Autoantibodies to type II collagen: occurrence in rheumatoid arthritis, other arthritides, autoimmune connective tissue diseases, and chronic inflammatory syndromes.

abstract：:Peripheral and axial bone mass and fracture incidence were studied in a group of 104 postmenopausal patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients were divided into non-corticosteroid and low dose corticosteroid treated groups after elimination of patients with concomitant disease or therapy which might affect bone...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verstraeten A,Dequeker J

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyse the similarities and discrepancies between the official rheumatology specialty training programmes across Europe. METHODS:A steering committee defined the main aspects of training to be assessed. In 2013, the rheumatology official training programmes were reviewed for each of the European League ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sivera F,Ramiro S,Cikes N,Dougados M,Gossec L,Kvien TK,Lundberg IE,Mandl P,Moorthy A,Panchal S,da Silva JA,Bijlsma JW,Working Group on Training in Rheumatology across Europe.

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and laboratory data for an 8 year old girl with abdominal pain as a presenting manifestation of acute rheumatic fever are reported. An abdominal investigation with ultrasonography carried out at the same time showed free peritoneal fluid. These findings support the proposal that the abdominal pain classic...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Picard E,Gedalia A,Benmeir P,Zucker N,Barki Y

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An explant method for the isolation of fibroblasts from adult human tendon is described. Cells were successfully isolated from 22 out of 27 common biceps tendons obtained from cadaveric donors (age range 11-83 years). The fibroblasts could be maintained in culture using standard methods and morphologically resembled t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Chard MD,Wright JK,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment with tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNF-i) plus methotrexate (MTX), but not MTX monotherapy alone, inhibits joint damage progression even at higher levels of disease activity. Such disassociation of disease activity and structural damage has not been shown for biological agents other than TNF-i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smolen JS,Avila JC,Aletaha D

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients presented with septal fasciitis and panniculitis, associated with clinical and laboratory features which precluded straight-forward classification into eosinophilic fasciitis, localised scleroderma, or lupus erythematosus profundus. Treatment with cimetidine caused the remission of cutaneous manifestati...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Naschitz JE,Yeshurun D,Rosner I,Abrahamson JE,Misselevitch I,Boss JH

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the efficacy and safety of single versus combination non-prescription oral analgesics in community-derived people aged 40 years and older with chronic knee pain. METHODS:A randomised, double-blind, four-arm, parallel-group, active controlled trial investigating short-term (day 10) and long-term (...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Doherty M,Hawkey C,Goulder M,Gibb I,Hill N,Aspley S,Reader S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three hundred and twenty-one synovial fluids from the knees of patients with six different inflammatory arthropathies have been examined for the presence of cytophagocytic monocytes (CPM) and mast cells. Both cell types were seen independently in many of the fluids examined but were found together only in those patien...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Freemont AJ,Denton J

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the distribution of histocompatibility antigens of 22 Turkish and 14 British patients with Behçet's disease with those of their respective controls. There was a strong association of B5, specifically its Bw51 split, with the disease. A modest increase in the incidence of HLA B27 was noted in British p...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yazici H,Chamberlain MA,Schreuder I,D'Amaro J,Muftuoglu M

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the long-term effect of bariatric surgery on the incidence of gout and hyperuricaemia in participants of the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study. METHODS:This report includes 1982 subjects who underwent bariatric surgery and 1999 obese controls from the SOS study, a prospective intervention trial d...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Maglio C,Peltonen M,Neovius M,Jacobson P,Jacobsson L,Rudin A,Carlsson LM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the efficacy and safety of innovator infliximab (INX) and CT-P13, an INX biosimilar, in active rheumatoid arthritis patients with inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX) treatment. METHODS:Phase III randomised, double-blind, multicentre, multinational, parallel-group study. Patients with active...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yoo DH,Hrycaj P,Miranda P,Ramiterre E,Piotrowski M,Shevchuk S,Kovalenko V,Prodanovic N,Abello-Banfi M,Gutierrez-Ureña S,Morales-Olazabal L,Tee M,Jimenez R,Zamani O,Lee SJ,Kim H,Park W,Müller-Ladner U

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Congenital heart block (CHB) with immune cell infiltration develops in the fetus after exposure to maternal Ro/La autoantibodies. CHB-related serology has been extensively studied, but reports on immune-cell profiles of anti-Ro/La-exposed neonates are lacking. In the current study, we characterised circulatin...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ivanchenko M,Thorlacius GE,Hedlund M,Ottosson V,Meneghel L,Björkander S,Ossoinak A,Tingström J,Bremme K,Sverremark-Ekström E,Gemzell-Danielsson K,Sonesson SE,Chemin K,Wahren-Herlenius M

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies are a hallmark of rheumatoid arthritis and are believed to play a role in disease pathogenesis. These antibodies are typically detected in ELISA with citrullinated peptides (eg, CCP2) or proteins as antige...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ioan-Facsinay A,el-Bannoudi H,Scherer HU,van der Woude D,Ménard HA,Lora M,Trouw LA,Huizinga TW,Toes RE

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of active pulmonary and paranasal involvement in patients with Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) can be difficult. The diagnostic value of gallium-67 scintigraphy in WG is unclear. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the added diagnostic value of gallium-67 scintigraphy in patients with WG with suspected granulomat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Slart RH,Jager PL,Poot L,Piers DA,Tervaert JW,Stegeman CA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate concentrations of the platelet activation markers beta thromboglobulin (BTG) and platelet factor 4 (PF4) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) from patients with systemic sclerosis with and without scleroderma interstitial lung disease (SLD). METHODS:BTG and PF-4 were measured by enzyme immunoas...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kowal-Bielecka O,Kowal K,Lewszuk A,Bodzenta-Lukaszyk A,Walecki J,Sierakowski S

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of systemic sclerosis with sympathetic and parasympathetic neuropathy and detail autonomic testing in six further patients. Of these six patients, three showed early parasympathetic damage. None of the patients had evidence of peripheral neuropathy, and there was no correlation between the presence ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sonnex C,Paice E,White AG

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the diagnostic value of beta 2 microglobulin in parotid saliva, its concentration in relation to salivary flow was determined in 29 patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome and in 30 normal controls. The specific secretion rate of beta 2 microglobulin was calculated. METHODS:Parotid saliva samp...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Geest SA,Markusse HM,Swaak AJ

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rice bodies can occur in the joints in many rheumatic conditions, but they are most common in rheumatoid arthritis. They are generally believed to occur rarely in patients with osteoarthritis, but one study reported rice bodies with apatite crystals. OBJECTIVE:To report on a series of joint fluids with rice...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Li-Yu J,Clayburne GM,Sieck MS,Walker SE,Athreya BH,DeHoratius RJ,Schumacher HR Jr

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62 year old woman taking L-tryptophan developed eosinophilic fasciitis shortly after starting an exercise class. She received prednisone without benefit but improved after azathioprine treatment was started and L-tryptophan was discontinued. As products containing L-tryptophan have recently been implicated in develo...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hamilton ME

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural damage assessed on conventional radiographs is an important outcome measure in psoriatic arthritis. This article reviews the available scoring methods. A full description of the methods is given as well as information on various aspects of validity. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Heijde D,Sharp J,Wassenberg S,Gladman DD

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that PVAC, delipidated, deglycolipidated heat killed Mycobacterium vaccae, is an effective and safe treatment for psoriatic arthritis (PsA). This treatment has shown promising results in psoriasis. METHODS:36 patients with PsA in two centres were studied in this double blind, placebo ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dalbeth N,Yeoman S,Dockerty JL,Highton J,Robinson E,Tan PL,Herman D,McQueen FM

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three patients with early peripheral synovitis were followed up for two to four years in order to study the relationship between fluctuations in rheumatoid factor (RF) levels and indices of clinical activity. Twenty-eight of these patients developed classical/definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Seventeen patien...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Withrington RH,Teitsson I,Valdimarsson H,Seifert MH

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild iron deficiency induced by treatment with the iron chelator desferrioxamine reduced the incidence and severity of joint inflammation associated with adjuvant disease in rats but did not alter the local primary inflammatory response or the systemic sequelae. Both rats treated with desferrioxamine and control rats ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Andrews FJ,Morris CJ,Kondratowicz G,Blake DR

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aetiology of Reiter's syndrome (RS) is unknown. In order to evaluate the role of immunological mechanisms in this disease we performed synovial biopsies on 12 patients with RS looking for deposition of immunoglobulins and complement components in synovial tissue. By immunofluorescent techniques 11 synovia were fou...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Baldassare AR,Weiss TD,Tsai CC,Arthur RE,Moore TL,Zuckner J

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Statins offer significant cardiovascular benefits. Their use, however, influences immune regulation, which may potentially facilitate autoimmunity, eventually resulting in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA).The authors studied whether statin use was associated with an increased risk of dev...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： de Jong HJ,Klungel OH,van Dijk L,Vandebriel RJ,Leufkens HG,van der Laan JW,Cohen Tervaert JW,van Loveren H

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing age at onset has been associated with worse outcome in rheumatoid arthritis, although there are few data from unselected inception cohorts. HYPOTHESIS:Increasing age is associated with a higher risk of erosions at presentation, and this increase is not explained by age-related disease confounders...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bukhari M,Lunt M,Barton A,Bunn D,Silman A,Symmons D

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum samples were obtained from patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR: n = 10) or giant cell arteritis (GCA; n = 7), or both. Samples were taken either before treatment or within one week of starting prednisolone. Immune complexes (IC) were concentrated by polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation then purified wit...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smith AJ,Kyle V,Cawston TE,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is rare in the absence of parenchymal lung disease. We report such a case, which was complicated by the subsequent development of a left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy, and in which there was a strong family history of SLE. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Aszkenasy OM,Clarke TJ,Hickling P,Marshall AJ

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Few studies have addressed the natural course of, or prognostic factors for the salivary and lacrimal function in primary Sjögren syndrome (SS). Except for the early stages, glandular function has been seemingly stable, and SS A antigen (SSA) seropositivity and hypocomplementemia may predict a decline in the...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Haldorsen K,Moen K,Jacobsen H,Jonsson R,Brun JG

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) blockade using infliximab, a chimeric anti-TNFalpha antibody, is an effective treatment for both psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). OBJECTIVE:To analyse the early effects of infliximab treatment on serial skin and synovial tissue biopsy samples. METHODS:Twelve ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Goedkoop AY,Kraan MC,Teunissen MB,Picavet DI,de Rie MA,Bos JD,Tak PP

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00