Anti-CCP antibodies have more diagnostic impact than rheumatoid factor (RF) in a population tested for RF.

abstract：:Immunoglobulins are often high in active rheumatoid arthritis and fall when treatment with a slow-acting anti-rheumatic drug is instituted. We assessed the value of monitoring immunoglobulins during penicillamine therapy; 145 patients were followed for up to 5 years, IgA, IgM and IgG levels were compared to 12 other c...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Williams A,Scott DL,Greenwood A,Huskisson EC

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrocardiographic (ECG) and echocardiographic examinations and 24-h ECG Holter monitoring were carried out in 100 patients (age < 65 years) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) of stages II-IV according to Steinbrocker's criteria. One hundred patients with osteoarthrosis, spondyloarthrosis and painful shoulder matched fo...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wisłowska M,Sypuła S,Kowalik I

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to assess the progression of osteoarthritis (OA) using scoring systems based on the anatomical changes recorded in the finger joints on standard radiographs and to test how far these scoring systems could be used to evaluate the effects of candidate "disease modifying osteoarthritis drugs" (DMOAD). T...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Verbruggen G,Goemaere S,Veys EM

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

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：:An insufficiency fracture (IF) involving the acetabulum is presented. This fracture occurred in a 67-year-old woman who had been hysterectomized and oophorectomized 27 years earlier for a carcinoma of the uterine cervix, and who had received external pelvic irradiation. This IF location has been rarely described earli...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Schreiber S

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-one Thai patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), diagnosed in accordance with Rome and New York criteria for AS, were studied. The cases includes idiopathic AS (46 cases), Reiter's syndrome AS (8 cases) and psoriatic spondylitis (7 cases). The vast majority of patients were male (Male:Female = 11.2:1), and in...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Deesomchok U,Tumrasvin T

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of treatment preferences in patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) [rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA)] focussing on treatment attributes that patients' value, their relative importan...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ho KA,Acar M,Puig A,Hutas G,Fifer S

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing concern over generalizability of trial results. We investigated eligibility criteria of knee osteoarthritis clinical trials. Eligible trials were randomized, placebo-controlled trials that were identified by searches in MEDLINE, SCOPUS, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. We ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Koog YH,Wi H,Jung WY

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 78-year-old Japanese woman with Sjögren's syndrome complicating immune-mediated aplastic anaemia is described. A diagnosis of aplastic anaemia was made from severe pancytopenia with hypoplastic marrow. Laboratory studies suggested an association of bone marrow suppressive T-lymphocytes with the pathogenesis of aplas...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Satoh M,Yamagata H,Watanabe F,Matsushita Y,Nakayama S,Murakami M,Matsuyama J,Oshima S,Akizuki M

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed studies concerning immunomodulating therapy in systemic sclerosis. These comprise mostly uncontrolled trials and case reports. Some of these studies hint at a possible beneficial effect of antimetabolites (azathioprine, 5-fluoro-uracil and methotrexate), cyclosporine and interferon-gamma. However, to give ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： van den Hoogen FH,Boerbooms AM,van de Putte LB

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been well established that, anti-thyroglobulin antibodies (ATG) and anti-microsomal antibodies (AMC) may be present in various thyroid disorders and other systemic autoimmune diseases, including Sjögren's syndrome (SS). However, presence of circulating autoantibodies to thyroid hormones, i.e. both to triiodothy...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ozgen AG,Keser G,Erdem N,Aksu K,Gümüsdis G,Kabalak T,Doganavsargil E

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyze fucosylation of alpha(1)-acid glycoprotein (AGP) and to identify relations between AGP fucosylation and clinical and biochemical indices of disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with monoclonal antitumor necrosis factor (TNF) antibody infliximab, we examined 22 patients with RA...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Olewicz-Gawlik A,Korczowska-Łacka I,Łacki JK,Klama K,Hrycaj P

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus is a rare multisystemic autoimmune disease with variable clinical manifestations, and disease onset before 16 years of age. Patients younger than 5 years are rarely affected and the age of onset may contribute to the course of disease in terms of clinical presentation, organ invol...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Hedrich CM,Zappel H,Straub S,Laass MW,Wieczorek K,Hahn G,Heubner G,Gahr M

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：:Inflammation of one or both sacroiliac joints is a characteristic feature of patients with spondyloarthropathies (SpA). Sacroiliitis often leads to inflammatory back pain (IBP). IBP and asymmetric peripheral arthritis of the lower limbs are the main clinical symptoms and criteria for classification and diagnosis of Sp...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Braun J,Sieper J,Bollow M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The early detection of psoriatic arthritis (PSA) poses a challenge to rheumatologists, even when their diagnosis is aided by sonography. In order to facilitate early detection of PSA among patients with psoriasis (PSO), we retrospectively analyzed of the relationships between serological markers and comorbid...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Su YJ

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is largely unknown. The distribution of BDNF and its associated receptors, TrkB and p75, in the synovial tissue of patients with RA was examined and contrasted with that in patients with osteoarthritis (OA). Additionally, levels o...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Grimsholm O,Rantapää-Dahlqvist S,Dalén T,Forsgren S

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors of the published version of this article incorrectly presented the affiliation of Li-Chin Sung. The revised affiliation is now presented correctly in this article. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kang JH,Xirasagar S,Lin HC,Kao PF,Sung LC

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coexistence of polymyositis (PM) and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is rare; only nine cases have been described in English literature. We report a case of a 46-year-old woman presenting with these two autoimmune diseases. The diagnosis of PM was based on the symmetrical, proximal limb muscle weakness, elevated m...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Boki KA,Dourakis SP

更新日期：1995-05-01 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：:We describe a 24-year old Caucasian man with gangrene of small bowels and intestinal resection due to mesenteric inflammatory veno-occlusive disease (MIVOD) who later developed deep vein thrombosis in his left leg. He had no clinical evidence of an underlying symptomatic connective tissue disease or Behçet's disease. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gül A,Inanç M,Ocal L,Koniçe M,Aral O,Lie JT

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the relationship between physical appearance concern and psychological distress in female adolescent patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was the aim of this study. A total of 84 adolescent SLE female patients and 80 age-matching healthy adolescents were evaluated for levels of appearance concer...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ji L,Lili S,Jing W,Yanyan H,Min W,Juan X,Hongmei S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), mental health problems are common, but often not recognized or treated, contributing to increased morbidity and mortality. Most studies examining the impact of mental health problems in RA have focused on depression. We aimed to determine the association between anxi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Machin AR,Babatunde O,Haththotuwa R,Scott I,Blagojevic-Bucknall M,Corp N,Chew-Graham CA,Hider SL

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the value of lone anti-Smith antibody (anti-Sm) using Euroimmun line immunoassay (LIA) in a Chinese population. One thousand two hundred eight of 39,766 patients who were analyzed for anti-Sm had positive anti-Sm, and were divided into true group (having both positive Sm and nRNP/Sm bands) and lone grou...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Meng Y,Deng S,Huang Z,Hu J,Zhang J,Xu D,Qin S,Tan C,Wu Y

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid arthropathy is said to be distinguished roentgenographically from rheumatoid arthritis by the absence of joint space narrowing and the absence of articular erosions. We present a patient with multiple myeloma with swelling, stiffness and firm synovial thickening of the wrists, metacarpophalangeal joints and pr...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Leonard PA,Clegg DO,Lee RG

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouth and genital ulcer with inflamed cartilage syndrome (MAGIC syndrome) is a rare autoinflammatory disorder with unknown etiology. Except for the common clinical manifestations mimicking Behçet's disease and relapsing polychondritis, some other clinical entities are occasionally observed. In this report, we present ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chen Z,Zhang S,Wang L,Fei Y,Shen M,Wu H,Liu J,Zheng W

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with rheumatoid nodulosis are here described, together with a review of cases reported to date in the literature. This particular variant of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by the presence of subcutaneous rheumatoid nodules, scanty or absent systemic manifestations and a clinically benign cour...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Goñi MA,Scheines EJ,Paira SO,Barceló HA,Maldonado Cocco JA

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behcet's disease (BD) is a systemic vasculitis characterized by genital and oral ulcers, uveitis, and other organs' involvement. Left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction has been documented in BD. However, conventional echocardiographic techniques have serious limitations like its dependence on preload, afterload a...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Baris N,Okan T,Gurler O,Akdeniz B,Turker S,Ilknur T,Akkoc N,Goldeli O

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is frequently difficult to differentiate radiologically from the axial involvement of ankylosing spondylitis and osteoarthrosis, some features of these 3 different diseases were compared. The predominantly horizontal nature of the enthesiophyte in DISH and its righ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Maertens M,Mielants H,Verstraete K,Veys EM

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic disease with cutaneous lesions present in about one fourth of patients. Cutaneous lesions may be specific or nonspecific based on the presence or the absence of sarcoidal granulomas. Subcutaneos sarcoidosis is the less frequent of the specific cutaneous lesions of sarcoidosis. We report ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Dalle Vedove C,Colato C,Girolomoni G

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00