Tuberculosis infection in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: pulmonary and extra-pulmonary infection compared.

abstract：:The aim of this study is to assess the gender differences in spondyloarthritides (SpAs) in terms of disease onset, clinical presentation, and the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity and Functional indices (BASDAI and BASFI). We analysed data from a predominantly female cohort. Five hundred and 16 patients (ma...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Roussou E,Sultana S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The relationship between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the risk of leukemia was still controversial. This study aimed to assess the risk of leukemia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS:Relevant studies were identified by searching PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Li...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Luo X,He Y,Xu W,Liu M,Zhao Z,Peng L,He C,Chen J

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, renal crisis was the most significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with scleroderma (SSc). Nowadays, following the introduction of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors used in renovascular hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension have become the most common causes...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Davas EM,Peppas C,Maragou M,Alvanou E,Hondros D,Dantis PC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to analyze the prognostic factors of radiographic progression in a series of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) after 2 years of therapy with a structured algorithm using disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and very low doses of oral glucocorticoids. One hundred and...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Sanmartí R,Gómez-Centeno A,Ercilla G,Larrosa M,Viñas O,Vazquez I,Gómez-Puerta JA,Gratacós J,Salvador G,Cañete JD

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microwave thermography is the technique of measuring natural thermal radiation from body tissues of clinical interest. It is safe, requires no control of environmental conditions and exposes the patient to no ionising radiation. In this study, we found that microwave thermography of the knee joints showed weak correla...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： MacDonald AG,Land DV,Sturrock RD

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the appropriate volume of saline to obtain a beneficial effect of arthroscopic lavage and the prognostic factors related to the clinical effect in a refractory rheumatoid knee. Arthroscopic lavage or arthrocentesis was performed in a random manner in 142 patients with relap...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Tanaka N,Sakahashi H,Hirose K,Ishima T,Ishii S

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the results of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) staining in patients with juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA). Thirty-one patients with an age range of 1-16 years were included in the study: 13, 15 and three patients, respectively, were classified having oligoarticular, polyarticular and systemic-ons...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bakkaloglu A,Ozen S,Saatci U,Erguven S,Topaloglu R,Bassoy Y,Besbas N

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify and evaluate laboratory parameters associated with normal bone mineral density (BMD) and to test if -308 tumour necrosis factor (TNF) alpha gene promoter polymorphisms could influence BMD. We performed a comparative cross-sectional study of four main groups: young healthy individu...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Canhao H,Fonseca JE,Caetano-Lopes J,Saldanha C,Queiroz MV

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although peripheral blood eosinophilia is observed in patients with active inflammatory rheumatoid arthritis (RA), RA is not a recognised cause of pulmonary eosinophilia. We describe a 55-year-old woman affected by chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP) concomitantly with an initiation of RA. Both diseases responded rap...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kwak JJ,Chang JE,Lee J,Cho YJ,Sung SH

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sustained cough is a frequent complaint in methotrexate (MTX) treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and can be a symptom of incipient MTX-induced pneumonitis. This study was performed to characterize MTX-associated cough clinically and to clarify by which means this condition can be distinguished from incipient MTX pneum...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Schnabel A,Dalhoff K,Bauerfeind S,Barth J,Gross WL

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycophenolate mofetil (MMf) has recently been reported as a useful alternative immunosuppressive drug in autoimmune diseases. There is paucity of literature on its use in Takayasu's arteritis (TA). The aim of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy of MMf in Asian Indian patients with Takayasu's arteritis. Re...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Goel R,Danda D,Mathew J,Edwin N

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old woman, suffering from continuous hemoptysis, was admitted to our hospital where she was managed with mechanical ventilation. Computed tomography of the chest demonstrated bilateral massive alveolar hemorrhage without evidence of infectious disease. She was diagnosed with anti-myeloperoxidase antineutroph...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kawasaki S,Nakamura H,Honda E,Iwanaga N,Kawakami A,Ida H,Origuchi T,Honda S,Tsuchihashi Y,Yoshimine H,Eguchi K

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most important therapeutic goal in hyperhidrosis treatment is to seek for the underlying cause and to tailor the treatment accordingly. A detailed history and prompt physical examination are needed to clarify the etiological factor. In this study, we report a 34-year-old woman with a diagnosis of thoracic o...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ozdemir O,Ozçakar L

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the emotional and sociodemographic characteristics of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and to investigate the impact of the disease on their social life and quality of life (QOL). This study included 101 patients with the diagnosis of AS. All patients filled in a questio...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ozgül A,Peker F,Taskaynatan MA,Tan AK,Dinçer K,Kalyon TA

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an adult case of reflex sympathetic dystrophy. In contrast to the usual findings in adults, three phase bone scintigraphy showed decreased bloodflow and bloodpool with hypofixation on delayed steady state bone scan of the affected lower limb. In spite of various therapeutic attempts severe dystrophy develope...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Williame LM,Sand A

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study are to assess the risk of asymptomatic cranial neuropathy among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and find any association with disease activity and antiribosomal P antibodies. This study is a case-control study including 60 female patients and 30 healthy female controls. Di...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gaber W,Ezzat Y,El Fayoumy NM,Helmy H,Mohey AM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive arthritis (ReA) due to Gram-negative intestinal bacteria or Chlamydia, is associated by an unknown mechanism with HLA-B27. Like other MHC class I molecules, HLA-B27 presents antigenic peptides derived from intracellular proteins to CD8+ cytotoxic T cells (CTL). In humans however, CTL specific for ReA associat...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ringrose JH,Yard BA,Verjans GM,Boog CJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated some steps in the signal transduction pathway leading to the proliferation of synovial cells. 12-o-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) which is known to stimulate phospholipid- and Ca(2+)-dependent protein kinase (C-kinase) enhanced the proliferation of synovial cells. The proliferation of synovial ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Yamamoto M,Yasuda M,Shiokawa S,Nobunaga M

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 54 year old female whose successful treatment of cerebral lupus with rituximab was complicated by the development of streptococcus intermedius, on valves damaged by Libman-Sacks endocarditis more than 20 years previously. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Armstrong D,Wright S,McVeigh C,Finch M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A few studies have reported the safety profile of interleukin (IL)-1 blockers from real life. The aim of this study is to describe anakinra (ANA) and canakinumab (CAN) safety profile in children and adults, based on data from a real-life setting. Demographic, clinical, and therapeutic data from patients treated with A...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Sota J,Vitale A,Insalaco A,Sfriso P,Lopalco G,Emmi G,Cattalini M,Manna R,Cimaz R,Priori R,Talarico R,de Marchi G,Frassi M,Gallizzi R,Soriano A,Alessio M,Cammelli D,Maggio MC,Gentileschi S,Marcolongo R,La Torre F,

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(1) Development and validation of a composite ultrasound score (cUSS) for the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). (2) To predict treatment response after local corticosteroid injection. METHODS:Wrists of CTS patients and controls were evaluated with high-resolution ultrasound and cross-sectional area...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Goswami RP,Sit H,Chatterjee M,Lahiri D,Sircar G,Ghosh P

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:It has been suggested that in some patients non-traumatic aseptic osteonecrosis of the hip (AOH) could be the result of the intra-osseous thrombosis. Antiphospholipid antibodies (APL) have been associated with venous and arterial occlusive events and the association between AOH and APL syndrome has been repo...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Laroche M,Ludot I,Thiechart M,Viguier G,Dromer C,Mazières B

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidney involvement in immuno-mediated diseases is a life threatening complication to be early detected. Glomerulo-tubular functional indices, kidney-released enzymes and metabolic profiles were assessed in 21 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, progressive systemic sclerosis and mixed cryoglobulinaemia, withou...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Matteucci E,Migliorini P,Bertoni C,Dolcher MP,Marchini B,Giampietro O

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrous dysplasia (FD) is a benign skeletal disorder which may affect one or multiple bones. Lesions often involve long bones, ribs, and craniofacial bones and cause pain, fractures, and disfigurement. We describe an adolescent girl with mandibular FD who was successfully treated with bisphosphonates. She presented wi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Mäkitie AA,Törnwall J,Mäkitie O

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the histological changes of synovium in cases of effect attenuation occurring after the use of infliximab in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we histologically assessed synovial tissue from ten methotrexate-treated RA patients and 12 infliximab-treated RA patients after arthroscopic synovecto...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kanbe K,Inoue K,Inoue Y,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-34 is a pleiotropic cytokine, which is a key regulator of monocytes/macrophages and might participate in the pathogenesis of RA. In this study, we aimed to explore the effect of IL-34 on the monocyte-like cell line THP-1 and the quantitative variation of Th17 cells in THP-1 and RA CD4+T cells coculture system. CD4+...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wang B,Tang Y,Sun X,Ouyang X,Li H,Wei J,Zhang Y,Li X

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRPF) is a rare condition of unknown aetiology characterized by chronic non-specific inflammation of the retroperitoneum. The aim of this study is to describe, for the first time, the features of Spanish patients with IRPF. In this retrospective study, a clinical description was pe...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Fernández-Codina A,Martínez-Valle F,Castro-Marrero J,Detorres I,Vilardell-Tarrés M,Ordi-Ros J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 71-year-old male rheumatoid patient presented with MRSA septic arthritis. The impact of this organism on musculoskeletal practice is discussed. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Byrne PA,Hosein IK,Camilleri J

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a disseminated non-Langerhans' cell histiocytosis with multisystem involvement, including characteristic sclerotic musculoskeletal lesions. We present the case of a 27-year-old woman with a fulminant course and atypical involvement by ECD manifesting as extensive cerebrovascular diseas...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Lyders EM,Kaushik S,Perez-Berenguer J,Henry DA

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this paper are to evaluate the efficacy of a community-based lay-led Arthritis Self-Management Program (ASMP) among patients with chronic inflammatory arthritis and evaluate the effectiveness of "shared care collaboration" between hospital and community. We trained 17 lay leaders and recruited patien...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Leung YY,Kwan J,Chan P,Poon PK,Leung C,Tam LS,Li EK,Kwok A

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00