High resolution computed tomography of the lung in lifelong non-smoking patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate quantitatively the mRNA expression levels of YKL-40, an established marker of rheumatoid and osteoarthritic cartilage degeneration in synovial fluid and serum, and a closely related molecule YKL-39, in articular chondrocytes. METHODS:cDNA array and online quantitative polymerase chain reaction...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Knorr T,Obermayr F,Bartnik E,Zien A,Aigner T

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five patients (22 males and 3 females) are described who had 'unclassifiable' seronegative peripheral arthritis affecting mainly the large joints of the lower limbs with other typical features of spondyloarthropathies such as heel pain, low back pain, and mucosal ulcers. But their disorders could not be diagnos...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Prakash S,Mehra NK,Bhargava S,Malaviya AN

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of CD8 cell subsets in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the phenotypes of T cells adherent or non-adherent to the target cells (endothelial cells and synovial cells) pre-treated with IL-1 beta. METHODS:The expression of S6F1 on CD8 cells and that of an activation mark...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ueki Y,Eguchi K,Miyake S,Nagataki S,Tominaga Y

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate changes in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with refractory juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) who are being treated with etanercept. METHODS:53 patients with JIA from seven Dutch centres were included. HRQoL was measured by the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ),...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Prince FH,Geerdink LM,Borsboom GJ,Twilt M,van Rossum MA,Hoppenreijs EP,Cate RT,Koopman-Keemink Y,van Santen-Hoeufft M,Raat H,van Suijlekom-Smit LW

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI) compared with subjects without RA, with the increased risk driven potentially by inflammation. Tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) may modulate the risk and severity of MI. We compared the risk and severity of MI...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Low AS,Symmons DP,Lunt M,Mercer LK,Gale CP,Watson KD,Dixon WG,Hyrich KL,British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register for Rheumatoid Arthritis (BSRBR-RA) and the BSRBR Control Centre Consortium.

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A great deal of evidence has shown that non-human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 genes may play crucial roles in the aetiology of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), but there is little evidence of a relationship with tumour necrosis factor (TNF)alpha gene variation. One functional single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Zhu X,Wang Y,Sun L,Song Y,Sun F,Tang L,Huo Z,Li J,Yang Z

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop evidence-based EULAR recommendations for cardiovascular (CV) risk management in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). METHODS:A multidisciplinary expert committee was convened as a task force of the EULAR Standing Committee for Clinica...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Peters MJ,Symmons DP,McCarey D,Dijkmans BA,Nicola P,Kvien TK,McInnes IB,Haentzschel H,Gonzalez-Gay MA,Provan S,Semb A,Sidiropoulos P,Kitas G,Smulders YM,Soubrier M,Szekanecz Z,Sattar N,Nurmohamed MT

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular damage is a key pathological process in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and accounts for significant disease-related morbidity. To determine the clinical burden of severe digital vasculopathy (SDV), we have reviewed hospital-based treatment for this important complication of SSc in a large single centre co...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Nihtyanova SI,Brough GM,Black CM,Denton CP

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the prevalence and the nature of autonomic neuropathy (AN) in 17 patients with inactive or mild active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:Patients were tested using questionnaires related to possible AN symptoms, and four non invasive cardiovascular autonomic function tests at rest, during lying...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lioté F,Osterland CK

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that high concentrations of extracellular inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi), which associate with increased cell synthesis and turnover in cartilage, may act as a marker for structural outcome in knee osteoarthritis (OA). METHOD:One hundred and thirty five consecutive patients referred to ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Doherty M,Belcher C,Regan M,Jones A,Ledingham J

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that PVAC, delipidated, deglycolipidated heat killed Mycobacterium vaccae, is an effective and safe treatment for psoriatic arthritis (PsA). This treatment has shown promising results in psoriasis. METHODS:36 patients with PsA in two centres were studied in this double blind, placebo ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dalbeth N,Yeoman S,Dockerty JL,Highton J,Robinson E,Tan PL,Herman D,McQueen FM

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of acute stress on inflammatory, haemostatic, rheological, and haemodynamic activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in comparison with patients with osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS:21 patients with RA and 10 with OA underwent a brief mental stress task while standing. Inflammat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Veldhuijzen van Zanten JJ,Ring C,Carroll D,Kitas GD

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the extent of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPP) crystal deposition and the distribution of affected sites, using ultrasonography (US), in patients affected by CPP deposition disease (CPPD). PATIENTS AND METHODS:42 consecutive patients affected by definite CPPD according to the McCarty criteria ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Filippou G,Filippucci E,Tardella M,Bertoldi I,Di Carlo M,Adinolfi A,Grassi W,Frediani B

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main goal of traditional treatment of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis is limitation of morbidity, and surgery of already formed fibrous masses has been the main therapeutic approach. More recently, the knowledge that the disorder may be the result of an allergic reaction to atherosclerotic lipids has prompted ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Marzano A,Trapani A,Leone N,Actis GC,Rizzetto M

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Earlier publications have suggested a possible role for the efflux transporter breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) in acquired resistance to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) such as leflunomide and its metabolite A771726 (teriflunomide). However, there is no direct evidence that BCRP intera...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kis E,Nagy T,Jani M,Molnár E,Jánossy J,Ujhellyi O,Német K,Herédi-Szabó K,Krajcsi P

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate salivary hyaluronic acid (HA) concentration in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS). METHODS:Salivary and serum HA concentrations were evaluated using a radiometric assay. Thirty nine patients with SS served as the study group and their results were compared with 19 patients having clini...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tishler M,Yaron I,Shirazi I,Yaron M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with systemic lupus erythematosus who developed pneumococcal epiglottitis is described and the literature reviewed. This infection is extremely rare in adults, and only 10 cases, none of them with SLE, have so far been reported. Epiglottitis is usually caused by Haemophilus influenzae. However, in immunocomp...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Shalit M,Gross DJ,Levo Y

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Factors contributing to the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) remain largely unknown although are likely to include both environmental and genetic components. Studies on murine lupus have indicated a role for an antibody that blocks binding of cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated-4 (CTLA-4) to B...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Heward J,Gordon C,Allahabadia A,Barnett AH,Franklyn JA,Gough SC

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A prolonged symptom or disease duration at treatment initiation is associated with unfavourable outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is unknown whether this relation is linear, referring to a common 'the-earlier-the-better principle', or whether a transient time frame in which the disease is more suscep...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Nies JA,Tsonaka R,Gaujoux-Viala C,Fautrel B,van der Helm-van Mil AH

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the circulating serum concentrations of nerve growth factor (NGF) and compare them with indices of disease activity in juvenile chronic arthritis. METHODS:NGF concentrations were evaluated with a two site immunoenzymatic assay (ELISA), in 17 children with systemic, 39 with polyarticular, and 24 ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Falcini F,Matucci Cerinic M,Lombardi A,Generini S,Pignone A,Tirassa P,Ermini M,Lepore L,Partsch G,Aloe L

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess risk of cartilage loss in the tibiofemoral joint in relation to baseline damage severity, and to analyse the association of nearby pathologic findings on the risk of subsequent cartilage loss. METHODS:The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study is a longitudinal study of individuals with or at high risk for...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Roemer FW,Felson DT,Wang K,Crema MD,Neogi T,Zhang Y,Nevitt MC,Marra MD,Lewis CE,Torner J,Guermazi A,MOST study investigators.

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Advances in health measurement have led to the application of Rasch Item Response Theory (IRT) analysis (Rasch analysis) to evaluate instruments measuring health status and quality of life of patients, including the Health Assessment Questionnaire and SF-36. This study investigated the extent to which the Wes...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wolfe F,Kong SX

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the cost effectiveness of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatments and inform the clinical recommendations by the European League Against Rheumatism. METHODS:A systematic literature search and review of the health economic evidence on RA treatment options was performed. RESULTS:Despite diverse methodo...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Schoels M,Wong J,Scott DL,Zink A,Richards P,Landewé R,Smolen JS,Aletaha D

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to better characterise the immunological origin and the behaviour of interleukin (IL)-23-responsive innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) in the gut, synovial fluid (SF) and bone marrow (BM) of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHODS:ILC1, ILC2 and ILC3 cells were determined and c...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ciccia F,Guggino G,Rizzo A,Saieva L,Peralta S,Giardina A,Cannizzaro A,Sireci G,De Leo G,Alessandro R,Triolo G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prostaglandin E (PGE) level in the knee joint fluid was determined by radioimmunoassay before and after anti-inflammatory therapy with flurbiprofen in 8 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 4 patients with osteoarthritis (OA). The level of PGE in RA joint fluids before the anti-inflammatory treatment was 9....

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tokunaga M,Ohuchi K,Yoshizawa S,Tsurufuji S,Rikimaru A,Wakamatsu E

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gout, caused by hyperuricaemia, is a multifactorial disease. Although genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of gout have been reported, they included self-reported gout cases in which clinical information was insufficient. Therefore, the relationship between genetic variation and clinical subtypes of gout r...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Matsuo H,Yamamoto K,Nakaoka H,Nakayama A,Sakiyama M,Chiba T,Takahashi A,Nakamura T,Nakashima H,Takada Y,Danjoh I,Shimizu S,Abe J,Kawamura Y,Terashige S,Ogata H,Tatsukawa S,Yin G,Okada R,Morita E,Naito M,Tokumasu

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is considered a pauci-immune systemic vasculitis based on the absence of immune deposits in renal biopsies of patients with active disease. In animal models of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated glomerulonephritis, immune deposits along the glomerular capillar...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Brons RH,de Jong MC,de Boer NK,Stegeman CA,Kallenberg CG,Tervaert JW

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current drug development programs produce high quality data on the efficacy of new drugs, substantial data on safety, but little data on actual applicability of the new product compared to standard of care. After successful registration and launch, such data require years to accumulate and often remain incomplete. Thi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Boers M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small studies have linked α1 antitrypsin (α1AT) deficiency to patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). OBJECTIVE:To test the validity and the mechanism of this association between α1AT and AAV. METHODS:The distribution of α1AT deficiency alleles Z and S was co...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Morris H,Morgan MD,Wood AM,Smith SW,Ekeowa UI,Herrmann K,Holle JU,Guillevin L,Lomas DA,Perez J,Pusey CD,Salama AD,Stockley R,Wieczorek S,McKnight AJ,Maxwell AP,Miranda E,Williams J,Savage CO,Harper L

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and osteoarthritis (OA) leading to total hip (THR) or knee (TKR) joint replacement. METHODS:Case-control study design. All patients still living in Iceland who had had a THR or TKR resulting from OA before the end of 2002 were invited to participate. F...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Franklin J,Ingvarsson T,Englund M,Lohmander LS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00