Type I osteogenesis imperfecta: diagnostic difficulties.

abstract：:The burden of anxiety in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) compared to those with other inflammatory rheumatological conditions is unclear. We aimed to compare the frequency and level of anxiety between patients with SLE, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and gout and healthy individuals and explore independen...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Mak A,Tang CS,Chan MF,Cheak AA,Ho RC

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria for lupus and Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) criteria are designed to classify disease. However, they have become widely used as diagnostic criteria in clinical situations. Patients may be labelled as systemic lupus erythema...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Flynn A,Gilhooley E,O'Shea F,Wynne B

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 has changed the habits and lives of people worldwide. Patients affected by systemic sclerosis (SSc) experienced constant fear because of their immunocompromised status. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and to analyze the lifestyle changes in a s...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Pellegrino G,Mohammad Reza Beigi D,Angelelli C,Stefanantoni K,Cadar M,Mancuso S,Conti F,Riccieri V

更新日期：2020-11-14 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：:Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a severe disease that can develop in immunocompromised patients. Antitumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) treatment of rheumatoid arthritis can result in clinical benefits, but with an increased risk of opportunistic infections. Leishmania infection in patients treated with TNF-alpha ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bagalas V,Kioumis I,Argyropoulou P,Patakas D

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The burden of non-communicable diseases such as musculoskeletal diseases in the developing world is often overshadowed by the more prevalent infectious diseases. Generally, there is gross underestimation of the burden of rheumatologic disease in the backdrop of scanty or indeed non-existent rheumatology services in th...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Chipeta J,Njobvu P,McGill PE,Bucala R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antichromatin antibody (aCT) has been described as a useful marker for lupus nephropathy. The relevance of its nephritogenic potential may be appropriately evaluated in the context of renal histopathology. Therefore, the present study investigated the relationship of aCT with a particular histopathologic class of ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Carvalho JF,Viana VS,Borba EF,do Nascimento AP,Leon EP,Testagrossa LA,Barros RT,Bonfá E

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a rare vasculitis that affects the aorta and its primary branches. Heterogeneous clinical manifestations have been described in different geographical areas. We aimed to evaluate demographic, clinical, and angiographic features and the outcome in 16 TA patients who were followed in a singl...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Petrovic-Rackov L,Pejnovic N,Jevtic M,Damjanov N

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This pilot study aimed to evaluate the correlation between clinical symptoms and cartilage volume through MRI in patients with knee osteoarthritis after 48 weeks of treatment with Structum®. Multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study. Symptomatic knee osteoarthritis patients aged 50-75 years r...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Railhac JJ,Zaim M,Saurel AS,Vial J,Fournie B

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aim of evaluating the role of 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis, this hormone was studied in 90 subjects. They were divided into three groups: the first group consisted of 30 normal female subjects (aged 30 to 45); the second group comprised 30 elderly female subjects (aged 67 to 90)...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Cantatore FP,Carrozzo M

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has recently been claimed that some of the symptoms in patients with Behçet's disease (BD) can be activated after the patient has stopped smoking. In this study we investigated the effect of smoking on the symptoms of Behçet's disease. Fifty asymptomatic current smokers (CS) who promised to stop smoking (group 1) a...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Soy M,Erken E,Konca K,Ozbek S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade, lung ultrasound (LUS) B-lines and serum Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6) antigen have been recognized as biomarkers of the connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases (CTD-ILDs). Robust data have demonstrated that B-lines total numbers and KL-6 levels are correlated with high-resol...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Wang Y,Chen S,Lin Z,Lin J,Xie X,Lin Q,Du G,Huang X,Matucci-Cerinic M,Furst DE

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether headache and family history of headache are risk factors for complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) or not. Twenty-three CRPS patients and 69 healthy persons were interviewed whether or not they suffered from headache and had first-degree family history of headache. A headache sufferer was defin...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Toda K,Muneshige H,Maruishi M,Kimura H,Asou T

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weekly adalimumab dosing is used to treat juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), uveitis, and other pediatric rheumatic diseases, but the safety of such dosing has not previously been studied. A retrospective chart review was conducted to assess the safety of weekly adalimumab. Demographic and clinical data were collect...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Correll CK,Bullock DR,Cafferty RM,Vehe RK

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetabular protrusion (PA) as measured by a line crossing method was studied in 73 patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and its frequency found to be 12% (9/73), presenting bilaterally in 5 cases and unilaterally in 4. All patients had some other forms of radiological damage and the presence of PA was pre...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Gusis SE,Maldonado Cocco JA,Rivero EM,Babini JC,Gagliardi SA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread pain, sleep problems, fatigue, functional impairment, psychological distress, and cognitive dysfunction. The objective of this meta-analysis is to synthesize the available data on the effectiveness of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions across all domains i...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Papadopoulou D,Fassoulaki A,Tsoulas C,Siafaka I,Vadalouca A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little data exists from the developing world on pregnancy in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A 10-year review of pregnancies in lupus patients was conducted at a tertiary hospital in a developing country. Forty-seven pregnancies in 31 patients were identified. Eleven (23%) booked after 20 weeks gestation. There we...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Whitelaw DA,Hall D,Kotze T

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), central nervous system (CNS) involvement is relatively uncommon. The current study retrospectively investigated the clinical features and outcomes of AAV patients with CNS involvement. METHODS:A total of 497 AAV patients were retrosp...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ma TT,Li ZY,Geng YS,Chen M,Zhao MH

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to determine whether unique clinical patterns of AS may exist in China, specifically to explore the different clinical manifestations caused by gender, HLA-B27 status, and age at disease onset. The multicenter cross-sectional survey was conducted and 1251 patients were enrolled across China, representi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Qian Q,Xu X,He H,Ji H,Zhang H,Ding Y,Dai SM,Zou Y,Zhu Q,Yang C,Ye S,Jiang L,Tang JP,Tong Q,He D,Zhao D,Li Y,Ma Y,Zhou J,Yuan Z,Zhang J,Jin L,Zhou X,Reveille JD,Zou H,Wang J

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological agents, particularly anti-Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF)-α agents, have emerged as an effective treatment in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases. An association between anti-TNF-α antibodies and reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) has been established. Appropriate screening for TB inf...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Mínguez S,Latorre I,Mateo L,Lacoma A,Diaz J,Olivé A,Domínguez J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) vasculitis. The activities of catalase (CAT), arylesterase (ARYL), and paraoxonase (PON) as antioxidant enzymes and serum malondialdehyde (MDA) level as an indicator of lipid peroxidation, together wi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ece A,Kelekçi S,Kocamaz H,Hekimoğlu A,Balik H,Yolbaş I,Erel O

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Joint lavage for knee osteoarthritis is an invasive procedure that can be stressful and painful. We aimed to assess the impact of music therapy on perioperative anxiety, pain and tolerability of the procedure in patients undergoing joint lavage performed with two needles. We randomized all patients diagnosed with knee...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ottaviani S,Bernard JL,Bardin T,Richette P

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated some steps in the signal transduction pathway leading to the proliferation of synovial cells. 12-o-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) which is known to stimulate phospholipid- and Ca(2+)-dependent protein kinase (C-kinase) enhanced the proliferation of synovial cells. The proliferation of synovial ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Yamamoto M,Yasuda M,Shiokawa S,Nobunaga M

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gold salts in vitro modulate lymphocyte proliferation to mitogens and antigens and macrophage phagocytosis. These effects are not confined to gold salts; D-penicillamine and chloroquine as well as some of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have in vivo immunoregulatory effects. Peripheral blood mononuc...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Coughlan RJ,Richter MB,Panayi GS

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of single or 1-3 weekly injections of hylan G-F 20 at 1 year following the first injection for knee osteoarthritis (OA). Searches were conducted in PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, and CENTRAL and included relevant conference proceedings (January 1, 1995-A...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： De Lucia O,Jerosch J,Yoon S,Sayre T,Ngai W,Filippou G

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to compare total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) utilization and outcomes by patient residence. We used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) from 2003 to 2011 to compare utilization and outcomes (post-arthroplasty discharge disposition, length of hospitalization, and mortality) by rural vs. u...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Singh JA,Ramachandaran R

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:It has been suggested that in some patients non-traumatic aseptic osteonecrosis of the hip (AOH) could be the result of the intra-osseous thrombosis. Antiphospholipid antibodies (APL) have been associated with venous and arterial occlusive events and the association between AOH and APL syndrome has been repo...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Laroche M,Ludot I,Thiechart M,Viguier G,Dromer C,Mazières B

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (pSLE) refers to childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus. pSLE has its own unique characteristics, and its pathogenesis is unclear. To study the relationship between microRNAs (miRNAs) and pSLE, we selected three pSLE patients who were newly diagnosed and had not yet been t...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Zhu J,Huang X,Su G,Wang L,Wu F,Zhang T,Song G

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA B27 and other clinical findings were investigated in 18 Turkish patients with Reiter's syndrome (mean age 35.8 +/- 8.09). Male/female ratio was 2/1. All 18 patients were seronegative, 12 (66.6%) presenting with an asymmetrical oligoarticular arthritis. Radiological sacroiliitis and enthesopathy was found in 9 (50%...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Tuncer T,Arman MI,Akyokus A,Bütün B,Unal S

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular involvement, especially in young males, is seen in up to 40% of the patients with Behcet's disease (BD) and is a major cause of mortality and morbidity. In this study, we investigated vessel wall thickness (VWT) and dilatation in lower extremity veins with Doppler ultrasound (US) in male BD patients. Sixty-on...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Alibaz-Oner F,Ergelen R,Mutis A,Erturk Z,Asadov R,Mumcu G,Ergun T,Direskeneli H

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00