Subacute bacterial endocarditis in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis.

abstract：:The case is reported of a 41 year old white woman who developed systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) seven years after primary Sjögren's syndrome and four years after the association of Sjögren's syndrome with Jaccoud's arthritis. The SLE was detected by a benign intracranial hypertension, which is a rare neuro-ophthalm...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Chevalier X,de Bandt M,Bourgeois P,Kahn MF

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:False positive results were obtained for HIV tests in two men with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who were suspected of being infected with HIV because of fever, weight loss, lymphadenopathy, and inflammatory myopathy. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) for HIV were twice positive when tested three...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Esteva MH,Blasini AM,Ogly D,Rodríguez MA

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nephelometric assay of concanavalin-A binding of serum acute phase proteins (con-A binding) has been used in cross-sectional and sequential studies of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Con-A binding correlated well with blood viscosity, C-reactive protein, and other individual acute phase reactants in p...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Martin MF,Dieppe PA,Jones HE,Warren C,Whicher J,Kohn J

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the publication of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis (LVV) in 2009, several relevant randomised clinical trials and cohort analyses have been published, which have the potential to change clinical care and therefore supporting t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hellmich B,Agueda A,Monti S,Buttgereit F,de Boysson H,Brouwer E,Cassie R,Cid MC,Dasgupta B,Dejaco C,Hatemi G,Hollinger N,Mahr A,Mollan SP,Mukhtyar C,Ponte C,Salvarani C,Sivakumar R,Tian X,Tomasson G,Turesson C,S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:B lymphocytes have been implicated in the pathogenesis of lupus and other autoimmune diseases, resulting in the introduction of B cell-directed therapies. Epratuzumab, a humanised anti-CD22 monoclonal antibody, is currently in clinical trials, although its effects on patients' B cells are not completely under...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jacobi AM,Goldenberg DM,Hiepe F,Radbruch A,Burmester GR,Dörner T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients are presented who sustained bilateral rupture of the Achilles tendon while on systemic steroid therapy for chest disease; a fourth patient with polymyalgia rheumatica on steroids is also presented. This is further evidence that tendon rupture can be a direct complication of steroid treatment. The Englis...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Haines JF

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients were studied after jejunoileal bypass (JIB) surgery. Seven developed arthritis and six did not. Circulating immune complexes containing IgG and IgA were detected in the sera of patients with and without arthritis. IgA complexes were shown to contain secretory component, a protein predominantly associ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Clegg DO,Zone JJ,Samuelson CO Jr,Ward JR

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Anticitrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are the most predictive factor for the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Epitope spreading towards more citrullinated epitopes occurs before the onset of RA. Here, the authors investigated whether specific epitope recognition allows the identification of spe...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Willemze A,Böhringer S,Knevel R,Levarht EW,Stoeken-Rijsbergen G,Houwing-Duistermaat JJ,van der Helm-van Mil AH,Huizinga TW,Toes RE,Trouw LA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Individuals with psoriasis have increased blood levels of uric acid. However, there is no prospective data on the association between psoriasis and uric acid levels and subsequent development of gout. In this study, we examined the risk of gout among individuals with psoriasis and psoriatic art...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Merola JF,Wu S,Han J,Choi HK,Qureshi AA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty seven patients with primary or possible Sjögren's syndrome with neurological manifestations were compared immunologically with 21 patients with Sjögren's syndrome with an intact nervous system. Patients with Sjögren's syndrome were divided into seropositive and seronegative subgroups with respect to the occurre...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hietaharju A,Korpela M,Ilonen J,Frey H

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotactic migration of leucocytes largely depends on adhesive interaction with the substratum and recognition of a chemoattractant gradient. Both aspects, cell adhesion and chemotaxis, are regulated by members of the family of chemotactic cytokines (chemokines) comprising structurally related and secreted proteins o...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Moser B,Willimann K

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if early MRI measures predict X-ray progression at 1 and 2 years in a large RA trial cohort. DESIGN:This study included 256 methotrexate (MTX)-naïve RA patients from a randomised placebo-controlled trial of golimumab (GO-BEFORE). MRIs of wrist and 2nd-5th metacarpophalangeal joints at 0, 12, 24,...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Baker JF,Ostergaard M,Emery P,Hsia EC,Lu J,Baker DG,Conaghan PG

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess how socioeconomic deprivation influences the presentation, treatment, and outcome of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Three year follow up of 869 consecutive patients with RA from nine hospital rheumatology clinics, with patients categorised by the Carstairs deprivation score of the...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors：

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intravenously infused iron-dextran (Imferon) on the progression of antigen induced monarticular arthritis in rabbits was studied. A rapid deposition of iron and apoferritin in the synovia of arthritis joints occurred after infusion of iron-dextran during either the acute or chronic phases of the disease....

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kind CN,Blackham A,Morris CJ

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

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：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：:An attempt was made to ascertain whether intra-articular corticosteroids exert a harmful effect on primate cartilage. The knee joints of 10 Macaca irus monkeys were subjected to either one, two, or six injections of 20 mg methyl prednisolone or an equal number of control injections over a 12-week period. Minor degener...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gibson T,Burry HC,Poswillo D,Glass J

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to determine whether late apoptotic cell material directly induces autoantibodies characteristic of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to investigate the innate recognition pathways involved. METHODS:B6, B6.MyD88(-/-), B6.TLR7(-/-) and B6.TLR9(-/-) mice were subcutaneou...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pan ZJ,Maier S,Schwarz K,Azbill J,Akira S,Uematsu S,Farris AD

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the diagnostic value of ultrasonography (US) in the evaluation of arthritic shoulder joints. METHODS:Twenty shoulders of 20 inpatients with arthritis were evaluated by US one day before the shoulder operation. Changes in the subacromial-subdeltoid bursa, biceps tendon and tendon sheath, rotatof cuf...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Alasaarela E,Leppilahti J,Hakala M

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the value of advanced imaging techniques in the detection of hand osteoarthritis (OA) and hand OA progression. METHODS:PubMed/Medline and Embase were searched until April 2012 for studies on imaging of hand OA that presented quantitative data on validity, reliability or responsiveness. Articles pre...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Saltzherr MS,Selles RW,Bierma-Zeinstra SM,Muradin GS,Coert JH,van Neck JW,Luime JJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The contribution of rheumatology nurses to improved patient outcomes is increasingly recognised but more research is needed about the effects of interventions. The patient's role in deciding about healthcare quality is considered pivotal and therefore patients' opinions and expectations should be directional ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Eijk-Hustings Y,Ammerlaan J,Voorneveld-Nieuwenhuis H,Maat B,Veldhuizen C,Repping-Wuts H

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the incidence of new cancer diagnoses in a community sample of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). METHODS:All incident cases of PMR in the UK General Practice Research Database (GPRD) (1987-99), without pre-existing cancer or vascular disease and treated with corticosteroids (n=2877) ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Muller S,Hider SL,Belcher J,Helliwell T,Mallen CD

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prepare a website for families and health professionals containing up to date information about paediatric rheumatic diseases (PRD). METHODS:Firstly, paediatric rheumatology centres and family self help associations were surveyed to characterise current clinical practice of physicians providing care for c...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ruperto N,Garcia-Munitis P,Villa L,Pesce M,Aggarwal A,Fasth A,Avcin T,Bae SC,Balogh Z,Li C,De Inocencio J,Dibra M,Dolezalova P,El Miedany Y,Flato B,Harjacek M,Huppertz HI,Kanakoudi-Tsakalidou F,Wulffraat N,Lahdenne

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:A study of the walking activities of 243 individuals was carried out. The individuals came from four different occupations and had an age range of 17-83 years. The survey carried out in this investigation showed surprisingly little correlation between variables such as age, height, and weight of individuals and their ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Seedhom BB,Wallbridge NC

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Domains identified as a result of qualitative research and Delphi exercises to assess rheumatoid arthritis (RA) flare include pain, function, swollen and tender joints, patient and physician global, laboratory measures, participation, stiffness, self-management and fatigue. Here we examine aspects of construc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lie E,Woodworth TG,Christensen R,Kvien TK,Bykerk V,Furst DE,Bingham CO 3rd,Choy EH,OMERACT RA Flare Working Group.

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients, two with typical primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and the third with several features of SS, including abnormal sialography and reduced tear secretion, developed B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) of parotid or lung, or both. Isoelectric focusing of concentrated urine specimens in agarose, followed by ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Walters MT,Stevenson FK,Herbert A,Cawley MI,Smith JL

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To ascertain the incidence and prevalence of juvenile arthritis in a German urban population. METHODS:All 766 paediatricians, orthopaedists, and rheumatologists working in practices or outpatient clinics in 12 south German towns were asked to report all patients who consulted them for juvenile arthritis duri...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： von Koskull S,Truckenbrodt H,Holle R,Hörmann A

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Examine whether osteoarthritis (OA) progression can be delayed by halofuginone in anterior cruciate ligament transection (ACLT) rodent models. METHODS:3-month-old male C57BL/6J (wild type; WT) mice and Lewis rats were randomised to sham-operated, ACLT-operated, treated with vehicle, or ACLT-operated, treate...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Cui Z,Crane J,Xie H,Jin X,Zhen G,Li C,Xie L,Wang L,Bian Q,Qiu T,Wan M,Xie M,Ding S,Yu B,Cao X

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure hyaluronic acid (HA) levels, which are raised in active rheumatoid arthritis (RA), in patients with early RA, and to assess the correlation with clinical and laboratory indices of disease activity and with subsequent radiographic erosive status. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients fulfilling ACR criter...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Majeed M,McQueen F,Yeoman S,McLean L

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00