Gas-liquid chromatographic analysis of synovial fluid: volatile short-chain fatty acids in septic arthritis.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of a switch from oral methotrexate (MTX) to subcutaneous MTX (scMTX) or adding ciclosporin to oral MTX with a simultaneous reduction of the MTX dose, in case of adverse events (AE) or insufficient effect (IE) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:The tight control treatment arm of ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bakker MF,Jacobs JW,Welsing PM,van der Werf JH,Linn-Rasker SP,van der Veen MJ,Lafeber FP,Bijlsma JW,Utrecht Arthritis Cohort Study Group.

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of mild and severe radiological osteoarthritis was investigated in a random sample of 6585 inhabitants of a Dutch village. Radiographs were graded 0-4 according to the criteria described by Kellgren and Lawrence. The prevalence of radiological osteoarthritis increased strongly with age and was highest f...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Saase JL,van Romunde LK,Cats A,Vandenbroucke JP,Valkenburg HA

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serological diagnosis of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is difficult, with only 7-10% of patients 19S IgM rheumatoid factor positive. About 60-70% of patients are positive for hidden 19S IgM rheumatoid factor, but this test requires serum separation and is not available in most laboratories. Antiperinuclear f...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Nesher G,Moore TL,Grisanti MW,el-Najdawi E,Osborn TG

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgM rheumatoid factor (RF) was measured in the sera of 48 rheumatoid patients and of 48 age and sex-matched normal controls by the Rose-Waaler and latex agglutination tests, a rate nephelometer, and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Good correlation was obtained between all assays. The rate nephelometer as...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bampton JL,Cawston TE,Kyle MV,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：:Previous work has suggested that prior poor reproductive outcome may be a risk factor in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A case-control study of 195 women with RA and 462 control women from two different sources is presented here. No increase in rates of spontaneous abortion was seen in the women with RA; indeed a protecti...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Spector TD,Silman AJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with an unexplained increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Antibodies against human 60 kDa heat shock protein (anti-HSP60) are associated with the presence and severity of CVD. OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether anti-HSP60 antibodies are associated with prevalent C...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Halm VP,Slot MC,Nurmohamed MT,Tervaert JW,Dijkmans BA,Voskuyl AE

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the functional response of p53 in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts (RASF) in vitro and in vivo and to investigate whether activation of p53 modulates the destructive process of RASF. METHODS:RASF and controls grown on chamber slides were either directly examined with DO7 anti-p53 antibodi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Seemayer CA,Kuchen S,Neidhart M,Kuenzler P,Rihosková V,Neumann E,Pruschy M,Aicher WK,Müller-Ladner U,Gay RE,Michel BA,Firestein GS,Gay S

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological therapies directed at proinflammatory cytokines have irrevocably changed the landscape of treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other autoimmune diseases. With the advances in our knowledge in cytokine signalling, the question emerges whether targeting intracellular signalling might also be a safe and ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： O'Shea JJ,Kontzias A,Yamaoka K,Tanaka Y,Laurence A

更新日期：2013-04-01 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 compare median nerve conduction velocity measured using a new, portable electroneurometer with measurements made using conventional hospital nerve conduction apparatus. METHODS:Twenty five patients were studied who were consecutively referred to a hospital neurophysiology department with a clinical diagno...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dunne CA,Thompson PW,Cole J,Dunning J,Martyn CN,Coggon D,Cooper C

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relation between anatomic changes of the synovium, the bone, the bone marrow and the cartilage to biochemical properties of the cartilage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:33 patients with RA received 3-T MRI scans of the metacarpophalangeal joints. Two independent metho...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Herz B,Albrecht A,Englbrecht M,Welsch GH,Uder M,Renner N,Schlechtweg P,Paul D,Lauer L,Engelke K,Janka R,Rech J,Schett G,Finzel S

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aiming at therapeutic targets has reduced the risk of organ failure in many diseases such as diabetes or hypertension. Such targets have not been defined for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). OBJECTIVE:/st> To develop recommendations for achieving optimal therapeutic outcomes in RA. METHODS:A task force of rheuma...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smolen JS,Aletaha D,Bijlsma JW,Breedveld FC,Boumpas D,Burmester G,Combe B,Cutolo M,de Wit M,Dougados M,Emery P,Gibofsky A,Gomez-Reino JJ,Haraoui B,Kalden J,Keystone EC,Kvien TK,McInnes I,Martin-Mola E,Montecucco C,

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the influence of TAP1 and TAP2 alleles in northwestern Colombian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:Unselected patients with SLE (n=140) and controls (n=120) matched for sex, age, and ethnicity were analysed. Clinical manifestations, clinical activity, and severity of dise...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Correa PA,Molina JF,Pinto LF,Arcos-Burgos M,Herrera M,Anaya JM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) genes predict disease severity in psoriasis (HLA-Cw6) and rheumatoid arthritis (shared epitope (SE)), but the situation is unclear for psoriatic arthritis (PsA). AIM:To determine the association of the HLA-Cw6 and HLA-DRB1 gene with disease severity in a large UK cohort with Ps...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ho PY,Barton A,Worthington J,Thomson W,Silman AJ,Bruce IN

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case is described of a 57 year old woman with polyarthritis fulfilling the 1987 revised criteria of the American Rheumatism Association for rheumatoid arthritis, accompanied by clinical carrier state infection of HTLV-I. Anti-HTLV-I IgM antibodies were detected by western blot analysis in her synovial fluid and se...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ijichi S,Matsuda T,Maruyama I,Izumihara T,Kojima K,Niimura T,Maruyama Y,Sonoda S,Yoshida A,Osame M

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Millions of patients worldwide are treated with therapeutic monoclonal antibodies. These biological therapeutics can be immunogenic, resulting in anti-drug antibody formation which leads to loss of response. Fully human biological agents, such as the anti-tumour necrosis factor α (anti-TNFα) antibody adalimu...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Schouwenburg PA,van de Stadt LA,de Jong RN,van Buren EE,Kruithof S,de Groot E,Hart M,van Ham SM,Rispens T,Aarden L,Wolbink GJ,Wouters D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the long-term effect of bariatric surgery on the incidence of gout and hyperuricaemia in participants of the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study. METHODS:This report includes 1982 subjects who underwent bariatric surgery and 1999 obese controls from the SOS study, a prospective intervention trial d...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Maglio C,Peltonen M,Neovius M,Jacobson P,Jacobsson L,Rudin A,Carlsson LM

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Cancellous bone from patients with osteoarthritis (OA) has been reported to be undermineralised and that from patients with osteoporosis (OP) is more liable to fracture. Changes in the mineral component might be implicated in these processes. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the thermal stability and the mineral s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mkukuma LD,Imrie CT,Skakle JM,Hukins DW,Aspden RM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To elucidate the contribution of HLA-DR-DQ haplotypes and their genotypic combinations to susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis, and to evaluate the various models for HLA associated risk for the disease in a series of Finnish patients. METHODS:322 Finnish patients with rheumatoid arthritis were typed for ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Laivoranta-Nyman S,Möttönen T,Hermann R,Tuokko J,Luukkainen R,Hakala M,Hannonen P,Korpela M,Yli-Kerttula U,Toivanen A,Ilonen J,FIN-RACo Trial Group.

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To elucidate factors involved in the arthritogenicity of bacterial cell walls. METHODS:For characterisation of an arthritogenic Eubacterium aerofaciens cell wall, peptidoglycan-polysaccharide (PG-PS) polymers were isolated by removing cell wall associated proteins (CWPs), PG and PS moieties were separated, a...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Zhang X,Rimpiläinen M,Simelyte E,Toivanen P

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine objectively spatial patterns of osteophytes around the distal end of the femur and to identify distinct subgroups. METHODS:A sample of 107 human femora from a large skeletal population were selected for study. These femora included subjects with evidence of late stage osteoarthritis (that is, wit...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Shepstone L,Rogers J,Kirwan J,Silverman B

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The use of silicone implants in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery has been implicated in the development of autoimmune connective tissue diseases. Previous investigation of the influence of short-term silicone implantation using an experimental model of rheumatoid arthritis revealed no adverse influence up...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Schaefer CJ,Lawrence WD,Wooley PH

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: To examine the risk of major cardiovascular disease associated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in a large 'real-world' contemporary rheumatoid arthritis (RA) cohort. METHODS: A longitudinal cohort study was conducted with use of Danish nationwide individual-level registry data on inpat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lindhardsen J,Gislason GH,Jacobsen S,Ahlehoff O,Olsen AM,Madsen OR,Torp-Pedersen C,Hansen PR

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49 year old man is described with a polyarticular arthritis. Synovial fluid aspirated from the knee joint showed monosodium urate monohydrate and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate by polarised light microscopy. Additionally, diphosphonate binding and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive analysis showed ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Halverson PB,Ryan LM

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVES:Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) targeting cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 and programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) have demonstrated improved survival for multiple cancers. However, these new drug classes have led to increased immune-related adverse events (IrAE). Rheumatic IrAEs have not b...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Belkhir R,Burel SL,Dunogeant L,Marabelle A,Hollebecque A,Besse B,Leary A,Voisin AL,Pontoizeau C,Coutte L,Pertuiset E,Mouterde G,Fain O,Lambotte O,Mariette X

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report 4-year imaging outcomes in the RAPID-axSpA (NCT01087762) study of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA), treated with certolizumab pegol (CZP). METHODS:This phase III, randomised trial was placebo-controlled and double-blind to week 24, d...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Heijde D,Baraliakos X,Hermann KA,Landewé RBM,Machado PM,Maksymowych WP,Davies OR,de Peyrecave N,Hoepken B,Bauer L,Nurminen T,Braun J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) blockers on the presence of liver fibrosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) treated with methotrexate (MTX). METHODS:Participants were consecutive patients with RA and PsA who had undergone MTX treatment...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Seitz M,Reichenbach S,Möller B,Zwahlen M,Villiger PM,Dufour JF

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00