Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for antibodies to poly(A), poly dAT and histones: possibly useful tools for the evaluation of prognosis and disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus.

abstract：:To compare oxidative stress (OS) biomarkers and antioxidant capacity of plasma (ACP) between dcSSc (diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis) and healthy Mexicans and their possible relationship with autoantibodies, C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and uric acid (UA). We included 28 dcSSc an...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Cruz-Domínguez MP,Montes-Cortes DH,Olivares-Corichi IM,Vera-Lastra O,Medina G,Jara LJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methotrexate (MTX) can be toxic to patients suffering from end stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis even at low doses. This increase in toxicity is more notable in terms of bone marrow suppression in the form of pancytopenia. Many methods of elimination including dialysis itself have been proven ineffective, and...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Al-Hasani H,Roussou E

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statistical analysis plays a critical role in data interpretation in all fields and particularly so for clinical data where important treatment decisions are made. We provide here an in-depth and illustrative analysis to examine patterns and radiographic scores in an early disease rheumatoid arthritis cohort over a 3-...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Park GS,Wong WK,Khanna D,Gold RH,Paulus HE

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the intracellular mechanisms of substance P induced oxyradical production in rheumatoid synovial cells by the luminol-dependent chemiluminescence method. After stimulation with substance P (30 microM), single synovial A (macrophage-like) or B (fibroblast-like) cells released oxyradicals such as superoxide ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Tanabe T,Otani H,Mishima K,Ogawa R,Inagaki C

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：:The cost-effectiveness of treatments that have the potential to change the "natural history" of a chronic progressive disease has to be evaluated over the long term. Cost-effectiveness estimates have been based on the concept that, with treatment, patients will not progress to the next level(s) of disease severity or ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Benucci M,Saviola G,Baiardi P,Manfredi M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a patient with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis and an acute onset of total dysfunction of the posterior tibial tendon. On MRI, a rupture of the tendon was apparent. Intraoperatively, however, massive tenosynovitis with stricture of the tendon was identified as the cause of posterior tibial te...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Hasler P,Hintermann B,Meier M

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the prevalence of and evaluate the factors associated with fatigue patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in an Asian population. METHODS:We used baseline data from a registry of patients with PsA attending an outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital in Singapore. Demographic data and disease ch...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Tan JSQ,Fong W,Kwan YH,Leung YY

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of relapsing polychondritis with aortic arch aneurysm and aortic arch syndrome is described. The pattern of vascular involvement supports the inclusion of relapsing polychondritis within the spectrum of systemic vasculitides. ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Giordano M,Valentini G,Sodano A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory disorder. Intracardiac thrombus formation (ICTF) is an uncommon but important complication of BD. To highlight recent insights into this disease, we aimed to review ICTF and other systemic involvements associated with ICTF in BD. We conducted a comprehensive review o...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Aksu T,Tufekcioglu O

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) in rheumatoid synovium has been investigated. Ten rheumatoid synovia were compared with seven normal synovia and a range of other tissues, using one polyclonal and six monoclonal antibodies. A common staining pattern was obtained with five reagents. Absence ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Wilkinson LS,Edwards JC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kynurenic acid is an antagonist of ionotropic glutamate receptors. It has been found that glutamate antagonists inhibit proliferation of different human tumor cells. Since the hyperplasia of synovial fibroblasts is one of the most striking features of inflammatory arthritis, the main goals of this study were detection...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Parada-Turska J,Rzeski W,Zgrajka W,Majdan M,Kandefer-Szerszeń M,Turski W

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to measure serum oxidized low-density lipoprotein (Ox-LDL) levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to identify any association with clinical variables. METHODS:We studied 126 female patients (27 with active RA, 27 with inactive RA,...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Kim SH,Lee CK,Lee EY,Park SY,Cho YS,Yoo B,Moon HB

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a generalized disorder characterized by fibrosis and vascular obliteration in the skin, lung, gastrointestinal tract, and kidney. One of its two subsets is a stable, limited cutaneous group (lSSc). Pulmonary involvement in scleroderma is common, and several types of pulmonary disorders are ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Shimizu Y,Tsukagoshi H,Nemoto T,Honma M,Nojima Y,Mori M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of long-term leflunomide and methotrexate (MTX) therapy during the course of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) estimated by digital X-ray radiogrammetry (DXR) and computer-aided joint space analysis (CAJSA) as diagnostic tools for the quantification of disease-related pe...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Pfeil A,Lippold J,Eidner T,Lehmann G,Oelzner P,Renz DM,Hansch A,Wolf G,Hein G,Kaiser WA,Böttcher J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have bone loss to various degrees at different skeletal sites. The subregional bone mineral density (BMD) of the hand and the correlation of BMD to other regional bone losses, parameters of inflammation or bone resorption was evaluated in 421 patients with RA and controls. RA pa...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Franck H,Gottwalt J

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of an exercise training program on lipid profile and composition of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) subfractions in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and healthy controls. A 12-week, randomized trial was conducted. Thirty-three physically inactive SLE p...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Benatti FB,Miossi R,Passareli M,Nakandakare ER,Perandini L,Lima FR,Roschel H,Borba E,Bonfá E,Gualano B,de Sá Pinto AL

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to determine whether cartilage expression of the bone regulating molecules receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand (RANKL) and osteoprotegerin (OPG) varies between the different grades of osteoarthritis (OA). Cartilage samples were obtained from 30 patients undergoing total hip/kn...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Upton AR,Holding CA,Dharmapatni AA,Haynes DR

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paediatric leg pains, long described as 'growing pains', frequently present to clinicians, are prevalent in early childhood, disrupt sleep, and distress affected children and parents. There are many cited associations, but no defined leg pain sub-types, nor revealed predictive factors. We explored the implicated facto...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Evans AM,Berde T,Karimi L,Ranade P,Shah N,Khubchandani R

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary Sjögren syndrome (pS) is associated with autoantibodies such as rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-nuclear antibodies such as anti-Ro (SS-A) and/or La (SS-B). Recent developments within autoimmune diagnostics allow quantitation of RF subclasses and anti-Ro epitopes. Will this refinement by autoimmune diagnostics ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Meek B,Kelder JC,Claessen AME,van Houte AJ,Ter Borg EJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report our experience and hypothesis on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with vasculitis who are simultaneously diagnosed with serum-positive cytomegalovirus (CMV) immunoglobulin (Ig)M antibodies and negative CMV DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR). It remains unknown how to treat this kind of "phantom" CMV ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Katsanos KH,Kostoula A,Katopodis KP,Siamopoulos KC

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As has been shown by a number of working groups, primary fibromyalgia syndrome does not represent a single clinical entity. It is possible to distinguish between a subgroup with high pain sensitivity and no associated psychiatric condition, a second and a third subgroup characterized by depression associated with fibr...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Müller W,Schneider EM,Stratz T

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we evaluated whether 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) have beneficial effects for collagen-induced arthritis (CIA). DBA/1 mice were immunized with bovine type-II collagen and administered 100 mg/kg of pravastatin interperitoneally. We measured the effects of pravastatin for CIA...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Yamagata T,Kinoshita K,Nozaki Y,Sugiyama M,Ikoma S,Funauchi M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) using the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) and to determine its relationships with conventional clinical measures and self-reported disability. One hundred and forty patients with knee OA (104 fema...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Yildiz N,Topuz O,Gungen GO,Deniz S,Alkan H,Ardic F

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low molecular weight IgM (LMW IgM) is the monomeric subunit of the naturally occurring pentameric IgM. It is not seen in health but has been previously observed in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) particularly in those patients with active disease and may reflect an adverse prognostic finding. We have therefore stud...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Roberts-Thomson PJ,Shepherd K,Bradley J,Boey ML

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated an increased risk of breast cancer among patients with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). To describe the clinical characteristics of 21 patients with both systemic sclerosis and breast cancer, and compare their risk factors to female scleroderma patients without breast cancer, in a p...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Lu TY,Hill CL,Pontifex EK,Roberts-Thomson PJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report an unusual case of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). A 40-year-old-man with MDS presented with chronic low back pain for 6 years. Four years ago, MDS was diagnosed during routine blood analysis for the work-up of his articular complaints. His initial articul...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Lee J,Kim H,Ahn JK,Hwang JW,Jang JH,Koh EM,Cha HS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society Health Index (ASAS HI) is an inclusive questionnaire, able to describe the total impairments and restrictions due to axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Considering the relationship between ASAS HI and the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS)-CRP,...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Di Carlo M,Lato V,Di Matteo A,Carotti M,Salaffi F

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study is to study the relationship between androgen levels and bone mineral density (BMD) in elderly Arab males. Forty-five elderly Arab males underwent Dual X-ray absorptiometry for measurement of BMD. The outcomes were defined as per WHO description. Assays for testosterone (T), gonadotropins (LH and ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Al Attia HM,Jaysundaram K,Saraj F

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunoglobulin-independent deposition of the complement (C) components C4 and C3 occurs on rat kidney medullary structures, when sera of patients with various inflammatory diseases are studied by indirect immunofluorescence. The diagnostic value of this new test (C4-C3-IFT) for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is stres...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Vaith P,Hänsch GM,Peter HH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00