Action potential simulation (APS) in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS): a controlled single subject experimental design.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to analyze factors related to pregnancy outcomes in women with positive antiphospholipid antibodies and previous adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) prospectively. METHODS:Patients' characteristics were described. Factors associated with obstetric complications were analyzed using logistic regr...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Li X,Deng X,Duan H,Zeng L,Zhou J,Liu C,Guo X,Liu X

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinases (IRAKs) are serine-threonine kinases involved in toll-like receptor and interleukin-1 signaling pathways. They play a key role in inflammation and innate immunity. IRAKs have been previously incriminated in autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Boumiza A,Zemni R,Sghiri R,Idriss N,Hassine HB,Chabchoub E,Mzabi A,Ghannouchi N,Bouajina E,Ben Hadj Slama F

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：:Chronic whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) remains a challenging condition for clinicians. There is substantial evidence for the presence of various cervical dysfunctions (e.g., increased cervical muscle tone and impaired cervical movement control), but their contribution to the complex clinical picture of subjects w...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Nijs J,Van Oosterwijck J,De Hertogh W

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 53-year-old woman diagnosed of systemic sclerosis. She underwent an episode of pulmonary haemorrhage, characterized by haemoptysis, sudden anaemization, and bilateral alveolar infiltration during her hospitalization, which was resolved with steroid treatment. Subsequently, she developed a focal n...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Alvarez Vega JL,Salazar Vallinas JM,Ortega Alberdi R,Muñoz Sanz A,Turegano JM,Fernandez Alonso J

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We investigated whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-related autoantibodies were associated with abnormalities on pulmonary function tests (PFTs). METHODS:We studied RA serostatus and PFT abnormalities within a RA registry. RA serostatus was assessed by research assays for cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Huang S,He X,Doyle TJ,Zaccardelli A,Marshall AA,Friedlander HM,Blaustein RB,Smith EA,Cui J,Iannaccone CK,Mahmoud TG,Weinblatt ME,Dellaripa PF,Shadick NA,Sparks JA

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with total knee arthroplasty (TKA) outcomes. METHODS:We used the 1998-2014 US National Inpatient Sample. We conducted multivariable-adjusted logistic regression analyses to examine the association of a diagnosis of SSc with post-TKA in-hospital complic...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Singh JA,Cleveland JD

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence and factors associated with medication noncompliance by Thai patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:This prospective cohort study enrolled 443 adult RA patients (≥ 18 years) who were followed up at the outpatient rheumatology clinics of Siriraj Hospital and...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Katchamart W,Narongroeknawin P,Sukprasert N,Chanapai W,Srisomnuek A

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely accepted that psychological variables are associated with self-reported pain and self-reported physical function in patients with musculoskeletal pain. However, the relationship between psychological variables and foot pain and foot function has not been evaluated in people with plantar heel pain. Eighty-...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cotchett MP,Whittaker G,Erbas B

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of our study are to observe the pregnancy outcome of anti-Sjögren's syndrome-related antigen A (SSA)/Ro-positive women and to predict the risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcome and neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE). Clinical data of 126 anti-SSA/Ro-positive patients with 140 pregnancies were evaluated re...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Luo Y,Zhang L,Fei Y,Li Y,Hao D,Liu Y,Zhao Y

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic Sclerosis (SSc; scleroderma) is associated with several immunological abnormalities, including altered proportion between lymphocyte subsets. Peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets from 25 patients with SSc were studied by two-colour flow cytometry using monoclonal antibodies against CD45RA and CD29 markers, whi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gorla R,Airò P,Malagoli A,Carella G,Prati E,Brugnoni D,Franceschini F,Cattaneo R

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed diagnosis in patients with Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is largely attributed to the variable and nonspecific presentation of the disease's initial symptoms. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of delayed diagnosis on the course of CSS. We conducted a retrospective study of 30 CSS patients followed...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Sokołowska B,Szczeklik W,Mastalerz L,Kuczia P,Wodkowski M,Stodółkiewicz E,Macioł K,Musiał J

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:We report a patient with idiopathic portal hypertension (IPH) associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and Sjögren's syndrome. A 72-year-old Japanese woman was admitted to our hospital because of Raynaud's phenomenon, sclerodactyly, and dyspnea. The patient had splenomegaly, esophageal varices in the absence of extrah...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kogawa H,Migita K,Ito M,Takii Y,Daikoku M,Nakao M,Miyashita T,Kimura H,Ezaki H,Nakamura M,Yatsuhashi H,Eguchi K,Ishibashi H

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES:The primary objective was to evaluate the impact of an in-department pharmacist on the prevention of drug iatrogenesis in a rheumatology department. Secondary objectives were to determine (i) if medication history discrepancies were detected more frequently in the elderly or not, and (ii) if the...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Soubieux A,Chenailler C,Lattard C,Banse C,Kozyreff-Meurice M,Gondé H,Lequerré T,Vittecoq O,Varin R

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) instillations are used in bladder cancer treatment. Adverse effects can occur. Osteoarticular complications are mainly reactive arthritis, but true infections have been described, such as vertebral osteomyelitis. We made a review of M. bovis BCG vertebral osteomyeliti...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cadiou S,Al Tabaa O,Nguyen CD,Faccin M,Guillin R,Revest M,Guggenbuhl P,Houvenagel E,Pertuiset E,Coiffier G

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-four patients with typical palindromic rheumatism were typed for HLA-A,B,C and DR antigens. The mean duration of follow-up of our patients was 4.0 yrs. (range 1-12 yrs.). During this time 27% of patients showed a seropositivity; 22% of patients developed polyarthritis, 1 patient revealed a Sjögren syndrome and 3...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Barbieri P,Ciompi ML,Menicucci A,Pasero G

更新日期：1988-12-01 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 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：:To clarify the roles of neutrophils in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitic neuropathy, we studied neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in peripheral nerve vasculitis. Stored nerve samples from 17 patients with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) were immunohistochemically analyzed using a...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Takeuchi H,Kawasaki T,Shigematsu K,Kawamura K,Oka N

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the link between ultrasonographic features of dactylitis in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and symptoms, digital tenderness and duration of dactylitis. METHODS:Forty-eight cases of PsA dactylitis were investigated using high frequency ultrasound (US) both in grey scale (GS) and Power Doppler (PD), eva...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Girolimetto N,Costa L,Mancarella L,Addimanda O,Bottiglieri P,Santelli F,Meliconi R,Peluso R,Del Puente A,Macchioni P,Salvarani C,McGonagle D,Scarpa R,Caso F

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular localization of the Ro/SS-A antigen was defined using indirect immunofluorescence and eight monospecific anti- Ro/SS-A antisera which were identified by immunoblotting. Several mammalian tissues were used as substrates. The Ro/SS-A antigen was located mainly in the nucleus of dog liver and Hep-2-cells, an...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Lopez-Robles E,Herrera-Esparza R,Avalos-Diaz E

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：:Although the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) and the Modified Health Assessment Questionnaire are useful tools for assessing and monitoring patients with rheumatic diseases, they have a "floor effect" and do not fully reflect the psychological status of patients. Recently, the Multidimensional Health Assessment ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Lee SS,Park MJ,Yoon HJ,Park YW,Park IH,Park KS

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional limitation is often complained by patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). With a rising number of patients suffering from AS, there are a limited number of reports focusing on functional limitation of AS in Chinese patients. This study was conducted to investigate the level of functional limitation and e...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Song Y,Wang C,Chen H

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed three cases of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in children with mesenteric vasculitis (LMV) as initial presentation and analysed their clinical characteristics to improve the understanding of this disease. Three patients with SLE were admitted to our hospital and initially presented with gastrointestina...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Liu Y,Zhu J,Lai JM,Sun XF,Hou J,Zhou ZX,Yuan XY

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of an 82-year-old woman with giant cell arteritis, who developed unilateral pitting oedema of the dorsum of the right hand, foot and distal part of the right forearm as well as tenosynovitis of the right wrist extensors, mild synovitis of the right wrist, metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kontoyianni A,Maragou M,Alvanou E,Kappou I,Dantis P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis plays a key role in cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although therapy with TNF-alpha antagonists has resulted in dramatic improvement in the prognosis of RA, its effects on circulatory lipids are unclear. We conducted a systematic review of the literature to summarize ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Pollono EN,Lopez-Olivo MA,Lopez JA,Suarez-Almazor ME

更新日期：2010-09-01 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