Fucosylation of serum alpha1-acid glycoprotein in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with infliximab.

abstract：:Back problems and back pain are amongst the most prevalent conditions afflicting Australians and carry high direct and indirect costs for the health care systems of all developed countries. A major gap in the research literature on this topic is the longitudinal analysis of health seeking behaviour for people with bac...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Sibbritt DW,Adams J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate in systemic sclerosis (SSc) retrospectively the effect of Bosentan and Sildenafil and their combination on Raynaud's phenomenon (RP), function, and capillaroscopic patterns. One hundred and twenty-three SSc patients (mean age ± sd, 57.69 ± 14.07 years) were retrospectively evaluat...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bellando-Randone S,Lepri G,Bruni C,Blagojevic J,Radicati A,Cometi L,De Paulis A,Matucci-Cerinic M,Guiducci S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 29-year-old Japanese woman with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and adult onset Still's disease (AOSD). Her disease was refractory to high-dose glucocorticoids, two courses of steroid pulse therapy, and addition of cyclosporine (3.5 mg/kg/day). The serum interleukin-6 level was markedly elevat...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Matsumoto K,Nagashima T,Takatori S,Kawahara Y,Yagi M,Iwamoto M,Okazaki H,Minota S

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may increase the risk of anxiety, but results from prior studies have no consensus. Our study aimed to evaluate the relationship between RA and incident anxiety by using a quantitative meta-analysis. METHODS:A number of databases were used to gather relevant information; they inclu...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Qiu XJ,Zhang XL,Cai LS,Yan C,Yu L,Fan J,Zhang RW,Huang JW,Duan XW

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aims to analyze the effects of induction treatment with cyclophosphamide (CYC) pulse therapy followed by maintenance treatment with other mild immunosuppressive agents on lung function in scleroderma (SSc) patients. Thirty patients with SSc (mean age 52 years, mean disease duration < 2 years) with forced vit...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Pavlov-Dolijanovic S,Vujasinovic Stupar N,Zugic V,Ostojic P,Zekovic A,Zivanovic Radnic T,Jeremic I,Tadic I

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiglomerular basement membrane antibody disease (aGD) remains a very uncommon entity in the pediatric population, characterized by pulmonary hemorrhage, glomerulonephritis, and antibodies against the glomerular basement membrane. We herein describe the case of a 14-year-old girl with primary pulmonary symptoms diagn...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bayat A,Kamperis K,Herlin T

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine clinical course and outcomes in rheumatic disease patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and compare results to uninfected patients. METHODS:We conducted a case cohort study of autoimmune disease patients with COVID-19 (confirmed by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 PCR)...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Arleo T,Tong D,Shabto J,O'Keefe G,Khosroshahi A

更新日期：2021-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In a great majority of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) lymphocytotoxic antibodies (LCA) are detected. The reported prevalence depends on the methods of detection and definition of test-positivity. The pathogenetic role of LCA remains unclear. Different reports show that LCA can have an influence on mo...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Osman C,Swaak AJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA-II molecules are critical in triggering human immune response, especially in activating CD4+ T cells. HLA-DP, belonging to HLA-II molecules, draws increasing attention for its role in presentation of viral antigen and autoantigen to T cells. Researches reported single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of HLA-DP associ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Huang Z,Niu Q,Yang B,Zhang J,Yang M,Xu H,Cai B,Hu J,Wu Y,Wang L

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) and von Willebrand factor (vWF), all of endothelial origin and active in the haemostasis, were analysed in 74 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The concentrations were related to extra-articular disease and to the incidence of thromboembol...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wållberg-Jonsson S,Dahlén GH,Nilsson TK,Rånby M,Rantapää-Dahlqvist S

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of laboratory variables, including Hb., ESR and several phase proteins, fluctuated in concord with the clinical signs of synovitis activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis during a controlled study of 3 disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARD). The correlation between laboratory variables and clin...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bentzon MW,Gad I,Halberg P,Halskov O,Lorenzen I

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to describe ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings at painful Achilles tendons and entheses in patients with and without spondyloarthropathy (SpA and non-SpA) and healthy control persons (CTRLs). Particularly, we aimed to investigate if any changes differenti...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wiell C,Szkudlarek M,Hasselquist M,Møller JM,Nørregaard J,Terslev L,Ostergaard M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with coexistent Down's syndrome and gout are described. Although increased serum urate levels are frequently reported in Down's syndrome, only a few such patients have been described with concomitant gout. In our patients no significant alterations of the purine salvage pathway were found, and the turnove...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ciompi ML,Bazzichi LM,Bertolucci D,Mazzoni MR,Barbieri P,Mencacci S,Macchia D,Mariani G

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a rare vasculitis that affects the aorta and its primary branches. Heterogeneous clinical manifestations have been described in different geographical areas. We aimed to evaluate demographic, clinical, and angiographic features and the outcome in 16 TA patients who were followed in a singl...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Petrovic-Rackov L,Pejnovic N,Jevtic M,Damjanov N

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, Belgian health authorities endorsed the interim guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia: hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) recommended for treatment of hospitalized patients with moderate to severe disease. As a growing number of patients were admitted, inevitably, our in...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Pothen L,Yildiz H,Samnick MM,Yombi JC

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 73-year-old patient, whose hip was completely destroyed by pigmented villonodular synovitis, was successfully treated by a total prosthetic replacement of this articulation. The etiopathogenesis of the illness is uncertain. Its' localization in the hip is, fortunately, a rare occurrence. It can be responsible for fr...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Descamps F,Yasik E,Hardy D,Lafontaine M,Delince P

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-two patients with psoriatic arthritis (PA), treated with auranofin (AF), were entered into a one year prospective, open study. The total group showed a significant increase in frequency of HLA antigens A1 and B38, and a reduction of B5 when compared to healthy controls. There was a remission or an important impr...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Salvarani C,Zizzi F,Macchioni P,Mantovani W,Rossi F,Baricchi R,Bellelli A,Capozzoli N,Frizziero L,Portioli I

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical characteristics of antitumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents-related tuberculosis (TB) in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are not well described. The aim was to compare the incidences and the characteristics of TB in AS and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) during TNF inhibitor treatment. AS (n = 1,322) and RA (n = 3,154) p...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kim HW,Park JK,Yang JA,Yoon YI,Lee EY,Song YW,Kim HR,Lee EB

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:rs2431697 is located on 5q33.3, between pituitary tumor-transforming gene 1 and miR-146a. Several studies have estimated the association between rs2431697 and systemic lupus erythematosus risk. However, the results were inconsistent. A case-control study was carried out to explore the association between rs2431697 and...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Tang ZM,Wang P,Chang PP,Hasahya T,Xing H,Wang JP,Hu LH

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the serum interleukin-18 (IL-18) levels in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to assess their relationship with disease activity. Thirty-five patients with SLE and 35 age- and sex-matched controls were enrolled in this study. Paired serum samples were collected ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Park MC,Park YB,Lee SK

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetabular protrusion (PA) as measured by a line crossing method was studied in 73 patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and its frequency found to be 12% (9/73), presenting bilaterally in 5 cases and unilaterally in 4. All patients had some other forms of radiological damage and the presence of PA was pre...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gusis SE,Maldonado Cocco JA,Rivero EM,Babini JC,Gagliardi SA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe thrombocytopenia with bleeding associated with a life-threatening thrombotic manifestation in the setting of antiphospholipid syndrome is a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for the clinician. Hemorrhage is a less common complication than thrombosis in patients with APS, although severe thrombocytopeni...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Nyo MT,Kalla AA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic significance of class III major histocompatibility complex complement components, factor B (Bf), C4A and C4B, were studied in a 3-year prospective study of 73 patients with early RA. Patients with C4B null allele had higher disease activity with more radiological progression than patients with C4A null ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Paimela L,Leirisalo-Repo M,Lokki ML,Koskimies S

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an open study, we have assessed the bone/soft tissue uptake index in recent osteoporotic vertebral collapse using scintigraphy. The evolution of these cases was followed-up at 6 months in 22 patients treated with 100 IU of salmon calcitonin plus 500 mg of elemental calcium/10 days per month and in 18 patients treat...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Rico H,Merono E,Del Olmo J,Revilla M

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty patients with Reiter's syndrome (RS) were studied retrospectively. A comparison was made between patients with the complete syndrome and patients with the incomplete syndrome. A comparison was also made between patients with and without HLA-B27. There were no major differences in severity and duration of the ar...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bengtsson A,Lindström FD,Lindblom B

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify factors associated with active tuberculosis (TB) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:We performed a retrospective case-control study in two tertiary care teaching hospitals in Medellín, Colombia. From January 2007 to December 2017, a total of 268 patients with SLE were in...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： González-Naranjo LA,Coral-Enríquez JA,Restrepo-Escobar M,Muñoz-Vahos CH,Jaramillo-Arroyave D,Vanegas-García AL,Eraso R,Vásquez G,Jaimes F

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) enteritis in a 31 year-old -woman with lupus enteritis. In August 2002 the patient complained of severe abdominal pain. An abdominopelvic CT scan at the time showed free air in the peritoneal cavity and wall thickening of the ileal loop. She was diagnosed as having panperitoni...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bang S,Park YB,Kang BS,Park MC,Hwang MH,Kim HK,Lee SK

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of biotechnology-derived medicines has significantly increased in recent decades. Although biosimilars undergo rigorous characterization as well as clinical studies to document their safety and effectiveness, they are highly complex molecules and small changes in the purification and production process of a bi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Pineda C,Caballero-Uribe CV,de Oliveira MG,Lipszyc PS,Lopez JJ,Mataos Moreira MM,Azevedo VF

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare rheumatologists' adherence to treatment protocols for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) targeted at Disease Activity Score (DAS) ≤2.4 or <1.6. The BeSt-study enrolled 508 early RA (1987) patients targeted at DAS ≤2.4. The IMPROVED-study included 479 early RA (2010) and 122 undifferentiated arthritis patients target...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Akdemir G,Markusse IM,Goekoop-Ruiterman YP,Steup-Beekman GM,Grillet BA,Kerstens PJ,Lems WF,Huizinga TW,Allaart CF

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current treatment for antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) with thrombotic manifestation is long-term anticoagulation. Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) are usually the agents of choice. However, VKA limitations, such as unpredictable anticoagulation effects due to interaction with diet and other drugs, require regular monit...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Signorelli F,Nogueira F,Domingues V,Mariz HA,Levy RA

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00