T lymphocytes in BD were investigated. The study group consisted of 10 BD, 10 a...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Aktas Cetin E,Cosan F,Kucuksezer UC,Bilgic S,Cagatay Y,Gul A,Deniz G

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) bring relief of pain and functional disability to patients with end-stage osteoarthritis, and however, the literature on their impact on patients' level of physical activity (PA) is scarce. Cross-sectional study in patients who underwent THA/TKA surgery in...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Meessen JM,Peter WF,Wolterbeek R,Cannegieter SC,Tilbury C,Bénard MR,van der Linden HM,Onstenk R,Tordoir R,Vehmeijer SB,Verdegaal SH,Vermeulen HM,Nelissen RG,Vliet Vlieland TP

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：:The induction of experimental arthritis in rhesus monkeys was studied by intradermal immunization of bovine type II collagen and antigens derived from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Eubacterium aerofaciens. The tested bacterial antigens proved to be not arthrogenic. Bovine type II collagen ind...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Bakker NP,van Erck MG,Zurcher C,Faaber P,Lemmens A,Hazenberg M,Bontrop RE,Jonker M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E-selectin and intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 are crucial to the inflammatory response in chronic inflammatory arthritis. Soluble (s) levels of these molecules in sera and synovial fluid (SF) correlate with some clinical parameters and synovial tissue expression of the same molecules in rheumatoid arthritis....

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Bloom BJ,Nelson SM,Alario AJ,Miller LC,Schaller JG

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis can affect sacroiliac joints, but only a few such cases have been reported. The onset is usually insidious, and early diagnosis requires a high index of clinical suspicion. We report herein a culture-proven case of tuberculous sacroiliitis which initially mimicked neoplastic infiltration on CT scan. ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Keleş I,Aydin G,Kitay OL,Orkun S

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The minor allele of the non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) +1858C>T within the PTPN22 gene has now been unequivocally confirmed as conferring susceptibility to RA in population from Europe and America, but not in population from Asia. The aim of this study was to jointly address and integrate these se...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Huang JJ,Qiu YR,Li HX,Sun DH,Yang J,Yang CL

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of the study were to evaluate the prevalence of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in patients with fibromyalgia (FM) and the probability of the development of clinically overt connective tissue diseases. Four hundred and fifty FM patients were compared to 129 healthy matched blood donors. ANA testing was per...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Kötter I,Neuscheler D,Günaydin I,Wernet D,Klein R

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TNF-α is one of the key proinflammatory cytokines in pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). TNF-α was also found to enhance synthesis of leptin. Leptin is mainly adipocyte-derived hormone controlling appetite and energy expenditure. It acts through inhibition of neuropeptide Y secretion. It is possible that TNF-α-...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Kopec-Medrek M,Kotulska A,Widuchowska M,Adamczak M,Więcek A,Kucharz EJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomized trials have long been important synthesis tools for guiding evidence-based medicine. More recently, network meta-analyses, an extension of traditional meta-analyses enabling the comparison of multiple interventions, use new statistical methods to incorporate clinical ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Catalá-López F,Tobías A,Cameron C,Moher D,Hutton B

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesise that T-cell apoptosis and the percentage of T cells expressing molecules involved in apoptosis modulation (CD95, CD28) are altered at the inflammation site and in peripheral blood (PB) of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Paired JIA samples of synovial fluid (SF) and PB ( n=7) and PB sa...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Knipp S,Feyen O,Ndagijimana J,Niehues T

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the effects of treatment with punctal plugs versus artificial tears on visual function for primary Sjögren's syndrome with dry eye. Forty-two eyes of 42 patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome were enrolled and were allocated randomly into artificial tears (AT) group and punctal plugs (PP) group. Ocular Su...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Qiu W,Liu Z,Ao M,Li X,Wang W

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leflunomide is a new immunosuppressive medicine that has been effectively used in the therapy of rheumatoid arthritis and subsequently used with success in animal models and patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, its use has also been associated with significant and serious adverse reactions involv...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Wu GC,Xu XD,Huang Q,Wu H

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) related to hepatitis B is an uncommon vasculitis that is sometimes associated with the rapid progression of distal ischemia. A few recent reports have proposed the use of antiviral therapy. However, there is not yet a consensus for the standard treatment of this disease entity and none of th...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Lim MJ,Kwon SR,Lee S,Park W

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibromyalgia is a multi-factorial illness primarily characterised by widespread chronic pain and fatigue, with several symptoms and associated conditions. Due to a lack of clinical awareness and an absence of objective diagnostic measures, fibromyalgia patients often engage with online health information. The aim is t...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Basavakumar D,Flegg M,Eccles J,Ghezzi P

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease with protean manifestation. Arthritis is one of the most common manifestations seen in SLE. Anti-CCP Ab is a recently described autoantibody that has been claimed as a most sensitive and specific marker for the diagnosis of RA. Study was performed to see whether an...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Singh U,Singh S,Singh NK,Verma PK,Singh S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to evaluate synovial tissue receptor activator of nuclear factor-κβ ligand (RANKL) and osteoprotegerin (OPG) as biomarkers of disease activity, progressive joint damage, and therapeutic response, during cytokine blockade in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients with active RA entered a ran...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Rooney T,Edwards CK 3rd,Gogarty M,Greenan L,Veale DJ,FitzGerald O,Dayer JM,Bresnihan B

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured alpha 2-plasmin inhibitor-plasmin complexes (PI-PC) in plasma of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) to examine the plasminogen activation in SLE. The plasma PI-PC level in 23 patients with SLE was significantly higher than that in 18 normal subjects (P less than 0.001) and the SLE patients wi...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Negoro N,Kanayama Y,Takeda T,Fujisawa M,Okamura M,Inoue T

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00