An adolescent girl with Meyer-Betz syndrome.

abstract：:Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) has rarely been reported among Black Africans. This retrospective case study was part of an audit of cases presenting to a private practice rheumatology clinic in Lagos, Nigeria. The objective of this study was to determine the clinical, laboratory, and radiographic features of pati...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Adelowo OO,Umar A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the growing awareness of the impact of chronic back pain and axial spondyloarthritis and recent breakthroughs in genetics and the development of novel treatments which may impact best on early disease, the need for markers that can facilitate early diagnosis and profiling those individuals at the highest risk for...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Reveille JD

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although mesenteric vasculitis due to Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is relatively uncommon, it is the most life-threatening manifestation associated with high mortality. We describe a 15-year-old boy with HSP who had massive gastrointestinal bleeding and ileus but delayed onset of the purpuric rash. Abdominal ultraso...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wang L,Huang FC,Ko SF,Cheng MT

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate the long-term outcome of non-specific seronegative oligoarthritis in adults. The study included 64 adult patients with recent (<6 months) seronegative oligoarthritis (rheumatoid factor negative, number of swollen joints 1-4 during the first 6 months). Follow-up examinations were...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Jäntti JK,Kaarela K,Lehtinen KE

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Peer support is important for psychosocial well-being in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Our objective was to assess the interactions, engagement, and perceptions of participants in an online support group for patients with RA. METHODS:Participants were 18 years or older, diagnosed with RA within 10...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： des Bordes JKA,Foreman J,Westrich-Robertson T,Lopez-Olivo MA,Peterson SK,Hofstetter C,Lyddiatt A,Willcockson I,Leong A,Suarez-Almazor ME

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A white female patient developed overlapping features of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and systemic sclerosis (SSc) with severe pulmonary compromise. She was treated with steroids and azathioprine, which improved her clinical condition and spirometric status. In May 2002 she presented with continuous pain in her ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cavallasca JA,Laborde HA,Araujo MB,Nasswetter GG

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this scoping review, we sought to summarize the types of outcomes collected in pregnant patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and to identify some methodological limitations related to pregnancy research in these patients. A comprehensive search was done to identify relevant articles in MEDLINE and Embase. We ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Mokbel A,Lawson DO,Farrokhyar F

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of bleomycin-induced scleroderma in a 35-year-old woman treated with chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease. Approximately 6 months after the first chemotherapy cycle, the patient developed skin sclerosis in both arms. The lesion showed no signs of spontaneous clinical amelioration and treatment with ster...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Passiu G,Cauli A,Atzeni F,Aledda M,Dessole G,Sanna G,Nurchis P,Vacca A,Garau P,Laudadio M,Mathieu A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidney involvement in immuno-mediated diseases is a life threatening complication to be early detected. Glomerulo-tubular functional indices, kidney-released enzymes and metabolic profiles were assessed in 21 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, progressive systemic sclerosis and mixed cryoglobulinaemia, withou...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Matteucci E,Migliorini P,Bertoni C,Dolcher MP,Marchini B,Giampietro O

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Patient-Rated Elbow Evaluation (PREE) is a joint-specific, self-administered outcome measure used to determine the level of pain and disability in patients with various elbow pathologies. The aim of this study was to cross-culturally adapt the PREE into Turkish (PREE-T) and to test its reliability and ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Hazar Kanik Z,Pala OO,Karabicak GO,Citaker S

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This case-control study aimed to analyze the clinical features and determine the expression of type I interferon-induced genes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients harboring the CD11b rs1143679 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and elucidate whether it is involved in the relapses of SLE. METHODS...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Xu W,Zhang Y,Wang X,Liu P,Gao D,Gu B,Zhang J,Li C,Ren Q,Yang L,Yuan H,Shen M,Chen X

更新日期：2020-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a larger body of work to develop a rheumatology priority referral score, a literature review was conducted. The objective of the literature review was to identify preexisting priority-setting, triage, and referral tools/scales developed to guide referrals from primary care to specialist care/consultation us...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： De Coster C,Fitzgerald A,Cepoiu M,Investigators of the Western Canada Waiting List Project (WCWL).

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunoinflammatory pathogenesis of juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA) involves the activation of many pathways including various cytokines. We have evaluated the levels of interleukin(IL)-1, IL-6 and IL-8 in 29 JCA patients. The age range was 1-16 with a mean of 10.1. A disease activity score was developed on the ba...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ozen S,Saatci U,Bakkaloglu A,Ozdemir O,Besbas N,Kirazli S,Ozdemir S

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with a wide range of manifestations and potential to affect several organ systems. Complications arise from both disease and medications especially glucocorticoids, significantly contributing to overall morbidity and mortality. SLE predominantly affect...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Navarra SV,Zamora LD,Collante MTM

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the efficacy and safety of the commonly used urate-lowering therapies (ULTs): febuxostat, allopurinol, and lesinurad in hyperuricemic patients with gout. METHODS:We included all randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared ULTs with placebo or head to head. The primary efficacy endpoint was t...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Fan M,Liu J,Zhao B,Wu X,Li X,Gu J,Schlesinger N

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information about the distribution of effusion within the arthritic knee joint should be considered in selecting an anatomical approach for arthrocentesis. We recorded ultrasound measurements of fluid distribution in the knees of patients attending our clinic for knee injections under ultrasound guidance. In a cross-s...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Hirsch G,O'Neill T,Kitas G,Klocke R

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease which may lead to malnutrition. Previous studies have defined it with different criteria. No thorough evaluations of sarcopenia in SSc are available. The aim of the present study was to assess the prevalence and the potential association of malnutrition and sarcopenia ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Caimmi C,Caramaschi P,Venturini A,Bertoldo E,Vantaggiato E,Viapiana O,Ferrari M,Lippi G,Frulloni L,Rossini M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to determine the main demographic, epidemiological, clinical characteristics, and outcome in patients with various types of brucellar monoarticular involvement. Retrospectively, we analyzed medical histories of 331 patients with brucellar monoarticular involvement who were treated at the infec...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bosilkovski M,Zezoski M,Siskova D,Miskova S,Kotevska V,Labacevski N

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with osteoporosis often have chronic kidney disease (CKD). CKD is associated with bone and mineral disturbances, renal osteodystrophy, which like osteoporosis leads to a higher risk of fractures. Bisphosphonates are first-line therapy for osteoporosis; however, these are contra-indicated in patients with a GF...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Schipper LG,Fleuren HW,van den Bergh JP,Meinardi JR,Veldman BA,Kramers C

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adiponectin is a hormone released by adipose tissue with antidiabetic, antiatherogenic, and anti-inflammatory properties. The present observational study focused on the relation between serum adiponectin level and the disease severity of established rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Ninety patients with more than 5-year diag...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ebina K,Fukuhara A,Ando W,Hirao M,Koga T,Oshima K,Matsuda M,Maeda K,Nakamura T,Ochi T,Shimomura I,Yoshikawa H,Hashimoto J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the results of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) staining in patients with juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA). Thirty-one patients with an age range of 1-16 years were included in the study: 13, 15 and three patients, respectively, were classified having oligoarticular, polyarticular and systemic-ons...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bakkaloglu A,Ozen S,Saatci U,Erguven S,Topaloglu R,Bassoy Y,Besbas N

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sarcoidosis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by non-caseating granuloma which etiology is unknown yet. Adipokines are different proteins synthesized by adipose tissue that have an influence on angiogenesis, hemostasis, lipid metabolism, and immune system regulation. Adipokines may play a role ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kobak S,Semiz H,Akyildiz M,Gokduman A,Atabay T,Vural H

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to describe the abnormalities identified with conventional MRI in children with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE). This was single-centre (Great Ormond Street Hospital, London) retrospective case series of patients with juvenile NPSLE seen in 2003-2013. Brain MR images of ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Al-Obaidi M,Saunders D,Brown S,Ramsden L,Martin N,Moraitis E,Pilkington CA,Brogan PA,Eleftheriou D

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is a systemic granulomatous vasculitis that typically affects the upper airways, lungs and kidneys. Lymphadenopathy is rare in patients with WG. Here, we present the first case of WG whose initial manifestation was superficial lymphadenopathy (i.e. supraclavicular and axillary lymphadenop...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Hashizume T,Yamaguchi T,Matsushita K

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spondylodiscitis may be either infectious or rheumatic in origin. In the latter case it may be seen more often in the context of spondyloarthropathies, giving rise to inflammatory back pain. We report the case of a man, affected by ulcerative colitis and carcinoma of the colon, who developed spondylodiscitis due to in...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Sebastiani GD,Galas F

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory disease. Interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-10 are important cytokines involved in the immune response of TA in some ethnicities. We investigated whether the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of IL-6 and IL-10 genes and their expressions were associated with TA in a Chinese ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gao Q,Lv N,Dang A,Li Z,Ye J,Zheng D

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decade, biologic therapeutic proteins have advanced the treatment of diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Therapeutic antibodies such as infliximab, adalimumab, rituximab, tocilizumab, golimumab, certolizumab pegol, the receptor construct etanercept, and abatacept, an anticluster of differentiatio...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Alawadhi A,Alawneh K,Alzahrani ZA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate whether calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals are constantly detectable in sequential synovial fluid (SF) examinations of patients with initially CPPD-positive osteoarthritis (OA). For this purpose, we searched our SF database for CPPD-positive patients, who had two o...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Robier C,Neubauer M,Fritz K,Lippitz P,Stettin M,Rainer F

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigens of HLA-DR locus were determined in 127 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and in 175 healthy persons. The frequency of HLA-DR1 antigen was discovered in 45% of the patients and in 22.3% of the examinees from the control group (p less than 0.001). The relative risk is 2.84. 69% of the patients were seropos...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Jajić Z,Jajić I,Jajić I,Kerhin-Brkljacic V

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00