Somatic sympathetic vasomotor changes documented by medical thermographic imaging during acupuncture analgesia.

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：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-system chronic inflammatory disease with a broad spectrum of clinical and serological manifestations. Although clinical evidence of proximal skeletal muscle involvement is not rare in patients with SLE, there is no knowledge about the effects of SLE on the macroscopic stru...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kaya A,Kara M,Tiftik T,Tezcan ME,Ozel S,Ersöz M,Göker B,Haznedaroğlu S,Ozçakar L

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to describe a single-center experience in the treatment and follow-up of cystoid macular edema patients. Clinical records of all patients with cystoid macular edema followed up in the Rheumatologic and Ophthalmological Unit of our center between 1993 and 2013 were retrospectively evaluated. T...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Taraborelli M,Cavazzana I,Fredi M,Airò P,Nascimbeni G,Tincani A,Franceschini F

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen patients (nine girls, nine boys) with systemic onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (SO-JRA) treated with methotrexate (MTX) for a mean period of 18 months (range 6-41 months) were analysed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of MTX in this disease subtype. The MTX dose ranged from 2.5 to 15 mg/week with a mea...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： al-Sewairy W,al-Mazyed A,al-Dalaan,al-Balaa S,Bahabri S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the study of pathophysiological mechanisms in growth abnormalities of the juvenile knee in arthritis an animal model in dogs was developed. Arthritis was induced by intra-articular injections of Carrageenan. Prominent growth changes were enlargement of the distal femoral epiphysis, patellar squaring and decreased e...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bunger C,Bunger EH,Harving S,Djurhuus JC,Jensen OM

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Employing a recently developed questionnaire we studied the self-esteem structure of 61 female fibromyalgia (FM) patients by comparing them with i) 40 healthy psychology students and ii) 37 patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. Depressed FM patients (n=36) had a high need to gain self-esteem through competence...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Johnson M,Paananen ML,Rahinantti P,Hannonen P

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In sera of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) a wide variety of antibodies against nuclear antigens can be found, including antibodies to nucleic acids, histones and non-histone nuclear proteins. Among these, antibodies to double stranded DNA (dsDNA) appear to be mainly restricted to SLE. Yet, in daily p...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Swaak T,Smeenk R

更新日期：1987-06-01 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：: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 aim of this study was to evaluate whether modifiable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, e.g. atherogenic blood lipids, hypertension and lifestyle-related factors such as smoking, diet and physical inactivity, differ among patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in comparison to the general population. Ei...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Sundström B,Johansson G,Johansson I,Wållberg-Jonsson S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microwave thermography is the technique of measuring natural thermal radiation from body tissues of clinical interest. It is safe, requires no control of environmental conditions and exposes the patient to no ionising radiation. In this study, we found that microwave thermography of the knee joints showed weak correla...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： MacDonald AG,Land DV,Sturrock RD

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of polymyositis associated with scleroderma, adult coeliac disease, diabetes mellitus and IgA nephropathy is reported in a 33-year-old male. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Vilppula AH,Aine RA

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS), which can also be considered as reactive hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS), is a rare and potentially fatal complication of rheumatic diseases. We describe a 42-year-old woman in whom MAS developed as a complication of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). She suffered from fever and low back ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Lou YJ,Jin J,Mai WY

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is the most common organ system involved in systemic sclerosis (SSc). GIT involvement is mainly attributed to GIT dismobility and wide mouth diverticular. GIT involvement in SSc can be also severely debilitating and even life threatening. To our knowledge, the presence of gastrointestinal ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Plastiras SC,Tzivras M,Vlachoyiannopoulos PG

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:Antinuclear antibody (ANA) test results frequently affect the course of patients' evaluations, diagnosis, and treatment, but different laboratory centers may yield conflicting results. This study investigated the degree of agreement between laboratory results in a group of subjects who had ANA testing performed at two...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Abeles AM,Gomez-Ramirez M,Abeles M,Honiden S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D syndrome (HIDS) is newly recognized and resembles familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). It is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Mutation of the gene coding for mevalonate kinase is responsible for the disease. The gene is located at chromosome 12q24. The patients initially described we...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Hammoudeh M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initial treatment of trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis (TMO) often consists of intra-articular injection of corticosteroids or hyaluronic acid. Several studies have shown that ultrasound (US)-guided injections demonstrate greater precision and effectiveness when compared to blind techniques. The aim of our study was t...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Di Sante L,Cacchio A,Scettri P,Paoloni M,Ioppolo F,Santilli V

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterised by the production of autoantibodies and the involvement of multiple organ systems. Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is another autoimmune disease that causes fibrosis. We will aim to analyse the role of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) gen...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Tozkır JD,Tozkır H,Gürkan H,Dönmez S,Eker D,Pamuk GE,Pamuk ÖN

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disability is a common problem in patients with gout. Recently, the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) was recommended for assessing patient reported activity limitations in gout. However, few studies have explored experiences and issues of disability from the perspective of gout patients themse...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： ten Klooster PM,Vonkeman HE,Voshaar MA,Bode C,van de Laar MA

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:The aim of this study was to evaluate if pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (PEMF) has additional effect on the classical physical treatment of knee osteoarthritis (OA) composed of hot pack, therapeutic ultrasound, and terminal isometric exercises. Forty patients (29 women and 11 men), ages 44 to 78 (mean age was 61...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ozgüçlü E,Cetin A,Cetin M,Calp E

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to describe the clinical features of Lebanese patients with Behçet's disease (BD) followed up at a tertiary care center in Lebanon. A retrospective review of medical records of 90 patients who fulfilled the International Study Group (ISG) criteria for diagnosis was performed. The clinical char...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Hamdan A,Mansour W,Uthman I,Masri AF,Nasr F,Arayssi T

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent self-limited attacks of fever and polyserositis. Reactive amyloid A amyloidosis is the most devastating complication of FMF, and amyloidosis continues to occur in the colchicine era in untreated and noncompliant patients. U...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Özçakar ZB,Yüksel S,Ekim M,Yalçınkaya F

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disorder. It is caused by mutations in the MEFV gene encoding the pyrin protein, which regulates the innate inflammatory response. The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between serum Interleukin-4 (IL-4) and its gene polymorphism, nam...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Marzouk H,Farag Y,El-Hanafi HM,Ibrahim E

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of the study were to assess the health-related quality of life (QOL) in patients with Takayasu's arteritis (TA) by two different generic QOL instruments and to compare the results with those patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and healthy controls (HC). A cross-sectional stud...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Akar S,Can G,Binicier O,Aksu K,Akinci B,Solmaz D,Birlik M,Keser G,Akkoc N,Onen F

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:Rheumatic diseases do not usually cluster in time and space. It has been proposed that environmental exposures may initiate autoimmune responses. We describe a cluster of rheumatic diseases among a group of health center employees who began to complain of symptoms typically related to moldy houses, including mucocutan...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Luosujärvi RA,Husman TM,Seuri M,Pietikäinen MA,Pollari P,Pelkonen J,Hujakka HT,Kaipiainen-Seppänen OA,Aho K

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distinction between infection and febrile disease flare in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is fundamental but often difficult to make, because clinical presentation can be similar. A systematic review of all articles indexed in PubMed through October 2013 was performed, in order to examine the potenti...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Serio I,Arnaud L,Mathian A,Hausfater P,Amoura Z

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first name of the co-author of the above article was presented incorrect in the published version. The author name "Miangliang Qiu" should read "Mingliang Qiu" as mentioned above. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Qiu M,Mo L,Li J,Liang H,Zhu W,Zheng X,Duan X,Xu W

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00