Autonomic neuropathy in systemic lupus erythematosus: cardiovascular autonomic function assessment.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate concentrations of the platelet activation markers beta thromboglobulin (BTG) and platelet factor 4 (PF4) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) from patients with systemic sclerosis with and without scleroderma interstitial lung disease (SLD). METHODS:BTG and PF-4 were measured by enzyme immunoas...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kowal-Bielecka O,Kowal K,Lewszuk A,Bodzenta-Lukaszyk A,Walecki J,Sierakowski S

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results are reported from the first prospective study of gout in New Zealand Maoris based on a sample of 388 males and 378 females. At baseline, high mean levels of serum uric acid (SUA) were found, 0.422 +/- 0.092 mmol/1 (7.05 +/- 1.54 mg/100 ml) in males and 0.350 +/- 0.091 mmol/1 (5.85 +/- 1.52 mg/100 ml) in female...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Brauer GW,Prior IA

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 60 patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with levamisole 35% showed a persistent decrease in neutrophil counts from pre-treatment levels and 6 (10%) develped severe neutropenia of less than 1.0 X 10(9)/1. One of these neutropenic patients recoverd without stopping therapy and the other 5 patients recovered rap...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Williams GT,Johnson SA,Dieppe PA,Huskisson EC

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the long-term effects of induction therapy with adalimumab (ADA) plus methotrexate (MTX) in comparison with placebo (PBO) plus MTX in DMARD-naïve patients with active early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Patients with active early RA (disease duration of ≤12 months) were randomly assigned ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Detert J,Bastian H,Listing J,Weiß A,Wassenberg S,Liebhaber A,Rockwitz K,Alten R,Krüger K,Rau R,Simon C,Gremmelsbacher E,Braun T,Marsmann B,Höhne-Zimmer V,Egerer K,Buttgereit F,Burmester GR

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare inflammation as assessed by ultrasound between patients with the subset erosive hand osteoarthritis (EOA) versus non-EOA. METHODS:Consecutive hand osteoarthritis (HOA) patients (fulfilling ACR criteria) were included. Eighteen interphalangeal joints were scored on radiographs using the Verbruggen-...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kortekaas MC,Kwok WY,Reijnierse M,Huizinga TW,Kloppenburg M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovial fluid isolated from 16 patients with rheumatoid arthritis activated luminol dependent chemiluminescence in bloodstream neutrophils, and the maximal activity stimulated varied over a 50-fold range. In contrast, these same fluids only activated a much lower range (two- to threefold) of maximal rates of lucigeni...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Nurcombe HL,Bucknall RC,Edwards SW

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the incidence of cancer in arthritis patients treated with or without TNFα inhibitors (TNF-I). METHODS:Arthritis patients from the DANBIO database were followed-up for cancer in the Danish Cancer Registry during 2000-2008. RESULTS:Hazard ratio for cancer overall was 1.02 (95% confidence inte...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dreyer L,Mellemkjær L,Andersen AR,Bennett P,Poulsen UE,Juulsgaard Ellingsen T,Hansen TH,Jensen DV,Linde L,Lindegaard HM,Loft AG,Nordin H,Omerovic E,Rasmussen C,Schlemmer A,Tarp U,Hetland ML

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alefacept is a bioengineered fusion protein of soluble lymphocyte function antigen (LFA-3) with Fc fragments of IgG1. It is marketed in many countries for the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis. This paper reviews the data supporting the use of alefacept in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gottlieb AB

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the publication of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis (LVV) in 2009, several relevant randomised clinical trials and cohort analyses have been published, which have the potential to change clinical care and therefore supporting t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hellmich B,Agueda A,Monti S,Buttgereit F,de Boysson H,Brouwer E,Cassie R,Cid MC,Dasgupta B,Dejaco C,Hatemi G,Hollinger N,Mahr A,Mollan SP,Mukhtyar C,Ponte C,Salvarani C,Sivakumar R,Tian X,Tomasson G,Turesson C,S

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To describe patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIRD) who had COVID-19 disease; to compare patients who required hospital admission with those who did not and assess risk factors for hospital admission related to COVID-19. METHODS:An observational longitudinal study was conducted durin...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Freites Nuñez DD,Leon L,Mucientes A,Rodriguez-Rodriguez L,Font Urgelles J,Madrid García A,Colomer JI,Jover JA,Fernandez-Gutierrez B,Abasolo L

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The threshold for disease activity required to start antitumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy has been arbitrarily set in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) at Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) ≥ 4. How this relates to spinal inflammation is unknown. OBJECTIVE:To systema...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kiltz U,Baraliakos X,Karakostas P,Igelmann M,Kalthoff L,Klink C,Krause D,Schmitz-Bortz E,Flörecke M,Bollow M,Braun J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method is described which allows sequential monitoring of the endocytic activity of blood and synovial fluid cells from rheumatoid arthritis patients undergoing therapy with levamisole. Evidence of immediate (24 hours) and long-term (5-7 weeks) cellular phagocytic enhancement is presented. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wynne KM,Dieppe PA,Scott J,Huskisson EC

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eye disease, arthritis, folliculitis, and thrombophlebitis were more common among males, and erythema nodosum among females, in 297 patients with Behćet syndrome (BS) at their first visit despite an identical disease duration. Younger males and females (age of onset 24 years or less) had a higher prevalence of eye dis...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yazici H,Tüzün Y,Pazarli H,Yurdakul S,Ozyazgan Y,Ozdoğan H,Serdaroğlu S,Ersanli M,Ulkü BY,Müftüoğlu AU

更新日期：1984-12-01 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 see if a group course delivered by rheumatology teams using cognitive-behavioural approaches, plus usual care, reduced RA fatigue impact more than usual care alone. METHODS:Multicentre, 2-year randomised controlled trial in RA adults (fatigue severity>6/10, no recent major medication changes). RAFT (Redu...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hewlett S,Almeida C,Ambler N,Blair PS,Choy EH,Dures E,Hammond A,Hollingworth W,Kadir B,Kirwan JR,Plummer Z,Rooke C,Thorn J,Turner N,Pollock J,RAFT Study Group.

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Congenital heart block (CHB) with immune cell infiltration develops in the fetus after exposure to maternal Ro/La autoantibodies. CHB-related serology has been extensively studied, but reports on immune-cell profiles of anti-Ro/La-exposed neonates are lacking. In the current study, we characterised circulatin...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ivanchenko M,Thorlacius GE,Hedlund M,Ottosson V,Meneghel L,Björkander S,Ossoinak A,Tingström J,Bremme K,Sverremark-Ekström E,Gemzell-Danielsson K,Sonesson SE,Chemin K,Wahren-Herlenius M

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is presented that a single injection of bacterial antigen in oil into a footpad of rats of 5 strains induced different clinical forms of adjuvant disease in the individual rat strains. Rats were injected with 300 micrograms heat-killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 50 microliters paraffin. Inflammatory lesion...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Muir VY,Dumonde DC

更新日期：1982-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To compare the clinical, radiological, and biological profile of patients presenting late onset spondylarthropathy (LOSPA) with patients with early onset spondylarthropathy (EOSPA). METHODS:During the period April 1987 to April 1995 a retrospective chart review of inpatients and outpatients identified eight ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Caplanne D,Tubach F,Le Parc JM

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To localise and characterise follicular dendritic cells (FDC) present in autoimmune lesions of primary Sjögren syndrome. METHODS:Cryostat sections of labial salivary glands from 15 patients with primary Sjögren syndrome were examined by an indirect immunoperoxidase technique and monoclonal antibodies to a pa...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Aziz KE,McCluskey PJ,Wakefield D

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil chemiluminescence was determined in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis. Twelve patients were randomly assigned either to a diet high in polyunsaturated fatty acids supplemented with eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids or to a diet high in saturated fatty acids. A correlation with clinical and ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Magaro M,Altomonte L,Zoli A,Mirone L,De Sole P,Di Mario G,Lippa S,Oradei A

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:IKZF1 and IKZF3 (encoding transcription factors Ikaros and Aiolos) are susceptibility loci for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The pharmacology of iberdomide (CC-220), a cereblon (CRBN) modulator targeting Ikaros and Aiolos, was studied in SLE patient cells and in a phase 1 healthy volunteer study. METH...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Schafer PH,Ye Y,Wu L,Kosek J,Ringheim G,Yang Z,Liu L,Thomas M,Palmisano M,Chopra R

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:B lymphocytes have been implicated in the pathogenesis of lupus and other autoimmune diseases, resulting in the introduction of B cell-directed therapies. Epratuzumab, a humanised anti-CD22 monoclonal antibody, is currently in clinical trials, although its effects on patients' B cells are not completely under...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jacobi AM,Goldenberg DM,Hiepe F,Radbruch A,Burmester GR,Dörner T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pregnant women with systemic sclerosis (SSc; scleroderma) have an increased risk of premature delivery and small full-term infants. During placental development, angiogenesis and vascular remodelling are essential for a successful pregnancy outcome. An analysis was made of the pathological changes and express...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ibba-Manneschi L,Manetti M,Milia AF,Miniati I,Benelli G,Guiducci S,Mecacci F,Mello G,Di Lollo S,Matucci-Cerinic M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No consistent relationship between the severity of symptoms of knee osteoarthritis (OA) and radiographic change has been demonstrated. OBJECTIVES:To determine the relationship between symptoms of knee OA and tibial cartilage volume, whether pain predicts loss of cartilage in knee OA, and whether change in c...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wluka AE,Wolfe R,Stuckey S,Cicuttini FM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the incidence of postinfectious joint complaints after Campylobacter jejuni/coli enteritis compared with enteritis caused by enterotoxigenic E coli (ETEC). To compare gastrointestinal symptoms, antibiotic treatment, and antibody levels among patients with and without joint symptoms. METHOD:Quest...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Locht H,Krogfelt KA

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the accuracy of ultrasonography (US) for bone erosion detection in different areas of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints with multislice CT as the reference method. Second, to establish the necessary bone volume loss on CT for US to reliably detect it as an erosion, and f...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Døhn UM,Terslev L,Szkudlarek M,Hansen MS,Hetland ML,Hansen A,Madsen OR,Hasselquist M,Møller J,Ostergaard M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the difference in shape of the distal femur, viewed axially in two dimensions, between eburnated and non-eburnated femora. METHODS:A comparison of 52 non-eburnated and 16 eburnated femora drawn from a large archeological skeletal population. Eburnation was taken to indicate late stage osteoarth...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

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

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that pustulosis palmaris et plantaris and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are two distinct diseases, and that the associated dermatoses are therefore also distinct diseases. METHODS:We prospectively performed clinical, radiological, biological, and bone scan investigations in 23 outpatients ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mejjad O,Daragon A,Louvel JP,Da Silva LF,Thomine E,Lauret P,Le Loët X

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00