The faux profil (oblique view) of the hip in the standing position. Contribution to the evaluation of osteoarthritis of the adult hip.

abstract：:We report two cases of osteomyelitis secondary to staphylococcal septicaemia, presenting with large sterile effusions in adjacent joints. In both cases the clinical features were suggestive of septic arthritis. Multiple joints were involved in each patient. Initial radiographs showed no abnormalities. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Platt PN,Griffiths ID

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:Increased subchondral bone turnover may contribute to pain in osteoarthritis (OA). OBJECTIVES:To investigate the analgesic potential of a modified version of osteoprotegerin (osteoprotegerin-Fc (OPG-Fc)) in the monosodium iodoacetate (MIA) model of OA pain. METHODS:Male Sprague Dawley rats (140-260 g) were...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sagar DR,Ashraf S,Xu L,Burston JJ,Menhinick MR,Poulter CL,Bennett AJ,Walsh DA,Chapman V

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:For our understanding of the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), it is important to elucidate the mechanisms underlying early stages of synovitis. Here, synovial cytokine production was investigated in patients with very early arthritis. METHODS:Synovial biopsies were obtained from pat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yeo L,Adlard N,Biehl M,Juarez M,Smallie T,Snow M,Buckley CD,Raza K,Filer A,Scheel-Toellner D

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety, efficacy and therapeutic mechanism of BI 655064, an antagonistic anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and an inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX-IR). METHODS:In total, 67 patients were randomised to receive weekly subcutaneous doses of 120 mg ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Visvanathan S,Daniluk S,Ptaszyński R,Müller-Ladner U,Ramanujam M,Rosenstock B,Eleftheraki AG,Vinisko R,Petříková A,Kellner H,Dokoupilova E,Kwiatkowska B,Alten R,Schwabe C,Baum P,Joseph D,Fine JS,Padula SJ,Steffgen J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this retrospective study of 57 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism who underwent parathyroidectomy, the overall incidence of chondrocalcinosis was 40%. Neither joint symptoms nor chondrocalcinosis regressed after the operation. In several patients the condition appeared to deteriorate both clinically and radi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Glass JS,Grahame R

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) accompanies infiltration and activation of monocytes in inflamed joints. We investigated dominant alterations of RA monocytes in bone marrow (BM), blood and inflamed joints. METHODS:CD14+ cells from BM and peripheral blood (PB) of patients with RA and osteoarthritis (OA) were profil...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smiljanovic B,Radzikowska A,Kuca-Warnawin E,Kurowska W,Grün JR,Stuhlmüller B,Bonin M,Schulte-Wrede U,Sörensen T,Kyogoku C,Bruns A,Hermann S,Ohrndorf S,Aupperle K,Backhaus M,Burmester GR,Radbruch A,Grützkau A,Maslinski

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An association between major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes, particularly those within the class II HLA region, and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is well established, and accounts for an estimated 30% of the genetic component in RA. The MHC class II transactivator gene (MHC2TA) on chromosome 16p13 has re...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bronson PG,Criswell LA,Barcellos LF

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 2 contrasting cases of a seronegative polyarthritis associated with angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy (AILD). Both cases were nonerosive, with symmetrical involvement of the elbows, wrists, knees, and ankles. In one the arthritis appeared concurrently with the main systemic manifestations of AILD. The secon...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Davies PG,Fordham JN

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study aim was to examine the B lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) receptor-ligand system in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-induced B lymphocyte clonal disorders. METHODS:94 patients with chronic HCV (including 35 with HCV+ mixed cryoglobulinaemia (MC)-vasculitis and nine with HCV+ B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (B-NHL...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Landau DA,Rosenzwajg M,Saadoun D,Klatzmann D,Cacoub P

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the long term prognosis in patients with fibromyalgia (FM). METHODS:Forty five of 70 patients who had participated in a three week trial six years earlier completed again the same questionnaires used previously. RESULTS:Most symptoms had remained stable. Pain had increased, but some aspects of q...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Baumgartner E,Finckh A,Cedraschi C,Vischer TL

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients are presented who sustained bilateral rupture of the Achilles tendon while on systemic steroid therapy for chest disease; a fourth patient with polymyalgia rheumatica on steroids is also presented. This is further evidence that tendon rupture can be a direct complication of steroid treatment. The Englis...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Haines JF

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The viscosity of plasma (PV) was investigated in 27 outpatients with classical or definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA) according to the American Rheumatism Association (ARA) criteria. The measurements showed a significantly raised PV in patients with RA (p less than 10(-5)) compared with a control group. There was a pos...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Harreby M,Danneskiold-Samsøe B,Kjer J,Lauritzen M

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship of disease activity to infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:From the CORRONA database, the incidence of physician-reported infections in RA patients on stable disease-modifying antirheumatic drug, biological, and corticosteroid therapy for at least 6 mo...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Au K,Reed G,Curtis JR,Kremer JM,Greenberg JD,Strand V,Furst DE,CORRONA Investigators.

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis is assessed radiologically. Previous studies have not examined in detail its long term progression. We evaluated the overall changes of peripheral joint damage radiologically in 50 rheumatoid patients followed up at one rheumatology centre for 10 years. All peripheral joints were s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Scott DL,Coulton BL,Popert AJ

更新日期：1986-05-01 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 characterise renal tissue metabolic pathway gene expression in different forms of glomerulonephritis. METHODS:Patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS), antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and healthy living donors (LD) were studied. Clinically ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Grayson PC,Eddy S,Taroni JN,Lightfoot YL,Mariani L,Parikh H,Lindenmeyer MT,Ju W,Greene CS,Godfrey B,Cohen CD,Krischer J,Kretzler M,Merkel PA,Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium, the European Renal cDNA Bank cohort, and th

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular immunity to cartilage proteoglycans may be responsible for sustaining chronic inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis. This hypothesis was examined by measuring peripheral blood and synovial fluid mononuclear cell proliferation in five preparations of human cartilage proteoglycan monomer in vitro. Peripheral b...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jobanputra P,Choy EH,Kingsley GH,Sieper J,Palacios-Boix AA,Heinegård D,Panayi GS

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum samples were obtained from patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR: n = 10) or giant cell arteritis (GCA; n = 7), or both. Samples were taken either before treatment or within one week of starting prednisolone. Immune complexes (IC) were concentrated by polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation then purified wit...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smith AJ,Kyle V,Cawston TE,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1987-06-01 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：:The biochemical evidence against incorporation of the purine analogues, allopurinol and oxipurinol, into nucleic acids is reviewed. Cytological experiments have been carried out to investigate the possibility that chromosomal damage might result from exposure of human lymphocytes to these drugs. Lymphocytes from 19 pa...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Stevenson AC,Silcock SR,Scott JT

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is thought to play an important role in systemic sclerosis (SSc) pathogenesis. It was found to be upregulated in the serum and in the affected skin of scleroderma patients. However, its involvement in scleroderma lung disease is not clear. This study aimed to evaluat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： De Santis M,Bosello SL,Capoluongo E,Inzitari R,Peluso G,Lulli P,Zizzo G,Bocci M,Tolusso B,Zuppi C,Castagnola M,Ferraccioli G

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of active pulmonary and paranasal involvement in patients with Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) can be difficult. The diagnostic value of gallium-67 scintigraphy in WG is unclear. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the added diagnostic value of gallium-67 scintigraphy in patients with WG with suspected granulomat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Slart RH,Jager PL,Poot L,Piers DA,Tervaert JW,Stegeman CA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the stability and the degree of variation of antiphospholipid antibody (aPL) results over time in a large cohort of well evaluated aPL positive patients; and to analyse factors contributing to aPL variation and the validity of aPL in a real world setting in which aPL tests are done in multiple la...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Erkan D,Derksen WJ,Kaplan V,Sammaritano L,Pierangeli SS,Roubey R,Lockshin MD

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop widely accepted international severity score for children and adult patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) that can be easily applied, in research and clinical practice. METHODS:Candidate severity criteria were suggested by several FMF expert physicians. After three rounds of Delphi surv...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Demirkaya E,Acikel C,Hashkes P,Gattorno M,Gul A,Ozdogan H,Turker T,Karadag O,Livneh A,Ben-Chetrit E,Ozen S,FMF Arthritis Vasculitis and Orphan disease Research in pediatric rheumatology (FAVOR).

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the correlation between ankle and knee cartilage morphology to test the hypothesis that knee joint cartilage loss in gonarthritis can be estimated retrospectively using quantitative MRI analysis of the knee and ankle and established regression equations; and to test the hypothesis that sex difference...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Eckstein F,Siedek V,Glaser C,Al-Ali D,Englmeier KH,Reiser M,Graichen H

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase-1 (ERAP1) protein is highly polymorphic with numerous missense amino acid variants. We sought to determine the naturally occurring ERAP1 protein allotypes and their contribution to Behçet's disease. METHODS:Genotypes of all reported missense ERAP1 gene variants with 10...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Takeuchi M,Ombrello MJ,Kirino Y,Erer B,Tugal-Tutkun I,Seyahi E,Özyazgan Y,Watts NR,Gül A,Kastner DL,Remmers EF

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the long term effectiveness of intravenous immunoglobulin and plasmapheresis associated with prednisone and cyclophosphamide in Churg-Strauss syndrome. SUBJECTS:and methods: We studied 18 subjects with new onset Churg-Strauss syndrome. All received the "standard" treatment based on prednisone (1 mg/...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Danieli MG,Cappelli M,Malcangi G,Logullo F,Salvi A,Danieli G

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) were compared in 241 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). There was a positive linear correlation between the 2 measurements with a high degree of variability. Neither age nor duration of RA had a detectable influence. The relationship bet...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Walsh L,Davies P,McConkey B

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two British secondary schools (one a specialist music school) were surveyed to assess the prevalence of upper limb pain among specialist music students compared with students in a regular school setting. Female students tended to report pain more often than male students, but for both significantly higher prevalence w...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fry HJ,Rowley GL

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00